Fifty Shades of Radio True Stories of a Morning Guy Being Wired, Tired and Fired by Mike Morin Death threats, naked pictures from elderly women and being buried alive three times. That pretty much sums up Mike Morin’s four decades-plus adventures in radio. Since 2004, Mike has written over 350 humor columns for the Nashua Telegraph. His best 100 are in the book. Mike Morin has co-hosted New Hampshire in the Morning at WZID-FM in Manchester since 2002. He received Best Personality and/or Best Morning Show Team four times from the NH Association of Broadcasters. He lives in New Hampshire.
Read this several years ago but apparently never listed it. Looking up Mike Morin's books because I just finished his latest, If These Walls Could Talk: Celebrating 100 Years of the Red Arrow, America's Most Beloved Diner. Can't seem to find the book when I search by title, author, or ISBN number, so Fifty Shades will have to suffice to give me credit for another nonfiction book read. Bought an autographed copy as a Christmas gift for my husband when it came out, and a recent lunch at the Red Arrow after a Saturday rehearsal reminded me that I hadn't read it yet. Fun!
Fifty Shades of Radio True Stories of a Morning Guy Being Wired, Tired and Fired by Mike Morin Death threats, naked pictures from elderly women and being buried alive three times. That pretty much sums up Mike Morin’s four decades-plus adventures in radio. Since 2004, Mike has written over 350 humor columns for the Nashua Telegraph. His best 100 are in the book. Mike Morin has co-hosted New Hampshire in the Morning at WZID-FM in Manchester since 2002. He received Best Personality and/or Best Morning Show Team four times from the NH Association of Broadcasters. He lives in New Hampshire. Don't know why it took me so long to finish this one -- more a problem of access I think -- I had parked it on a table in the living room and kind of forgot about it. Makes a good bathroom reader!
If you've ever listened to Mike Morin on either WZID or back in the WCGY days, there are a LOT of memories in the first half! There were a lot of his stories that were familiar to me ("Go, North Andover...go, North Andover..."), but also a lot of "behind the scenes" things that were fascinating. The rest of the book consists of some of Mike newspaper articles, and they're like listening to him telling stories on the radio. If you're from New Hampshire, you'll recognize a lot; if you're not...you'll learn! I definitely enjoyed it. Thanks, again, Mike!
Side note: the book is a faster read than this...for me, finding time to read is always a trick.