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I began my radio career during my Senior year in high school. My father was a newsman and did sales at the only radio station in my hometown. The General Manager asked my dad if I'd be interested in monitoring the Sunday morning replay of the previous week's local church services. It seemed no one wanted that job, so I accepted it. There was something about hearing my voice over the airwaves that was exhilarating, so much so that it changed my direction in life. I intended to attend college and major in music. I decided a broadcast major was much more exciting.
After a few years of college radio, I began sending out audition tapes. I landed my first job in Knoxville, Tn. Six months later, I was in Miami working at some of the most influential radio stations in America with two of the most creative men in the business. Through those connections, I worked in San Antonio, Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Md., but I spent 25 of 33 years of radio in Miami.
I had radio shows in each of those markets and was the Program Director in San Antonio and Miami. While programming in Miami, Power 96 was the most listened-to radio station in the Southeast United States.
In 2005, after a life of mysterious physical struggles, I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. It forced me to retire from the business my father got me started in due to the progression of the disease.
After a life of being "Kid Curry" on the radio and running top-rated radio stations, everything changed—my location, lifestyle, finances, and how people treated me.
It costs to be disabled in America. I have a need for stairlifts, wheelchairs, and hand controls for my car. I get no help. At one time in our country, people with disabilities were given tax breaks for extra expenses. Those days are gone. Then, my wife and I began learning what it's like to be diagnosed with a chronic disease.
I've since chronicled my path by writing a memoir. "Come Get Me Mother, I'm Through" tells the story of my radio career, the diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis, and how it costs to be disabled in America.
I've also written two books concerning the 1987 decision by President Ronald Reagan to veto the Fairness in Broadcasting Act. It contained the Fairness Doctrine, a rule that required equal time for contrasting points of view. If someone lied or spread disinformation on radio or television, any American citizen had the right to equal time to confront the lie or disinformation. Since Reagan's veto, lies have run rampant without debate. Many believe this decision by Reagan is the reason for the division in America today. "The Death of Fairness" and "Bonnie's Law, The Return to Fairness" are available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and wherever books are sold. "Bonnie's Law,.." was an Amazon Number One Best Seller.
1) Major Marker Top-40 radio from the 70s to 2005.
2) Being diagnosed with a chronic disease. The lifestyle and relationship change.
3) The 1987 decision by President Reagan to veto, the Fairness in Broadcasting Act which included, the Fairness Doctrine.
1) How did you become a radio broadcaster? Tell us about your career.
2) What forced you into retirement?
3) Did you have symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis before being diagnosed?
4) You write, "It costs to be disabled in America." What do you mean?
5) Why, when, and how did you become a writer
6) Where did the story of, The Death of Fairness originate?
7) Explain the Fairness Doctrine.
8) What were Reagan's reasons for rescinding the Fairness Doctrine?
9) How was America affected by this decision?
10) Could Congress return the Fairness Doctrine?
Storytelling is my craft. I've appeared on podcasts worldwide with a survivor of 911, financial advisors, writers, MS survivors, and political pundits. I hosted halftime at the Orange Bowl, MC'd the Miss South Texas pageant and gave minute-by-minute accounts of the horror a past host was experiencing on that fateful day.
Promotion on my Facebook, Instagram, and other social media. I'll also promote on my site, KRCurry.com