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Q & A WITH MANGINO
Web Page Editor:Question # 1. How did you get started in radio?
Mangino:
I couldn't find anything else I wanted to do for a living. I
tried sales, retail management, factory work, the list goes
on. Hated them all. Nothing caught my interest like
radio. Especially talk radio. I actually volunteered to
come in and just hang out at a radio station in El Paso. After a month or so I got a part time job. A couple of months later I was there full time.
Web Page Editor:Question # 2. Do you remember when you first thought you would want to work in radio?
Mangino:
Sure. I was about 12, maybe 13. Remember when you where
young and you wanted to do what your dad did when you grew up.
Well my dad worked as a bridge foreman for Penn DOT. I knew I
didn't want to do that. But, my uncle, Frank Squillo, was
working at WKST in New Castle,
(PA). Talking on the radio and having people listen to you and get
paid for it. Now that my friend is making a living.
Web Page Editor:Question #3. What was your first full time radio job?
Mangino: Back in '90 I worked in Sales and worked as a board op for a Christian station in EL Paso, TX, 1590 KELP. It wasn't really what I wanted to do in radio but at least I was no longer on the outside looking in.
Web Page Editor:Question #4. Have you been in radio ever since?
Mangino: No. I moved back to New Castle
for family reasons in '91. I tried the pizza business for a
while. What did you expect? I'm Italian. After
the pizza thing didn't work I was changing jobs every 9
months to a year. I just couldn't find anything I
liked. You know? Thinking back, I drove my wife nuts.
But she's been great. I wouldn't be where I am today without her
support.
Web Page Editor:Question #5. Why do you say that?
Mangino:
Well, I was working for a convenience store as a manager at the time
and HATED it. I'd be depressed driving home for the weekend,
just knowing I had to go back to work on Monday. And that's when
I decided to do all I could to get back into radio full
time. While working part-time for a couple of stations in
Mercer, PA and still at the convenience store, I heard about a full
time morning show opening at WBZY in New Castle. Are
you ready for this? It paid a whopping $5.50 an hour, about a
third of what I was making at the time. I sent in the tape
and resume and landed it. I remember going home and telling Diana
all about it and how excited I was to finally have a full time job
on the air. Now think about this for a moment. We where in
our mid 20's, my daughter, Rachel was about 3 and Diana is a stay at
home mom. I actually had the nerve to ask her what she thought
about me taking the job. She looked at me, smiled, and said,
"Will you be happy?" I said, "YES." She
replied, "We've made it this far. We'll figure it out. Go
ahead and take the job." How many women on the planet would
say something like that? If she didn't, I may still be
telling people "sorry, our pumps are all pre pay."
Web Page Editor:Question #6. When did you decide you wanted to be a talk show host?
Mangino:
From the beginning. I played oldies at WBZY but, the whole time I
just wanted to talk. I remember getting called in for a meeting
with the General Manager about how little music I was playing in the
morning. Can you believe he didn't like me only playing 2 to 4
songs an hour and talking the rest of the time? He obviously
didn't appreciate what he had with me.
Web Page Editor:Question #7. How did you arrive at 570 WKBN?
Mangino:
One day I finally had the chance to fill in for WBZY's mid day one
hour talk show called "Hotline at Noontime". That morning I
called Dan Rivers and asked him if he needed anyone for summer fill in
work. He said "Yea, send me a tape." I said, "Why don't you tune
into the show today from till
one and see what you think." The next day I had a message on
my answering machine at home asking me if I was willing
to go on for an hour the next day on WKBN. First, I screamed like
a girl. Then I called him back in the calmest voice I
could muster and said I would be there. I've bee apart of
the station ever since.
Web Page Editor:Question #8. Do you remember that first show?
Mangino:Oh
yea! Boy was I nervous. The old studio at Sunset was at
least 6 times larger than any studio I had been in before.
It was a truly awesome experience to just sit in the studio behind the
microphone. Fortunately I had a great topic to go with.
There was a shooting of a man that was pulled over by a police
officer. I remember it going so well that the guy who was on
after me couldn't change the topic to what he wanted to talk
about. The phone lines were full and they all still wanted to
talk about my topic. I felt like I hit a home run.
Web Page Editor: Question #9. Do you have any shows that stick out in your mind more than any others?
Mangino:Off
the top of my head there are two. The first was when I was
working on a plumbing project at home and decided to vent about it on
the air one morning. All I asked on the air was "who was
the shoemaker who did that job". Never for one minute did I
think it would go anywhere just a little venting and then on with the
other topics for the day. But the phones just exploded. I
couldn't believe how many people where offended because someone they
loved sold shoes, repaired shoes or made shoes at some point in
their lives. It was insane. The other was when I vented
again about my wife not checking the pockets before she washed my pants
and destroyed a $100.00 check. Again, I didn't think that much of
it at first but boy did that take off. I turned into a 6 hour
topic on two different shows. People where calling in
defending my wife and taking shots at me. All except one dear
woman named Viola who took my side and thought my wife was wrong.
Sometimes you just don't know what will take off.
Web Page Editor: Looking back is there anything you would do differently?
Mangino: I
would have tried to get into radio when I was younger and did all I
could to stay in it. Some times it seems like a waste of time
working all those jobs I hated. But, at the same time it's
important to keep in mind that all the bad times play a part in
who we are today.
Every year we go through the charade of fireworks sales in Ohio. It's legal to buy consumer grade fireworks in Ohio, only if you sign a document where you swear under penalty of law to shoot the fireworks outside the state. Isn't it time we end this. Stop having people lie to buy and then hide to shoot off these celebratory items in commemoration of our beloved nations birth? What about treating grown adults like, well, grown adults instead of children, who are doomed to a horrible fate if it were not for an all loving and beneficent state that knows what's best for you. Legalize and Regulate Fireworks. And for those who use fireworks in a dangerous and unsafe manner. Establish laws to punish them by. But leave the others alone and wipe clean their conscience.
Don't All Dads Do This?
Tuesday 07-01-2008 11:27am ET
Is there something Wrong with Hulk Hogan rubbing sun tan lotion on his daughter, Brooke? Would you? Not Brooke... your daughter?
Listener Art.
Wednesday 06-25-2008 11:49am ET
About a month ago I received in the mail a caricature of me from Matt. A huge fan of mine and Dan Rivers, who wanted to express that in art. The first rendering is what he just finished from the picture of me on this web page. The one below he drew from a publicity photo that's about 2-3 years old.
I thought, they are so good and he is so talented, I just had to post them. It is amazing what loosing 100 lbs and an amazing artist can do.
The Life Banc Invitational
Wednesday 06-25-2008 8:10am ET
What a beautiful day! What a great team! What a round!
We shot -7. Not enough to win. But the best I've ever been apart of.