Bright Lights.. small town.. Rock n Roll
Current mood: breezy

I saw this on the Bear website and stole it....I love u Terry

U FREAKIN ROCK IT

All true not just a rumor.

V.V.

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Bear is ONLINE
Current mood: artistic
Category: Jobs, Work, Careers

What Up all my homies, FINALLY 104 the Bear is up online and streaming.  That means all my LA friends, old KNAC listeners and my family can listen to me online now.  WOOHOO.  bear104.com on the left side up at the top is says listen live. Now go listen, and feel free to send my bosses emails about how RAD  I am. :) hehehehe.  Oh and send money too, I can use it, I'm still a DJ after all, and hell I didn't make money in LA, so I certainly don't make any in the falls :) 

So I'm on Monday - Friday 7pm - Midnight CST and Saturday 3-7pm CST

that's 5pm - 10pm PST

ROCK ON with your badass self.

Love ya

Vicki Vox

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Stereotyped
Category: Blogging

We all fit in here somewhere, well at least other people think so.

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The Bear WINS
Current mood: crazy

So it's been almost a year I've been working for the bear, October 1st will be a full year.  I've been waiting for today to happen.  You may or may not know but like Television we have a rating system called Arbitron.  Every 6 months they survey the listening area and the rating are released, I can't get into specifics because it's against the law to post the actually numbers but I can say this.  I'm so fucking happy that the station I used to work for, took a major downhill slide into the crap hole of 6th place.  Out of 8 stations HAHAHAHHA.  That makes me so happy I can't even tell you.  Since I've left the station, the music that is being added is not what the station I created is all about.  Who calls 311 a ROCK Band…They are ALTERNATIVE.  IF that station was alternative, that would be fine, but it's not, and it's NOT OK.   Obviously I did know what I was doing with it cause when I was there it's was number 1 in a lot of the money demos like Men 18-34.  Now the Bear is number 1 in all theses demos of men.  FUCK YEAH.  Keith did exceptionally well, Mad Martin did VERY VERY well, and I had a great "book" as we radio people call it.  I'm so happy that I finally got justice.  My justice was not that we won, but that they tanked.  I blame myself for their demise and I'm so proud to know that what I was doing made a difference and when I left, it showed.  The management at that old station should have thought about this.  But they don't care about the little rock station, they hate it and it's bothersome to them, which is why it's now declining.  Have you listened to their DJ's?  Pathetic.  I actually heard a break that was just like this. "That was the toadies here's pearl jam" HOW ABOUT SAYING THE NAME OF THE STATION...fucking idiots.  No wonder they're tanking, with DJ's that can't even say the radio station name how dot hey expect to win.  Number 1 rule of radio, you open the mic, you say the station name for instance, when you listen to my show, the first words out of mouth is "104 the bear thee classic rock station" How hard is that.  If you can't mention the station, you don't belong on the air.  I once hear a program director say this.  We are not the stars of the station, the music is, we are the co-stars.  I'm fine with being a co-star, I know people listen to the station cause of the music, NOT ME.  These pathetic DJ's over there think they are the stars, and the ego has taken over.  Remember you're in ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />WICHITA FALLS.  Shut the fuck up, go be a DJ in LA like I was for 5 years and then well talk. Until then shut the fuck up.  I'm obviously very passionate about this situation and I wanted to share with you.  So as of last Wednesday THE BEAR is OFFICIALLY the Number 1 rock station in Texoma.  GIVE ME A FUCK YEAH.  Oh the guy that replaced me on the other station, voice tracks from up north somewhere (like Minnesota) and has never been at a live broadcast, has never even been to Wichita Falls.  Come to our stations and you'll see live DJ's in the building that actually live here in Wichita Falls.  With that said, thanks for reading and may all your dreams come true as mine have.

Currently listening : Daughtry By Daughtry Release date: 21 November, 2006

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that restaurant on kemp that serves seafood in front of target.
Current mood: thirsty
Category: Food and Restaurants

I was invited to go to lunch at a restaurant where the logo has a sea creature, what is it a shrimp, no, a crab, no...uh whatever...you know that place on Kemp in front of Target...Oh hell it's red lobster. Anyhow I show up before my friends and I get a table in the bar area so we can smoke. While waiting I order an iced tea. I put some sweet n low in it and a lemon and it didn't at all taste funny to me. I drink a glass and my friends show up. They both order iced tea as well and the after their first drink they both agree the tea is bad...I'm thinking no it's not I just drank a glass. I even comment about how it didn't taste funny to me. Within a few minutes I started to feel sick. I got dizzy and got up and excused my self to the bathroom, where I actually vomited. Sick YES! Why am I telling you. A waitress was in the bathroom while this was happening and asked my what was wrong. I told her and she told her manager promptly. He didn't seem to care. He was more concerned with what kind of tea i had. I said iced tea. I then sat down ate my salad and clam chowder soup. The manager never came back to ask me if I was ok. If my meal was ok. If he could take care of my $5.00 meal, nothing. I was actually horrified with his lack of compassion for a patron who got sick in his restaurant. I thought to myself, If I were a restaurant owner and someone had that happen to them, I would do everything in my power to make the person feel better. Comp their meal. Give them a dinner on us, next time. WHATEVER. He did nothing. Oh yeah he did do something he took my diet coke to replace the iced tea off the bill. Yeah, the drink. WHATEVER. Beware of the ICED TEA at RED LOBSTER ON KEMP

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The last day of her life

Today was the last day of the life of my 13 year old cat Princess.  She was saved by me many many moons ago.  She waited til I got home before she passed away.  She was lying in the grass out in front of the house and I went to her and said "it's ok princess you can go to heaven now" and she gasped her last breath of air and that was it, she was gone.  Her little heart stopped beating and her fight was over.  I am so thankful she waited on me to get home.  Dennis, Heather and I were all there with her when she took that last breath.  It was her time.

PRINCESS may you rest in peace forever

October 30, 1993 - Ocotber 25 2006

beloved cat, friend, companion, hellraiser

I will miss your meow and that look you always gave me.

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Life on the new job.
Current mood: hopeful
Category: Jobs, Work, Careers

I've been at my new job now for a week.  I started last Monday, by Friday I made my first sale.  Not only am I on the air with Keith Vaughn, daily at 4 till 6 on 104.7 The Bear; I'm also selling advertising.  I love radio, I believe in radio, so why not get out of the office and learn a whole new side of being in radio.  I'm really looking at this as a new opportunity, to do something a bit more challenging.  Don't get me wrong I loved being an assistant PD, that job rocks, but there isn't a station for me to program in my new cluster, so selling the stations seemed like something cool to accomplish.  What's really cool is that Cumulus Radio has 4 FM that excel at what they do.  99.9KLUR is and always has been THE country station here in the falls.  If you know someone who likes country music they listen to KLUR.  Becky and Brad have been Texoma's Best DJ's for ever and a day...So if you happen to be in a position of authority at your business then this is the station to be on to brand your business as the best in town at what you do.   And feel free to contact me directly if you are interested in advertising on our stations.  You know it's odd, I'm not a salesperson.  I'm a DJ, but I know better then anyone the power of radio.    So I believe in it.  The outlaw 94.9 is the most recent addition into texoma radio and they are a Texas country station.  They are awesome if you're a lover of the regional music scene.  A lot of talk on the streets about radio and this is the one that everyone is talking about, which means everyone is sampling the station and more and more people are listening to nothing but the Outlaw.  Hot 103.9 is a station I shouldn't even have to tell you about, it's the Number 1 station in the market listened to by more people then any other station.  They are a rap station and HUGE with the younger crowd and the base guys. I'm not a fan of rap music but this station is one of the best to get your business name out there, seriously, if your kids are listening to this station they are the one that determine what's cool...if they hear about XYZ Company on their station then it's cool and so are you.  The power of radio.  Then of course the station I'm on The Bear 104.7.  The Bear is a classic rock station with a line up of ALL local talent.  The station I used to be on is nothing but voice trackers and out of town voice trackers.  Yeah 3 out of 5 shifts is out of town DJ's, yeah that's local radio alright.  Try calling and having someone answer the phone. Ha-ha that's funny.  No you can leave a message that someone will check 2 weeks from now.  Pathetic.  Radio in a small market like this is all about having fun and playing the music.  That's what the above 4 stations are all about.  I'm proud to be a part of these quality radio stations here in the falls.  I know I will be with Cumulus for a long time to come.  Thanks to you for being there with me, for spending the time to read this blog and get this far down into it.  I have gained a new respect for radio and I'm so glad to be a part of a team instead of an individual working my ass off to just get stabbed in the back.  I eat radio, I dream radio in my sleep, I am radio to the core. I am Vicki Vox radio DJ and Advertising Executive for the best dam stations in town.

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Listen to me on 104.7 The Bear

My first airshift will be this Thursday from 4-6 pm with Keith Vaughn.  we're gonna take calls and just have a great time.  Make sure to tune in tommorrow.

Rock on

Vicki Vox

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I made the news...Holy Cow
Current mood: high

First off thanks Andrew the Space Lord...you rock!

Here is the article some things are a bit off but it's all good.

From Blabbermouth.net

Radio personality Vicki Vox — best known as "The Rack" during her four years as a DJ on KNAC.COM — was recently hired by Wichita Falls, Texas-based Cumulus Broadcasting for their station 104 The Bear, with her first official on-air date set for October 2. This follows her much-publicized split from rival station The Buzz two weeks ago where she was a regular DJ since 2002.

Originally from Long Island, New York, Vicki first got her start in radio broadcasting in the mid-'90s on San Bernadino, California campus radio before she was hired by then-radio programmer Long Paul to intern on KNAC.COM following the resurgence of the popular heavy metal radio station on the Internet in mid-1998. For the next four years as her on-air DJ persona "The Rack" — a nickname she maintains was due to her pool-playing skills — she hosted an hour-long weekly specialty program known as "Back In The Day" that specialized in classic hard rock/heavy metal songs during her regular program and developed a cult following among many listeners (and was featured in an article in Spin magazine in 2000 about Internet radio) not just for her musical tastes and programming but also for her vivacious and energetic personality on the air. During her time with KNAC.COM, she interviewed a number of big-name hard rock and heavy metal musicians, including Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE), Jeff Waters (ANNIHILATOR), Dave Mustaine (MEGADETH), Lars Ulrich (METALLICA), David Coverdale (WHITESNAKE), and Geddy Lee (RUSH).

In 2002 she moved to Wichita Falls, Texas and was hired by local radio station the Buzz where her active and unrelenting support of the live music scene in that city helped bring in several big name tours such as Ozzfest over the past four years. She is also said to have been one of the station's most popular DJ's during her stint there.

Well I never brought Ozzfest, but we did have, Disturbed, Staind, Three Days Grace, Hurt, Theory of a deadman, Hinder 2 times, Seether 2 times, Shinedown 2 times, 3 Doors Down 2 times, Rob Zombie, Anthrax, Nickelback, Faktion, Chevelle, and Hoobastank, just to name some of them.

It's been a great run and lets continue it. 

Last night I had a really cool dream, I got Megadeth to play in the falls, wouldn't that be cool.  Maybe I'll work on that one.  It was a very cool dream, maybe a premonition.  Who knows.  until next time

ROCK ON!

Vicki

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Ever see a Bear eat a Buzzard?

I ask you this question, Have you ever seen a bear eat a buzzard?  Well I havn't personally but when it comes to radio, I plan on making it happen.  Lets all watch it happen together, a bear devoure a buzzard.  It only seems logical.

It's time for me to make my announcement about my new job.  I have been hired by Cumulus Broadcasting to be a part of their team. They have 4 radio stations, 104 The Bear, 94.9 The Outlaw, 99.9 KLUR and Hot 103.9.   During the interview process I was impressed with the way they think, do business, and have a team mentality.  I can't wait to make waves in town about my move.  I won't be on the air quite yet, but soon enough. My official start date is October 2, and you never know when  I could be pulled into the bear studio with maybe Mad Martin, Keith Vaughn or Pam Kelly, who knows.  So be listening to 104 The Bear and I'll let ya'll know when my first air show is. Prolly a weekend fill in shirt at first. Subscribe to my blog for updates.  I'm very happy about this move, and I'm so happy about the support Wichita Falls has given me.  I thank each and every one of you for the comments, the emails and the kind words.  Life couldn't be better, I'm going into a place where I am going to be given the room to grow, breathe and help be a part of something much much bigger.  Matter of fact I'm going to be learning more about the entire radio business, which I find exciting and challenging. 

Remember there is a radio revolution going on right now and as Rage against the Machine said best..."It had to start somewhere it had to start sometime, what better place then HERE, what better time then NOW.... Lights out Guerilla Radio, turn that shit up!"

Once again thanks for reading, listening, being a part of my life and allowing me to be a part of yours.  Coming to a radio near you!

With Respect,

Vicki Vox

Currently listening : Rage Against the Machine By Rage Against the Machine Release date: 10 November, 1992

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