I was born and raised in the heart of the Adirondack mountains in Saranac Lake. Moved to Charlottesville in the 70's and discovered WTJU and got hooked. I began volunteering around the turn of the century and have been here ever since. My dad was in radio in the 40's, 50's and 60's, so I feel like I have always been around radio stations forever. The station that he worked at only played big band, contemporary vocalists of the time(Frank Sinatra and others) and classical music. I remember going to the station with my dad on the weekends and he always let me look through the rock music promotion records. If I found something I liked, which was everything, he let me have it to take home. The station played no Rock music at the time. I was the envy of my Rock music friends, and always had albums that hadn't been released to the public yet! It was a very cool time!! I have been alternating Sunday mornings with Jazzmania for several years and will continue until who knows when. Life's too short for ordinary music!!