Fisking Nick: Introduction

Today, I'll be liveblogging and audiofisking the Nick Coleman show.

Why?

In a famous column a few months back, Nick Coleman solemnly intoned that he "knows stuff", that he's got a "baloney detector". Fair enough.

When it comes to radio, I "know stuff". I grew up in a radio station; I started hanging around KEYJ in Jamestown, ND when I was 15, in the summer of 1978. The boss, Bob Richardson, put me on the air as much to avoid any liability problems as anything.

Since then, I've been a disk jockey, news/sports/talk show producer, reporter, play by play guy, voice-over artist, talk show host (twice - at KSTP-AM from '86-'87 and for the last year on AM1280 with the NARN), and everything in between. I've paid a due or two - at KEYJ, KQDJ, KDAK (all in North Dakota), KSTP-AM, KDWB AM/FM, WDGY (one of its incarnations), KFAI and now AM1280 The Patriot (WWTC-AM). To borrow an obnoxious phrase - I know stuff.

To put it another way, if Nick Coleman believes the "stuff" he "knows" puts him on a plane above mere bloggers, then it's safe to say that the stuff I know about radio puts me at least as far above him.

But I may as well find out, huh?

I joined the festivities late; that fine Prez' Day sleep beckoned. I tuned in at 7:21am.