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Old 04-26-2009, 12:22 PM
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Majored in broadcast journalism at Southern Illinois, then got a newspaper job. After working my way through college in small radio stations, I never again worked full-time on the air, though I did do a lot of part-time gigs and had a free-lance sideline career as the voice of a lot of companies in radio and TV commercials in the Midwest for years.

Ended up spending 40 years (so far) as a newspaper reporter and, now, editor in Illinois and Florida. Would like to retire in about 3 years and TV looks very good to me (I visit frequently; it's only 110 miles from my house to Spanish Springs). With the state of our industry and my employer, though, I may be "freed" somewhat earlier than hoped.
Hi cybrgeezer,

I noticed that this is your very first post here, and I just wanted to tell you that I really like your screen name. (or should I write 'screenname'?)

Anyway, cybrgeezer is a wonderful name. It is kind of an oxymoron.

I know that I really need to be more careful about throwing words like 'oxymoron' around or somebody here might suspect that I am (or is it was?) an English major.

Welcome, cybrgeezer. And what a great name you have.

Boomer