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From the desk of Robert Rappaport on Thursday, July 10th 2008 at 6:28

BIOS SCHMIOS

This website soon will have long-overdue bios about the on-air staff. For those of you who actually care what we look like and where we come from, you dreams will come true, but there is a caveat...

Typewriter

Management is asking us to write our own bios, so you might not want to put full faith in what you read. I'm not saying they'll be dishonest, but there's a fine line in making yourself not come off like a snooty, overqualified gift to broadcasting or a Joe Blow who simply fell into a good job.

One of the tricky areas in a bio is making your hobbies sound interesting. Sure, it's fun sitting at home watching pro wrestling and reruns of Seinfeld and Everybody Loves Raymond, but do you really want to say that? It sounds a bit classier to say you enjoy reading Shakespeare, attending the symphony and listening to classical music.

After many years of reading and hearing bios of others, only one really sticks in my memory. It's from an "icon" in broadcasting and starts like this...

"It all started at a 500-watt radio station in Fresno, California."

If you don't know who said that, drop me an email and I'll tell you. Until then, stay tuned!

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