The story is very simple. A city like Oswego should have its own radio station. Covering local news, visible, involved in the community. For years, there was such a station. At times, even more than one. That’s all history now. Media consolidated, owners aimed for big audiences, big holdings, big cities, big money, and left communities like Oswego high and dry.

I love Oswego and I love local radio. So I’m doing it here on the Web.

I’d like your help and your support. And I’d love to talk with you about it, anytime. Until then, I invite you to listen and enjoy.

Marv K.

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And if you’re curious about my bio…

I have a BA in Communication Studies – Broadcasting from SUNY Oswego and a Master of Library Science degree from SUNY University at Buffalo.

In addition to being a former air personality and program director at WSGO [when it was a real, local Oswego station], I’ve held on air positions at WRVO Oswego, WSYR, WFBL and WSEN in Syracuse, as well as stations in Binghamton and Geneva, New York and Lancaster, Pennsylvania. I’ve been an advertising account executive for several radio stations and the Pall-Times. I’ve also sold retail furniture and clothing, worked as an assistant in the legal department of a state agency in Liverpool and at a law school in Kansas City, and DJ’d dozens of parties here in Oswego, helping to celebrate some of the most memorable life cycle of events of many nice people, maybe even you!

While attending library school, I did practica (fancy word for internships) at libraries in Tonawanda, New York and Welland, Ontario. After completing the master’s degree program, I worked as a reference librarian at public libraries in Jacksonville, Cincinnati, Kansas City and at a wonderful community college in Jackson, Tennessee.

All these life experiences, plus extensive research skills and being an admitted “news junkie,” provide me with lots to talk about. The “how to talk about it” skills came from years of scrupulous listening to absolute masters of radio broadcasting. People aware of the power and magic of talking to listeners, not at them: William B. Williams, Ted Brown, Bob Fitzsimmons, Arthur Black, Michael Enright, John Oakley, Bob Jones, and, most notably, the late Gene Klavan.

Despite millions of dollars in ad revenues, hundreds of thousands of listeners, dozens of character voices and bits to consider, on several occasions, Klavan, a comic genius (whose son is mystery writer Andrew Klavan) allowed me to sit in on his highly-rated and highly respected morning drive show. The listening and observing proved to be a “classroom” like no other and taught that doing the best “radio show” is about respecting an audience, not barking at them like a dog or using the forum to get off on oneself. In a complicated world, people need to be informed, entertained, smile and not talked down to.

Klavan always said about radio, “It ain’t an art form.” Those who knew, loved, listened to and learned from him, his good heart and good soul, know he’d agree that it is all about thinking and caring.

I would love the opportunity to talk with you about producing audio content for your organization’s Web site, or career opportunities you may have for an information professional with exceptional verbal and interpersonal communication skills, a strong work ethic and diverse background working with people across the demographic spectrum. Resumes are available upon request!

I am very single and hold out minimal hope of someday marrying a reasonably intelligent, attractive woman with a good sense of humor, a whole lot of patience and the ability to tolerate a querulous but charming loner. I love following news and popular culture, walking, restaurants and Canadian travel. I spent the first 17 years of my life in another part of New York State, but have always considered Oswego to be my hometown. I’ve done many things and lived in many places and my conclusion is: there’s no place like home, no place like Oswego. I love it!