Watch videos & listen free to The Greaseman: The Bearded Clam, A Trip To West Virginia!! The Greaseman, aka Nino 'Grease' Mannelli, is a radio comic, who has also appeared on numerous television shows and movies. Sniff N The Tears Fickle Heart Rarity. His real name is Doug Tracht, born August 1, 1950 in Bronx, NY. He replaced Howard Stern. Apr 26, 2016. I moved up quickly and within a couple of years was doing middays at WAPE in Jacksonville, FL, working with the Greaseman. After six months there, I was hired in Houston for a radio job. So, at 20 years old I made the trek across the country in my old Vega, by myself, to move to Texas. That trip could rival.

BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I started in radio back in high school as the 6:00-6:30pm DJ on an AM daytimer station in Gainesville FL. It was in Gainesville that I started doing voiceover work as well. I moved up quickly and within a couple of years was doing middays at WAPE in Jacksonville, FL, working with the Greaseman. After six months there, I was hired in Houston for a radio job. So, at 20 years old I made the trek across the country in my old Vega, by myself, to move to Texas.

That trip could rival a Chevy Chase Vacation movie! Three batteries later. After trying to change a blowout with vice grips, and having to hold the exhaust system up with hangars to the driver's side door -- since the exhaust pipes fell out of the manifold and were dragging on the road -- I finally made it to Houston! I worked in Houston for a few years until I was offered a dream job. Mornings in San Antonio with the partner of my choice!

I chose my friend Ernie Brown as my partner and we moved to take on San Antonio. It was there that I met my former husband. I stayed there for about 17 years and did mornings at three different stations during that time. Once my divorce was final, K-Love Radio Network moved me to Sacramento, CA to do mornings with Larry Wayne.

I stayed at K-Love for 13 years, until I left to pursue VO full-time. I was already doing full-time VO and fulltime radio; I decided to leave the radio gig to have more control over my schedule. Now, I'm still in Northern California and ready to have fun on the radio again. Cbse School Codes List Download. But not just at any station. I don't care about market size (as long as the pay is reasonable) An empty-nester now, I'm ready to play on the radio, and off. So for the first time in my radio career, I'm not looking to live where I want to work. I'm looking to work where I want to live.

1) How are you occupying your time, besides looking for a job? I am a full-time VO talent. I've been doing VO and coaching for decades and have taught at the top VO conferences in the world. I'm absolutely loving making my own hours and working for myself.

Taking vacations whenever I want to, but I miss the fun of live radio and interacting with the audience. I don't consider myself unemployed. Krups 3 Mix 4000 Instructions here. I'm self-employed. Who would enjoy the fun of live radio, again.

2) Some people get discouraged or enlightened with the business when they actually step out of it for a while. Tell us your observations from the outside. I've seen the pay decline substantially in the past decade(s). I was well compensated at K-Love and have been doing VO exclusively for four year, so when I started looking into getting back into radio I was shocked at the pay. I know of well-established, well-known Dallas jocks working for $12/hr.????? I've also noticed the tendency toward hiring voicetrackers. I love tracking weekend shifts to have the weekend off, but I noticed that those who voicetrack all their shifts for stations are also pitifully compensated.