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Mark interviews DJ legend Scott Shannon. · The Mark Simone Show

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  Speaker 1: Set up pre sat on the iHeartRadio app to woor
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  Speaker 1: or to hear Mark live. Set another for Mark's podcast
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  Speaker 1: to hear him anytime. Now back to Mark Simone on
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  Speaker 1: wo or Well well us right now the greatest living DJ,
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  Speaker 1: the radio legend himself, Scott Shannon is with a Scott Shannon,
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  Speaker 1: how you doing?
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  Speaker 2: Coming right at you on Miss Work Monday. We're both
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  Speaker 2: working our tales off today. Yeah, kind of put everything
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  Speaker 2: in perspective. I do have. I've been listening to your
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  Speaker 2: radio show this morning, and I gotta tell you you
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  Speaker 2: and I usually agree, but not this time. My friend,
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  Speaker 2: what that halftime show was a business? It was horrible.
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  Speaker 1: Well, visually it looked good and the moves were good
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  Speaker 1: and the music was bouncy lively.
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  Speaker 2: Let me ask you a question. Yes, back when Prince
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  Speaker 2: did it, when Bruce did it, when Lady Gaga did it,
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  Speaker 2: all the way back to when Up with People did it,
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  Speaker 2: and were all about the music. It was about the
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  Speaker 2: singing to the country, right. Yeah, so you're telling me
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  Speaker 2: it was an entertaining joke, except you didn't know one
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  Speaker 2: word he was singing. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: But see, here's the problem. Was going to ask you
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  Speaker 1: back then Bruce Springsteen was a mainstream artist that everybody knew.
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  Speaker 1: The music now is so splintered. Can you name anybody
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  Speaker 1: that everybody would know, every demo everybody would know.
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  Speaker 2: Well, the thing that you're missing, I think is the
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  Speaker 2: fact that most people who speak Spanish are big soccer fans.
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  Speaker 2: I think you mentioned that once this morning. Yeah, and
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  Speaker 2: then he goes on and you know, also people forgot
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  Speaker 2: this was also about the two hundred and fifties anniversary
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  Speaker 2: of our country, where our actual most people in America
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  Speaker 2: speak English. God, you know, I'd have nothing against mister Bunny.
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  Speaker 2: I think he's a fine, fine artist. But here's something
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  Speaker 2: for you. When you watch when you turn on one
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  Speaker 2: of the Spanish speaking televisions, do they have an English
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  Speaker 2: show on there? No, I don't think so, Mark, that's
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  Speaker 2: of course not so. How many people do you think
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  Speaker 2: started to watch that? And look, the set was beautiful,
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  Speaker 2: the dancers were great. But I couldn't understand one damn
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  Speaker 2: word he was singing. You don't speak Spanish.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, a lot of today's biggest hits I love. I
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  Speaker 1: can't understand one word to saying either, So oh.
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  Speaker 2: Come on, you can understand, you can understand Taylor Swift
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  Speaker 2: when she's sing.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, but there's a bunch of songs. I don't know
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  Speaker 1: what all the singing, but they're great and I love
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  Speaker 1: them well.
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  Speaker 2: I you know the other thing people aren't. I don't
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  Speaker 2: know if you've talked about this or you realize it,
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  Speaker 2: but you've got to remember Roger Goodell is very clear
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  Speaker 2: with his plans for his league. He thinks he wants
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  Speaker 2: it to be the International Football League, not the NFL,
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  Speaker 2: not the National Football League. He had a games down
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  Speaker 2: in Mexico, he's spent in London, he's been in Germany.
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  Speaker 2: They're going I think they're doing one in Italy or France,
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  Speaker 2: I think, and I think this was just part of
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  Speaker 2: that big plan.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, No, you're absolutely right. Hey, Roger Goodell, who's a
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  Speaker 1: very unpleasant, unlikable sort of guy, but the other guy
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  Speaker 1: owners love him because he knows how to make money.
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  Speaker 1: He makes them a ton of money. So you're right,
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  Speaker 1: that's his plan, more international and expanding.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that and this fits right into his plan. The
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  Speaker 2: obvious thing that should have been done it was they're
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  Speaker 2: forgetting about the you know, I know they had the flyover,
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  Speaker 2: but it's a two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of our
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  Speaker 2: country for God's Eth? Then what do you do for
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  Speaker 2: the halftime show? Yeah? I can't that couldn't take it
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  Speaker 2: all right.
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  Speaker 1: But the good thing was Charlie Pooth I thought was
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  Speaker 1: absolutely brilliancing in the national anthem. Would you agree?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? I thought he did a great job. Yeah, I did.
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  Speaker 2: There was no doubt about that.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, wardrobe wise, he looked ridiculous. He looked like
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  Speaker 1: Marlon Brando in on the Waterfront with that jacket.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, one of the I don't know, I
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  Speaker 2: don't even know if you saw this, but there was
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  Speaker 2: a high, high high point in the in the proceedings
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  Speaker 2: in the fourth quarters. It's always happened. Some guy ran
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  Speaker 2: across the field and it was funny too because nobody
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  Speaker 2: could catch except a guy in a in a New
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  Speaker 2: England uniform, and he tackled this sob took him down
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  Speaker 2: on the ten yard line.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I actually missed it, I thought later, but I
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  Speaker 1: was actually eating then buffet.
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  Speaker 2: That was pretty cool. Yeah, But and like I said,
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  Speaker 2: I thought the sets were beautiful and Bunny was fine.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he's a great performer. I just i'd like
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  Speaker 2: sometimes I'd like to hear what there's you know, telep
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  Speaker 2: here singing.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. But again the problem is Prince was like everybody
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  Speaker 1: knew Prince back then. There's no mainstream singers anymore that
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  Speaker 1: everybody knows. There's no such thing, even our You take
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  Speaker 1: our radio stations here on this floor. You got Z
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  Speaker 1: one hundred over there, which you created. You got Power
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  Speaker 1: one O five, you got Q one O four. They
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  Speaker 1: all played different artists. There's no artists that could get
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  Speaker 1: played on all of our stations.
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  Speaker 2: You know what, did you get a chance to pay
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  Speaker 2: much attention to the commercials?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: I thought there was some great commercials. This was really
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  Speaker 2: a battery year for commercials. You had that you had
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  Speaker 2: that one was it? You had bon Jovi in there,
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  Speaker 2: Stop living on a prayer? Yeah, you had the great
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  Speaker 2: Budweiser commercials were the best they've had in a long time. Uh.
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  Speaker 2: That Clydesdale horse, that little baby and the baby eagle,
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  Speaker 2: Oh that thing is strong. And then what about the
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  Speaker 2: Goodwill Duncan commercial.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Jim Stiller.
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  Speaker 2: Jennifer Addison, Tom Brady, they are all in that thing.
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  Speaker 1: The only problem is nowadays you watch so much video
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  Speaker 1: ai unbelievable special effects video all kinds of amazing videos
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  Speaker 1: all day long on TikTok as. After all that all
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  Speaker 1: day and night, these commercials aren't so dazzling anymore. We're
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  Speaker 1: used to it too much.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but I thought these were very entertained. There were
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  Speaker 2: a couple of them. There were pretty good commercials, but
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  Speaker 2: I couldn't figure out what the product was. That's a
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  Speaker 2: problem when you spend that kind of money into Oh
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  Speaker 2: what did you see the talking toilet scene? Yeah, so, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that was pretty funny.
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  Speaker 1: They were pretty good. Uh, the game itself not very good.
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  Speaker 1: The New England got to the Super Bowl a couple
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  Speaker 1: of years too early. They're not ready for this yet.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but that that defense from Seattle was they were incredible.
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  Speaker 2: Oh that was that was an amazing game. I mean, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: there wasn't much action, I agree, but you know it was.
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  Speaker 2: It was good if you were a big fan. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: if you were a fan of of of Seattle. Now
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  Speaker 2: what about I know, not everybody's kicked in yet for
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  Speaker 2: the Winter Olympics, but a Lindsey von thing was kind
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  Speaker 2: of crazy. Yeah, she's forty one years old, she's already
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  Speaker 2: ruptured her a c a a week ago, and then
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  Speaker 2: she's going to put a bracelet. I'm ready, I'm all set,
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  Speaker 2: I'll be fine. That had that had disaster and all over,
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  Speaker 2: I thought. And then she she what she hit her
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  Speaker 2: shoulder too, didn't she on one of those passer by
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  Speaker 2: things you skate. I'm out of skier, so I don't
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  Speaker 2: know what I'm talking about. And then they had to
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  Speaker 2: rush her off, and I think she broke her leg
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  Speaker 2: or something.
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  Speaker 1: You know. And I can't figure ou why anybody would
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  Speaker 1: be a skier. It seems like the dumbest sport in
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  Speaker 1: the world. You pay money, go somewhere where it's colder
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  Speaker 1: than where you are, you have to wear all those contraptions.
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  Speaker 2: It's well, it worked all right, worked out all right
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  Speaker 2: for Sonny Bono, didn't it.
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  Speaker 1: Exactly? You're gonna get you get yourself killed. It's a
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  Speaker 1: ridiculous the same vacation you can go lie on a
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  Speaker 1: beach and have nothing but fun. It's crazy.
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  Speaker 2: I'm more of it. I'm more of a sun guy myself.
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  Speaker 2: I enjoy that. But there was we did win a
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  Speaker 2: gold medal. Uh. This alpine skier, Breezy Johnson got a
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  Speaker 2: gold medal in women's downhill. And then while she's having
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  Speaker 2: a press cover. She broke her damn Gold medal into
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  Speaker 2: three pieces accidentally, so she smashed her metal.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, hey, you bring up a good point. Se two
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  Speaker 1: hundred and fiftieth anniversary of America. You know, coming up
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  Speaker 1: in July, there's going to be some amazing concerts, amazing
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  Speaker 1: events all summer Washington. They're going to have and I
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  Speaker 1: don't think Democrats are too crazy about this. They're going
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  Speaker 1: to have NASCAR around Washington, Indy Car, They're going to
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  Speaker 1: have wrestling at the White These are not big Democratic sports,
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  Speaker 1: are they.
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  Speaker 2: That's not the kind of not only thing has a
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  Speaker 2: lot of stuff that happens at the White House every year.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Hey, by the way, everybody, you can listen to
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  Speaker 1: Scott Shannon on the True Oldies Channel. Where should they
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  Speaker 1: go to get it?
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  Speaker 2: Well, what I did was I've always been a fan.
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  Speaker 2: That's my hobby. You know. I love music, and that's
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  Speaker 2: what got me into the radio business. I love music first,
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  Speaker 2: and I think the greatest decade of music was the
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  Speaker 2: sixties and the seventies right behind. It depend on you know,
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  Speaker 2: on your age, who you are, and what your preference is.
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  Speaker 2: But I took all the best music from the sixties
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  Speaker 2: and seventies and mix them all together and keep the
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  Speaker 2: commercials down. You know, if you grew up on WABC,
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  Speaker 2: it's perfect pace for you, True Oldiest Channel. We're on
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  Speaker 2: ninety two three FM h D three, which is now.
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  Speaker 2: Once you get there, it's beautiful sounding. You get it
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  Speaker 2: any car in the last ten years, or you can
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  Speaker 2: get it on your Alexa. You say, Alexa, play the
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  Speaker 2: True Oldiest Channel. It's that simple.
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  Speaker 1: And you can listen to Scott Channon show every morning
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  Speaker 1: on the True Oldiest Channel.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, yeah, I still do a morning show there.
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  Speaker 2: I don't have to take I don't take the trip
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  Speaker 2: into the city like I did for like thirty thirty years.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, much easier now, so but listen to the True
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  Speaker 1: Oldiest Channel, Scott Channon. Great stuff is always Thanks for.
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  Speaker 2: Being with us, Thank you. And by the way, it
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  Speaker 2: is it is miss work Monday, and we showed up.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for being with us. Thank care. Yeah, they want
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  Speaker 1: to make this an actual holiday. Hey, coming up, Buck
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  Speaker 1: and Clay. They do an excellent show. You do not
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  Speaker 1: want to miss them. They're on noon to three. They'll
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  Speaker 1: be here right after the news at twelve on seven
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  Speaker 1: ten Woor