Ep. 46: My Giving Thanks (A Look Back at Radio, Traffic, and Podcasting)

Mastering the Commute: Road Safety & Traffic Tips · Nov 27, 2025 · 7m

This Thanksgiving, Randy shares his complete journey from a 4-year-old with a cassette recorder to becoming a professional freeway traffic expert. Hear the story behind KRAK 98.5, Stereo97FM, and his years reporting traffic for KNX 1070 and other major stations.

Featured in this episode:

Early childhood recordings and piano performances

KRAK 98.5 bedroom broadcasts (age 4)

Stereo97FM and building homemade transmitters (age 13)

First radio job at KBET after the Northridge earthquake

Teen Scene radio show

First traffic report on KNX 1070 (November 12, 1999)

Nine years of traffic reporting…