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Cubby Celebrates 30 Years In New York Radio · The Cubby and Christine Morning Show

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  Speaker 1: One six point seven Light FM. Good morning, It's Christine
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  Speaker 1: with producer Kristen and Covey, who we have to congratulate today, Covey,
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  Speaker 1: because this is big. This is your thirtieth anniversary on
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  Speaker 1: the radio in New York City.
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  Speaker 2: Correct, and thank you for that. I appreciate that.
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  Speaker 1: Beautiful career been on us.
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  Speaker 2: You've been on longer, though. When did you start your
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  Speaker 2: career in New York? Do you want to bring that
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  Speaker 2: up or no?
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  Speaker 1: No, two thousand and two. I was on like we
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  Speaker 1: came into Z one hundred around the same time.
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  Speaker 2: Correct. So my first day was April twenty second, nineteen
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  Speaker 2: ninety six, and I left a beautiful job in Houston, Texas.
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  Speaker 2: I was very happy there. I didn't want to leave,
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  Speaker 2: but when New York calls you leave, you say okay, right,
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  Speaker 2: And I got a call from Tom Pullman, who was
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  Speaker 2: hired as the program director at Z one hundred. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: he had he was my program director in Houston, but
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  Speaker 2: initially he didn't know that he was going to be
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  Speaker 2: hiring me. He didn't know what was going to happen
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  Speaker 2: at Z. And when he got here, a month went
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  Speaker 2: by and he realized he needed some help and he goes,
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  Speaker 2: you want to come up here and help me turn
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  Speaker 2: around Z one hundred because at the time, the ratings
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  Speaker 2: were in the tank and yeah, it was like in
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  Speaker 2: last place. So we knew we could either be heroes
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  Speaker 2: or be fired in two months. Okay, So we had
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  Speaker 2: a chance to turn the legendary Z one hundred round
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  Speaker 2: along with myself and Sharon Dast and a lot of
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  Speaker 2: other people. And it all started on this date. And
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  Speaker 2: if you told me, I said this on my Instagram
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  Speaker 2: and my Facebook post, if you told me on April
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  Speaker 2: twenty second, nineteen ninety six, you'll be on the radio
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  Speaker 2: in New York for thirty years, I would have laughed
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  Speaker 2: and then given you azema.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I was drinking back then, and then I had to
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  Speaker 2: put on some polo sport. But yeah, it's just been
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  Speaker 2: an incredible run and I've met so many great people
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  Speaker 2: along the way, and you were one of my first friends. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I met you that that summer, I believe in ninety six.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I came in just after you. I had been
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  Speaker 1: on sister station Q four.
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  Speaker 2: That's right.
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  Speaker 1: They were New York's pure rock and they flipped formats
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  Speaker 1: and as often happens in radio, if a format flips
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  Speaker 1: bye bye. That's what happened, your cast of players. And
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  Speaker 1: I was very very fortunate that there was an opening
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  Speaker 1: at Z one hundred and that they brought me on board.
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  Speaker 1: I was very lucky. Yeah, I mean like within a
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  Speaker 1: few weeks I was working again on a great another
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  Speaker 1: great station. You've been on big stations, I mean q Q,
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  Speaker 1: one of four Z one hundred and now the mighty
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  Speaker 1: Light FM.
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  Speaker 2: Number one, number one Light FM, and working with.
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  Speaker 1: You has been like the biggest blessing.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know what. I appreciate you saying that, and
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  Speaker 2: I feel the same way because we used to really
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  Speaker 2: hit it off in the hallways all the time, but
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  Speaker 2: never did a show together, right, And now we're like,
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  Speaker 2: you know, sister and brother, and we have a blast
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  Speaker 2: every morning and I don't look at it as work
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  Speaker 2: at all. I still I still get butterflies when I
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  Speaker 2: turned the microphone on. That's a good sign. You love
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  Speaker 2: your job, and I know you do too.
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  Speaker 1: So fortunate.
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  Speaker 2: We're very very lucky.
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  Speaker 1: And thank you to our friends who listen.
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  Speaker 2: For the people that listen, yeah, thank you.
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  Speaker 1: We're not here without you. Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 2: You there and there are people that been there with
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  Speaker 2: us since day one. They listened to us on Z
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  Speaker 2: one hundred, followed us during the Hands and Days. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we followed us to light FM.
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  Speaker 1: No, the Hansons have grandkids or something. Yeah, you do.
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  Speaker 2: So again, thank you for the love everybody, and thank
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  Speaker 2: you Christine for bringing that up. Uh. We are going
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  Speaker 2: to wrap this conversation up with a little giveaway. It's
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  Speaker 2: all about meat loaf.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, right, Bat out of Hell which is an amazing show.
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  Speaker 1: So there's an opportunity to see Bat out of Hell
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  Speaker 1: in New York. This is going to be at town Hall. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: April twenty ninth and thirtieth. They have added a second
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  Speaker 1: show out of popular demand. We started April twenty ninth.
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  Speaker 1: Now we're at thirtieth at town Hall. You don't want
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  Speaker 1: to miss this final tour. The show's excellent. You can
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  Speaker 1: get your tickets at thetownholl dot.
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  Speaker 2: Org or be caller ten one two two one six
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  Speaker 2: seven some Yes I knew you'd go him up. Yeah
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  Speaker 2: for me, Yes, we want it now for me, love,
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  Speaker 2: good luck, Light FM