Scott Stine
The Workday Wrap-up
All About Scott Stine:
Born Cass City, Michigan June 13, 1963
I always knew I’d be in radio. At age 8, I remember picking up a Wolfman Jack countdown show out of Canada. After that I was hooked! Listened to WTAC, CKLW, WKNX, WHNN and WTRX growing up. I remember sitting in the living room watching TV and at the same time, have ear plugs connected to a radio. Sounds silly, but I just loved listening to radio. Any kind of radio.
Odd jobs before radio: garbage man (my Dad owned a sanitation route), worked on a farm baling hay and straw, and I pulled chickens one summer (if you have ever done that job, you know how much fun that job was!) Thankfully, I got into radio!
I enrolled in the Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts in Southfield, MI. in Nov. 1981.
First radio gig: part-time weekend guy from 1979-81 at WKYO/WIDL in Caro. Worked in the horrible state of Ohio for about a year. Came back to Michigan and worked in Ionia for a few years. In August 1985 was hired at WHNN Sunny 96 in Saginaw (thank you to Ken Carson and the great Dan Stewart!) I was thrilled to join the station that once rocked Mid-Michigan and that I grew up listening to. We were an adult contemporary station when I joined. Then we flipped to Oldies. Now we have returned to Adult Contemporary.
Stats:
Hometown: Cass City, Mi. “Astronaut Brewster Shaw is also from Cass City. He got a salute on a billboard heading into town. What did I get? A friendly wave goodbye as I left town!” Haha. Actually, I still have family there and it was a great small town to grow up in. Go Red Hawks!
Birthday: June 13
Education: Graduated from Cass City High School. Class of 1981.
Marital/family status: Married to the best darn woman ever….her name is Karen. We have 2 incredible girls….Shelby and Haley. Truly the joys of my life! And we now have a grandson, Ari. Game changer!
Favorite food? Anything I can put BBQ sauce on….chicken, ribs, burgers.
Favorite sport? Baseball. Love my Tigers!
Favorite place you’ve traveled? Savannah, Georgia.
Travel essential? Headphones. For planes. And life.
Hobbies? Radio, hanging with my family, making my wife laugh (I think I’m pretty funny!)
Hidden talent? Cooking (I make a mean sticky chicken and fried rice dinner).
Dog or Cat? Dog. Dogs love you and want to hang out. Cats go hide.
Favorite movie? Wizard of Oz.
TV show you can’t miss? The nightly news. Yeah, I’m old.
Someone who always makes you laugh? My older brother Ivan…what a hoot. He should have been a radio personality too.
Can’t have too many of? Albums….classic stuff from the 70’s. I collect them!
Guilty pleasure? Yacht rock.
Who would you like to trade lives with? Nobody. I’m very happy.
Who inspires you, why? My girls….wife Karen, and daughters Shelby and Haley.
If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be? I’d worry less (and I’d like to get my hair back)!
What celebrity would you like to spend an evening with? Tom Hanks. I feel like he would be funny, smart, caring.
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