I’m one of the luckiest guys on the planet. When I was a kid listening to the radio, I thought that it was the best job in the world and decided that it’s what I wanted to do. I started working in radio at age 15 at the dumpiest little AM radio station you could imagine. It was in the suburbs of Boston and was so woefully under-staffed that everybody who worked there did every job. In retrospect it was a great experience. Along the way I’ve worked with some incredible people, picked up an award here and there, and have had more fun than anyone really should be allowed to have. To this day, I get to go to work doing the only job I ever really wanted to do. Studio Big is a very cool broadcast facility so I’m doing that job in a great place that connects me to what I consider to be the greatest radio audience in the world!
Mark Ericson
Stupid Cold!!!
That's what I call it a lot on the air, but for the next couple of days it rings with a dangerous truth.
Snow Storm After Party
How To Tell If There's Just Been A Major Snow Storm In New England...
Snow Day!
What a great feeling it is!
Stupid Cold
That's what we call it when temps dip near or below zero and to paraphrase Luke Bryan, tonight will be that kind of night.
Down To The Wire
As 2013 draws to a close we're seeing a last minute flurry of applications for the 2014 Year of Service partnership. If you work with a non-profit group, you still have time to apply, but just barely.
What About You?
OK, you did the holiday thing.
24/7
We say it a lot... "24/7" means always, all the time, non-stop. What does that mean during the holidays?
Note To My Daughter
Dear Heather,
I know you and your husband have spent a long 9 months waiting for the birth of my second grandchild.
Never Thought About It
How much does the janitor know about you?
Busy Thursday and Friday
We get pampered by Wingate Salon and Spa on Thursday and someone will win a $500 gift card! You've only got until midnight tonight to sign up here!
Garth’s World Tour
It was pretty early in my tenure here at WOKQ. 1996 to be more precise, and Garth Brooks was bringing his huge concert show to the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, Maine.
Are We Getting Stupider?
And is "stupider" a real word? The latest came over the weekend. Saturday was Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, a day we set aside to remember those who were killed or injured in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941.
Saturday Fun!
You've got several really great choices for fun this weekend!
Ain’t No Party Like The After Party!
Those are your watch words for this Saturday night!
I’m Going To Get Yelled At
Hope you're digging the all-new WOKQ.com! The blog stuff here is new, and our erstwhile webmaster is a dashing young man named DK. He enjoys my posts because it gives him a chance to come into my office and tell me everything I did wrong in a post. He's gonna love this one...
The Eagle Has Landed… And Taken A Selfie
This video was just too good to pass up!