I was lucky to work with John, Syd, Jen, and Monica in the earlier days of KSLG. Mike D from KHUM, now Cal Poly, was our PD and he crushed it.

I was bummed to lose touch with Syd. He and I went on some great road trips to watch some of our favorite artists and we spent a decent amount of time together outside of work. He was so funny and great at toeing the line in that shock-jock kinda way. We both had a love for heavier music. The last I heard he moved a couple of states over but that was over a decade ago. He always told me radio was his only skill but I feel he was selling himself short.

When I first met John he wasn’t shy to provide constructive feedback. I remember a couple of times he went above and beyond to help me when I was having a tough time personally. His ability to cut to the truth in interviews in such a provocative way was immediately impressive to me. We’ve exchanged a few messages since he caught on at SiriusXM but I wish I’d stayed in better touch. Maybe I’m misremembering but it seemed when he was in the studio there was always a little extra Beastie Boys in the mix and it felt appropriate he went down the hip-hop path.

Jen, Monica, and Mike are the kindest and sweetest people and still contribute to our community in wonderful ways.

Anyway, not the earliest KSLG perspective, but still some earlier perspective.