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Show THE PARK RECORD www.park record.com WEDNESDAY,JULY 5,2000 Profile. C-7 An off-ihe-air' u Australian-American Brady describes some of the Challenges of the early morning radio business 4 py Jane Southey -OF THE RECORD STAFF m Each morning, commuters tune into the Jm-lhe air-shenanigans of BW.7's "Simon Jind Brady." Only those who have missed the .arly morning challenge of juggling a coffee cup. Mick shift and radio dial, are unaware of She bright humor and happy chuckles of the Australian Brady and her fellow talk show host Simon. This duo has enough energy, spontaneity and wit to pull een the sleepiest commuters out of an early morning daze. Unbeknownst to most Parkiles. Brady resides right here in Park City and struggles with the ery same commute that they do. only she leas es in the wee hours of the morning. morn-ing. I'p at 3:30 a.m. every morning, the American-Horn Australian, arrises at the Salt Lake City-based radio station in time to join the airwaves at 5 a.m. "i get there around 5 and read the paper with one eye open." said Brady of the start to her day. W hat ensues is a show filled w ith a mixture of special guests, games and general "BS-ing." ' Its not much different than doing a wan uniiwi n ii . i. . y . '.J r i w 5 bogeb glazier park recoro An the Salt Lake City-based BSS.7 studio, Brady fields cails and keeps listeners lis-teners entertained every weekday morning from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. 5 f ui l rwyu I A.7-V :Vftf Ifw Jtufht (VifWi tu'i tjpkitit Tn'fesshmttlm " 14 V M -1M tr SO iMrs w 4? twdroort loft ytf PncdtOMl - -fh Hi ML, ,. mr iM0 MyH! T feiMrll!1 i - - 7ri,. 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"Most morning radio people have no interest or input in the music." she said. "The music is out of our hands." Although the show wraps up at 10 a m., she usually remains at work until any time between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., setting set-ting up shows, remotes and sales broadcasts. "I fell into radio," she said of her current profession. The 32-year-old moved to Park City when she landed a job at the Salt Lake City radio station two and a half years ago. Although Brady was bom in Detroit, she moved to Australia and was "raised by yanks" there until she was 15. At that point, she moved back to the LLS. to attend the Univ ersity of Michigan, graduated gradu-ated with an English degree and applied for a writing job at a radio station. Instead, she HnUn Cor 693 H Coo On Gnu mw ham v 9rv coti9 m r its 2 td- looms 0ck 9g LawM with charm tof S1M.000 Vt Cfri(ttwn Jimlimy tl Prwjvifw Kjumrr v& car tw' Starting m - S240.000 tm.000 immTiltr letrm Ktt Hotmr ft ) Must m M9S.000 M Visrr Km HrH Tm "mv awl ouan m nor sc $14S,$00 Ponsrr Km .4.1 fWr UJIra .!tmmm.. 73 ' '-V Tan MnaMJ un Tvjd t MMal 1 14 MX ma -mi wm wkm tf 03U.OO0 lM.0O0 was chosen to speak on the radio and has been gracing stations around the country ever since, in addition to Michigan and Australia. Brady has lived and worked in Colorado, New Mexico, Indonesia and California. Stuck somewhere between American and Australian culture, Brady plans to one-day return to the land downunder with her Australian husband Tun. Since much of their immediate family lives in Australia, the decision deci-sion is likely to be more pressing once they have children and they don! want to keep the kids away from grandma and grandpa, she said. "It's (American culture just a more sheltered shel-tered culture. Australia is more liberal - less neurotic," she said. While she admires the vibrancy and outgoing nature of American culture, she also dislikes the conservative side. "It's the closet conservatism that really spooks me." she said. She qualified this comment com-ment by adding that she is "not a raging hippie." hip-pie." "I've never heard of anyone in Australia who owned a gun." Although radio personalities sound as if they are constantly having a ball on the air. Brady's experience has not always been trouble-free. For radio-purposes, Brady dropped her first-name. Enn. and keeps her last name from the public. Given the not -always-sane group of people, who often call radio stations. sta-tions. Brady omits her last name for good reason, to protect herself. In fact, a stalker tracked her down in Michigan and showed up at the radio station she was working at every day. As it turned out. the individual was a head-injury patient who turned from an admirer to a threat. Given his medical condition, he was unable to drive a vehicle, however, he did chase Brady on a bicycle in the station's parking lot. "It's almost like being a verbal pen pal - as long as they donl turn psycho," she said. Of course, interesting radio often entails strange callers. "Drunks make great radio." Brady said. Weird callers often make for interesting conversation, however, what Brady describes as "prize pigs," the people who constantly call the station in the never-ending never-ending attempt to win stuff, are not much fun at all. "We really have to tap dance around those people. They're annoying, but persistent." persist-ent." According to Brady, a Salt Lake City audience creates different challenges than she's faced in other parts of the country. "It's a shyer audience. It's difficult to get people calling in and expressing opinions," she explained. However, as with any audience, Utahns have their own "hot buttons," which, when pushed will elicit an array of responses. -Given the "polite" nature of area audiences. Snii iim5 Family Himr 497 N East MNCkm 4 bUxxm 3 1 1 bat eenuL is? w Oimi S37S.000 4336 Uptdm lam tcncm0 hem 6es g 10 wooos 4 ttwfctr f-Mt MM A nrigrXYXI OnMl hom (w S2M.0OO 3 Hinr Pnprrtv i i i ft im wm i tut m 4 lov honw ft UndkTj 7 arv c also vtM US0.000 LOT Ml ACX NINE AT jEREHT RANCH, JUW04J C4ar Draw E(ats Lettll HK.0O Lot 14 fat Point II 20.00 0211 N. tlS.000 I '-it " V nv;v ROGt B Gi-JC ER ReCORC Brady began a career in radio in Michigan. She landed in Park City two and a half years ago, after spending time in various cities around the country. BS.7 is often able to produce live shows. "Theres very little of threat knee-jerk swearing." she said. "The only time we tape is when you're doing a joke day - you get some idiots calling in with ractst jokes." she said. Given the homogenous nature of the state, Brady misses contnbutions of a more diverse community to her show. She explained that ethnically different participants partici-pants in a show add not only different points of view to a discussion, but a more interesting sound to the radio. What does the future hold for the young radio personality? Although she is "not much of a long-term planner." Brady 's main interest lies in talk shows. She's a fan of everyone from the Click and Clack Brothers who perform the NPR show "Car Talk" to Howard Stern. She even holds a guarded admiration of controversial stars Dr Laura and Rash Limbaugh. " Rush drives me crazy, but he and Laura are smart. They know where the entertainment is - it's like they develop a character and become more and more and more that character," she said. According to Brady, radio is a "very tenuous" tenu-ous" profession, reliant on ever-changing ratings. rat-ings. Although her show currently receives good ratings, the future is uncertain. W nile ihe would like to do her own talk show one-. oav, sne e snu orKin? out an anew - 0, tk. BnfH. .dFuBofVir., I .. . , .If "J '1 '? Umlmcd J .(MmWM. j ' OfT'. OW" sj- -... :h.,s N . - s.. ' . . , , . . iPlit IT h.. f "wot r ' .-V I 1 k4 v'-.-.v N CWin. Fulrv furnished and Rcdv 10 0 ' Si Yew New n Horn Pvk 0t Nkw,nu" lW !f!t LtafcATr 'j 1..hrtulhmKxH(sl,m.lst, muiik lo lJ T.n ami Ju,v,rf Kuic Bcjroom Townhomr Home t.xt . k hcjuotulH v A jrc4lo $UMM . s ft. . t-w . w .4. jffMMAtftl 4 ilcn Jimih im m j Vlf to s. ...... , , .H sxv t. I mjir t Home n ,mhnj6ir Vn tK Km , - . . . . " . , . nniHr jmkI vrn k1 Hoolv iut wr 1 i-. i. ' thn htnH' to ippmvm w ln-U i(rtncnt i mf Steve Gibson, G.R.I. f j 4 435-M5-8775 j i itssRno www.stevegibson.net Ct' Nothin'good for fUL- I i Eat Out. Read The Park Record's Restaurant Guide for a selection of local establishments. Although her jb is demanding. Brady ! does not spend all if her time injurs. W hen J she can zip up the canvori during wintertime. J she hits tne skpes w uh her snow Nurd In the summer, she manages to spend some time hiking and mountain biking J "I love mountain towns It s hejuufal J here." she said In fact, it was F'jrk City 's beauty that enticed Brady and hci husband t to move into Old Town. Alihough thev are J currently k okmg to purchase a home, she is j concerned about devekpment getting out ot hand. 1 "I have a fear of them e.mng away at the pine forest above Old Town Okl Town is j very special and there's got to he some natu- ral landscape to kxk at." A big fan of the "unlocked d.vir capital ot J the southwest" as she describes it. Brady also enjoys the small-town tidbits on KPCV such ( as "Lost and Found" and deejay Fortunatot Beltrans distinctive flair However, she ts concerned about the future of kval radio st a- bons. With satellite rad'o and increased translators on the horizon, the nature ott radio is changing, according to Brady "1 tend , to think kxal show s are ginng to continue to suffer." she said. I For those who have thus tar missed 1 Brack's wittv on-the-air antics on weekdav 5 n)ni.WN js. Uct scxivxi the 1M J - aMiMtanvui Dinner? 1 t4AM0 Park RecoitL PARK CITY. UTAH |