Show 15 Minutes of Fame Not All Its It's Cracked Up to Be By Suzanne Aubery Contributing Writer Radio is an ugly business a hole to throw money into said Kerry Jackson of Kerry and Bill from the Radio from front Hell show on X So many people are rabid about it They may have a great wife great kids but they are obsessed with this radio monster and the families are destroyed de de- de- de On a drenched April 17 morning Monday to be precise I made my way up two flights of stairs to await entrance into the locked studio known as X At the back door I waited for Jimmy Chunga program director of Radio From Hell Seven- Seven thirty am a.m. rolled around and down the hall strolled Chunga Chuna with a huge hue wave I responded through the door Introductions were made as he led me through what he called the maze On the way to the studio we passed a garbage can overflowing with Fil Chick-Fil-A boxes and Kerry Bill and Andreas Andrea's personalized desks Andreas Andrea's is decorated with toy figures figures fig fig- figures ures of different varieties After passing the desks we turned left and there we were in the dimly lit studio with Kerry KelTY and Bill doing the morning show Kerry faced Bill CDs covered an entire wall of this tidy black room with the exception of highlighted newspapers newspapers newspapers pers that had been chucked after Bill finished reading them over the air The atmosphere was casual as Bill Billand Billand and ami Chunga told me to make myself comfortable on the raised stool next to Bill With a microphone in front of me I was excited to hang out with these guys and get a shot at what Andy Warhol guaranteed everyone may 15 minutes of fame ii Prepared with my legal pad and note cards I quickly learned that getting getting getting get get- ting them to give me exact numbers and formulas was like looking for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow I decided to enjoy the rainbow Bill wanted to be an actor He considers what he does to be the same thing Supposedly Kerry grew up on a farm but couldn't hang with it when they showed him what he had to do with a cow you mean I have to put my hand all the way up there he said These guys were liberal with everything except serious serious serious seri seri- ous comments They were quick wit- wit ted Radio From Front Hell is done impromptu impromptu im im- impromptu im- im no script They trust in their sense of humor to pull them through Conversation all took place during during during dur dur- ing songs and there were frequent interruptions as they answered calls and went on air We chatted about the perks of being a radio personal personal- ity Chunga got to see the Gos Go-Gos free Disneyland and T-shirts T at nocost no nocost nocost cost are an added bonus However they dont don't get to pick their own music and all three of them have been stalked by radical listeners at atone atone atone one time or another After being there 45 minutes it took me by surprise when they addressed addressed addressed ad ad- dressed me over the waves Was I going to get my 15 minutes of fame Maybe a portion 15 seconds or so I Iwas Iwas Iwas was no longer an observer I was part of this production when I announced announced an an- announced an- an to everyone listening that my name is Suzanne and I am here interviewing Kerry and Bill for astory a astory astory story that will be run in the Horizon Salt Lake Community Colleges College's paper I was enjoying myself f and thought silently that I might like to tobe tobe tobe be in radio This idea was quickly voided out when I got to talk to Kerry in vate Bill and Chunga went out to have a smoke and Kerry offered to give me some serious answers Kerry and Bill are both single Ken Kerry Keny has been in radio for 15 years He doesn't think he will ever have a family because of what he does Radio is all he knows so he stays Salt Lake City has as many radio stations as Los Angeles but a considerably considerably considerably consid consid- smaller market Only three stations make money Three or four break even and the rest are losing money all the time The FCC should just come in and say bye Ine bye with a wave to all but three of them Ken Keny said with a considerable considerable considerable consid consid- erable amount of emotion All An people people peo peo- people see is fame and money Everyone wants their 15 minutes of fame Its It's just radio Its It's this thing that will chew you up and spit you out Its It's done it to me |