Radio, Radio

In a very weird turn of events, I was interviewed on the classic rock station in Buffalo yesterday morning about my little biz!

I send a large percentage of my orders overseas, and I've been tucking stuff from Buffalo, NY (my sunny - at least today! - hometown). I really do love this town, it's a great place to live and an excellent place to raise a family. And with 5 kids and 3 grandkids, I've done my part!

I've been wrapping my product in the sunday paper, putting stationary in the boxes that have the Buffalo logo, that sort of thing. And I've gotten some cool reactions from my customers. One of my best customers in Norway read the sunday paper bits with his wife over dinner. And although they obviously don't know any of the local scene, they got quite a kick out of it.

So, I called the chamber of commerce to see if they had any promotional stuff I could put in the boxes. After getting transferred around, I finally got a guy who, although enthusiastic, never followed through.

Got me to thinking. One of the biggest Buffalo promoters in this town is Larry Norton on 97 Rock.

Larry has had a long and successful career here and is really active in charity and community events. So I dropped him and email to tell him what I've been up to. He called me back in 10 minutes after I sent it and set up an interview. So I was on the radio yesterday morning!

I was sooo nervous, I think it came out ok, I haven't heard anything back from the Norton in the Morning team yet.

Last night I said to Patti a couple times 'holy shit, I was on the radio this morning'.

What a strange/cool adventure this biz has been!

Thanks to everyone at 97 Rock - very,very cool.

I'm gonna listen to 'Physical Graffiti' today in your honor!

m.