Jeff Garrett Bio
Jeff Garrett started his radio career on KEYN at age 17 after an early-70’s KEYN Program Director discovered his monthly copyrighted publication of humor and satire. Jeff finished High School at Wichita West while working Midnight-to-six on KEYN.
Then look at where he went:
KLEO, ICT
T-95, “
KSKU, Hutchinson, KS
KBUZ, Arkansas City, KS
KUUY/KKAZ Cheyenne, WY
Y-97, Las Vegas, NV
KLUC, “ “ “
KATT, Oklahoma City, OK
KHLT, Little Rock, AR
KBUZ, ICT
96.3 KRZZ/KNSS, ICT
KXLK, ICT
KFDI, ICT
LOVE: Getting people to smile, if not laugh
Live Comedy
Playing drums
BORN: ICT
Twin daughters, grown. 3 Grandsons.
SIGN: Reformed Pisces
PET: Had a turtle once, descended from the Big One (that carried the Universe on it’s back)…but it beaked the mailman and had to be disguised.
AWARDS: Best Radio Producer (KS, IO, NB, MO) American Advertising Federation 9th District Addy award, for ads Jeff wrote, produced, and voiced
Best Radio Copywriter Addy from the Advertising Federation of Wichita
ACCEPTED INTO: MENSA, International High-IQ society, in 1984
IF NOT IN RADIO, WHAT I’D BE DOING:
Bookstore/librarian, writing satire & comedy, finding a 2nd wife
FAVORITE TV/MOVIES
Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Casino Royale (new), Dr. Zhivago, most all Stanley Kubrick
FAVORITE BOOKS: Lord Of the Rings, The Screwtape Letters, The Sermon On The Mount
FAVORITE MUSICIANS: Beatles, Allman Bros., Paul Revere & The Raiders, Delbert McLinton
FAMOUS PEOPLE I’VE MET: George Carlin, ZZ Top (twice)
FAMOUS UNCLE: Rocket Scientist in Los Alamos, New Mexico
FAMOUS ENDORSEMENT BY A CELEBRITY: Howard Stern introduced me as “the second most eligible bachelor in this city”
FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM: Whichever one’s playing out of my sight and hearing.
FAVORITE FOOD: Salmon
FAVORITE WEBSITES:
http://www.imdb.com/ (Internet Movie Database)
Place I’d most like to visit: West High, 1971
WORDS OF WISDOM: “We are all meant to shine, as children do” –Marianne Williamson
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