Jonathan Suttin has been waking up Madison for the last ten years. Although he won't toast your bagel or make your kid's lunch, he will do his best to put a smile on your face and stimulate your grey matter. Jonathan may hail from Chicago and have an undying and unhealthy allegiance to the Chicago White Sox, but he is also a proud graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a card carrying member of Section O.
Hometown: Deerfield, Illinois
Education: University of Wisconsin - Madison
Family: One cat, Baxter
Birthday: July 27
The Craziest Thing You Have Ever Done: Sneaking 16 items in the 15 items or less line!
My first job was: Painting home address numbers on street curbs
Favorite Word/Phrase: Go White Sox!
What's The Best Advice You Ever Received: You can't count someone else's money
Favorite TV Shows: The Simpsons
Favorite Movies: Lost in America starring Albert Brooks, The Jerk starring Steve Martin, Cast Away starring Tom Hanks, 3 O' Clock High starring no one you've heard of.
If I wasn't in radio I'd be: Hanging out in the lobby of a radio station trying to get a job
CD's I'd have if I was stranded on a desert island: James Taylor's Greatest Hits, Miles Davis "Kind of Blue", Robinson Caruso Instructional CD: "How to Survive on a Desert Island"
Kitty Dunn grew up in Stevens Point, where she is proud to say she was "free-range" kid, riding her purple Schwinn around the neighborhood, playing Kick-the-Can, and watching a little too much television. (Okay..way too much television). She got her first radio job while still in high school, reporting on exciting news events like water and sewer commission meetings.
Kitty graduated from UW-Stevens Point, where she learned a lot of great drinking games, and also honed her radio skills at the college radio station, WWSP (90FM). Since then, she's worked at commercial radio stations in Stevens Point, Eau Claire and Madison, and even worked for state government for a couple years (but she doesn't like to talk about that).
Kitty's been waking you up early on Triple M since 1993, where she's worked with two Johns and a Jonathan. People often ask her, "do you ever get used to getting up so early?" She says no..but she does get used to being tired.
Away from work, Kitty loves going to garage and estate sales (ask her about her talking Charlie the Tuna doll in the original packaging), riding her bike and sampling micro-brews.
The Craziest Thing You Have Ever Done: Jumped from an airplane hooked up to a guy named Bubba
My first job was: Working the concession stand at a square dance convention
Favorite Word/Phrase: "I think the guy in the hat did something bad."
Favorite TV Shows: Scrubs, Two-and-a-half Men, Antiques Roadshow, Judge Judy
If I wasn't in radio I'd be: a political hack for a slightly corrupt politician
CD's I can't live without: Beatles "Abbey Road," Peter Himmelman "From Strength to Strength," Fountains of Wayne "Welcome Interstate Managers," R.E.M "Supernatural Superserious," Neil Young, "Harvest Moon."
Pat Gallagher is a Madison boy through and through. Born & raised in the area (Oregon High School), his entire family still lives in Madison (listen for Pat's mom on the air with Jonathan and Kitty when she does the Lutefisk report every Fall). You can hear Pat from 9:30 am to 2pm every weekday on Triple M, where he’s hosted the Radio Deli since 1999. Pat gets a real thrill when artists show up at the station for interviews and in-studio performances. Some of the artists he's interviewed include Blues Traveler, Phish, Dave Matthews Band, David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Soul Asylum, Ziggy Marley, The BoDeans, Barenaked Ladies and Widespread Panic.
When he's not on the air, you'll probably find Pat either at home with his wife and pets or biking, running or swimming. Pat is in training for the 2009 Ironman Wisconsin after successfully completing his first Ironman in 2008!
Family: wife- Laura, dog- Nola (as in NOLA, as in New Orleans, Louisiana), 2 cats- Ruby (after the Stones song or the Kaiser Chiefs song- depending on our mood at any particular time) and Zander (after Robin Zander- lead singer for Cheap Trick) and a bird- Spazz (2 "Zs" cause it's more ROCK & ROLL, "Spazz" because he is one)
The Craziest Thing You Have Ever Done: Ironman?
Favorite Food: Maria's Pizza (Main Street in Oregon), my Lasagna, my wife's vichysoisse, anything chocolate.
My first job was: dishwasher at Maria's Pizza (Main Street in Oregon)
I Chose Radio Because...I have no ACTUAL talent
First Job: Still Maria's Pizza on Main Street in Oregon- is this a trick question? Are you giving me some sort of psychological test? I'll fail- I promise.
Favorite TV Shows: 2 1/2 Men, Law & Order, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, How I Met Your Mother, My Name is Earl, The Office
Favorite Movies: Casablanca, The Big Chill, Dazed & Confused, Demolition Man, Tommy Boy
If I wasn't in radio I'd be: The BIGGEST damn rock star you have ever seen or heard of!
CD's I can't live without: Marques Bovre & The Evil Twins-Big Strong House, Cheap Trick-Cheap Trick, A3-Exile on Coldharbor Lane, Bob Marley-Legend (I know it's a greatest hits collection- but it's a great one)
Name: Heather
Education: I've got a BS degree, literally and figuratively, in media performance
Family: Married with a son
The Craziest Thing You Have Ever Done: Not a risk taker, really
Favorite Food: CAKE!
My first job was: Shining my dad's shoes for a quarter a pair
I Chose Radio Because...I get to wear jeans to work everyday
Favorite TV Shows: Mad Men, Amazing Race, The Office, Ice Road Truckers, Anthony Bourdain:No Reservations, American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance!
Favorite Movies: Jackie Brown, The Breakfast Club, This is Spinal Tap, Pulp Fiction, A Christmas Story
If I wasn't in radio I'd be: Crying in my beer
CD's I can't live without: The entire U2 catalog and New Radicals "Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too"
Name: Gabby Parsons
Hometown: Woodridge NY, 20 miles from site of Woodstock Festival!
Education: BA Theater, University of Hartford MS in Television and Radio from Syracuse University
Family: ( I don’t want to answer this... most of my family has passed away)
Birthday: October 11... a triple Libra
The Craziest Thing You Have Ever Done: Interviewed a handwriting analysis on a radio talk show . " Does your handwriting lean to the left?"
Favorite Food: anything Asian
My first job was: A junior counselor for 3-5 year olds at a day camp
Favorite Word/Phrase: Awesomely awesome
What's The Best Advice You Ever Received: Be yourself because you're the only one who can do that.
I Chose Radio Because... I actually fell into radio when no one showed up at the campus station to do a shift. I never looked back.
First Job: My first paying radio job was WAAF Worcester MA
Favorite TV Shows: I'm a reality junkie!
Favorite Movies: Breakfast at Tiffany's, Trading Places, American Graffiti,
If I wasn't in radio I'd be: working several jobs to earn enough to feed my CD habit
CD's I can't live without: My Zappa, Phish and Van Morrison collections
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