 Upon graduation from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1990) he began his career in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (WRRK) and later in Louisville, Kentucky (WTFX-FM), Memphis, Tennessee (WMFS) and then in Greenville, South Carolina (WTPT) as both the station program director and morning show host.He then moved to San Francisco to rock radio network (KSJO) that was also broadcast to San Jose-Monterey-Contra Costa, California and the show was also distributed to company owned stations in Nashville, Tennessee and Greenville, South Carolina.In Chicago, the show aired afternoon drive on WLUP.