 Pendola is not presently employed in radio and is tending bar in Santa Monica.Pendola started his radio career in 1988 at age 13 working as a producer, sports anchor, and later a disc jockey and sports talk show host on WJJL in Niagara Falls, New York.Pendola was hired at WJJL by Gary McNamara, the current host of the Midnight Trucking Network.