if you're in the Chicago area, tune in Monday mornings, 2-6 am. It's on Pure Rock FM 89.1 WONC. Or you can listen online

Listening to it now....


Do chicks still dig it big?

yes, yes they do

Didn't know we had a famous Trans Fan, how cool.

heh heh...I called him up once to request Stan Bush's You got the Touch...he was like ummm...hold on...who is this? told him to take a guese...there was a pause and then:"...'screamer"
good times

I have TF:TM soundtrack now, so I can play it if it's requested

what, you mean you didn't see the picture in my profile?

Oh cool, Ill have to check you out.
Ive done radio before, so Im with ya bro.

Your not JDF. You have a radio show from 2-6 am? Do you ever sleep?

I'm a DJ too, but not on the radio. I don't think I would cut it on the radio. I would be probably sued like no tomorrow.

i used to spin for hs dances/parties... those days are outnumbered now n my mixing days are over. now i just go to clubs for free n let the other dj's mix their hearts out lol... thats cool that we have other dj's on TFans! if im ever in the windy city i know i have something different to listen to!

I generally spin Metal and only on Thursdays, but if I get to do a Friday I spin dance music.

I talked to a couple of DJs that sometimes come in from a radio station to spin at the club and they don't mix very well. The one guy says that they don't do that on the radio and usually talk or have commercials in between songs.

yeah, I'm just a radio dj. I don't spin at clubs or anything like that. 2-6 am isn't so bad, I get 5 hours of sleep before my first class.

So on the radio, are you know as Big Grim or something else?

nah, I just use my real name.

Can the radio station be pick up near Indy?

I dunno, try it. If not, just go to our website and listen online.
http://wonc.org/

How many songs are played in an hour?

a lot. It's commercial free on we only take breaks to do weather and such at 15, 30, and 40 minutes past the hour.

"commercial free" I got to check it out.

Cool, I always thought it would be cool to do radio broadcasting, but I'd probably end up just confusing the hell out of everyone. Hey, better to be good at something then nothing, right? What are some of the top requested rock bands in Chicago?

damn, hell if I know. I get requests all across the board: from 1964-present.

Is there a co-host, with you or are you alone? Have any other TF:TM songs at the station?

I host by myself. Screamer and other TFans kept asking me to play songs off TF:TM soundtrack, so I bought it myself. So the station doesn't have any TF songs.

How long have you been doing this?

I'm not in Chicago, but here are the chart toppers from Q101(which, as far as I can tell, is the rock station):

we don't play the crazy stuff like Manson or Slipknot since this is a Methodist based college. I've been doing this since fall of '03

Good thing I didn't request 'Duality' the other night..... 1

well we probably wouldn't have it then.

Did I at least guess the 'rock' station correctly?

Well my requests would probably go anywhere from mid 60's mid 90s. Anything vintage/classic is fine by me. What are five of the most requested songs, or bands.

I already answered that: I have no friggin clue
and yes, SFC. It is a rock station

Do you ever get strange requested?

yeah, some idiots that have had too much beer, or too much weed, will request stuff that clearly isn't rock. Like Nsync or Britney Spears. Other times, girls would flirt over the phone just to get me to play their requests.

Are you off on the weekends?

no, I only do it once a week. I'll be on in about 30 minutes.

I don't think people understand that you just do one show a week on a non-profit college station.


Edit: Rereading that, it sounds a little harsh. Grim is hella lucky to have 4 hours a week on a major market radiostation.

sssshhhhh!!! You'll ruin the illusion of me being a big time chicago radio dj

I've been trick.