JEFF NIXX 2-7 PM Y105 AFTERNOONS
JEFF GOT HIS START IN RADIO WHILE IN COLLEGE AT MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY-MANKATO. HE’S BEEN PLAYING THE HITS EVER SINCE! HE HAS A PASSION FOR MEXICAN FOOD AND THE OLD BRITNEY SPEARS…WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED, TALK ABOUT A TRAILER WRECK!
HOBBIES: LOSING GOLFBALLS AT THE LOCAL LINKS, A TEXAS HOLD EM’ GAME AND WATCHING PRO FOOTBALL.
FAVORITE MUSIC: NICKELBACK, EVANESCENCE, DAUGHTRY AND BIG HAIR STUFF FROM THE 80’S!
HE WISHES: HE HAD MORE TIME TO GO FISHING & KNEW WHAT IS MENTALLY WRONG WITH BRITNEY SPEARS!
HE ONCE CONSIDERED: ADOPTING BRITNEYS KIDS (WHAT… HE CAN’T BE MUCH WORSE THAN K-FED?)
PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW: JEFF LIKES CATS. (DOGS ARE COOL, TOO)
BEST THING ABOUT RADIO: GIVING AWAY FREE STUFF & PLAYING REQUESTS!
AARON MICHAELS / THE Y105 WAKE-UP 6 TO 10 AM
AARON RECENTLY MOVED BACK TO DUBUQUE AFTER
A SIX YEAR STINT IN CHICAGO. HE’S BEEN DJ’ING SINCE THE AGE
OF 14, AND WAS A TOTAL NERD IN HIGH SCHOOL, THEREFORE HE WAS
TAPPED TO DJ HIS OWN HOMECOMING AND PROM…. (WHO’S LAUGHING
NOW LADIES?) IN HIS SPARE TIME, AARON LIKES EATING AT A LITTLE
TASTE OF PHILLY, BUFFALO WILD WINGS, COURTSIDE, MARIOS, TAIKO
AND THE CHICKEN ALFREDO PIZZA AT BOWLING AND BEYOND! HIS FAVORITE
TEAMS ARE THE BULLS, RAIDERS AND THE WHITE SOX. RECENT VENTURES
FOR AARON INCLUDE GETTING NEW BRACES, ATTENDING COLLEGE AT
NICC AND WATCHING THE THUNDERBIRDS TEAR IT UP AT THE FIVE
FLAGS CENTER! AARON IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE TRISTATES “MOST ELIGIBLE
BACHELOR!”
AARON LIVES WITH HIS GRANNY ROSIE, THE TRISTATES FAVORITE GRANNY. (SEE GRANNY)
CHECK OUT AARON'S MYSPACE PAGE
CHRIS FARBER / THE Y105 WAKE-UP 6 TO 10 AM
CHRIS HAS BEEN AT Y105 FOR OVER 12 YEARS. AFTER ATTENDING SOME COLLEGE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN- PLATTEVILLE AND NICC, CHRIS HAS SETTLED IN AS THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF Y105. HE WAS RECENTLY MARRIED TO HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE LISA, AND THEY HAVE 3 BEAUTIFUL CATS TOGETHER – JOVI, RICO, AND LOLA. IN HIS SPARE TIME, CHRIS LIKES WATCHING CUBS BASEBALL, MOVIES AND WORKING OUT AT WESTSIDE FITNESS.
THE STATION HAS ALLOWED CHRIS TO MEET MANY INTERESTING PEOPLE, INCLUDING JOHN SCHNIEDER, MARIE OSMOND, SUGAR RAY LEONARD, STEVE YOUNG, KURT WARNER, LONESTAR, LEVAR BURTON, THE WIGGLES, BACKSTREET BOYS, MICHEAL WINSLOW, DAVE SHAPPELL, LOUIE ANDERSON, FINESSE MITCHELL, LEANNE RIMES AND JEFF PLEUMER. (THAT’S RIGHT… IT’S PLEUMER TIME!)
MIKE FIELD / Y105 MIDDAYS 10 TO 2 PM
MIKE FIELD HAS BEEN IN THE DUBUQUE RADIO MARKET FOR OVER 10 YEARS. HE CURRENTLY CHAIRS THE MIDDAY SHIFT ON Y105, AND PULLS DOUBLE DUTY AS THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR WDBQ-AM, WHERE HE HOSTS THE MORNING SHOW. IN ADDITION, MIKE IS ALSO THE PLAY-BY-PLAY ANNOUNCER FOR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL. MIKE IS A HUGE FAN OF THE CHICAGO CUBS AND BEARS, ALONG WITH WHOMEVER IS PLAYING THE PACKERS… (STILL LOOKING AT COUNSELING FOR THAT…)
MIKE ENJOYS TRYING TO PLAY EVERY HOLE ON EVERY GOLF COURSE IN THE TRISTATE AREA, INCLUDING THE ALL IMPORTANT 19TH HOLE! HE IS ALSO A DIE-HARD SEINFELD FAN, AND HAS SENT MANY MESSAGES TO NBC TO PUT THE SHOW BACK ON THE AIR.
HE HAS MET MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING JOHN MELLONCAMP, EDDIE VAN HALEN, PAUL MCCARTNEY, DEF LEPPARD, POISON, AND HANSON… NOT KIDDING!
ONCE, IN L.A., MIKE ACTUALLY RAN INTO BEACH BOY LEGEND BRIAN WILSON. LITERALLY… (SORRY ABOUT THE STAIN ON YOUR SHIRT BRIAN!)
MIKES LAST CONTRIBUTION TO THIS PAGE… HIS FAVORITE SEINFELDISM…
“GIDDYUP!” – COSMO KRAMER
GRANNY / Y105 WAKE-UP (8AM THURSDAYS, AND WHENEVER WE WANT TO PESTER HER)
GRANNY WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN, AND RESIDES IN DUBUQUE. HAPPILY MARRIED TO HER HUNK “AMBROSE” FOR 50 YEARS, THEY SHARE 8 BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN TOGETHER – KAREN, KATHY, KIM, KENNY, KARLA, KRISTIE, KERRY AND KELLY. SHE LOVES BINGO, PULLTABS AND SLOT MACHINES AT THE DIAMOND JO. SHE CAN BE SEEN RIDING HER BICYCLE AROUND TOWN, (THE TIN CAN…) AND WALKING THROUGH THE NUMEROUS DUBUQUE PARADES. SHE’S BEEN EMPLOYED AT BOWLING AND BEYOND FOR OVER 30 YEARS. SHE HAS TWO PETS (NOT CHRIS AND AARON), A SQUIRREL NAMED BUDDY AND A CAT NAMED “B.” HER FAVORITE BINGO NUMBER IS O-69, AND HER FAVORITE SAYINGS ARE “AWE-YEAH” AND “CLOWN.”
SHE LIVES WITH HER LOVE MACHINE HUSBAND AMBROSE AND GRANDSON AARON. (SEE AARON MICHAELS)
INTERN DEBBIE / Y105 WAKE-UP 6 TO 10 AM
DEBBIE WAS RAISED ON A FARM IN SHULLSBURG, WISCONSIN. SHE IS THE YOUNGEST OF SEVEN CHILDREN (AND HER PARENTS FAVORITE). SHE GRADUATED FROM SHULLSBURG HIGH SCHOOL AND IS CURRENTLY IN HER FOURTH YEAR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-PLATTEVILLE. DEBBIE IS MAJORING IN COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, WITH AN EMPHASIS IN PUBLIC RELATIONS AND A MINOR IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. SHE WILL BE GRADUATING IN MAY OF 2008, AND IS ALREADY STRESSING ABOUT FINDING A JOB! IN HER SPARE TIME, DEBBIE LIKES TO HANG OUT WITH FRIENDS AND GO SHOPPING, TANNING AND BOATING. DEBBIE CAME TO Y105 IN EARLY SUMMER OF 2007, AND WORKED VERY HARD AS AN INTERN FOR CHRIS AND AARON ON THE Y105 WAKE-UP. THIS IS WHERE SHE EARNED THE MONIKER OF “INTERN DEBBIE!”
FAST EDDIE HAYES / THE Y105 NIGHT TIME PARTY / 7 TO MIDNIGHT
ED GREW UP IN MENOMONEE FALLS, WISCONSIN. HE LOVES DOGS, SNOWBOARDING AND VIDEO GAMES. ED STARTED DJ’ING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-PLATTEVILLE, BEFORE LANDING HIS DREAM JOB OF ENTERTAINING THE TRISTATES ON Y105! HE LOVES ALL TYPES OF MUSIC, FROM COUNTRY TO TOP 40 MUSIC. YOU CAN FIND MORE ON ED AT WWW.MYSPACE.COM/FASTHAYES AND EMAIL HIM AT FAST_HAYES@HOTMAIL.COM .
JENI FAITH / Y105 WEEKENDS 10 AM TO 2 PM
JENI FAITH WAS BORN AND RAISED IN DUBUQUE AND STARTED WORKING FOR Y105 IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND HAS NOW BEEN HERE FOR 8 YEARS! SHE HAS A PASSION FOR MUSIC AND LOVES GOING TO CONCERTS. HER FAVORITE GROUP IS THE COUNTING CROWS AND SHE’S A HUGE NEW YORK YANKEE FAN. SHE ALSO CONSIDERS HERSELF AN OBSESSIVE GREY’S ANATOMY FAN (WELL HELLO MCDREAMY!). JENI AND HER HUSBAND MATT ARE EXPECTING THEIR FIRST BABY IN APRIL AND COULDN’T BE HAPPIER
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