August 19, 2025 • 6 mins
Big Boy Opens Up About His Radio Journey & The Toughest Day He’s Ever Faced Behind The Mic
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The question is always asked, do I remember the first
time I cracked the mic? I do kind of remember
the first time I crashed I cracked the mic, But
I remember also the first time I really ran the
Board's that's more of the one for me. Now as
you see here, I run my own board. I gotta
run my own board. That's what I love. That's what
I enjoyed doing. I love, you know, bringing up the
(00:21):
MIC's hitting this, you know, the sound effects and everything.
But I remember I had a board op for like
three months when I first started. It became like his
name was Alan, We called him Flounder. He called himself Flounder,
and it was one of those things where he became
like a security blanket for me. So I didn't learn
the board like as quick as I should have learned
(00:42):
the board. Plus having it there for three months, having
this guy running, and I just got you know, it's
my first time in the radio. So I just enjoyed
having him doing that in a bancher that we would have.
So he ran the board. So one day we go
in for an aircheck meeting and the general manager at
the time, he says, you know, is big Way running
his board and Alan was like, nah, he's not I'm like, no,
I'm not running it. He said, well, put him in
(01:02):
there today and run Rap Attack Rap Attack was one
of the hardest things in my show to run. So
I remember when I first started the record. It could
be three and a half minutes and I would sit
there like this, and when people were trying to talk,
I'm like no, no, no, no. So I would literally sit
(01:24):
with my hands at three and a half, three ten three,
and then by the time the clock started to go down,
I had the most anxiety with just hitting the next
record or bring up my microphone on. So I don't
remember I remember cracking the mic for the first time,
but running the board for the first time is one
of those things that stuck with me to this day.
(01:45):
Most most unexpected or unforgettable guests. Unexpected and unforgettable, I
have a few. I have Barack Obama. You couldn't tell me,
you know whatever, ten year old, fifteen, twenty year old
Kurt that he would be he would speak to the
president of the United States, especially the first black president
(02:08):
and a gentleman like Barack Obama. So that's one of
those unforgetable moments. Trump in the neighborhood, you know, talking
about the Apprentice, and now everything was the biggest and
the best, and now we're fast forward and Trump is president.
But even then when I would interview Trump, I just
thought he was so hilarious about how grand everything was,
(02:31):
the biggest ratings, the biggest TV show, and now when
you fast forward, it's the biggest presidency that's going on,
you know, in Trump, you know, and also have to
be Michael Jackson. You know. That's another one where I
was like, dude, I'm sitting in a room with Michael Jackson.
So those are like the most unexpected or unforgettable guests
(02:52):
that I've had, and it's been many, but I'll just
give you those kind of that top three. Alrighty, Hello,
what has been my toughest on air moment? I would
say my toughest on air moment I got. I got
a few of them. My toughest air on air moment
was the day my mom passed. The day my mom passed,
(03:13):
I had to be at work and I remember calling
in to tell the team that I lost my mom,
and so they put me on air because you know,
the listeners are everything to you, and I get people
that come up to me, they say, oh, you got
me through this. You got me through this and through that,
and I really needed your show. I needed I've always
needed the listeners. So when they say, oh, we enjoy you,
(03:34):
you have no idea how much I enjoy having you.
It's a relationship. People say, man, I've been listening to
you for years. I say, man, you know what, I've
been talking to you for years. So with my mom,
I got on air and that was one of the
hardest things to do. Was announced to Los Angeles that
my mom passed, you know, and people knew the relationship
(03:56):
that I had with my mom. My mom drops were
you know, hey, this is Ida. If you missed my
son big boy this morning, here's what you missed. That's
the way we would do. Like the promos for the day,
they were voiced by my mom, so people knew that
I am a mama's boy. And so losing my mom
and having to come on the radio and say that
was one of the hardest moments. Another one is ninet eleven.
(04:19):
I was live on air when the second plane struck
at five point thirty in the morning. Were not live,
but we're in our meeting, so we had to go
on and announce to you know, Los Angeles nine eleven,
not knowing the size of it. When we first turned
our microphones on, we were trying to do one of
those you know, oh we'll just do a regular show,
(04:39):
and it started getting so much that it wasn't about
phone taps, and it wasn't about the Mickey Ficky mix,
you know. So that was a hard one. And announcing
to La that Tupac pass. Announcing to La or the
first show that we did after Kobe Pass and the
first show that we did after Nipsey. But I remember
(04:59):
walking down on the hallway having to tell La that
Tupac pass live on radio. So those were, you know,
some of the toughest moments that I had on air.
One radio tradition that I hope never goes away callers,
listener interaction, you know what I'm saying. The radio has
been changing a lot, but the one thing that streaming
(05:22):
or Spotify's or whatever it is, one thing they don't have.
They don't have that element of conversation. And I think
that's the one thing that I love about radio and
I hope that that never goes away, is you being
able to hit the doorbells, somebody come in and it's
like hello, oh, and you having this moment, a real
(05:42):
life moment of a conversation, a tennis match, of conversation
with someone. So that's one thing that I hope never
goes away when it comes to radio. What's my favorite
thing about the iHeart Family. I would have to say
Doc Winter. Doc Winter is my favorite thing about the
(06:03):
iHeart family because not only do we work with and
for Doc, Doc comes into the neighborhood, He speaks with you,
He talks to you. I talked to Doc outside of
the building. We go places you know and hang out.
I've never had like someone that was in that position
that just rocked with you so much. So I would
say my immediate connection of family with iHeart is Doc Winter.
The question is always asked, do I remember the first
time I cracked the mic? I do kind of remember
the first time I crashed I cracked the mic, But
I remember also the first time I really ran the
Board's that's more of the one for me. Now as
you see here, I run my own board. I gotta
run my own board. That's what I love. That's what
I enjoyed doing. I love, you know, bringing up the
(00:21):
MIC's hitting this, you know, the sound effects and everything.
But I remember I had a board op for like
three months when I first started. It became like his
name was Alan, We called him Flounder. He called himself Flounder,
and it was one of those things where he became
like a security blanket for me. So I didn't learn
the board like as quick as I should have learned
(00:42):
the board. Plus having it there for three months, having
this guy running, and I just got you know, it's
my first time in the radio. So I just enjoyed
having him doing that in a bancher that we would have.
So he ran the board. So one day we go
in for an aircheck meeting and the general manager at
the time, he says, you know, is big Way running
his board and Alan was like, nah, he's not I'm like, no,
I'm not running it. He said, well, put him in
(01:02):
there today and run Rap Attack Rap Attack was one
of the hardest things in my show to run. So
I remember when I first started the record. It could
be three and a half minutes and I would sit
there like this, and when people were trying to talk,
I'm like no, no, no, no. So I would literally sit
(01:24):
with my hands at three and a half, three ten three,
and then by the time the clock started to go down,
I had the most anxiety with just hitting the next
record or bring up my microphone on. So I don't
remember I remember cracking the mic for the first time,
but running the board for the first time is one
of those things that stuck with me to this day.
(01:45):
Most most unexpected or unforgettable guests. Unexpected and unforgettable, I
have a few. I have Barack Obama. You couldn't tell me,
you know whatever, ten year old, fifteen, twenty year old
Kurt that he would be he would speak to the
president of the United States, especially the first black president
(02:08):
and a gentleman like Barack Obama. So that's one of
those unforgetable moments. Trump in the neighborhood, you know, talking
about the Apprentice, and now everything was the biggest and
the best, and now we're fast forward and Trump is president.
But even then when I would interview Trump, I just
thought he was so hilarious about how grand everything was,
(02:31):
the biggest ratings, the biggest TV show, and now when
you fast forward, it's the biggest presidency that's going on,
you know, in Trump, you know, and also have to
be Michael Jackson. You know. That's another one where I
was like, dude, I'm sitting in a room with Michael Jackson.
So those are like the most unexpected or unforgettable guests
(02:52):
that I've had, and it's been many, but I'll just
give you those kind of that top three. Alrighty, Hello,
what has been my toughest on air moment? I would
say my toughest on air moment I got. I got
a few of them. My toughest air on air moment
was the day my mom passed. The day my mom passed,
(03:13):
I had to be at work and I remember calling
in to tell the team that I lost my mom,
and so they put me on air because you know,
the listeners are everything to you, and I get people
that come up to me, they say, oh, you got
me through this. You got me through this and through that,
and I really needed your show. I needed I've always
needed the listeners. So when they say, oh, we enjoy you,
(03:34):
you have no idea how much I enjoy having you.
It's a relationship. People say, man, I've been listening to
you for years. I say, man, you know what, I've
been talking to you for years. So with my mom,
I got on air and that was one of the
hardest things to do. Was announced to Los Angeles that
my mom passed, you know, and people knew the relationship
(03:56):
that I had with my mom. My mom drops were
you know, hey, this is Ida. If you missed my
son big boy this morning, here's what you missed. That's
the way we would do. Like the promos for the day,
they were voiced by my mom, so people knew that
I am a mama's boy. And so losing my mom
and having to come on the radio and say that
was one of the hardest moments. Another one is ninet eleven.
(04:19):
I was live on air when the second plane struck
at five point thirty in the morning. Were not live,
but we're in our meeting, so we had to go
on and announce to you know, Los Angeles nine eleven,
not knowing the size of it. When we first turned
our microphones on, we were trying to do one of
those you know, oh we'll just do a regular show,
(04:39):
and it started getting so much that it wasn't about
phone taps, and it wasn't about the Mickey Ficky mix,
you know. So that was a hard one. And announcing
to La that Tupac pass. Announcing to La or the
first show that we did after Kobe Pass and the
first show that we did after Nipsey. But I remember
(04:59):
walking down on the hallway having to tell La that
Tupac pass live on radio. So those were, you know,
some of the toughest moments that I had on air.
One radio tradition that I hope never goes away callers,
listener interaction, you know what I'm saying. The radio has
been changing a lot, but the one thing that streaming
(05:22):
or Spotify's or whatever it is, one thing they don't have.
They don't have that element of conversation. And I think
that's the one thing that I love about radio and
I hope that that never goes away, is you being
able to hit the doorbells, somebody come in and it's
like hello, oh, and you having this moment, a real
(05:42):
life moment of a conversation, a tennis match, of conversation
with someone. So that's one thing that I hope never
goes away when it comes to radio. What's my favorite
thing about the iHeart Family. I would have to say
Doc Winter. Doc Winter is my favorite thing about the
(06:03):
iHeart family because not only do we work with and
for Doc, Doc comes into the neighborhood, He speaks with you,
He talks to you. I talked to Doc outside of
the building. We go places you know and hang out.
I've never had like someone that was in that position
that just rocked with you so much. So I would
say my immediate connection of family with iHeart is Doc Winter.
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