Mix 96
Morning Show Host & Program Director
WCNC/WZBO
Program Director
East
Carolina Radio Group News & Sports Director
Sam has
been with East Carolina Radio since 1999 when he signed on as
play-by-play announcer for high school football broadcasts on
WCNC/WZBO. That July,
Walker became sidekick for the WCNC/WZBO Morning Show.
In Winter 2000, he was upped to Sports Director for ECRG and
Program Director for WCNC/WZBO. In May 2004 when WKJX-FM launched as Mix 96, Sam was named
Program Director and midday host. Walker began handling News Director
duties for all of ECRG’s stations in February 2005, producing three
morning newscasts each weekday. In
September 2005, he took on the morning drive shift on Mix 96. In his
spare time he saves the world.
Sam has
covered the last four ACC Men’s Basketball Tournaments along with
numerous regular season ACC football and basketball games for ECRG and
the North Carolina News Network, called a state championship women’s
basketball game, and is a voting member of the Atlantic Coast Sports
Media Association.
Prior
to joining ECRG, Sam served as assistant general manager for the
Edenton Steamers baseball club including four years as public address
announcer. While
attending Campbell University, he was a manager for the men’s
basketball team that played in the NCAA Tournament in 1992, and was
P.A. and radio announcer for many other sports.
Sam was also P.A. announcer for Wake Forest University football
in 1998.
Born
January 25, 1973, Sam is married (Emily), they have three children
(James, Jonathan, Caroline). He
resides in his native Currituck County.
He volunteers as a coach and umpire for Currituck’s
recreation baseball leagues, as a Cub master for Cub Scout Pack 182
and is an Eagle Scout and also serves on the vestry of the Currituck
Episcopal Mission.
Hobbies:
Soaking bunker at The Point, skiing, visiting historic sites
and theme parks especially Walt Disney World, cooking barbecue (Sauce:
Vinegar base with some ketchup and a touch of Texas Pete)
Favorite Authors:
Tom Clancy, Hunter S. Thompson, currently reading
autobiographies of the Mercury through Apollo astronauts.
Favorite Movies:
MASH, Full Metal Jacket, It’s A Mad Mad Mad World, Dr.
Strangelove or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb, 2001:
A Space Odyssey, Tora Tora Tora, The Great Escape, Patton, Slap Shot,
Bull Durham, Animal House, Blues Brothers, One Crazy Summer, Fletch,
Stripes, Summer Rental, EVERY James Bond, EVERY Star Wars, Fear And
Loathing In Las Vegas, Every Austin Powers, UHF, EVERY Indiana Jones
Favorite Quote:
“This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch
the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose,
sometimes it rains.”
Ebby Calvin LaLoosh (Tim Robbins) quoting Crash Davis (Kevin
Costner) in “Bull Durham”
Favorite TV Shows:
Pardon The Interruption, Imus In The Morning, Extreme Makeover:
Home Edition, Monty Python’s Flying Circus, The Daily Show, Real
Time with Bill Maher, Seinfeld, The Sopranos
Pet Peeves:
Whining, gossiping, nosy neighbors, telephone calls (except
during the show)
Personal Triumphs:
Co-captain of Kickball Championship team, 1st 9
weeks, 1984, Central Elementary, Maple NC
Career History:
Besides radio, have also worked in parents’ grocery store,
mini-golf in Kitty Hawk, Super Hero (RadioMan), stocking shelves for
Nabisco, and cashier for Food Lion
The Rest Of The Story:
Since I was a kid, I always wanted to work at a small radio
station.
It just so happened I could do it and still be in Currituck.
It doesn’t get any better than this.
Steve Williams
Steve's been in radio since 1989 when he graduated High School in DeWitt, MI. Since then, he's taken his love for music to the airwaves in Michigan and now North Carolina with his Afternoon Drive weekdays from 2-6pm here on Mix 96.
Steve loves music of all kinds - and has alphabetically and meticulously organized his collection of over 1400
CD's, while doing the same with over 400 DVD's and his socks. A geek? Perhaps. But an organized one nonetheless. In his free time, Steve enjoys spending time with his two children Timothy and Emilie, and his lovely wife Holly. He also enjoys watching all Sports and is an avid fan of Professional Wrestling, Reading, Blogging and watching movies.