Shawn Powers
Name: Shawn Powers
Hometown: Toledo, OH
Status: Married
Children? (2) wonderful ones. Emily (7) & Colin (4).
How long have you been in radio? 21 years.
What cities have you worked in? Toledo, OH; Charleston, WV; Charleston, SC; Rockford, IL; Chicago, IL, Madison, WI, Flint, MI and now Canton.
What are your hobbies? Golf, hanging with family & friends, playing cards, watching movies, and meeting new people.
Favorite thing about working at Mix 94.1? Meeting people and having the freedom to be creative. Plus, I work with a great staff of professionals.
Some celebrities you’ve met in your career? Sting, Brooks & Dunn, Paul Revere & The Raiders, John Mellencamp, Montgomery Gentry, Rascal Flatts, LL Cool J, Ashanti, Gavin Rossdale, Vanilla Ice, Isaac Hayes, Christopher Cross, Hootie & The Blowfish, REO Speedwagon, Loverboy, Firehouse, Average White Band, Michael McDonald, Hall & Oates,Natasha Bedingfield, Adam Lambert, and many others.
What type of music do you like most? I enjoy ALL types of it. I’ve worked pretty much every format of radio out there, so I’m well versed in music & everything radio.
Favorite Movies? Good Morning Vietnam, Borat, Blood In, Blood Out
Favorite TV-Show? Law & Order
Favorite Color? Green
Favorite Number? (3)
Favorite song on Mix 94.1 right now? Rolling in the Deep / Adele
How did I end up in radio? Larry. A family friend got me hooked
Memorable moments in my life? Losing my dad at 14, coming to the Lord,
The events of 9/11 & covering it on the radio, my engagement & marrying my wife, watching both my kids being born.
The most important things in my life? God, family,
Future goals? Want to own my own radio company
First job in radio? I was 14 & got the chance to run the music, the news and commercials @ a local radio station in Toledo. I didn’t care about getting paid, I just wanted to do radio that bad. (but I did get paid, so I was really excited).
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