You can hear Chip every weekday afternoon from 2-7 on 96.1 the Rocket!
How to Contact Chip
Call the request line when he's on the air: 251-770-9600 or 800-666-96-96. E-mail Chip: chip@961therocket.com
Chip's Bio
Chip was born and raised in Western Kentucky. He began his career in radio at the tender age of 15. "I should have known, when my 4th grade teacher added TONGUE TOO LONG in the conduct box on my report card and checked it each 6 week period whenever warrantd, that this type of gig was inevitable."
He actually attended classes at Western Kentucky University for approx. 6 months but continued to live in the dorm for the remainder of the year. "Imagine how difficult it was to work a 10pm-2am shift at a rock station as a freshman and still try and make it to class? I think not. It was 1976 for crying out loud! I thought tuition covered the room. Geez!" Learned alot about life.
In 1980, Chip's plan to keep jerking the chain of his new boss until he got fired finally paid off. He was canned one night while on the air... threw everything he owned (tv & clothing) into his '69 LTD, $900 severence check in hand (whoo-hoo) and drove 700 miles to Pensacola, landing at Casino Beach as the sun was coming up and thought aloud to himself, "this place doesn't suck." Been here ever since!! These are a few of Chip's favorite things: Crustaceans with drawn butter. Golf & Beer. (the perfect blend) Extra tator tots discovered in the bottom of the bag. Sunset drives down the Causeway. NASCAR (can't divuldge my driver, wouldn't be prudent.) The Rams & Saints. (Lifelong fan of the Rams... since Gabriel). Kentucky football. (I think they've learned how to dribble the pigskin). TV...The Riches, Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Office.
On the Yuck List: Things that close the beach. Pressed ray wing sold as scallops. People with cell phones surgically attached to their ear. Warm draft beer. Arrrgghhhhh. Uncooperative interns. Dress shoes. (flip-flops only please. I toe-floss) Hackers that don't repair their ballmarks. (You know who you are!)
The dumbest thing he's ever done in front of a witnesses: "Made a toast very late into the reception. What was I thinking?!?!"
Chip's Most Daring Escapade: "In the '70s, four of us went streaking and flailing in front of the big plate glass window at a truckstop diner, downtown Stugis, around 2am. Lemme' tell you, even in cowboy boots, 5 lb belt buckle and stomach's filled with country-fried steak... those guys are agile!"
The one thing even Chip wouldn't dare do: Run for office. (Too many skeletons)
Tip of the Day: "Never trust a restaurant that serves the main course with a frisbee in its mouth."
All you need is a band, a demo, a little luck... oh, and maybe big hair (optional)! Here's the boogie!
Putting It In Perspective
Friday 08-01-2008 4:14pm CT
I no longer think Hollywood stars are terribly important.
They are uniformly pleasant, friendly people, and they treat me better than I deserve to be treated. But a man or woman who makes a huge wage for memorizing lines and reciting them in front of a camera is no longer my idea of a shining star we should all look up to.
A real star is the soldier of the 4th Infantry Division who poked his head into a hole on a farm near Tikrit, Iraq. He could have been met by a bomb or a hail of AK-47 bullets. Instead, he faced an abject Saddam Hussein and the gratitude of all of the decent people of the world.
SEC MEDIA DAYS are over, now it's on to practice and the season which begins Thursday night, August, 28th with South Carolina & NC State. Here's a comprehensive look at the SEC from ESPN as we get ready for football - u bet!!
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