Roy Wood Jr.

and do the news until 9 a.m.

when I got my first class.

And Van said, cool.

He shook my hand.

He said, bring Starbucks Frappuccinos and a dozen Krispy Kremes every day, and I'll see you at 515 Sharp.

that's how I got my first internship.

And the funniest part of that now, when I look back on it in hindsight is that they made me bring these Starbucks Frappuccinos from the gas station or whatever.

Cause this was the beginning of iced coffee in the mid nineties.

And I don't know if like black men just thought it made you look gay if you bought one.

Cause you know, you walk around, Ooh, I got a little iced coffee and you know, homophobia.

And I, so I,

I ain't saying this is true.

I'm just telling you what I was thinking.

I just feel like at the time, they're like, yeah, go get me one of them gay coffees that I like, that I don't drink in public, little Negro.

So I get the internship at Hot 105, and I'm now the newsman.

And on the days that I can't come in studio, I'm recording news reports from the house and emailing them to them.

The technology isn't what it is now, but it was garbled, but...

It was good enough for me to get the job done if I was absentee.

And I would pick three national stories from USA Today, two local stories from the Tallahassee Democrat, and a kicker story from wherever I could find something, some little chuckle story or whatever.

And I would write out my copy, bro.