Sarah Spain

McCullough, who's a popular local radio DJ in Youngstown.

It's the guy who would announce on the radio if there was a snow day.

The guy who would introduce you to the latest Top 40 hit.

and you'd get to hear the song for the first time.

This is the 70s and 80s that he starts out.

So the radio, in particular local radio, was such a huge part of people's everyday life.

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So after some of the local concerts in Youngstown, folks would come over to their house for after parties to get a late night home-cooked meal and keep the party going.

So Dillon was around, Tiny Tim.

Very old-fashioned now for young people.

There would always be stacks of tickets to a variety of local bands or concerts that were happening in their house.

But after about two years, the couple doesn't make it.

He leaves.

And for Dylan, there's a particular pain in the fact that he hears his father's voice every day on the radio, but his father wants nothing to do with him in life.

And then his mother brings in another husband, some other boyfriends, really hoping to provide a father figure, but her choices never really match her intentions.

And they are abusive.

One of them has a crack problem.

You need to understand that there were so many people struggling in Youngstown, trying to pay for heat and electricity, trying to put food on the table, trying to stay out of jail.