1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: All right, guys, Happy radio day to everyone. We first 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 1: want to shout out to Steve Harvey Nation. We have 3 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:09,920 Speaker 1: the best listeners, We just do, and we appreciate you 4 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: for writing with us every single morning making us number one. 5 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: We've been number one for so long and we guys 6 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 1: have been together for about twenty years now, twenty September 7 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:26,239 Speaker 1: twenty Yeah, this is the twentieth year. It absolutely yeah, yeah, yes, 8 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:31,640 Speaker 1: so see strong. What are some of your your fondest 9 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: Steve Harvey Morning Show memories looking back. 10 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 2: Over here, when they told us that we wasn't gonna 11 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 2: make it, look at it now, when they told us 12 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 2: we will make sure that you would never have a 13 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:53,240 Speaker 2: career in radio. It is over for you. Yeah, that's 14 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 2: what they told me when I left LA in two 15 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 2: thousand and five. That's what they say. 16 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 1: Oh not they being the current company, the former Oh no, no, okay, 17 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:05,120 Speaker 1: let's get clarity on that. 18 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 2: You know, almost almost I was in discussions with Tom Joiner. 19 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 2: I almost signed with Tom Joiner, and we were going 20 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 2: to be the Twin Towers of radio, and he was 21 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 2: going to do mornings and I was going to do 22 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 2: afternoon drive. And the offer was made and I slept 23 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 2: on it and I woke up and I said, hey, man, 24 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 2: I'm not gonna do that. And so the guy was 25 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:35,120 Speaker 2: working and said why not, Man, it's a pretty good offer. 26 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 2: I said yeah. And he was going to put me 27 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 2: on all the markets he was in, so I was 28 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 2: going to have a big show to begin with. I said, no, man, 29 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 2: I want to be relevant. I want to be significant. 30 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 2: It's nothing is more significant than morning drive radio. I said, 31 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 2: I'm morning drive guy. They said, WHOA, that's not going 32 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 2: to happen because you would have to be in competition. 33 00:01:58,280 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 1: Yeah. 34 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 2: I said, well, really, I'm not gonna be in competition 35 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 2: with anybody. I'm just gonna get my own show. I 36 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 2: went to Steve Harvey Morning Show. Well, you're gonna be 37 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 2: in competent. No, I'm not. I'm not. I'm gonna do 38 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 2: the best I can do. I'm gonna compete against me. 39 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:16,839 Speaker 2: I'm not gonna compete against anybody else. I've always been 40 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 2: that way. And so I went to New York and 41 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:26,519 Speaker 2: started at WBLS one on seven five w BLS in 42 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 2: New York, and we met in Martha's Vineyards and it 43 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 2: was a productive meeting, but it didn't go well enough. 44 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 2: And so I called I heart, and I said, here's 45 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 2: the deal. You have this, and they have that, let's 46 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 2: join forces. And God gave that I did to me. 47 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 2: And so they met and they joined forces. And we 48 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 2: started with four cities. We started with Shreveport, YEP, Detroit, Tuscaloosa. 49 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 2: That we started with four cities. They said, if you 50 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 2: have twenty five cities in three years, we were considered 51 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 2: as a success. In three years, we have sixty cities. 52 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 2: M hm. So I guess that's a yeah. Yeah. 53 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 1: Maybe we went to work and now we would eight 54 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 1: nine million every morning. 55 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 2: Well, I mean, you know, we have a huge listening audience. 56 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 2: Monica has some interesting numbers that she sends to me 57 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:34,080 Speaker 2: because you know, I don't really follow numbers just because 58 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 2: that's creative. Yeah, yeah, I don't. The numbers are what 59 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 2: they are. Is nothing you could do about them. You know. 60 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 2: We just do the best radio show. We're gonna make 61 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 2: some changes in year twenty five. Afterwards, we're gonna uh 62 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 2: have some surprises for you on the Steve Harvey Morning Show. 63 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 2: We're meeting discussing those things, and we're gonna have some 64 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 2: new stuff to bring to you after our birthday and 65 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 2: you know, but again it's gonna be Yeah. 66 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 1: We want to shout out the Steve Harvey Nation. We 67 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 1: do because our listeners are just they're golden. We love 68 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: our listeners. They're great. 69 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 2: Like, well, if you don't have them, you have nothing. Well, Tommy, 70 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 2: it's gonna be some surprises. Okay, they not have nothing 71 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:23,479 Speaker 2: to be surprising me nothing. 72 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:24,600 Speaker 1: What is your problem? 73 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:28,279 Speaker 2: If I didn't find you the first two years, you 74 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 2: would me. You're pretty much safe now because you were 75 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 2: the raggedest employee and. 76 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: No one can say anything because it was your nephew. 77 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Steve Harvey Morning Show.