On the evening of November 13th, 2004; S. Scott Conner sat in a dimly lit, well aged studio behind a 50,000 Watt microphone and posed this question as his first topic of his first official show.
"Is 9/11 partially the American public's fault?"
With that question Scott had set the pace for his brand of Talk Radio.
A mere 20 minutes prior to posing that forbade topic live to nearly 1/3rd of the nation; Scott waited on the street, in the cold, for his boss to "key card" him to the Lobby of an empty high-rise office building downtown ABQ, NM, then with very little said, escort him up to the elevator to the 8th floor where Scott followed the void of encouragement, via a hurried double quick step of his Station Manager's less then cordial escort through a eerily empty and dimly-lit radio station.
They followed a sliver of light that bounced off locked doors of empty offices to a left handed bend that exposed source of such little light. It was the studio and producers booth for 770kkob (dimly lit) Studio, which was to be his home for the coming 2 hours. With mere minutes before Show Time the Boss introduced Scott to his board up for the very first time, granting neither a beat, to say "boo" to one another! Forget, S.O.B preshow rundown, Scott was shuffled 160 degrees into the studio and showed him the dump button and upon that he turned and began his exit. To which Scott reply you're not staying?? The station manager paused turning only half a step and replied oh God no I'm going home it's the weekend. And with that he faded into the darkness of empty station with minutes to go before the live broadcast Scott realize that he had no idea which buttons to push in order to communicate with the board up on the other side of the sound proof glass. He vigorously rounded the corner and sought instructions from his board up only to be surprised that this too was his first live show! And that his training was limited to taking calls from the rotary phone and coming in and out of brakes also he was instructed to only use the carts as Bumper Music and was hands off on the state-of-the-art touchscreen system sitting in front of him! It was later disclosed that this time slot was the worst time slot any host could ever have as the ratings had never surpassed 29th out of 32 in decades! It was also the assumption of the higher-ups that anyone that took this time slot would do so in an uneventful way and mouse their way through 52 weeks of the contract making little to no impact or noticeable contributions.
Boy oh boy were they wrong!
And in five short weeks they would all be eating large portions of crow while wiping egg from their faces, as the ratings would show that Scott did something no one in the history of radio has ever done before or since by leapfrogging from 29th to number one in 5 weeks overall AM/FM stations in five short weeks!
Which all but erased the insanely loud scorn, and threats of "firing his ass RIGHT NOW!!' that He received the following Monday, after being commanded to "GET YOUR (his) ASS, IN MY (station manager's) OFFICE WITHIN THE HOUR... OR DON'T BOTHER COMING IN EVER!!" What pray-tell was the match that set a flame his "nice guy" demeanor on such a crisp, sunny, He was branded a wild-card or Loose Cannon with the onslaught of phone calls emails and yes even actual posted letters with an initial 70% complaints if it were not for a peppering of well-respected and influential individuals praising his out of the box thought-provoking and bold summations that may have been his first and last show!
So, in keeping with Scott's " Campfire inclusion, disclosure and conversation" style we genuinely desire to keep each of you on the inside track as you listen to his shows in both progression and entirety.
With that said, sit back, pour a stiff one, pop a yummy gummy and take in these this One on One, of this truly first 100%
"the SCOTT CONNER Show"
Enjoy!
