Believe it or not I did not listen to the radio as a youngster. I could have cared less. I wanted to be a farmer just like my dad. That is until 1982 when at the ripe old age of 12, I went with my dad to deliver a cornbread cake to morning disc jockey Ed Cundiff on WLCB-AM in Hodgenville , Kentucky . (Ed was always playing tricks on my mother so she decided to play one on him on his birthday) Anyway after looking at the studio I realized what I wanted to do with my life. I wanted to make a career out of radio. So I started hanging around the station and eventually they let me go on the air for an hour or so at a time. But my career came to a sudden stop in October of 1983 when the station was sold and my hero Ed along with all the other staff I had worked with were gone. I found this out the hard way when I stopped in to visit with the new General Manager and I said "I'm ready to go on the air now." Well, after laughing for 10 minutes he kindly showed me the door. That's when I realized I had to take matters into my own hands. So with the help of my yard-mowing money, I built my own studio in my room to continue doing what I loved. I woke up every morning at 3:30 just to get a few hours of radio time in before going to school. This continued until January of 1985 when I finally convinced the Management of WLCB that I needed to be on the air. I worked there until April of 1986 when I made the move to Elizabethtown , Kentucky . From there it was off to Louisville and Greensburg , Kentucky , on to Meridian , Mississippi and eventually back to Elizabethtown in January of 1994 where I'm still at today on the best country station in the world, Big Cat 105-5 WLVK!  So that's my radio history.

As for my personal life, I'm now a single father of five!  My 5 children are: Aletha-17, Doc-15, Calea-10, Brooke-9 and Ethan-5. I still live in the town where it all started in 1982, Hodgenville and am enjoying the challenge of full time parenting. Whew! Oh ya...any and all "usable" parenting tips can be emailed to me and all free food can be dropped off at the Big Cat studios!   :-) Just kidding!  Then every morning I'm up at 4:00am to do the Breakfast Club on Big Cat 105-5 in what I fell in love with over 22 years ago, radio.  By the way...thanks for listening and making us Hardin County's #1 Station...AGAIN!  Cale

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With almost 20 years of on air experience at various stations in the region, I was ready for a new and different challenge.  Hired as a sales executive initially in February 2002, it didn't take long to worm my way back into the studio, doing sales during the day and a disc jockey shift at night.  I love being able to help clients make advertising decisions AND do my shift as a BIG CAT jock!  Give a listen 7pm - midnight!

With 2 teenage sons, Garrett, who by the way is now driving solo! Dylan and a GREAT MANY (mostly rescued) dogs, I stay pretty busy outside work.

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News Man Weekdays

The Radio Man! 

I've been in radio for a little almost 9 years now, starting out in this industry when I was 15 years old, at Clear Channel Radio in Louisville.  I grew up in Jeffersonville, Indiana.  My broadcasting career has taken me from Louisville to Lexington.  Then to Evansville, then Seattle, then Paducah and now back here!    If you see news happening, have a question or just want to say hey, feel free to drop me a e-mail!  

News is what he eats for breakfast, lunch and dinner!

I guess you could say he's

"Jay on the Spot!"

An awesome, dependable member of the Big Cat Fam!

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