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Co-Host the afternoon show with Jay!

Be a guest DJ for the afternoon with Jay at WRIP radio! Co-host live on the air with Mountain Top Celebrity Jay Fink. A unique, fun opportunity for anyone who loves the Mountain Top or has always wanted to experience being a guest DJ!

Capture the thousands of listeners in five counties who punch up Rip 97.9 for the ride home every afternoon from 2 til 7.  Create your own music program, as our previous winners have done. Civic Groups, Summer Event Organizers - all welcome to bid!   Tell your friends you have "taken over the radio station". Jay Fink will produce and co-host (Music playlist subject to prior approval)

You can listen to Jay's show every afternoon from 2pm-7pm and on Saturdays 2-8pm.

 Jay wears many hats here at Rip 97.9. As well as being one of the voices you regularly hear everyday, he's also our Sales Manager and Music Director, and a part of RIP 97.9 in one form or another since our debut in 1999. Jay is proud to be a full-time Mountaintop resident, and is active with many organizations in the community. He spent many years in the music business before returning to broadcasting.

Interesting facts about Jay:

Where were you born? Long Island, NY

What's the coolest thing about the Great Northern Catskills?
Fresh Air! (Times Square!)

When you have friends visit the Great Northern Catskills for the first time, what's the one thing you insist they see/do?
Wipe their feet, then visit any one of 18 restaurants here on the mountaintop that will absolutely blow them away.

Favorite Hobby/Pastime? I'm so geeked out, so that's a tough one. Movies (I always watch the DVD Extras and commentaries FIRST), Music (collector) Computers (repair), Radios (the kind that glow in the dark), Travel.

If you could have one superpower, what would it be, and why? The ability to bring healing and peace to the world. Is there any reason NOT to?

One song that's the anthem to your life? When I Grow Up

Favorite band and/or songs growing up? Beatles, Xavier Cugat, Marvin Gaye, 101 Strings, Rolling Stones, Mrs. Miller, Musical Multiplication Records, Beach Boys, Allen Robin, Vaughan Meader, Roy Orbison, Camelot, Man of La Mancha.

What are some of the stations/cities where you've worked before coming to Rip 97.9? KC101 New Haven CT, WINE/WRKI-95 Danbury CT, WDJF Westport CT, WSNG Torrington CT

Coolest / funniest / weirdest moment of your radio career so far? It all kind of blends together. I'm so fortunate to be able to come to work every day and do what I love. I truly feel blessed. And who to better work with than the mountaintop's own GPG? BTW Guy taught me the road to cool is to immediately cut the sleeves off your tee-shirts. Yup....

The funny moments for me are all the "inside" radio things that happen on the air. Remotes are especially funny and entertaining, especially when things don't go as planned.

I have a pretty high tolerance for weird - and radio people are a little cracked to begin with.


If they made a movie about you, what actor would you like to play you? Jon Lovitz of course!


Famous person (living or dead) you'd most like to have dinner with? Ahmet Ertegun, Arthur Godfrey, Danny Thomas


What's your #1 pet peeve? Rude, Ignorant or Intolerant people

Whom do you admire the most? My parents, hands down.

Dog or Cat? Other Critters? Two feline ankle biters. :)

WRIP "RIP 97.9" is a unique regional radio station
 serving a market that stretches from the
Great Northern Catskills all the way to New York’s Capital Region.

 

http://wrip979.com

Located in the heart of Ski Country, we are the radio voice of
 the Mountaintop Region and the Great Northern Catskills.
Broadcasting 24/7 with the equivalent of 6,000 Watts of power from our main tower at the top of Windham Mountain Resort and signal booster on Hunter Mountain, we are the only radio station covering the entire mountainous region between the Hudson Valley and Oneonta.

A market with a significant total year-round population, additionally blessed with tourists and second-home owners. Dozens of communities comprise this region - the home of numerous year-round attractions and world-class ski areas like Windham, Hunter, Belleayre and Plattekill.

WRIP 97.9 FM - WINDHAM NY:
580w @ 1057 ft. above avg. terrain, 3076 ft. ASL

WRIP-FM1 97.9 FM - HUNTER NY: 35w @ 3139 ft. ASL
W248BG 97.5 FM - DURHAM NY: 250w @ 1679 ft. ASL
W283BP 104.5 FM - STAMFORD NY: 40W @ 3278 ft. ASL

Item Special Note

The winner will make arrangements to Co-Host the Morning Show with Jay directly by contacting WRIP at:

Email: jay@rip979.com

Phone: 518-734-4747

Must redeem before 12/31/17, date will be mutually agreed upon between both parties.