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"The Many Moods of
Vince Daniels" is based loosely on my years growing up in Garden Grove,
Californa (part of the OC). Whenever I think about my show, I
think about the house that I lived in with my family on Merello Street
for so many years. I see how the WPMD radio studios are
configured, and everytime I'm sitting in the air booth looking across
the glass at guests who are sitting around the table in the adjoining
studio, I find myself back home around the old dining room kitchen
table with any number of folks who knew that our doors were always open
whenever they wanted to stop by and enjoy some pie, coffee, Pepsi's and
great conversation. If too many people wandered in, we would move
our discussions into the family room, where I can still see people
sprawled out on bean bag chairs in a way that showed that they felt
comfortable in our home. Nobody judged anyone. We let
people speak their minds. Anyone felt free to disagree but also
lay out the reasons for their disagreement. There were nights
that people came to our doors with tears and anguish. We allowed
them to cry while we listened to thier pain and struggles. On
occassion we sat around and sang songs together, or we made each other
laugh. This would go on sometimes into the wee hours of the
morning.
In those days, I always wondered that if I turned on a live
microphone and allowed listeners to eavesdrop on this reality, if
somehow it would make for a good talk and variety show. Nowadays,
when somebody admits that they listen to talk radio, the first question
is "are you liberal or conservative?" I dare say that most guests
and callers on talk shows don't come on to talk. They come with
an "agenda," and won't leave until they get all 16 points across.
Sadly, these days it's easier to label, than it is to listen and to see
where the conversation takes us. In olden times the
question wasn't "are you right or left wing?" but was, "do you
want to talk about it?"
While the Vince Daniels Show may not be "over stimulated" talk radio,
it is a place to come to be accepted for who you are and where your
at. I think of my time slot as a place you can always
come to and feel like you're back home again. We talk about
controversial topics that maybe you're afraid to talk about in your own
home. We'll have live debates. We play snippets of music memories
from your life. We take you out to the movies every once in
awhile. We help you to figure out complex questions you may have
concerning your finances. We listen to peoples stories. We
laugh. We do some soul searching. We try to
make sense out of breaking headline news from those who can best break
it down for us. We even break through that "4th wall" and
allow you to listen in on places that are ordinarily off limits; such
as the shows where we conducted the live Alcoholics Anonymous meetings
in our studio. Not to exploit, but to explore.
We offer you a place to pull up a bean bag and get comfortable in our
family room. I'll even pick up your empty Pepsi cans after you
leave. But once you leave, I hope you'll come back.
And, if there are any topics you don't hear covered on most of talk
radio, e-mail me
and let
me know. I'll make sure you have a voice.
-Vinnie Daniels
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