Episode 47: Tina Christina – a Radio lifer

97X, podcast

Tina Christina was on the air at 97X for more than a decade (1991-2003) doing weekend shifts, then overnights, and eventually middays with her distinctive New York accent. She’s still in the radio biz… although she goes by a different name these days. We talk to Tina about her 97X memories, which include barking dogs, sleeping on the air, Bogart’s stage fright, and a decoration from Cake. 

Tina Christina in college at SUNY-Plattsburgh – she’s in the 2nd row, second from the right.
Tina Christina with her kids. She still enjoys birthday cake and drawings from the band Cake.
Having co-hosted morning shows on country stations in both Cincinnati and Albany, NY, Tina Christina (a.k.a. “Dana Race”) has tons of photos of herself with guys with big hats.

Here’s a 2018 slideshow in the Albany Times-Union with “20 Things You Don’t Know about Dana Race. (The fact that she worked at 97X as “Tina Christina” didn’t make the top 20…)

Episode 46: More Phun with Phil Manning

97X, Music, podcast

In this podcast episode, we continue our chat with Phil Manning, who joined 97X in the summer of 1988 and was with the station until December of 1994, spending most of those years in the program director role. This episode features stories about Bob Mould, Richard Thompson, comedian Chip Chinery, angry Goo Goo Dolls, Folgers coffee, fax machines, Hawaiian honeymoons and a great promo featuring Phil doing his Morrissey impersonation. And somehow we manage to squeeze in some serious thoughts from Phil about the things that made 97X so special. 

Phil’s in the front row, 2nd from left, at the infamous Day in Eden outdoor concert at Eden Park.