Name: Jim Matthews (James M. Linthicum)

Born: 10/25/53 in Sidney,Ohio

Upbringing: Raised as a Roman Catholic on a small farm "out in the sticks" between Anna and Port Jefferson in rural Shelby County.

Marital status: Married with wife Kimberly and three children (now grown) residing in Piqua,Ohio.

Education: 1973 graduate of Lehman Catholic High School in Sidney,Ohio. Also was active in the high school band and 4-H.

Folk heroes: Johnny Cash,Bob Dylan,John Mellencamp,Bob Marley,John Lee Hooker.

Favorites in music:Joss Stone,John Legend,Keb' Mo',James Brown, The Allman Bros. Band,Grand Funk Railroad,B.B. King, John Lee Hooker,The Buddy Rich Big Band,The Brian Setzer Orchestra,Bonnie Raitt,Olivia Newton-John,Mariah Carey,Gloria Estefan,Aretha Franklin,Alison Krauss,Amy Grant,Tatiana Cameron,Dana Rosemary Scallon.

Most favorite songs: "Let It Be"-The Beatles

                                   "Get Together"-The Youngbloods

                                  "What a Wonderful World"-Louis Armstrong

Most favoritie movies: Drumline,Ray,musical scenes from Cadillac Records,Walk The Line,Standing In The Shadows of Motown,The Commitments,The Gene Krupa Story,Walt Disney's Fantasia,Grease,Xanadu,Mamma Mia!,The Blues Brothers,Monterrey Pop,The Ten Conmandments,Wayne's World,The Four Marx Brothers in "Duck Soup," Who Framed Roger Rabbit,Crocodile Dundee,King Kong(in nearly all of its incarnations)Lilo and Stitch,Back to The Future.

Most favorite classic television and video:Mystery Science Theater 3000,Rachael Ray,Scrubs,The Big Bang Theory,Upbeat,The Twilight Zone,Speed Racer,Ultra Man,Anthony Bourdain: No Resevations,The Monkees,Green Acres,American Bandstand,Happy Days,Monty Python's Flying Circus,Mork and Mindy,WKRP in Cincinnati,Rocky and Bullwinkle(in all of its various titles and incarnations),The Brady Bunch,Disney's Lizzie McGuire,Touched By An Angel,The Cosby Show.

Likes:

People reaching out and helping others in need...and not boasting about it (thus entertaining angels unawares),Cassano's Pizza,The Ohio Renaissance Festival,John Deere Model A and Model B farm tractors from "back in the day," oldies from the 50s,60s and 70s,smooth jazz,contemporary Christian and soul gospel music,"The Loop" and "Magnificent Mile" in downtown Chicago,Mackinac Island,Indian River,Mackinaw City,Whitefish Point and St.Ignace,Michigan,Eagle River,Wisconsin,Red Lake and Sault Sainte Marie,Ontario,Maria Stein and Carey, Ohio,Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio,Taste of The Arts and Christmas On The Green in downtown Piqua,Hyde Park and Poughkeepsie,NY, getting off the beaten Interstate 75 trail and driving up the old Dixie Highway instead to see what you otherwise miss,Good 'ol fashioned analog audio(78 and 45 RPM records,LPs and audio cassettes),Dusty Rhodes on Oldies 1480 WDJO,Kim Faris on Lite 99.9 WLQT,Joe Madigan on WJCU,driving past the former family farms in eastern Shelby County where I grew up,my wife and I taking our children to see the Christmas lights at Clifton Mill,witnessing my son Matt receiving his associates degree at Culinary Institute of America,working for a local family owned company with "average joe" down home country folks...and located out in the country,campy monster and sci-fi movies,helping out with my broadcast experience,talents and abilities at Radio Maria,Warner Bros. and Hanna-Barbera cartoons.

Dislikes:

E-mail spam,cel phones,"reality" TV,pickup trucks with "18 wheeler" engines,death metal,gangsta rap,the widening gap between the "haves and have-nots," "flashmovie" banner and popup ads on the internet,The continuing tabloidization of the news media,Radio stations reduced to "cookie cutter" clones now owned by cluster conglomerates, Narcissists,control freaks and other rabid souls who bang their own drum and climb up the ladder of success at the expense of using and hurting other people.

My biggest inspirations for me to be a broadcaster:

Don Pardo of NBC,Gene "By Golly" Barry and Steve Kirk of WING in Dayton,Paul Dixon,Ruth Lyons and Bob Braun of WLWT-TV in Cincinnati,Joe Rockhold and Ken Hardin (repectively as Uncle Orrie and Ferdy Fussbudget) of WHIO-TV in Dayton,Larry Lujack of WLS in Chicago,Ron Britain of WCFL in Chicago,Ted "The Bear" Richards and Byron McGregor of CKLW in Windsor,Ontario,the late great Wolfman Jack....

........and Jackson Armstrong "your LEEEEE-DER"

Favorite people in broadcasting:

Don Pardo,Al Roker,Kim Faris,Tom Brokaw,Larry King,Rachael Ray,Katie Couric,Russ Parr,Tom Joyner,the late Ed Johnson,Charlie VanDyke,the late Bill "The Hossman" Allen of WLAC in Nashville,Dusty Rhodes of WSAI and later WDJO, Cartoon voice actors Mel Blanc,June Foray and Daws Butler.

Not so favorite people in broadcasting:

Rush Limbaugh,Bill O'Reilley,Michael Savage,Bob and Tom,Geraldo Rivera,Howard Stern and all other "shock jocks" and tabloid news and talk program hosts.

Favorite quote:

"Blessed are the poor in spirit...for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven."

...from The Beatitudes (Matthew 5: 3-12)

Radio experience:

Lehman Cavalier Catch-Up(on WMVR SIdney,OH 1972-73)

WMVR Sidney,OH (1978-86)

WAXC Wapakoneta/St.Marys(Moulton),OH (1979-81) "WAXCee 92" (now WFGF "92.1 The Frog")

WCTM Eaton,OH (1981-1986) "Radio Ranch 1130"(now WEDI)

(Fatherhood from 1985-onward which put my carreer on hold)

WULM Springfield,OH (2004-06) "Rock n' Soul Classics" (formerly WBLY)

Radio Maria USA (2006-present)

WRPO-LP (2008-present)

My heartfelt thanks to Gene Kirby for the open welcome to my idea for the blues show

Also thanks to the Indian Lake Shoppers Edge

http://www.myshoppersedge.com

And Logan County's Indian Lake Current

http://lcpages.weeklycurrents.com

http://www.weeklycurrents.com

DIsclaimer department:

I am a volunteer announcer/DJ/audio production man for WRPO-LP a low power FM station in Russells Point,Ohio. I am not paid or compensated in any way by Gray Fox Broadcasting and Mr. Gene Kirby,the programmers of WRPO nor by the Villiage of Russells Point,the owners of WRPO. I do this out of my love for radio broadcasting and for vintage R&B-fusioned music. WRPO is a non -commercial low power FM broadcasting station which is dependant on listener contributions and underwriting by local businesses in the Indian Lake area. From time to time I will mention Gray Fox Audio Sensations,its DJ  entertainmemt business which provides partial support for WRPO. Thank your for your listenership and your support.