[W]hen his Clear Channel station in San Antonio went through budget cuts in 2007, Coriaty was out of a job. At first he was optimistic. He sent out hundreds of demo tapes. Something would come up, he thought. Nothing did.
He and Raquel ate through their savings. Coriaty began to second-guess his career choice. Maybe it was time to hang up the headphones. They began to worry. Coriaty felt depressed. San Antonio was hiring police officers. Coriaty took the necessary exams, applied to the academy and got accepted. He was relieved. He could earn a living again.
Before he started, however, a friend called and urged him to apply to a new radio station in Houston. "You're close. You should just drive there," he said.
It seemed crazy. He was wary of spending money on the gas. But he grabbed his demo tape and CD and drove anyway, wearing the shorts and T-shirt he had on.
The vice president and general manager were playing mini-golf in their office. On a whim, they agreed to see him.
"In a desperate, passionate move, I had cold-called a new station and now was sitting on their leather couch in my shorts and T-shirt," Coriaty recalled.
They liked his material and asked him to come back for a tryout show. READ THE REST
The rest his history. Can you imagine being pulled over by Officer Bounce anyway?
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