Hi. I’m Mike Wickett and I’m the new guy. After a few weeks working in the morning with Heather on LAZER 103.3, I figure now’s a good time to blog and say hello. The point of my blog? To share goofy, fun and interesting stuff that I come across. We may talk about it during “Heather & Wickett” in the morning…or we may not. And IF we don’t, that’s where the blog comes in.
Who am I? I’m Mike Wickett. I’m a married, father of 3 babies. My oldest is 2 & we have 1 year old twins. (We had 3 in less than a year. #IrishTriplets). I’m a radio veteran of 20+ years. I’ve worked in Ann Arbor (MI), Milwaukee (WI) and Kansas City (MO) before getting the chance to work here in Des Moines. I got to the LAZER morning show in a weird way: I had been a stay-at-home father for a while and I’d recently started a weekly sports talk show (“Wickett’s World”) down the hall from LAZER on 1350 AM ESPN Des Moines (I’m a sports nerd). I was helping Heather out on her show when she suddenly became a solo act. One appearance lead to another…and then I became a candidate to become her new partner and POOF – after a few interviews, I was hired. That’s the short version of my career path. Find me in a bar & if you’re bored & desperate, I’ll give you the long version. I love beer, sports, candy and my wife & kids (maybe not in that order). I hate cats, people who litter & those who don’t return shopping carts.
I’m thrilled with the opportunity to work with an amazing talent like Heather on a LEGENDARY rock station like LAZER 103.3 (If you didn’t know, this station has a TREMENDOUS national reputation). I’m very thankful that Program Director, Andy Hall took a chance on me….and so here we are. I hope you’ll check out “Heather & Wickett” weekday mornings from 6am -10am on LAZER 103.3.
Here’s this week’s “best thing I’ve ever found on the internet…ever”: A Broadway version of Limp Bizkit’s “Break Stuff”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nBEW09-Dik
And if you’ve missed stuff from “Heather & Wickett”, click here & bookmark this page. We post stuff daily for you to hear…and usually, it’s because you joined the morning show…cuz you’re awesome.
~Wickett
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