Hot Mic with Houston and Hogan
Hot Mic with Houston and Hogan features two radio professionals with over a hundred years of broadcasting experience between them. Dave Hogan and Randy Houston are both native Western North Carolinian’s – whose rich voices have been heard in every glade, cove and holler of Western North Carolina and East Tennessee during the last century – primarily on AM Radio and between the two of them – they’ve worked in just about every radio format. Classic rock ‘n roll - country - news talk - pop and big band - gospel and bluegrass. As you can imagine – these guys have tons of stories about the day to day of live radio.
Episodes
58 episodes
Episode 001 Where Houston and Hogan came together for the first time
Dave Hogan and Randy Houston came together in our radio careers at the legendary WISE in Asheville NC in the early 90's. Dave was the morning guy at the station that played a Nostalgia format. It was simulcast on WTZQ in Hendersonvi...
Episode 001 Where Dave and Randy began working together
Dave Hogan and Randy Houston are two radio professionals who have together spent over 100 years in live radio in Western North Carolina and East Tennessee. During this inaugural podcast, they talk about where their careers came together i...
Episode 002 From the Big WISE Melody Tower on Tunnel Road in Asheville to some live radio bloopers
Dave Hogan and Randy Houston are two radio professionals who have together spent over 100 years in live radio in Western North Carolina and East Tennessee. During this series of podcasts, they talk about where their careers came together ...
Episode 003 Dave and Randy talk about some of the industry changes in radio.
Hot Mic with Houston and Hogan features two radio professionals with over a hundred years of broadcasting experience between them. Dave Hogan and Randy Houston are both native Western North Carolinian’s – whose rich voices have been heard...
Episode 004 Dave talks about being in radio during the birth of Rock and Roll
Hot Mic with Houston and Hogan features two radio professionals with over a hundred years of broadcasting experience between them. Dave Hogan and Randy Houston are both native Western North Carolinian’s – whose rich voices have been heard...
Episode 005 Dave and Randy talk about some of the early days of country radio and some of the local connections to Western North Carolina and East Tennessee. They discuss the career of Country comedian Minnie Pearl, who had ties to Hendersonville and Ash
Hot Mic with Houston and Hogan features two radio professionals with over a hundred years of broadcasting experience between them. Dave Hogan and Randy Houston are both native Western North Carolinian’s – whose rich voices have been heard...
Episode 006 We define Payola and confession is good for the soul
Hot Mic with Houston and Hogan features two radio professionals with over a hundred years of broadcasting experience between them. Dave Hogan and Randy Houston are both native Western North Carolinian’s – whose rich voices have been heard...
Episode 007 Music follows the times. These two guys have followed music and it's trends for many decades.
Hot Mic with Houston and Hogan features two radio professionals with over a hundred years of broadcasting experience between them. Dave Hogan and Randy Houston are both native Western North Carolinian’s – whose rich voices have been heard...
Episode 008 Dave & Randy talk about Asheville, North Carolina's connection to the Singing Brakeman Jimmie Rodgers
Hot Mic with Houston and Hogan features two radio professionals with over a hundred years of broadcasting experience between them. Dave Hogan and Randy Houston are both native Western North Carolinian’s – whose rich voices have been heard...
Episode 009 Two Country DJ's talking about and paying tribute to the great Merle Haggard
Hot Mic with Houston and Hogan features two radio professionals with over a hundred years of broadcasting experience between them. Dave Hogan and Randy Houston are both native Western North Carolinian’s – whose rich voices have been heard...
Episode 010 The greats of country are fading away fast. Dave and Randy talk about the career of the great Lorretta Lynn
Hot Mic with Houston and Hogan features two radio professionals with over a hundred years of broadcasting experience between them. Dave Hogan and Randy Houston are both native Western North Carolinian’s – whose rich voices have been heard...
Episode 011 Dave and Randy just scratch the surface of their involvement in Gospel Music during their careers
Hot Mic with Houston and Hogan features two radio professionals with over a hundred years of broadcasting experience between them. Dave Hogan and Randy Houston are both native Western North Carolinian’s – whose rich voices have been heard...
Episode 012 Dave and Randy talk about several visits that Jerry Lee Lewis made to Western North Carolina
Hot Mic with Houston and Hogan features two radio professionals with over a hundred years of broadcasting experience between them. Dave Hogan and Randy Houston are both native Western North Carolinian’s – whose rich voices have been heard...
Episode 13 As we near year's end, Dave and Randy talk about the legends of country music that we lost during 2022
Hot Mic with Houston and Hogan features two radio professionals with over a hundred years of broadcasting experience between them. Dave Hogan and Randy Houston are both native Western North Carolinian’s – whose rich voices have been heard...
Episode 14 John Newton wrote the most popular hymn of all time, Amazing Grace
Hot Mic with Houston and Hogan features two radio professionals with over a hundred years of broadcasting experience between them. Dave Hogan and Randy Houston are both native Western North Carolinian’s – whose rich voices have been heard...
Episode 15 Small Town Radio
Dave and Randy both started their radio careers in small towns in Western North Carolina. Small town radio is pretty much a thing of the past now but back "in the day" it was the lifeline of the community. This episode features a re...
Episode 16 The Legendary Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton is an American icon. She is one of the worlds most loved people and both Dave and Randy have both met and worked with Dolly in their careers, having crossed paths several times. In this episode we talk some about Dolly'...
Episode 17 Technology changes in Radio over the past half century
When these two guys started in radio, compared to where the technology of the industry is today, we could probably have had just as much success by connecting two cans with a string. It is amazing how radio has changed since we got into t...
Episode 18 Randy and Dave are joined by Dave's daughter Gina who is also a podcaster
You've heard the old adage "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree." We're joined on the show today by Gina Edwards who is also a podcaster and co-hosts a podcast called Around the Writer's Table. Around the Writer’s Table
Episode 19 We are excited to share our recent conversation with Bill Anderson, Country Music Hall of Fame Member and acclaimed Songwriter
We talked with Grand Ole Opry Star and Country Music Hall of Fame Member Bill Anderson recently about his very successful career as a Country Music Singer and Songwriter. We talk about the many hits from the past, the careers of artists h...
Episode 20 A continuation of our conversation with Country Music Hall of Famer Bill Anderson
We talked with Grand Ole Opry Star and Country Music Hall of Fame Member Bill Anderson recently about his very successful career as a Country Music Singer and Songwriter. We talk about the many hits from the past, the careers of artists h...
Episode 21 Tune in to a game of One Hit Wonders
Dave and Randy have played a bunch of songs over these radio years and a lot of them came from artists who were in the right place at the right time. They got their hands on a good song and hit the right combination for a big hit song in ...
Episode 22 One Hit Wonders Chapter Two
Dave and Randy have played a bunch of songs over these radio years and a lot of them came from artists who were in the right place at the right time. They got their hands on a good song and hit the right combination for a big hit song in ...