Saturday, February 24, 2007

Chaper Six: Two Forks Up or How Radio Killed the Video Star

Interwoven among all this was a series of food, wine, beer radio shows. The first one was called, Two Forks Up on AM 1340. A weekly show featuring reviews of restaurants and wine and beer. Listeners told me that they often had to pull off the road because they were laughing too hard. It was kind of a “Wayne’s World,” approach.

The second show was on KVEC AM 920 and was called Dinning and Doing, because it was sponsored by a magazine of the same name (it was beautiful glossy mag much like the current Central Coast Magazine) and that’s when I began the format of interviewing winemakers, chefs, local food makers and wine/food event organizers or spokespeople.

The third version was also on KVEC and was called, I Heard it Through the Grapevine, which two years after it’s last broadcast, has been resurrected as Grapevine Radio, and is, imho, the best, most professional version of the show.

1 comment:

Kathy Marcks Hardesty said...

Although I thoroughly enjoyed being a guest once and a guest co-host another time on your first show, Cliff, I appreciate the compliment you give our new show. I love it too and believe it's off to a great start. When I'm out and about I'm hearing from winemakers, chefs, servers and bartenders, even you marketing types, that we're the talk of the town lately. Who ask for more (since we already live in paradise!)?