Joel Denver is the President of All Access Music Group with a long career in the radio and music industry, and with that long career comes a lot of stories! Hear how he went from a 14-year-old calling radio stations for fun, to the industry leader he has become today as Joel and Chachi sit down at the Benztown studio and chat! On this episode of Chachi Loves Everybody, Chachi talks to Joel Denver about: 1. How a benign leg tumor led to the beginning of his career in radio at 14 2. Interviewing Radio and Music Industry giants at R&R 3. His late wife and All Access Cofounder, Ria Denver 4. Early days of All Access and its growth 5. Losing his home in the Woosley Fire of 2018 and the lessons he learned from that 6. WWRS 2020 7. The origin of the name “Chachi” And so much more!!
ABOUT THIS EPISODE'S GUEST:
Joel Denver is the President, publisher, and cofounder of All Access Music Group, which is celebrating 25 years in business this year.
ABOUT THE PODCAST:
Chachi Loves Everybody is brought to you by Benztown and hosted by the President of Benztown, Dave “Chachi” Denes. Get a behind the scenes look on the myths and legends of the radio industry.
PEOPLE MENTIONED:
RDub
Jerry Boulding
Barry Richards
Davy Jones at WPGC
Terry Steele
Jay Thomas
Scott Shannon
Stan Kaplan
Jay Cook
“King” George Michael
Charley Lake
Jerry Clifton
Bill Tanner
Skip Tash
Lisa Foxx
Bobby Hattrik
E. Karl
Bill Moyes
Steve Roddy
Bob Wilson
BeBop Hobel
Jonathan Hall
John Leader
Randy Michaels
Howard Stern
Joel Salkowitz
Elvis Duran
Kid Kelly
Steve Kingston
Lew Irwin
Casey Kasem
Kerri Kasem
Paul Atkinson
Michael Atkinson
Michael Pritchard
Erica Farber
Cindy Maxwell
Tony Novia
Ria Denver
Kandy Klutch
Jeff Kapugi
Cubby Bryant
Bill Phordresher
Bob Catania
Mark Gorlick
John Reynolds
Patrick Davis
Kelly Kibler
Jay Shannon
Sat Bisla
Jacqueline Lennon
Beata Czechowski
Bob Pittman
Tom Poleman
Michael Steele
Tracy Johnson
Pat Bohn
Garry Wall
ABOUT BENZTOWN:
Benztown is a leading international radio imaging, production library, programming, jingles and voiceover services company with over 2,300 affiliations on six different continents.
We provide custom VO and imaging across all formats, including commercial VO and copywriting. Benztown Radio Networks produces, markets and distributes high-quality programming and services to radio stations around the world.
In 2017, Benztown was named to the prestigious Inc. 5000 by Inc. magazine for the fifth consecutive year as one of America’s Fastest-Growing Privately Held Companies.
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