Back in my college days my friend Tony Guiden and I sat around dreaming of the day when we would be out of school and working full time as some sort of journalist or communications professional.  I didn't know where I would end up, but I had a pretty good idea that Tony would be wildly successful.  Why? Tony worked hard and was very intelligent. Did I say that he also had that TV personality handsome look, and a great radio voice!  

I was always a news junkie.  As a young boy I watched the evening news with Walter Cronkite, David Brinkley and Chet Huntley. When my 10-year-old buddies were outside riding bikes and playing sandlot baseball, I was inside watching the evening news!  Current Events was always my favorite subject in school, and I wanted to be in the news business. In fact, with my tongue planted firmly in my cheek, I often tell everybody that will listen, that I started working in the news business when I was just 11 years old - when I had a paper route!