Sep 18, 2026, 11:28 AM ET
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In the year of 1982, I was attending Trans American School of Broadcasting. That Fall my friend Marty and I attacked Wausau, Wisconsin. We invested a lot of our parents hard earned milk checks at the arcade in Schofield Wisconsin. We made lots of cool mix tapes and watched a whole lot of MTV. I was making a name for myself in another city. When I went to pay my portion of the rent the lady at the desk laughed at my last name. When I looked at her name plate on the desk, I saw that her last name was Cluck. I spent a bunch of time at the Inner Sleeve record store and spent more of the milk check. I also worked on the freshman 15 at Burger Chef, and Shakey's Pizza. It was also an amazing discovery when I stumbled into a Wendy's for the first time and enjoyed a Frostie, loaded potatoes, and square hamburger.
It will be great to talk to you live on Saturday night during WRCO's Those Were the Days radio show. The request line will be open for a call or text and there will be trivia games to keep you mentally sharp. We will be celebrating the 104th Ithaca School Fair and Homecoming on Saturday. I will try to get a nap by the hog corral so that I will be bright eyed and bushy tailed on Saturday night!
I had a great time with my bride, June, during our anniversary weekend last Saturday. We spent a rare Saturday night together. Thanks for all of the well wishes!
Phil
Adam Hess has been involved in radio broadcasting since 1990, with many of those years spent on the air at WRCO FM in Richland Center. Currently, Adam hosts the Weekend Wake-up and Prime Mover Saturdays on WRCO FM, jumps in and helps out with news duties, handles Social Media duties for WRCO and WRCE, and is the Director of Technology at a Southwest Wisconsin School District. Reach him at adam.hess@civicmedia.us.
