How do you accidentally spend 46 years in radio?

In this personal episode of Archer's Line, Rob Archer looks back at the summer of 1980, when a reluctant high school senior filled out a job application at a local radio station because it sounded better than stocking shelves at a drug store.

That one decision led to overnight shifts, spinning country records, warming up transmitters before dawn, learning the craft from the ground up, and eventually a career that spanned music radio, rock, alternative, and all-news broadcasting.

It's a story about luck, timing, mentors, groupies with mysterious voices, and discovering the thing you were meant to do without ever planning it.

In this episode:

The first job that changed everything

Babysitting an FM station during Larry King overnight

Learning radio by doing it

Early morning shifts and life at a small-market station

The unexpected path from music radio to news

The mentors who recognized where Rob belonged

Why talking into a microphone still feels like home

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