Description: Before the bestselling books, the media empire, and the millions of loyal listeners, Glenn Beck was spinning the hottest tracks of the '90s and cracking jokes in a fast-paced morning zoo-type show. But just beyond the laughter and chart-toppers, a seismic shift was quietly underway.
This behind-the-scenes chronicle captures a pivotal moment in modern radio history--Beck's final years in Top 40 and the calculated evolution of his on-air persona. Between 1997 and 1999, while the world was partying like it was 1999 (because it was), Beck was already thinking ten steps ahead. Working in a studio next door to a news/talk station, he began weaving commentary into pop playlists, testing boundaries, and refining a voice that would soon command a national stage. Told by someone who was right there--newly divorced, with one foot in Top 40 and the other dangling over the ledge of talk radio uncertainty--this is a candid, often hilarious, and ultimately inspiring account of one man's transformation from radio personality to powerhouse. It's about risk, reinvention, and the wild, weird final years of the 1990s... when everything felt possible, even for a morning DJ with a plan.Review Quotes: "Enjoy the book. And remember: if anything in here shocks you, imagine how I felt reading it."
-- Glenn Beck "So many memories, as told through the haze of so many substances. Against all odds, Vinnie lived to tell the tale and the stories are as funny as they are unbelievable!" -- "Stu" Burguiere, former Executive Producer of The Glenn Beck Program, & Host of Stu Does America "I've known Vinnie Penn for nearly fifteen years now, and do his show often. I've known Glenn Beck for over two decades, and do his show too. But I had no idea these two knew each other and did a Top 40 morning zoo show together in the 90's. I can't even picture it, but now I don't have to try. It's all in here. It's Glenn Beck's origin story." -- Brad Meltzer, bestselling author of The Viper