E.J. GREIG (Phone hidden) E.J. Greig (Mr. Afternoon Drive) is a young veteran in urban radio. The business is in his blood, as he is the son of a former TV news anchor/reporter. E.J. grew up playing and exploring behind the scenes in TV newsrooms as his mother anchored the news. His first radio job was an unplanned and spontaneous gift. “I accompanied my late grandfather, a minister, to watch as he aired his weekly religious radio broadcast, and the board operator never showed up. I figured out how to work the board, and had him on the air and up and running in a few minutes. I was 14. They hired me that day.” After receiving a BGS from the University of Michigan, E.J. snagged a job at WJLB Detroit, which was #1 in Market 5 at that time. “I worked as the night show producer, and sidekicked for Tre Black.” From there it was off to Chicago to work briefly for the now-defunct 106Jamz, a Mayo Media station. E.J.’s big break came when he was offered a job at WHTA Atlanta. He was in for a big surprise when he finally found the station in the countryside outside Atlanta. It consisted of a radio shack dj mixer, a reel-to-reel, and a cart machine inside of the transmitter shack. “We eventually moved into a trailer connected to the transmitter.” It was here that E.J. worked with Ludacris, La La, Chaka Zulu, and other big stars in the game now. “I was the first person to put Chris (Ludacris) on the radio rapping. He did my intro song.” Since then, E.J. has worked for WVEE Atlanta via Metro Networks, then WOWI Norfolk for nine years. He set a record at night in Norfolk with a 22 share. Currently E.J. serves as APD/Afternoon drive host at WQHH in Lansing, Michigan, where he is also super-active in the community.
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