Keeping the hits alive
The staff of Happy Radio 92.5
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By the time Kevin Anderson enters Happy Radio, he's on his fourth cup of coffee and the town square is still dark and desolate.
That's life for the disc jockey who has been doing this for 25 years, six of those years at Happy Radio.
Anderson will accompany morning commuters with classic hits from the 60s and 70s, plus local news and weather.
The view from his window allows him to see what is going on outside, like fans of the show waving good morning to him from their cars as they wait for the light to turn green.
Decorations of vinyl records hang at the entrance of the building, like Christmas decorations.
The Nebraska native is known for his sense of humor and silly comments of people passing by.
He has on occasion made comments to commuters waiting at the stop light, or people walking at the square.
Anderson says he can see inside the Matagorda County Courthouse and has on occasion seen the county judge clean his own courtroom.
“I gave the play by play of everything that he was doing,” he said. “Including the vacuuming session he had, and a trash pickup session that followed.”
Anderson said he did not know of any other county judge that did that, he said.
The station’s roots began in 1999 as an alternative rock station, named The Cat, until 2007 when Richard Witkovski purchased the station and changed to classic hits of the 60s and 70s.
“We try to relate to the happy times of people’s youth,” said Witkovski. “Happy radio is a theater of the mind image.”
Witkovski currently owns 33 radio stations and one television station across the United States.
The radio station is popular for its Breakfast Club, the live Friday night football coverage and for on location coverage like the recent mayoral candidate forums.
The station’s map coverage extends to far Edna and as far as Lake Jackson.
The radio station transmits using 6,000 watts of radio frequency and features daily guests like state and local leaders, emergency management teams, non-profit organizations and even political figures like Ron Paul.
Following music and some weather updates, Doc Campbell, comes to the station to record the morning sports update.
For 20 years, Campbell has also delivered the play by play for all of the Bay City Black Cats football games in other radio stations.
“Sports is something I truly enjoy and glad to be a part of in the station,” said Campbell, who will begin a sports segment called “Coaches corner” during football season.
The Kevin morning show begins at 6 a.m. and runs through mid-morning. New to the station is Buddy Buford, the new afternoon disc jockey who transferred from the sister station in Palestine.
“I accompany the listener on their lunch hour and to their drive home,” said Buford, who has been an on air personality for five years.
Plans to install a new radio tower that will increase radio frequency to 25,000 watts is scheduled for later in the year.
The new tower will give us four times the power, said Witkovski.
In the mean time, the station will keep playing classis songs to loyal fans.
The best part about being on radio is being able to lighten the mood of those listening, said Anderson.
“We make people happy. We are starting people off in a good mood,” he said. “We don’t do it for the money and fame; we do it because we love the job.”