Posted by Jed Lewison on Wed Jun 18, 2008 at 10:48 AM Pacific

My first radio interview as a blogger

As I mentioned yesterday, I was interviewed by the NPR affiliate in West Virginia for a report on John McCain's peculiar decision to seek and out and then tout Icky Frye's endorsement. The report has now been filed and you can listen to it here.

Unfortunately, the audio is missing the first couple of paragraphs of the story, so I'll post them here:

McCain appreciates support of 'prominent' Democrat Phillip 'Icky' Frye

By Scott Finn

Remember Phillip "Icky" Frye? In 2003, he accused his wife, a state employee, of having an affair with then-Governor Bob Wise. In 2004, he ran for governor, with the slogan, "Phillip Frye for Governor: He’ll do his job, not his staff."

Well now, Republican Presidential candidate John McCain has picked Frye as one of 30 prominent Democrats and Independents nationwide who support his campaign.

Frye, a musician, repairman and professional fly-tier, is best known for blowing the whistle on his wife and Governor Wise. Wise then decided not to seek re-election.

Listen to the report from Scott Finn of West Virginia Public Broadcasting (.mp3 / 2:53)

By the way, as a teaser, by listening to the clip, you can find out a couple of things about me that you might not have known, such as my full name and the name of the U.S. Senator for whom I used to work!

One other thing: I sort of detected a hint of a southern accent in my voice. Did you hear the same thing? (I was born and learned to talk in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, even though I mostly spent my childhood in Seattle, NYC, and Philly.)

My first radio interview as a blogger

As I mentioned yesterday, I was interviewed by the NPR affiliate in West Virginia for a report on John McCain's peculiar decision to seek and out and then tout Icky Frye's endorsement. The report has now been filed and you can listen to it here.

Unfortunately, the audio is missing the first couple of paragraphs of the story, so I'll post them here:

McCain appreciates support of 'prominent' Democrat Phillip 'Icky' Frye

By Scott Finn

Remember Phillip "Icky" Frye? In 2003, he accused his wife, a state employee, of having an affair with then-Governor Bob Wise. In 2004, he ran for governor, with the slogan, "Phillip Frye for Governor: He’ll do his job, not his staff."

Well now, Republican Presidential candidate John McCain has picked Frye as one of 30 prominent Democrats and Independents nationwide who support his campaign.

Frye, a musician, repairman and professional fly-tier, is best known for blowing the whistle on his wife and Governor Wise. Wise then decided not to seek re-election.

Listen to the report from Scott Finn of West Virginia Public Broadcasting (.mp3 / 2:53)

By the way, as a teaser, by listening to the clip, you can find out a couple of things about me that you might not have known, such as my full name and the name of the U.S. Senator for whom I used to work!

One other thing: I sort of detected a hint of a southern accent in my voice. Did you hear the same thing? (I was born and learned to talk in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, even though I mostly spent my childhood in Seattle, NYC, and Philly.)

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