Stretching the truth helped his early DJ career
“I knew from an early age that radio was something that I had to do. And I made it happen. You’ve got to make that sort of thing happen. Because I promise you, nobody is going to come knocking on your door and say, ‘Hey, I heard you want to be a disc jockey.’
“A friend of mine at KBUK in Baytown had a little studio set up at his place. I went over there and played on his board and turned some records. When I applied for a job at KLUF in Lufkin, the guy asked if I had any experience. I said, ‘Well, I’ve been to a broadcasting school,’ which was really at my buddy’s house spinning records. So I kind of had to lie my way into it.
“When I applied for my next job in Cleveland, they asked about my experience again. And I said, ‘I worked for a top 40 station in Lufkin and I’ve been to broadcasting school.’ The guy said, ‘OK, we’ll put you on weekends.’
“The truth was, that job in Lufkin didn’t last very long, and I was terrible. But it wasn’t long before I didn’t have to stretch the truth anymore. I had a little experience under my belt. One thing led to another, and I ended up working at some really good stations in East Texas.”
— DeWayne Saxton
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