On the cusp of celebrating 40 years in radio, this mainstay in the RNR community, having forged his way into radio, being and A&R Rep, hosting TV shows, Live Concerts, to being the end all be all in many Rock Docs, Eddie Trunk comes on my show and lays it on the line.Time Stamps of the moments are below, and this will go down as my fave interview in 2022.Thanks Ed!THIS THAT
AND THE OTHER RADIO SHOW WITH EDDIE TRUNK (FACTION TALK 103/SIRIUSXM-THAT METAL
SHOW)            12/21/2022 ON
DIRTYRADIO.FM CHANNEL #DIRTYRADIOCLASSICS

0:00     BUMPERS-SHOW
IDS-INTRO (MOST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD)
3:00     INTRO AND EDDIE
TRUNK TAKES MY CALL
5:00     DISCUSSING THE DELUGE
IN “PODCASTS” & ARTIST RADIO/YOUTUBE SHOWS SINCE THE PANDEMIC
AS WELL AS THE DYNAMIC OF NEW BANDS NOT NEEDING LABELS.  “THE FLOODGATES ARE WIDEOPEN, THE
CHALLENGE IS STANDING OUT FROM THE CROWD AND BUILDING AN AUDIENCE”

8:30     WE DISCUSS HOWARD
STERN AND HIS VIEW ON PODCASTERS AND HOW SIRIUSXM IS THE #1 PODCAST OUTLET
AND EDDIE GETS INTO THE DYNAMICS OF THESE NEW “PODCAST” COMPANIES.  WE TALK JOE ROGAN, CONAN O’BRIEN, ETC
12:00   EDDIE ANSWERS AN
EARLIER QUESTION ABOUT “NOT” GOING TO BROADCAST SCHOOL OR COLLEGE AND
HIS NEAR “RUN-IN” WITH BEING INVOLVED IN A PIRATE RADIO STATION. “TALK
ABOUT ALMOST BEING ARRESTED, I CAN RELATE”
EDDIE DISCUSSES HOW AND WHY HE GOT INTO RADIO: “IT WASN’T ABOUT DOING
RADIO, IT WAS ABOUT REACHING MORE PEOPLE AND TO PLAY MUSIC THAT I LOVED”.  “I LOVE THIS MUSIC, I’M NOT HEARING IT
REPRESENTED, HOW CAN I SPREAD THE WORD?”
17:00   EDDIE DISCUSSES HOW
HIS PASSION FOR PLAYING THE MUSIC HE LOVED TO NOW PREDOMINATELY “TALKING” ABOUT
THAT MUSIC AND HIS PIVOT TO A “TALK SHOW HOST” VS A RADIO DJ.

20:00   EDDIE TALKS ABOUT
TAKING CHANCES TAKING CALLS INSTEAD OF SPINNING THE RECORDS.  FANS AND MANAGEMENT ALIKE WERE NOT HAPPY
INITIALLY UNTIL HE “STUCK TO (HIS) GUNS” AND THEN IF HE WASN’T TALKING
TO LISTENERS, THE BACKLASH WENT THE OTHER WAY.

22:00   IN 2014, EDDIE DISCUSSES
AN OLD CONTACT THAT HIT HIM UP FOR A MUSIC/TALK SHOW WHICH EDDIE HAD BEEN DOING
1 DAY A WEEK AT SIRIUSXM ALREADY AND SAYS 
“I WAS VERY DISILLUSIONED WITH SIRIUSXM FOR 13 YEARS, I WAS VERY TREATED
NOT WELL AT ALL, I HAD 1 SHOW A WEEK, THE MONEY WAS A JOKE”

AFTER THE DAILY SHOW CHANGE EDDIE STATES “DOING THIS SHOW EVERY DAY HAS BEEN
REALLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS I’VE EVER DONE, IT’S SPORTS TALK FOR THE ROCK
FAN”

EDDIE THEN SUMS UP HIS APPROACH TO SATISFYING THE DAILY TALK RADIO SHOW AND
THEN THE WEEKLY FM RADIO MUSIC SHOW KNOWING THAT HE HAS TO DELIVER WHAT EACH
WANTS FOR THEIR LISTENERS.  THE WEEKLY FM
SHOW, DESPITE THE FACT IT’S A PRE-RECORD, IS THE ONE THAT STARTED IT ALL FOR
HIM ESSENTIALLY.”

“IT
WOULD BE VERY HARD FOR ME ANNOUNCING “HERE’S PINK FLOYD AND ANOTHER BRICK IN
THE WALL” ON A DAILY BASIS HOWEVER”.

31:00   EDDIE
DISUSSES HOW MUCH PREP HE DOES AND HOW HE DEALS WITH ONLINE CRITICS WHO SAY HE
IS A “KNOW IT ALL” –


EDDIE TRUNK INTERVIEW ON THIS THAT AND THE OTHER RADIO SHOW NOTES CONTINUED:

34:00   THE INTERNET NAYSAYERS, “I LAUGH AT IT, I’VE HEARD IT ALL,
NOTHING BOTHERS YOU”,  “IT HAS A
LOT TO DO WITH JEALOUSY”.
IF I MAKE A POST AND THEN DON’T EMBELLISH (MY RELATIONSHIP), THE PERSON MIGHT
SAY “HEY DUDE, WTF”, “YOU CAN’T WIN”, “I’M NOT GONNA
APOLOGIZE” (FOR HAVING THESE RELATIONSHIPS).

“THE OTHER THING I’VE ALWAYS DEPSISED AND THEY SAY HE’S A NAMEDROPPER, THAT
TO ME IS THE MOST ABSURD RIDICULOUS THING I’VE HEARD IN MY LIFE”, “AM I
SUPPOSED TO DROP THE CELEBRITY FIGURE OUT OF IT WHEN I’M TELLING A STORY”?  “YOU’VE GOT TO DO THAT, THAT’S WHY YOU’RE
HIRED, TO LET THE PEOPLE IN ON THE INSIDE STUFF”

37:00   EDDIE DISCUSSES THE
BALANCE BETWEEN ALL OF HIS RADIO SHOWS, TRAVELING, DOCS, EMCEE GIGS AND FAMILY.  “IT’S ABSOLUTELY A BALANCE”, “THERE’S A
GREAT UNDERSTANDING THERE”.

43:00   EDDIE
TALKS MEGAFORCE RECORDS, AND HOW HE GOT INVOLVED WITH THE LIKES OF A VERY EARLY
METALLICA, ACE FREHLEY, WHITE LION AND MUCH MORE WHICH STARTED FROM HIS EARLY
DAYS IN FM RADIO.