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The
Jewish Radio Mafia: Steak Shapiro
 A.K.A.:
"The Pit Boss"
From: Boston, Massachussetts
Age: 38 years
Been in Radio: 24 years
Heard On: 790 the Zone, "Mayhem in the
A.M."
SPORTY KID: "I was a good Jewish
athlete," winks Shapiro. "So I wasn't going
to be playing pro sports. I knew my future would either
be behind a microphone or negotiating contracts, and being
behind a microphone sounded more fun."
THE RUB DOWN: "When I was first
let go in Atlanta, I had been here for a year and a half,"
remembers Steak. "I wanted to stay on the air, so
I did an afternoon show from the back of a massage parlor
on Cheshire Bridge Road." The now co-owner of 790
the Zone laughs. "It keeps me humble to think about
that."
NEUROTIC MUCH?: "I always got the
sense of the shoe dropping when you're too comfortable
and too arrogant," says Shapiro. "I'm the longest
consistently running sports show in Atlanta, and my feeling
is that could all go away in a second if you don't appreciate
it."
ON BEING JEWISH: "It's a big part
for me. I'm very Jewish," says Steak. "We haven’t
joined anywhere, but we go to synagogues all around."
He pauses, then smiles, something nobody as intimidating
as he is should do as much as he does. "I want the
Conservative and the Reform listeners."  |
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