Blue State Diner with Michael Alwood
Blue State Diner Podcast
Michael Alwood spent 15 years of his early career as a television and radio broadcaster before turning to print journalism more than a decade ago. As a sports writer, Michael was a three-time winner of the Ohio Prep Sports Writers Association’s Ohio Prep Sports Writer of the Year award.
Like a lot of Central Ohioans, Michael was glad to have the voice of the left, Air America, back in play at WVKO 1580 and quickly campaigned to host his own show in order to talk about issues he is deeply interested in. A life-long follower of political issues, Michael describes himself as a news junkie, who visits hundreds of news and political web sites weekly and who can’t go to bed until he’s had his nightly dose of Keith Olbermann’s Countdown.
Michael’s previous broadcast assignments have included a long run as network television sports anchor at AFN-Europe, the largest broadcasting operation in the entire American Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS), and as program/news director at KDEF, Albuquerque, NM.
During his days as an undergraduate at the Ohio State University, Michael’s weekly column in the Lantern was widely read and often stirred controversy. While often humorous, he wrote with a decidedly leftist bent that drew constant ire from conservative students, faculty and staff. He boasts of once being soundly booed by a crowd of College Republicans when he had the nerve to poke his nose into one of their meetings.
Michael claims to be the only radio personality in Ohio to have lasted longer than a round with Muhammad Ali. They were both much younger at the time.
Michael hopes to accomplish similar results with his Blue State Diner show on WVKO 1580 AM. He’d be thrilled to enrage the local righties, but will settle for making our left-leaning listeners happy, entertained and informed.
Michael and life-partner Veronica live in Canal Winchester and claim to share their home with two of the world’s smartest cats, Joey and Chloe. They admit that there might be perhaps one or two cats somewhere (they suspect maybe Japan) that are smarter, but they are certain there are none cuter. Chloe has been certified as the world’s cutest girl cat via KittenWars.com and Joey was awarded the title cutest boy cat EVAR, by Veronica just to keep peace in the family.
Chloe
Joey