Rick Landuyt:  

About you Hey! Want to get to know me better? Early on in life, Way before I went to G.P. South, I worked at my father’s butcher shop. I would make ‘blood sausage’, head cheese, city chicken, & with the leftovers, dog food. Also helping with stocking and rotating inventory, the cash register for special needs customers, and free delivery to their home. All this gave me a lot of valuable customer experience. Following that, I took on a role as a supervisor at a local painting and decorating company. This role led to me starting my own business with my own painting & decorating company. Now, during the 2nd year of being in this new business, 3 of my friends approached me to join them at a real estate pre-licensing class. You see, I would be the 4th & we all would get a discount. So I did & we all passed the class & took the state exam. Only 2 of us passed, fortunately I was one. I was also the only one who took this as a career path for my family & myself. This was 1979 - seems like yesterday. Then interest rates went CRAZY, we’re talking 20%. So, being one to ‘roll with the punches, I pursued an opportunity to get into the radio business! No, not a DJ, but an account executive selling ‘On Air Advertising”. I learned so much from the ‘hands on marketing’ experience I was gathering - meeting with local businesses and helping them with successful promotions. As a ‘perk’, I got to meet many celebrities, attend many events & make some long time Friends! When my oldest son was born, I was ‘riding the Wave’ of joy and happiness. But it was the middle of the night, who could I call at that time? So, I called the ‘special number’ that rang at the broadcast booth & Doug Podell answered. After calming down to tell him the news, he played a song on the air & dedicated it to him! The song was “a do do do, a Da Da Da “ by th...Expand for more