Radio Show
Although Sturr is the Irish American son of a local bank president, his fans don't seem to mind the "I'm Polish" persona that he radiates. Sturr's first radio job was hosting an hour of polkas on Saturdays on WALL in Middletown, NY. The station sold Sturr an hour of time, which he re-sold to area businesses at a profit. He played polka tunes and promoted his Polka record label and sold albums via mail. Sturr was an excellent radio host and salesman and the show was packed full of ads from businesses large and small, thus setting the stage for his future business success and providing Sturr with an intimate knowledge of local radio. He and his engineer AC broadcasted live from a local restaurant "The Jolly Onion Inn" in Pine Island on Saturday nights in the late 1960s, always to a packed house.
He now hosts a syndicated radio show that airs on stations around the country, including WTBQ in his hometown of Florida, NY, the station he once owned.
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