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KAXE Staff - Scott Hall
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 It isn't easy to find
Scott Hall's desk at KAXE. Scott has to
be shoveled out from under a mound of old
prune containers, newspapers, mail, faxes,
and Speedo catalogues. It's a typical news
desk. At the core of the mess a game of free
cell is superimposed over a jagged green
sound file, glaring from the giant eye of a
21" computer screen. Scott stares at it like
a mad man, alternately moving cards in the
game of free cell and cutting and pasting
sound onto the multi-track. He does both
together, the free cell and the editing. The
phone rings. Scott keeps working as he
talks. He's on the phone a lot.
Scott Hall is KAXE's Community Access
Coordinator. His job is to make sure the
regional community is represented on the
radio in the most effective way possible.
Scott looks only slightly frazzled for a guy
who gets up at 4:30 every morning, hosts
KAXE's Morning Show, and lets himself get
pummeled by a stream of incoming information
for 8 or 10 hours afterward.
Statistically, Scott Hall looks like this:
Bats: B; Throws: R; 5'10½"; 165#. "I once
struck out 20 Little Leaguers in a 7-inning
game and it's been all downhill from there,"
says Scott. Scott says his influences are
"Stan Musial, Bob and Ray, my grandmother,
my parents. My life philosophy can be summed
up in three basic tenants. They are 'Onward
and awkward,' 'Always paint with a full
brush,' and 'Takes one to know one.'" Scott
realized late in life that "hockey is a
better game than basketball."
Scott believes radio "should entertain and
inform in a way that reflects the special
place we live." Scott applies his beliefs to
the production of KAXE's Morning Show which
he hosts each weekday, weaving local
features and personality into NPR's Morning
Edition like a magician. He's been a radio
producer for about 20 years and works at
KAXE because he wants to. He knows a lot
about radio. In 1997 he was the second
recipient of KAXE's Bill McKeever Award for
programming excellence and on-air artistry.
Scott can talk around a subject for hours
before getting to the point (if he ever
does). He is surprisingly opinionated and
has a penchant for history and baseball. His
failure to enthusiastically embrace
Neoepicureanism (see Mark Tarner) is seen by
the rest of the staff as a major character
flaw. He has an annoying habit of
deconfectionizing donuts, pie, and other
pastry before eating it. He loves his family
and the mess he calls a desk. His favorite
musician is Earl Scruggs.
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