The Happy Hour debuted November 16^th, 2006 on Internet radio station Live995. The reasoning behind the name is that it was originally the name for a one hour music show which included very limited talk elements, and instead of taking the time to think up a new name the lazy ass that is Jon decided to keep the name reguardless the fact that the show was happy or an hour. As the shows progressed there was an overall increase of production value as well as an actual focus on making it a talk/call-in show and an attitude change for the host. Following shows also allowed many bits to debut such as IP Relay Calls, Myspace Slob of the Week, and the Worst of YouTube.  After the first show a search for a co-host began, during this search many different people sat in, and as of this writing no permanent co-host has been selected.

 

             The Staten Island, NY native grew up wanting to get into film (CHEAP PLUG AK47FILMS.COM) however at the young ripe age of 13 he became a huge fan of talk radio shows Opie & Anthony and Ron & Fez. Listening everyday Jon mimicked much of what he had heard on-air to fellow classmates making him very popular with many people for his sense of humor. As Jon continued down his path of schooling he ended up at Katherine Gibbs School in NYC where he was in a film program. On an odd chance he was required to get an internship to graduate and even though he was a film major he decided to take a risk by applying as an intern for the Opie & Anthony Show. Luckily Jon was accepted in January of 2006 and began his tenure for the show at XM Satellite Radio. While he wasn’t able to provide much in audio based work, he did know film and video production and shortly became the camera-man for the show. Having been on hand for many of the major bits of 2006 his videos have been featured on OpieandAnthony.com, FoundryMusic.com, Break.com, GorillaMask.net and Youtube.com. Also while working for XM Satellite Radio during the 2006 year O&A began on CBS Radio FreeFM in NY and with them Jon followed. Jon also became an unofficial intern for the Ron & Fez show on XM and while not a major character of sorts has been involved with several show bits. The nickname Former Child Star was given to him on an episode of Opie & Anthony by comedian Bill Burr during an intern egg eating contest, Bill felt that Jon looked like a kid from the show “Silver Spoons”. Having gotten his degree in film in May 2006, Jon has decided to attend NYIT (New York Institute of Technology) and go for his bachelors in radio broadcasting. In November 2006 Jon joined Live995 in NY as an On-Air personality.

 

 Following The first show Jon began searching for a co-host to help take all the weight of doing a show alone off him, taking many sit in’s to test who has the best chemistry and who might be the permanent sidekick.

 

            Co-Host so far have included: (PROFILES COMING SOON)

Live995 Program Director/Producer Tom West

Sanitarius Drummer Chris Torre

Darlings N Disciples lead singer Damien Selvaggio

Live995 personality Gina Marie