Mike Wilhide:
Weekday Afternoons 2-7PM and Sunday Nights for Off The Deep End
THE Wilhide.
Mike is our Resident Music Junkie. He has been doing radio on and off since High School-almost 20 years in the Burlington area alone- and has seen well over 1200 concerts/shows in his life time. Here's a partial list of the shows/bands Mike has seen:
The Us Festival, Woodstock 99', Bonnaroo 2008, Queen @ The Glens Falls Civic Center on The Game Tour, Rush-36 TIMES!, U2 8 or 9 times, Van Halan with Dave and Sammy, The Cars 3 times, Foo Fighters 3 times, Porcupine Tree twice, including Higher Ground on their 1st US Tour, Aerosmith 5 times, AC/DC 2 times, The Ramones 9 times, Slayer 4 times, Metallica 10 times, Cheap Trick 5 times, Elton John 5 times, Pink Floyd on The Division Bell Tour, The Rolling Stones 4 times, Devo 3 times, Blotto something like 15 times, Santana 3 times, The Melvin's 4 times, Helmet 3 times, The Tragically Hip 4 times, INCLUDING the legendary show on The Lake Champlain Ferry, Kiss 4 times, Black Sabbath 2 times, Tool once, Queensryche once, Megadeth twice, The J. Geil's Band 5 times, Stevie Ray Vaughan once, a month before his tragic death, Gary Wright on The Dreamweaver Tour (Mike's FIRST Concert!) Journey 5 times, Lenny Kravitz on his first tour w/Tom Petty, Genesis twice, Jimmy Eat World twice, Ben Folds Five twice and Ben Folds Solo 3 times, The Plain White T's on The Stop Tour, Soundgarden once, Rocketsled 20+ times, Five Seconds Expired at LEAST 20 times, Chin Ho! 12 or 13 times, Clutch twice, Steely Dan twice, The Guns N' Roses/Metallica Tour in Montreal at The Big O INCLUDING watching James Hetfield get burned and watching Axl Rose cause THE RIOT, ZZ Top 3 times, The Masters Of Reality on their first tour-with The Replacements, The Jeff Healy Band, Pantera 3 times, James Taylor 3 times, The Plimsouls once, Montrose once and Green Jello on the tour before they got sued by Jello and had to change their name.... and that is just SOME of the shows. Mike loves to play music on the radio and talk about it too-like you couldn't tell!
You may have heard Mike is also a bit of a sports nut, and well-it's true. He is a fan of; The New York Yankees, (Don't hold that against him!) The San Francisco 49er's, The Philadelphia Flyers, Liverpool FC AND The UVM Men's Basketball Team... He really enjoy's playing Softball, Soccer/Futsal and Basketball... AND being his next door neighbor's kid's personal catcher...
Mike is married and lives with his wife Lori and their two spoiled rotten cats...
And, as Mike says at the close of every show he does,
"Thanks for sharing your ears and what lies between, PLEASE remember if you love somebody to make sure and let them know every chance you get, cause you never know what tomorrow brings...
PEACE OUT!"
