Join Mike with Elaine Soncini every weekday morning for the AM 1340 WHAT. All the news, traffic, and weather you need plus this fabulous music.
Stay tuned all day as Mike comes back and brings you the snappiest sides of the Great American Songbook, every week day from 5-6pm for Happy Hour here at WHAT. Tune in as you get out of work for a solid hour with Mike.
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Mike Bowe’s journey in radio began in ‘72 after his discharge from the service. He immediately enrolled at Brown Institute in Minneapolis, MN. Following graduation, Mike got his first radio job in Hammonton NJ with WRDR where Sinatra, Sammy & Dean were kings! Mike did afternoons on the AM side and evenings on the FM side (it was a long and lovely day!) Two years later, he moved on to Millville’s WMVB to do mornings and eventually became program director of the AC station. Its blend of rock and pop music was extremely popular throughout Cumberland County in the mid-70s.
It was 1977 when the call came to host afternoons at THE premiere ‘soft rock’ station in the nation at the time, Philadelphia’s MAGIC 103; and THERE he’d stay until the ‘call from down the hall’ came in 2002 from WPEN, MAGIC’s ‘sister AM station’ and THE ‘Adult Standards’ station in the nation. There was an opening and Mike jumped at the chance. He’d known most of the guys (the late Ken Garland and Joe Niagara and his mentor Tom Moran) for years and attended many of the WPEN events because they, their audience and that music were just too much fun to be around! Besides, it was required listening in the Bowe household while Mike was growing up in Gloucester City NJ. Sadly, in 2004 the station decided to change and its rich musical history was gone.
35 years have come and gone and Mike’s come full circle. Throughout his career Mike has ‘spun’ hits from almost every genre of music. His unmistakable voice, unique style, genuine love for radio and most of all, music, has never wavered.
He’s excited about being invited back and into The Martini Lounge. There was a void without this music and he is anxious to fill it and reintroduce Philly to her old friend…the ‘Adult Standard.’
Mike is married 24 years to Debbie (who is also in radio, on the sales end.) They enjoy traveling, the occasional ‘meal out’ and their home in Audubon (the one in NJ.) He loves taking his daily walk (more like a stroll), cooking (because Debbie can’t), researching all types of music and following the Phillies.
