PASSING OF MIKE CULOTTA
The Nevada Broadcasters Association would like to extend our sincere sympathy to our dear colleagues and friends at Lotus Broadcasting in Las Vegas on the passing of Mike Culotta. Mike was a very talented, caring, compassionate and gentle human being. Few people had as big of a heart as he did.
When Mike was inducted into the Nevada Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2002, in his Tribute Journal article he was called "a radio legend".
Mike was one of the original on-air personalities at 92.3 KOMP-FM. He had actually been on-air at KOMP for over 18 years. Like so many young people starting out in radio, Mike began as an intern. For the next 8 years, he worked nights before moving to mid-days, Monday to Friday. At the time he was inducted into the Hall of Fame, Mike would rock the lunch hour with the All Request Lunch or "tune in to hear Mike's Classic Cut of the Day!"
At the actual time of his induction, Mike had just switched over to another Lotus station, The Point 97.1 FM. And as they say, "the rest is history."
As broadcasters, we always seem to be able to come together as one community. We are one community, filled with the same love and passion for the industry that we love. On The Point website today, there are three short sentences:
MIKE CULOTTA
1962 - 2010
REST IN PEACE.
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