WRAT Holiday Party Memories Through The Years – Part 2
Well yesterday’s gallery of old Rat Radio holiday party photos was so well received, we’re back with round 2 of December decadence!
I believe these photos span the time around December 1999, when the Rat really started cooking. We had just marked our three year anniversary on the air and were really starting to dominate in the ratings. Everyone was beginning to know95.9 The Rat as a household name. Not just at the Jersey Shore, but around the state! Obviously with this success came more advertisers, so I imagine that’s why we were able to upgrade our holiday party from the back room of a bar to an actual event hall.
Typical Rat staff holiday party photos. Drinking, dancing, funny faces, more drinking, and
Erik Swift. In one pic, you’ll see one of our old engineers Phil Galasso dancing with our old friend and former 7 to midnight personality, Stacey X. Love Stacey. Miss her. She’s a good egg. In yet another candid shot, we see our station GM Dan, with longtime Creative Services Director, Dannie Schade! If you’ve been around the Jersey Shore for the past 40 years you have undoubtedly heard Dannie’s signature voice on many stations, including the Rat’s for well over a decade. Today you can catch Dannie and his wife and First Mate, Vicky cruising up and down the Jersey Shore with their super successful business, Classic Boat Rides! Plus, Dannie’s voice is still popping up daily on the Rat.
It’s always nice to take a trip down memory lane this time of year. The season brings the opportunity for us to look back on all the great times we had as friends and coworkers, in the early days of what would become the greatest rock radio station in the world. Sure there’s a few douche chills at some of the antics going on in the photos, but hey that’s what the holidays are all about!