Steve Craig has spent 30 years so far in Georgia radio -- all in Atlanta-- and almost all in Program management and on air, all at highly rated and well respected stations. Now, he’s back at 99X as PD and middays, and successfully reclaiming the heritage station's position, and the ratings, of the Original 99X.

Here, in Part 2, Dennis Winslow hears from Steve how the staff was put back together, how they all get along (again), and how the 99X music philosophy has evolved.

Steve Craig has spent 30 years so far in Georgia radio, all in Atlanta, almost all in Program management and on air, all at highly rated and well respected stations, and now, he’s back at the station he started in Atlanta radio at – with a slight change in dial position—and leading the charge that’s so far done a pretty good job at reclaiming the heritage position, and the ratings, of the Original 99X. this podcast -- Part 1 --covers the original birth, and the demise of the first 99X. Then, in Part 2, hear how the station came back to life, and how the music philosophy has evolved.

He started in programming, but Steve Hegwood had a bigger vision. After a very successful career as a high-level programming guy - he was the VP/Programming for RadioOne when they launched what is now Hot 107.9 in Atlanta — he found he had a taste for ownership. He built a company by parlaying a translator whose programming originated on a leased HD channel, into a group of stations, all carrying the hip-hop programming from his original Atlanta station, Streetz 94.5. And, his primary signal in Atlanta is STILL on a translator -- possibly the most successful translator in the country. Steve Hegwood’s story is fascinating, and we’ve got the details in this Wavelengths podcast from Friends of Georgia Radio.