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Come June, Don Bouloukos says he will start chipping away at two new personal goals, losing 30 pounds and improving his golf game. Along with spending much more time with his wife Bouloukos is looking forward to retirement, after 41 years in the radio business that all started in Chicago. In the early 70's Bouloukos was tending bar in the Windy City when he noticed radio people would visit his establishment, always having fun, always throwing around a lot of money. Bouloukos knew he could sell so he knocked on the doors of WFYR, where he was hired as a salesperson.
The station wasn't even on the air yet. The FYR job lead to a sales job at WLS where Bouloukos says it was radio magic. In the decade Bouloukos worked at WLS he would advance all the way to Vice President/General Manager before taking a corporate job with ABC. Throughout his 41 years in radio, Bouloukos has managed many people, many stations and many clusters. You have to be good at managing all in order to make it in the radio business and go out on your own terms and that's exactly what Bouloukos is doing. What's the secret to making that work?
Here's our extended interview with Bouloukos where we ask him all about it. LISTEN HERE
Reach out to Bouloukos if you have any tips on improving his golf game or you'd like to wish him well Don.Bouloukos@cbsradio.com
