The virtue it is a time to celebrate. Okay, if you are a long term, long time, virtue

listener, you're going to love this. If you're new, bear with us for a couple of

seconds. When one of us works their way up, it is time to celebrate. Let us go back

now to Blake. Hello, Blake. Good morning. Good morning. That feels so good to be back.

The former intern Blake. Right? The same amount of energy as you did that. Listen, this

is sleeping in compared to what I've been doing. So when my alarm went off at 6 a.m. this

morning, I thought, I could do this. So in the TV world, the alarm goes off at 3 a.m.

So needless to say, I slept in for three hours. So yeah, to catch everybody up, you started

off on the birch show as an intern. Yes, indeed. And then you became a producer and a phone

screener. Yes. And then you left us to go to Columbus, Georgia to pursue a career in television.

So went down there as a weekend anchor, weekday reporter. This is September of 2020. And

then fortunately enough, I was promoted to morning news anchor. So that was when the early

call time started. This happens a lot with our interns where they do a couple of years

with us. And then they realize, I don't want to be in radio. I'll get in the TV right

now. I mean, because part does speak so highly of radio. So it's wonderful. Yes. So Blake

went down and started TV. I mean, and it was not an easy decision for you. Like there

were months there. Like, what am I going to do with my career and my life? And you decided

going that direction? Absolutely. I mean, I can't even remember two being here talking

about it with you guys trying to figure out what is what snacks. I mean, we're in the

middle of a pandemic. I was living in a friend's basement apartment and our wonderful birch

show listeners sent me to Los Angeles, California because I thought I was going to go out

there. I didn't go to LA and I get told by this talent manager, Hey, you suck and you're

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