[Description by contributor Tom Kent, November 2003] Truckin’ Tom Cookin’ Kent – in the basement! Hall of Fame Coast to Coast with Tom Kent originates from my basement studio in suburban Cleveland. Most markets play the show Saturday night, but for stations that run the show at other times, I encourage callers to leave their phone numbers. I call those people back. I return every single phone call. I tell the listeners that their calls and requests will be on the following week, and I tell them exactly what hour it will play in their market. I tell them to tell their friends all over the country to listen as well. There is no script and I interact with the listeners and the music. It sounds totally live because I am doing it live. This has been a labor of love for me over the past year. It started as a five hour oldies show that has become the fastest growing syndicated radio show in America. In June 2004, the show expands to six 5-hour shows per week, via satellite. I bill it as “The Party In The Basement”. The theme of the show is personality and fun and believe me when I say I’m having a blast doing it. The response has been nothing short of amazing! We did a live broadcast from the original Krispy Kreme in Winston-Salem N.C. and over 3,000 people showed up! A couple drove all the way down from Canada to be a part of the broadcast. The ratings have been doubling or tripling the numbers in most all of our markets.