Dover NH Radio: Mike Pomp Celebrates 30-Years At WTSN

From spinning the Bee Gees, watching the fall of the Iron Curtain, through the War on Terror to fielding calls on topics such as ObamaCare and whether it's appropriate for parents to holler from the sidelines at sporting events, Mike Pomp been the voice of the Tri-City region on WTSN 1270 AM, Dover's radio station.

Pomp has worked at there since 1984, according to fosters.com.

“I never expected to be anywhere for 30 years ever. Does anybody expect to be at a job for 30 years? Probably no,” Pomp said.

In 2012, the New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters named Pomp as the state's “Radio Personality of the Year.” Three years prior, in 2009, he was named “New Hampshire Broadcaster of the Year” by the same group.

Awakened by three alarms each morning at his home in Barrington, to him the career has been a labor of love.

“The work that I do, it's different, it's creative,” he said. “Information changes on a dime now. It changes every millisecond.”

Listeners only know that he works on the air from 5:30 to 10 a.m. each day. They don't realize that Pomp puts in long hours of preparation in those hours after the show. Pomp starts his day in the WTSN studio a little before 5 a.m., gathering last-minute information, pulling his chair up to the microphone and sliding on a pair of headphones. The routine is familiar and the on-air conversations with colleagues and listeners feels effortless, like chatting with a friend over coffee (though Pomp would opt for tea).

That's how he thinks of his time as host of the weekday Morning Information Center and the talk show segment that follows, Open Mic With Mike Pomp. That personal delivery of information and entertainment is also what challenges him each day.

His love for radio began at Rutgers College in the 1970s and continued as a graduate student at Emerson College in Boston. Emerson is where he really got into his broadcasting career with both radio and television.

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