From Disco DAI Kenny was asked to come to WGCI by Lee Michaels, then PD of WGCI prior to going to WBMX. Many people want to say (jealous and industry jocks) "WBMX, The Hot Mix 5 etc... they weren't the end all be all or it wasn't that important". That's jealousy speaking, they're not being intellectually honest and they're not giving credit where credit is due. Sure there were great jocks in Chicago but they weren't consistently turning in mixes to the station, their work wasn't consistently good or their attitudes were anti everything that they got in their own way. 

It was through the mix shows on WBMX that MASS EXPOSURE of the original members of the Hot Mix 5 CREATED the phenomenon that is house music for the MASSES and is most known by people. The guys who were in the record pools, working clubs, doing mobiles, all their jobs were made easier by the exposure given to JACK TRAX, IMPORTS and DANCE MUSIC. If it weren't for that exposure on WBMX those songs would've never seen the light of day in Chicago or in other markets for that matter. The guys who were spinning parties had records out, guys like Andre' Hatchett and other great jocks in Chicago, Artists like Marshall Jefferson, Chip E, Adonis and others had their music  exposed EN MASSE thanks to WBMX and the Hot Mix 5 first incarnation and that carried over to B96 from the late 80s into the mid 90s with some of the same guys. (See DJ Profile for more on them). If not for that exposure those records received via WBMX and the mix shows, they probably would've not had the buzz they had and the lucrative licensing deals around the world may not have come to fruition.  It was the mix shows that created the demand for the records being played and in turn that demand caused record labels and other DJs around the Country to BUY those records and the BUZZ caught on WORLDWIDE, once again, it was that EXPOSURE that gave those songs the legitimacy.

Unfortunately all the animosity against the guys who were chosen to be the original Hot Mix 5 is also part of the history but Kenny never showed any of it towards them, a class act all the way. He reached out and helped others along the way. Kenny's career started as an engineer for The Little Village Boys & Girls radio station WCYC (where he and I met and in time through his sister would become friends) he was also a board op at 16 for Irene Mojica, Tino Rojas and other Chicago legends. From there he started spinning at local halls with 45s and as a drummer in High School, it wasn't hard to figure out how to mix proving that straight white guys can cut it up too.

Once he sent his tape into to DISCO DAI, he became a regular mixer on the Friday Night Dance Party which led him to WGCI after WDAI's format change to an even bigger loser.

Kenny's achievements on a professional level are nothing short of amazing.

• Syndicated mix show is heard on over 100 FM radio stations across the United States and in the TOP 10 MARKET SIMULTANEOUSLY.

• Actively mixing on FM radio for 29 straight year in a row.

• Having the #1 Mix show hour in the target demo, No matter which station and time slot that I worked in… (WVAZ, WUBT, WGCI, WBMX, WDAI, WKTU, WHQT, WDAS etc…). That's a feat UNMATCHED in radio today.
  

• Programs many of the channels for our 1club.fm parent company
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• Winner of multiple "Battle of the DJ's" locally and nationally including the "Billboard Best Regional DJ Award 1980".

From DJ, to Producer and more, if you asked Kenny what his greatest accomplishments aside from family are? He'd say "leading by example, by showing that a kid from the neighborhood doesn't have to get into "trouble" to make a living and earn respect from your peers. This is the one that sticks out the most"