Doc Holiday

The Information Exchange
Monday thru Thursdays 10:30am

Born John Robert Holiday more years ago than I am willing to admit.  Raised in Long Bridge Pennsylvania, a village of about 13 families in the hills of Pennsylvania with the one-room country school and all that goes with it.  I have had the good fortune to have lived in small towns all my life, moving to Flagstaff in 1968.  From that point on, I knew Arizona would always be my home.

I have been a country person all my life and while in Flagstaff I had the opportunity to go on the air as a Disc Jockey for the local country station, KAFF Radio.  Working just part time hooked me as a radio person.  Guess it gets in your blood?

When I first retired, I worked as a volunteer Park Ranger at Alamo Lake State Park during the winter months and then at the Campgrounds here on the Tonto National Forest during the summers.  When I again retired, Ron Gibson talked me into working extra shifts for KMOG in Payson.  Last January I once again tried to retire and now I am the Information Jockey at KCMA and enjoy every minute of it.

KCMA is truly a community radio station and almost an extended family to all of us involved in the station.  In addition to KCMA, I still write for the Payson Patriot, work as a volunteer with the Payson Police Department and as a Docent at the Zane Grey Cabin.  Maybe one day I’ll get this retirement thing right?

As to the “Doc” Holiday, I served in the Hospital Corps with The Navy Reserve and with a last name like Holiday and living in Arizona….it’s hard to escape the “Doc” part.

I enjoy my on air time with KCMA and have no desire to live anywhere other than Payson Arizona.  The people and the western heritage we enjoy on this mountain are hard to beat!