NYR: Tell me more about Staten Island and your association with the zoo there? ED: I fell in love with the zoo. It just happened. It’s all Staten Island. And through my association with the zoo I came to love Staten Island. I have a lot of friends there. My partner is from Staten Island.
building. It’s a cylinder. It’s great to be able to work, live, and play downtown in Tribeca. The energy just being in the city is so needed.
The Staten Island Zoo is such a New York City Treasure. It’s set in this beautiful New York City Park and has been there since the early 1900s. They have beautiful exhibits, fantastic gardens. We’re always
allow him to be honest on the air. He fought the management and told them to trust him, let him use his gut, and go on there and be honest. Howard Stern, in my opinion, was the originator of honesty in radio.
around the country from time to time to help them choose and adopt animals. It truly is a beautiful place to visit. NYR: Tell us about the building that Z100 is in. ED: For a moment, when I was studying architecture in Texas, I did a paper on this building. I came to New York and actually met with the building management. They took me on tour. That was back in the 1980s. Here it is twenty some years later: I’m working in it. It’s a beautiful
NYR: Who’s the personality that you respect most in the industry? ED: I’ll tell you, Howard Stern. Howard
NYR: On a personal note, how was it to be gay and make it into the business? ED: I think it’s always important for me to be honest with the audience about who I am and what I’m all about. But I’ve never wanted the show to be the Elvis’ gay show. We’re a collection of different personalities from different walks of life. I happen to be gay, I happen to be in a relationship. But I was a single gay for a while. I talked about what it’s like dating.
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