Frank Brinsley is a self-proclaimed small market “shock jock

Shock jock

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As the son of a preacher, his family moved a lot for his father’s work. Brinsley spent time in places like Colorado Springs, Cincinnati, and the small town of Ashland, Kentucky

Ashland, Kentucky

Ashland, formerly known as Poage Settlement, is a city in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States, nestled along the banks of the Ohio River. The population was 21,981 at the 2000 census. Ashland is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area . As of the 2000 census, the...

 in northeastern Kentucky. The latter is where he spent most of his time growing up. Brinsley graduated from Boyd County high school in 1989.

Brinsley entered radio at age 15, on Christian AM station 1040 WOKT in Ashland. From there, he moved on to WWKU in Glasgow, Kentucky

Glasgow, Kentucky

Glasgow is a city in and the county seat of Barren County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 14,200 at the 2000 census. The city is well-known for its annual Scottish Highland Games. In 2007, Barren County was named the number one rural place to live by Progressive Farmer magazine...

. The first top-50 station he worked for outside of Kentucky

Kentucky

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 was in Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....

, for FM 100 Memphis. From there, he moved on to market number 19-Tampa

Tâmpa

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. Shortly after, he went to New York City

New York City

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 to work as a music director for Hot AC radio station

Radio station

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 Big 105, which is now Power 105

WWPR-FM

WWPR-FM, also known as "Power 105.1", is an urban contemporary radio station that features hip hop and R&B licensed to New York City that serves the Greater New York area....

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After two years in New York, he got the offer to join up with former Memphis co-worker John Michael. In this new position, he travelled to Tucson to do mornings at alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 station KFMA

KFMA

- Awards :*Tucson Weekly Best of Tucson: public-vote winner for its radio station category every year since 1996 except once....

. After two years of problems, Michael left in summer 2002, leaving Brinsley to do mornings with the other co-hosts. It became The Frank Show

The Frank Show

The Frank Show pronounced is a morning talk radio show that originates from KLPX in Tucson, Arizona. The show broadcasts mornings from 6 AM to 10 AM Mountain Standard Time time on Classic rock station 96.1 KLPX in the Tucson area, which is owned by Lotus Communications...

. Syndication later followed, to rock station KDOT, in Reno, Nevada

Reno, Nevada

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. Ratings were good, and the show became popular among the target audience for alternative radio.

In 2003, he met his wife Allison, who worked for Clear Channel Communications

Clear Channel Communications

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. In November 2005, they married. They currently live in Marana

Maraña

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In 2007, Brinsley stated on the air that he "wanted a pony".

Awards

Brinsley has won awards in the Tucson Weekly

Tucson Weekly

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s annual Best of Tucson awards for best radio personality.