He may be the new guy around the Peak studios, but Mark Devine is no amateur on radio airwaves. In fact, you may recognize his voice from the 16 years he spent with the "Tim and Mark Show" listeners on adult rock station KDKB.
But Mark left a successful radio career in 2005 to try his hand at the real estate market. With the support from his wife and two children it became a rewarding venture.
Being a real estate agent "you're by yourself a lot," Mark told us in a recent interview. "You miss the sort of buzz that goes on inside a radio station." So when offered the opportunity to return behind the mic, he jumped on it.
The Peak: How old were you when you were first interested in radio?
I got into radio during college. After graduating, my radio partner Tim and I worked at several stations. We were in small town Connecticut, then Allentown, Pennsylvania, then Baltimore for one year and then got the offer [KDKB] out here.
The Peak: That's quite a journey. Have you seen a difference in the radio industry since you first started?
The Peak: When I started I was actually playing vinyl -- you know, cueing up records. That was a huge change. Then it was very exciting when the CD came along. It was funny because the word on the CDs was that you can 'hit them with a hammer and they'll never skip.' Well that wasn't exactly true [laughs]. Then everything went over to hard drive.
The Peak: So you're now co-hosting with Monica Nelson on 98.7 The Peak's morning show. How does it feel to be working back on-air in the wee hours of the morning?
It's really great, but very strange. I was thinking this morning, while I was getting up at 3:25 [a.m.], and I got this feeling in my mind that I'm just filling in for a week or something and this is something unusual. It really hasn't sunk in yet. I never really had that big of a problem getting up that early -- I just kind of bounced right back into it. It's just staying up later that's the problem. I feel like a narcoleptic during the day, I keep falling asleep. [laughs]
The Peak: What did you miss most about radio when you were off the air?
Good question. The comradery and you miss the sort of buzz that goes on inside a radio station. That's probably the biggest thing. When you're a real estate agent, you're by yourself a lot. I missed the office comradery, but didn't miss the office politics. I'll have to live with that.
The Peak: You recently had a weekend show on 92.3 KTAR -- do you see a difference between working for a news/talk radio station compared to a music station?
It's much different. When you're on The Peak, you only have time to dive into the surface information. When you're on KTAR, you can dissect and really get into opinion and different ways to look at things. With music, you have to keep it moving.
The Peak: Being a veteran in music radio, you must enjoy a good tune. Who's your favorite band or artist?
Favorite band of all time is The Allman Brothers Band. I grew up on the Rolling Stones and The Beatles and stuff like that. You know, Kansas is a big band of mine. Rush is huge. I can say I was into Rush before they were accepted.
The Peak: So it's safe to say you enjoy mostly rock & roll. Are there any other musical genres you listen to?
Yeah, it's mostly rock music, but I listen to a lot of country now. I also actually listen to a lot of Christian music. There's some really strong melodies in Christian music that I really enjoy.
The Peak: With Father's day coming up, do you have any big plans?
[laughs] My wife asked me last night, 'What do you want to do for Father's Day,' and I was like, 'Oh, is that coming up again?' I just like to go out to breakfast with my kids. Just keep it low key. I don't like to make anyone buy me presents.
You can get to know more about Mark Devine by tuning in weekdays from 5:30 - 10 a.m. on 98.7 The Peak.
Looking for the perfect gift for the Rolling Stones fan who has everything? How about a lock of Mick Jagger's hair?
Time Newsfeed reports that one carefully preserved lock of the rocker's tresses can be yours for an estimated auction price of between $2,300 and $3,100.
Apparently the hair was clipped from Jagger's head and preserved by a former girlfriend's grandmother back in the pre-Stones early 1960s while Jagger was enrolled at the London School of Economics.
A recent auction of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards' hair nabbed just $1,400 at auction.
According to TMZ, Ozzy Osbourne is officially out of Sharon's dog house and has moved back in with his wife after convincing Sharon he's been drug and alcohol free for months.
They split earlier this year when Ozzy fell off the wagon. Sharon insisted she wouldn't take Ozzy back until he cleaned himself up -- and to prove she meant business, she moved out of the family home and into the Beverly Hills Hotel.
But now, it seems Sharon's convinced Ozzy's winning the war with his demons, because the two not only walked the red carpet together at the Daytime Emmys on Sunday -- they also went home together after the show.
Johnny Depp was thrown from a horse and briefly trampled on The Lone Ranger set.
Footage from the incident is included in a new featurette from the movie, which opens next month.
Depp was bruised but not badly injured after several scary moments.
It's a girl, but there's no word on a name yet. Some "source" tells E! News that Kim has been telling friends and family that the name "will start with a 'K,'" just like Kanye, Kim, Kim's mom Kris and her sisters Khloe and Kourtney.
They've talked about the middle name being Donda, after Kanye's mom, who passed away in 2007.
The source adds, "She has dark hair. She looks just like Kim." There aren't any photos yet, but Kim and Kanye will surely sell the pictures to a magazine, so it's only a matter of time before those are out.
Word has it that the first real photos of the baby could command "up to $5 MILLION."
"Man of Steel" had a huge opening weekend, making $125 million since Thursday, reports The Bert Show. That breaks the record for the biggest June opening weekend ever. It's also the second best opening for the year, with only "Iron Man 3" doing better.
As for how it compares to the other Superman movies, that's more than double the $52.5 million "Superman Returns" made when it came out in 2006. And almost as much as the $134 million that Christopher Reeve's "Superman" made during its entire theatrical run back in 1978.
The Seth Rogen comedy "This Is the End" made a respectable $20.5 million in 2nd place.
Here are this week's Top 5 movies:
1. (NEW) "Man of Steel", $113 million. Up to $125 million since Thursday.
2. (NEW) "This Is the End", $20.5 million. Up to $32.8 million since Wednesday.
3. "Now You See Me", $10.3 million. Up to $80 million in its 3rd week.
4. "Fast & Furious 6", $9.4 million. Up to $220 million in its 4th week.
5. "The Purge", $8.2 million. Up to $51.8 million in its 2nd week.
In case you're having a hard time keeping up with the Kardashians this week, the latest news is that Kanye West allegedly cheated on Kim with Canadian model Leyla Ghobadi.
But on Wednesday, as she left a lunch date with a pal, Kim didn't seem bothered by the news -- in fact, she was laughing when the paparazzi snapped away.
So what's the rapper being accused of this time? Kanye and Leyla reportedly hooked up in July of 2012, and when asked about his relationship with Kim, Kanye said it was "for publicity and nothing serious."
The duo had another tryst last October in New York, while Kim was shooting her reality show in Miami.
In a shocking revelation, Michael Jackson, who amassed hundreds of millions of dollars during his career, needed the "This Is It" tour so he could afford a house for his children.
During the wrongful death trial Wednesday afternoon AEG honcho Randy Phillips told the jury about an emotional meeting he had with Michael around Halloween, 2008.
Phillips said a tearful Jackson told him his three kids were living "like vagabonds" -- shuttling from a Las Vegas rental to the Bel Air Hotel in Los Angeles.
Phillips said Jackson wanted a home the family could call their own, and needed the "This Is It" tour to make enough money to realize that dream.
The next day Phillips met Jackson again, and the singer revealed the home he wanted to buy: a 40,000-square-foot estate with a $93 million price tag.
MJ eventually settled on renting the house where he died.
Philip Seymour Hoffman was all smiles at the 2013 Envision Awards in New York City Tuesday, the first major event the actor's attended since leaving detox for narcotic abuse three weeks ago.
Hoffman entered a detox facility on the East Coast for a ten-day stint back in May in an effort to curb a drug problem that was spiraling out of control.
The 45-year-old Oscar winner had struggled with substance abuse in his early 20s but kicked the habit for 23 years, only to fall off the wagon more than a year ago.
Hoffman said the problems started with pills and escalated to snorting heroin.
"The Voice" has narrowed its field down to three for next week's finale: Michelle Chamuel of Team Usher, and Danielle Bradbery and The Swon Brothers of Team Blake.
That means Adam Levine and Shakira don't have a singer in the finale.
Christina Aguilera is expected to perform on the show's season finale, singing "Feel This Moment" with Pitbull.
Plus, Nelly will perform with Florida Georgia Line, and there will be a pre-taped Bruno Mars performance.
Watch the season finale when it airs this Tuesday on channel 12.
A source told Radar Online that Richie Sambora got furious with Jon Bon Jovi again, after Jon suggested Richie wasn't as irreplaceable to Bon Jovi as The Edge is to U2.
Supposedly, he emailed Jon a three-word response, saying, quote, "Hire The Edge."
Mumford & Sons bassist Ted Dwane was hospitalized on Monday, where he's having emergency surgery to have a blood clot removed from his brain, reports the New York Daily News.
The band postponed three shows scheduled for this week, but are still planning on performing at Bonnaroo this Saturday.
According to USA Today, Erin Brockovich released a public apology for drunk boating, saying "there was no public safety risk," because she was not operating the boat in open waters.
"That being said," she added, "I take drunk driving very seriously, this was clearly a big mistake, I know better and I am very sorry.
After a day in the sun and with nothing to eat it appears that a couple of drinks had a greater impact than I had realized."
ABC is heading to the internet in search of breakthrough talent with the launch of Make Me A Star.
In the public competition, the network will review videos posted on the Make Me A Star website and ABC Casting Facebook page for the public to vote on.
Variety reports that the winner nabs a 6-month $10,000 talent option agreement with the network.
Jane Lynch and her wife, Dr. Lara Embry, are getting a divorce.
In a statement the Glee star said:
"Lara and I have decided to end our marriage. This has been a difficult decision for us as we care very deeply about one another."
The couple met in 2009 at a fundraiser where Embry was being honored, and the couple announced their engagement in April 2010.
They were married Memorial Day 2010 in a small ceremony in Sunderland, Mass. -- one of the few states where gay marriage is recognized.
Mariah Carey will be releasing her first album in four years this summer.
Carey's fourteenth studio album, which has yet to be named, will hit shelves July 23. The first single, #Beautiful, debuted at No. 44 and is currently at No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The video for #Beautiful was premiered May 9 on American Idol.
Brandi Glanville donates $500 to legal defense of women being sued by Leann Rimes
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Glanville has donated $500 to the legal defense fund of a woman sued by Rimes for invasion of privacy, Radar Online reports.
Back in March 2012, Rimes was out at lunch with friends when she called California schoolteacher Kimberly Smiley, who later allegedly leaked the taped conversation online without getting the singer's permission.
Rimes filed a civil suit against Smiley in August for illegally recording the phone call.
Why's Glanville helping out? She says:
"I don't know [Smiley], but I was stalked, harassed and bullied for two years by LeAnn's producer, her tour manager and hairdresser. I never once called them on the phone or filed a lawsuit against them. If LeAnn wants to heal from this she needs to let it go and walk away like I did."
William Shatner is going live and uncut with Betty White.
The "Star Trek" alum will guest-star on the June 19 live episode of Hot in Cleveland. Shatner will also be joined by "The Office" star Brian Baumgartner.
In a statement, the 82-year-old Shatner joked, "At long, long last, I am working with someone older than me." Betty White is 91.
According to TMZ, a New Kids on the Block concert Tuesday night in Ottawa was canceled after several trucks carrying equipment for the NKOTB tour were held up at the Canadian border.
A rep for NKOTB's The Package Tour says several gear trucks carrying production equipment -- like lighting and other prop stuff -- as well as key crew members were delayed at the Canadian border for such a long time, tour officials were forced to pull the plug on the show.
If you recall, Selena announced her retirement from music in February of 2012, only to come back four months later with the announcement that she was putting out an album.
Produces Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick are leaving "American Idol"
The piece-by-piece dismantling of "American Idol" goes on.
The Hollywood Reporter says Idol's longtime executive producers Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick are expected to be fired before Season 13 gets underway.
Fox had no comment. Lythgoe and Warwick helped start "American Idol" in 2002.
Managers of a Washington state arena said they are canceling a promotional stunt that would have temporarily renamed the venue after rock band Bon Jovi.
Officials with Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena announced Thursday they will not be temporarily changing the name to Bon Jovi Veterans Arena, a move that was announced Thursday morning.
General Manager Matt Gibson said the idea was dropped after online criticism from local veterans and other community members.
Gibson said the move was designed at showing promoters of Bon Jovi's tour that the venue was serious about hosting the band, which is scheduled to play October 7.
The manager said big name acts rarely come out to Spokane, so the venue wanted to celebrate the accomplishment.
"American Idol" canceling tour dates
The hits just keep coming on "American Idol." But not the kind of hits you want in the music business.
According to E! Online, the Idol summer tour has been scaled back following a low-rated season. Originally, Idol winner Candice Glover and ten other season 13 hopefuls were set to perform in forty different venues, beginning June 29.
Now, they'll hit only thirty-one venues and the tour will begin July 19.
Brad Pitt dishes on his "World War Z" stench
Explosions, high energy, near-death experiences -- Brad Pitt is all about that kind of life on the big screen.
When it comes to shooting action films Pitt says, "I kinda like it, I gotta say, I kinda like it."
But there is one thing that wasn't very pleasant when it came to shooting his latest action flick, "World War Z" -- the amount of stink it whipped up.
Although Pitt says he "did not get hurt" physically while making the movie, he, and many others on set, got slapped in the face with some undesirable smells:
"You don't always smell so nice with a thousand extras — me included, by the way — but it's good fun. Really good fun."
Bruce Jenner has proved what we've all been thinking for the past eight months: Kanye West is MIA when it comes to Kim Kardashian's pregnancy.
The Kardashian family patriarch stopped by Extra with his son Brody Jenner to talk about the new season of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" and dished on Kim's nowhere-to-be-found baby daddy.
Bruce said, "Actually, I have only met him once. He's never ... he's not around. He was in Paris the whole time writing, and he just hasn't been around."
Brody added, "I've never met him. But Kim says great things about him. And so does the entire family."
In what may go down as the biggest box-office upset of the year, the man who has arguably been Hollywood's No. 1 star couldn't even manage a second-place finish.
"After Earth," the $135-million sci-fi flick costarring Will Smith and his son Jaden had an apocalyptic debut of $27 million.
Fast & Furious 6 was No. 1 again, with $34.5 million in ticket sales during its second weekend in theaters.