Behind the Microphone

About the Book

Behind The Microphone is a novel based on the often funny, and frequently turbulent, broadcasting career of a fictional character by the name of Pat Milligan. Reading, chapter-to-chapter, about the wild experiences that Pat endures as he rises from small town radio announcer to the top of his field is like reading a series of short stories. Most of the chapters are funny. Some are exciting. All of them are interesting. Pat’s teeth-clenching fear of flying causes him to change jobs more often than once. His job advancements are based on him being the right guy, at the right place, at the right time, more than on his skills or experience. The fact that he worked cheap early in his career helped. There was almost no stunt that he wouldn’t pull on his radio programs to entertain his listeners. Behind The Microphone affords every reader the opportunity to spend some time in the radio stations where Pat Milligan worked and get to know some of the fictional zany broadcasting people he worked with. Behind The Microphone chronicles Pat’s career path in imaginary situations as he interacts with imaginary characters whom he meets, as his radio career takes him from city to city and station to station. Much like the author, Pat started as a lowly announcer and went on to become a successful broadcasting executive. The bumpy road that Pat took to get from the bottom to a top management position in the radio industry is what this novel is all about. Sometimes it’s funny. Sometimes it’s dramatic, and sometimes it’s just plain crazy.

About the Author

Paul Miller is a former long-time radio broadcaster who has “been there, done that” when it comes to broadcasting, much the same as his fictional character in Behind The Microphone, Pat Milligan. The author began his radio career as a small town announcer and advanced to become a successful broadcasting executive. He retired from radio as an area vice president of the broadcast division of the Washington Post Company.