Episode 231 - Gomez Adams

Glenn “Gomez” Adams grew up in Marcellus, NY and began college at SUNY Buffalo as a chemical engineering major, until a sophomore semester of organic chemistry presented a dose of reality. He left Buffalo and enrolled in the radio/television program at Onondaga Community College to pursue an interest in broadcasting that began after spending much of his younger years listening to radio and watching late-night TV.

He left OCC in 1981 to begin his broadcasting career at WRMV in Herkimer. A year later in 1982, he took a studio job at WSTM-TV 3 operating the teleprompter during the newscasts, running a camera for the weekly show “Syracuse Bowls,” and appearing on the Saturday morning kids show, Saturday Showboat as “Peppermint Pete”. 

During the summer of 1983, Gomez also did the overnight show on what was then Magic 104.7, a Top 40 station. Then in 1984, he was hired by Y94 FM where he spent a decade on the air as host of the night time show “Club Gomez,” and then the morning show with Big Mike.

Since leaving Y94 in 1994, Gomez took over the TK99 morning show which he’s been proudly hosting for 30 years. TK99 became the flagship radio for Syracuse University sports, and as a result he hosted the award-winning Coach Boeheim night time call in show for 25 years, a show that continues with new head coach, Adrian Autry. 

After 35 years, Gomez returned to OCC in 2016 to finally finish his studies and successfully graduated.