99 Things You Wish You Wish You Knew Before Making It Big In Media is fast and easy reading. It is written by Steve Kowch, an award winning news talk radio program director, news director, journalist, producer and mentor to some of the biggest names in Canadian media. Kowch uses his story telling talent throughout the book to illustrate how if he can do it, you can too It is about chasing your dream. It's about how to be better than the next person at the press conference, on the scene of a local fire, in the press gallery, in the newsroom, the studio or the anchor desk. This book is about attitude It's about determination It's about sacrifices. It s about being successful behind the scenes when you don t have the voice for radio or the face for TV. It s about tapping into your inner strength and talents you were born to exploit and ignore those around you who have no faith in what you know you can do Steve Kowch is an award winning news talk radio program director, news director, journalist, producer and mentor to some of the biggest names in Canadian media. Kowch began chasing his dream to be a reporter at the age of 17 as an office boy at a Montreal newspaper. He chased his second dream to be in radio eventually taking charge of news and programming at two of Canada s largest talk radio stations: CJAD in Montreal and CFRB in Toronto. His third dream was to teach so he became a professor of radio news, radio documentaries and talk radio at two Toronto colleges. "