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WEEK OF
AUG. 4-10

SOUTHFIELD CIVIC
CENTER
Southfield Civic Center
picnic area, Southfield
Chamber of Commerce
Second Annual
Clambake, 12 p.m.
Saturday, admission,
557-6400.
PALACE OF AUBURN
HILLS
Isiah's Summer Classic
All-Star Game, 8 p.m.
Aug. 11, admission,'
377-8200.

COMEDY

Glenn Triest

ark Pasman
received his
first guitar, a
Harmony Roc-
ket, as a bar
mitzvah present in 1968. Dur-
ing that time, his father was
convinced Pasman should
become a rabbi, but also
wanted him to be exposed to
music, realizing that his son
should be well rounded on his
road to the bimah.
However, after graduating
from Berkley High School in
1973, Pasman's road contain-
ed a few detours.
"I was inspired to pursue a
career in radio broadcasting
because I ran out of rock and
roll bands to play in and ma-
jors in college to declare,"
Pasman said. "After gradu-
ating high school, I played in
a band; it broke up, and then
I majored in pre-law at the
University of Michigan.
There, I joined another band,
and I dropped out of U-M.
"Next it was off to OCC
where I was an art major —
until I joined a new band.
When that band broke up, I
went to Wayne State and ma T
jored in music. Again, I found
another band to play in, so I
said goodbye to WSU."
When that band broke up,
Pasman attended Oakland
University. The only major
left that didn't require him to
take math or science was com-

WCSX Program Director
Mark Pasman
has traveled
the long and winding
road.

STEVEN M. HARTZ

Jewish News Intern

munications, so Pasman
declared this major, and
graduated from OU with a
bachelor's degree in com-
munications in 1979.
When Pasman was at OU,
one of his assignments was to
interview the program direc-
tors of Detroit's rock 'n roll
stations and write a paper
about programming rock
radio.
"During that time I met Mr.
Tom Bender, then program
director at WRIF, now my cur-
rent general manager,"
Pasman said. "A few weeks
later, I sent him my finished
paper, and he was impressed.
Mr. Bender asked me if I was
interested in applying for an
internship with the morning
disc jockey. I did and got the
job." Seven years later,
Pasman became program
director.
"After the internship in
1978, I was asked to stay on
at the radio station as a part-
time special projects person,"
he said. "For about a year-
and-a-half I would work all
week at WRIF; on Friday
evenings, I drove up to Lans-
ing and worked a part-time
gig (job) at WILS, which was
a rock station at that time."
Soon Pasman was offered
the position of special projects
coordinator at WRIF, later
becoming special projects
director.

COMEDY CASTLE
2593 Woodward,
Berkley, Bill Scheft,
today and Saturday;
Dana Gould, Tuesday
through Aug. 12,
admission, 542-9900.
PROCK'S COMEDY
SHOWROOM
1019 W. Maple,
Clawson, Bob Posch,
performs downstairs;
Ron Coden, performs
upstairs, Fridays and
Saturdays, through
August, admission,
280-2626.
MISS KITTY'S
COMEDY CLUB
Long Branch
Restaurant, 595 N.
Lapeer Rd., Oxford, Jim
Wiggins, today and
Saturday, admission,
628-6500.

THEATER

PERFORMANCE
NETWORK
408 W. Washington,
Ann Arbor, Pantomime,
through Sunday,
admission, 663-0681.

MUSIC

OAK PARK
SUMMER CONCERT
SERIES
Shepherd Park (Oak
Park High School if it
rains), The Singing
Dolls, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, free, 545-6400.
BIRMINGHAM
SUMMER CONCERT
SERIES
Shain Park, Maple near
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