Leslie Stevens was born & raised in the Los Angeles area of Hollywood, Ca. He grew up listening to doo-wop,rock & roll,  cha cha cha & jazz music. He developed a interest in radio electronics at the age of 12. He built his first radio transmitter kit at 13. He studyied radio and television engineering/announcing . He landed his first job in radio at the age of 19 in a small mountain area of Los Angeles. He worked for three major recording studios and several small independant recording studios. Not to mention, several radio  and television stations in both California & Arizona. His studio is like "a blast from the past" using vintage reel-to-reel tape recorders and tube (valve) equipment from the early days of radio.   All re-built, and sounding good. " I just the the warm sound quality I  get from vintage electronics." His studio is located off of route 66 in northern Arizona, west of Flagstaff, In a tiny little town named SELIGMAN, Az. Population is 200.

You can catch "The Route 66 Oldies Show"  Tuesdays at 4pm ET, and  an encore broadcast Fridays at 2am ET right here on Cruisin Oldies Radio!