{"id":84671,"date":"2025-12-11T23:23:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T23:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/84671\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T23:23:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T23:23:07","slug":"meet-the-klaq-radio-teams-unexpected-career-counterparts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/84671\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet The KLAQ Radio Team&#8217;s Unexpected Career Counterparts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, you think you really know the KLAQ air staff well? I wouldn&#8217;t be too sure, apparently we have alter egos out there &#8230; make sure you&#8217;ve got the right person<\/p>\n<p>They say everyone has a doppelg\u00e4nger, that&#8217;s a lookalike or a twin, roaming around somewhere in the world. I used to get Steve Perry, Joey Ramone and Viggo Mortensen, (as Aragon), a lot.<\/p>\n<p>These aren&#8217;t exactly our &#8220;twins&#8221; but they do have the same names. They may not be lucky enough to look like us but, God bless &#8217;em,\u00a0 they found careers that pay a LOT better.<\/p>\n<p>I was googling someone and a name came up that was the same one I was searching but not the same person. That sent me down the rabbit hole of searching names of people I knew to see what I&#8217;d get. Here&#8217;s how The Q airstaff came up:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/klaq.com\/author\/kvargas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kevin Vargas<\/a> &#8211; He&#8217;s on the air and, behind the scenes, a very cool boss. When he&#8217;s not on the air, directing station operations or yelling at Buzz, he&#8217;s apparently doing pretty good as a major league baseball player. Check out his alternate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/player\/kevin-vargas-677959\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Buzz Adams<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/klaq.com\/author\/badams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Buzz Adams<\/a>, along with the rest of the <a href=\"https:\/\/klaq.com\/show\/the-morning-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Buzz Adams Morning Show<\/a> &#8230; aka &#8220;The Adams Family&#8221; , they&#8217;re <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IokBKvFiCvM?si=Cyf-UunOrn7b3CFW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">creepy, kooky and ooky<\/a> all right &#8230; has been bringing your morning mirth for years.<\/p>\n<p>Unbeknownst to us, it seems he&#8217;s also become a very successful Doctor and instructor. Check out his alter ego\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chem.ku.edu\/people\/buzz-adams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>. Our Buzz may also be a hypnotist as, despite his recent termination, he&#8217;s still at it on KLAQ.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Paulus<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/klaq.com\/author\/dpaulus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daniel Paulus<\/a> recently went from full time on air personality to part time on air, full time producer. Despite that upgrade, he&#8217;s still not doing as well as his big shot, CEO, uber rich\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/danpaulus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">alternate<\/a>. (We probably ALL should have tried following the path of Daniel 2.0.)<\/p>\n<p>Glenn &#8220;Dubba G&#8221; Garza<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/klaq.com\/author\/ggarza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Glenn Garza<\/a> &#8211; Not a lot of &#8220;Glenn Garza&#8217;s&#8221; out there but I did finally find<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoominfo.com\/p\/Glenn-Garza\/1991320440\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> this guy<\/a>. A systems analysis for some aerospace and defense company. That Dubba G, unlike yours truly, has a haircut and a real job.<\/p>\n<p>Funny thing is, while there aren&#8217;t too many Glenn Garza&#8217;s out there, every time I try to use &#8220;Dubba G&#8221; as a username, I have to be &#8220;Dubbag10,000 &#8211; something\u00a0 Weird.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Rivera<\/p>\n<p>Mike Rivera &#8211; Mike&#8217;s a relatively new voice, filling in on KLAQ here and there but mostly helping on our partner station, KSII. He&#8217;s also our engineer, tasked with keeping everything working right around here.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/klaq.com\/remembering-some-klaq-radio-greats-in-honor-of-national-radio-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Past KLAQ DJ&#8217;s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, his alter ego is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/staff\/35376\/michael-rivera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">head coach for the El Paso Rhinos<\/a> and, in his spare time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/player\/mike-rivera-657741\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">plays pro baseball.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t find a Joanna or a Nico &#8230; guess they broke the name mold with those 2.<\/p>\n<p>PICS: You Know You&#8217;re in El Paso When You See&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>There are so many places throughout the Borderland that as you look around you just know you\u2019re here. Just for sharing your interpretation of \u201cYou know you\u2019re in El Paso when you see\u2026\u201d you could win $1,000.<\/p>\n<p>Share your vision, your humor, your admiration for what makes us unique. It could even end up in one of our \u201cYou Know you\u2019re in El Paso when you see\u2026\u201d galleries.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few example of the sort of things we&#8217;re looking for, but you should definitely get creative and try to find those iconic, weird, or wonderful things that are distinctly El Paso.<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: KLAQ<\/p>\n<p>WOW: KLAQ Posters from Past Events<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: KLAQ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So, you think you really know the KLAQ air staff well? 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