MEKA SHANE

SOUNDS OF THE 70'S

WEEKENDS 3pm-8pm Eastern

ABOUT MEKA

 

Meka Shane is a proud native of Tuscumbia, Alabama, who has worked in radio off and on since the age of seventeen, when her first radio gig was as the news announcer for a local country station. Born with a passion for words, Meka is also a writer and poet.

Her favorite poet is Nikki Giovanni. Her free time is spent working on a debut poetry collection. Her Uncle Oscar instilled her with a love of music, especially tunes from the ‘70s era. He educated her about acts like Shalamar, Switch, and Michael Jackson. That love for Disco came in handy during her time as the girl singer in a band of boys that toured all over Southeast and opened for acts like The Dave Matthews Band and REO Speedwagon.

Meka is a self-admitted obnoxious Bama alum and loved her time in Tuscaloosa so much that she’d relive it all over again if she could. An interesting bit of trivia about Meka Shane is that her junior prom date’s father co-wrote “When a Man Loves a Woman,” Calvin Lewis.

 

Get To Know More About MEKA:

 

What's your biggest fear?

Answer: Not making it to Heaven

 

What life lesson took you the longest to learn?

Answer: That not everyone will like you.

 

What's your most treasured memory?

Answer: Any moment spent with my late aunt who helped raise me. Aunt Anna was pretty close to being perfect. She had the biggest, kindest heart that always made me feel special. If it wasn’t for her guidance and love, I don’t know where I’d be today.

 

What would you change about your past?

Answer; Not finishing my master’s degree sooner.

 

What motivates you to get up every morning?

Answer: As Destiny’s Child sang, “Bills, Bills, Bills”.

 

What's the best advice you've ever received?

Answer: There’s always a ram in the bush. (See the Bible.)

 

What do you hope your legacy will be?

Answer: That I’m remembered for being kind.

 

What's something you're still learning about yourself?

Answer: That sometimes my best won’t always be good enough for some people.

 

What cause are you most passionate about?

Answer: Infant Loss Awareness

 

What's your greatest accomplishment?

Answer: Graduating from college.

 

What's your go-to karaoke song?

Answer:  I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor or Respect by Aretha Franklin

 

If you were a breakfast cereal, what would you be?

Answer: Fruit Loops. Take what you will from that! LOL!

 

What's your most embarrassing guilty pleasure?

Answer: Watching the Kardashians

 

Do you sing in the shower?

Answer: Sometimes. There are better acoustics in stairwells.

 

What's the weirdest food combination you actually enjoy?

Answer: Macaroni and cheese with sweet potato casserole. YUMMMMMY!

 

If you could have any animal as a pet, what would it be?

Answer: A dog. A very small, house-trained dog.

 

What's your signature dance move?

Answer: Bobbing my head to the beat. I know, boring.

 

Do you have any weird talents?

Answer: I’m pretty good at recognizing celebrity voices on commercials.

 

What's the funniest thing that's happened to you recently?

Answer: I can’t share it without implicating someone who’d probably kill us both. Let’s just say, you had to be there.

 

What’s your REAL thoughts on Artificial Intelligence?

Answer: Like most things, it has its place in society, but there’s always a jerk who ruins it for the rest of us by being mean.

 

What conspiracy theory do you secretly think might be true?

Answer: Elvis is still alive! LOL!

 

If aliens visited Earth, what would confuse them most about humans?

Answer: Our addiction to cellphones.

 

What inanimate object do you wish you could eliminate forever?

Answer: I’m a bit conflicted about this answer, but it’s sticky notes. I go through several during the workday, but they never seem to stick like they’re supposed to.

 

If you could only communicate through song lyrics, which artist would you choose?

Answer: It would probably be Kendrick Lamar.

 

What's the strangest thing you believed as a child?

Answer: That I’d grow a watermelon in my belly if I swallowed the seeds.

 

If you were haunting a house, how would you mess with people?

Answer: Probably whispering their names and leaving notes all over the place.

 

What would be the worst "buy one, get one free" deal?

Answer: A house!

 

If animals could talk, which species would be the rudest?

Answer: Monkeys

 

What's something everyone looks stupid doing?

Answer: Singing and upper-body dancing while driving. You are my people if you do this.

 

If you could rename yourself, what name would you choose and why?

Answer: Bianca Obama. My nickname would be Bo. Yes, just like the former First Dog.

 

Coffee or tea?

Answer: Tea. I’ve only had coffee once in my life. Never again!

 

What's currently playing on repeat in your head?

Answer: “The Love Boat” theme song.

 

Describe your perfect vacation. Beach? Mountains? Vegas? Cruise?

Answer: A room at WaterColor Inn & Resort that’s facing the beach.

 

What's your phone wallpaper right now?

Answer: The sky

 

If you could time travel, would you go to the past or future?

Answer: I’d definitely go back to my college days at Bama when I was singing in a popular party band.

 

What's the last thing you Googled?

Answer: Watercolor Inn & Resort or WaterColor Inn & Resort

 

Sweet or salty snacks?

Answer: Sweet

 

What's your weirdest habit?

Answer: Popping my knuckles.

 

If you could instantly become an expert in anything, what would it be?

Answer: Memorization

 

What's something that always makes you laugh?

Answer: Baby and dog videos on TikTok

 

What would your warning label say?

Answer: CAUTION: Not a Morning Person

 

What's the most useless talent you have?

Answer: My useless celebrity knowledge.  

 

If you could shrink any object to carry in your pocket, what would it be?

Answer: I’d like to make an executive decision and change this question to the person I’d shrink to carry in my pocket: Idris Elba, before he was married.

 

What would be your entrance music if you were a professional wrestler?

Answer: Lose Yourself by Eminem

 

If your life was a sitcom, what would the theme song be?

Answer: Lifelong Late Bloomer

 

What flavor of ice cream would you choose if you only could ever have one?

Answer: Cookies and cream

 

If you could live inside any TV show, which one would slowly drive you insane?

Answer: Any of the Real Housewives shows.

 

What's the weirdest compliment you've ever received?

Answer: Your tummy skin is so soft!

 

What are 3 strange lies and one strange truth about you?

Answer: I once stayed overnight at a well-known celebrity’s home. Hearing people brushing their teeth makes me cringe. I collect coins from my birth year. I once demanded to go on stage to sing with the Dave Matthews Band.

 

Why Do You Like Radio?

Answer: Your success and enjoyment is not based on how you look.