Sabrina Conte

Sabrina Conte

Sabrina loves being on the air in her hometown! Born and raised in the DMV, Sabrina grew up in Clinton and went to Bishop Ireton High School in...Full Bio

 

My Mother's Day Present is Much More than Just a Tree

Radio people move.  That's what they do.  Honestly, had I known I had to move away from my family when I chose this as my career choice, I probably would have chosen something different!! It was so hard moving away from my parent's house in Clinton when I was 24.  I'll never forget pulling out of their driveway fighting back tears waving my mom goodbye to move into their condo in Ocean City, MD temporarily before I got my own apartment in Rehoboth Beach for my first on-air jock job in radio in 2007 (I was a traffic reporter for 2.5 years before that in Silver Spring).  I planned on being gone for 2 years to get the experience I needed to come back home and do radio in DC.  Well, 7 years later I got another job in Delaware, after I didn't get a job back here in DC.  As a matter of fact, I didn't get a job here in DC 3 times.  I didn't get a job in Baltimore once.  I didn't get a job in Philly once.  I didn't get a lot of jobs, but I kept at it day in and day out because I wanted it so badly.  After 9 years of trying, any time there was an opening, and a lot of times when there wasn't (I'd just email random people telling them I wanted to work at their stations)  I finally got my dream job back home.  I told my mom over FaceTime and we both cried again.  I was finally able to come back home, on my terms with my dream job waiting for me.  A lot has changed since I left 11 years ago.  I'm an adult now.  I'm a mother, I'm a wife and I can finally say, I'm a homeowner... with a brand new tree in my front yard that I can watch grow!! 


Sponsored Content

Sponsored Content