Who is Jim Albracht and What is The Quad Cities According to Jim ?
While serving in the United States Air Force in Korea in the early 70’s, Jim discovered his true calling when he started sending “radio shows” to his friends back home. With a cassette tape recorder and a reel to reel tape deck (which still works) he would interview anyone from Korean farmers to bartenders and cab drivers and then edit them together with music and commentaries. 35 years later, he has lived most of his media dreams, including announcing the Illinois High School Basketball Championships on state-wide TV, hosting his own morning radio show where his interview skills received rave reviews and being a part of the current broadcast team on the Iowa Hawkeye Radio Network. He’s also handled the play-by-play for the Quad-City SteamWheelers in over 150 games, traveling over 100,000 miles in the process. Now, he’s looking forward to adding to those dreams at WQAD, a station where he served as Sports Director and Active 8 at 5 Host for many years and where he met his wife and best
