They transmit in all directions when live,Īnd 45% of the emissions pass directly through the user's head. These devices work using microwaves of a specific frequency,Ĭarefully calibrated against the signal in microwave ovens. The source of the interference was isolated as a mobile phone. To be actually receiving transmissions from the ear. In the 1980s, one of these cases was discovered Medical professionals have studied subjects whoīelieve they've received messages from dead people. Ferris O’Brien: The Spy teams up with KOSU and reigns supreme againįerris O’Brien is brimming with nervous energy as he stands next to the lime green old VW van at Oklahoma City’s Plaza District.Or one of the secret addresses in the London metropolitan union. It’s the anniversary of The Spy radio station’s special programming, the VDub Sessions, and there’s a party in the city.īut Ferris has to get back to his radio station. He needs to make sure one of the programs gets finished or he’ll have dead air. And there’s nothing worse than dead air, especially for a guy who has single-handedly reincarnated Oklahoma’s alternative rock show over and over and over from the dead.įerris has managed to escape the word dead more times than Rasputin. Over and over, The Spy radio, with its signature peering and slightly sinister eyes, has faced demise. Just when corporate radio pushed the Spy into the Internet – which ended up being a blessing for the station – KOSU, the NPR station serving Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Stillwater, entered into a content partnership with The Spy.Įach time, like some music shaman, Ferris has managed to bring it from the brink and back into the light. Starting late 2012, KOSU’s schedule began featuring the original shows and wide array of independent music to its listeners.

“We moved into our current building two years ago, and once we figured out that the web Spy was the plan, the city rallied behind us,” Ferris said. “We get 8,000 to 10,000 listeners, from the fanatics to the casual. There are no rules on the web, no commercials.”Īnd The Spy, which has haunted in and out of Oklahoma City airwaves for years, is here to stay. When Ferris was a child living in Los Angeles, he and his mother were in the waiting room of a car dealership when the old lady changed his life. The only other person in the room, the old woman was watching him. “She finally got up and walked over to us. She said, ‘Excuse me ma’am, but I’m a psychic and I’m getting some strong readings from your son,’” Ferris said. Then she said, ‘I see your son doing something in the public eye, a celebrity of sorts, either in media or politics.’ I think that stuck with me.” She knew I was a Scorpio and that I was creative – eerie little things like that. Like many other kids graduating high school, Ferris had no idea what he wanted to do. His family had moved from Los Angeles to Dallas, and Ferris eventually chose to attend the University of Oklahoma.

His best friend was dating a DJ from Y95 radio in Dallas, and when the two returned home for Christmas break, the girl planted the seed. “She said, ‘You should think about radio.’ I had never thought about it before,” said Ferris. “I kept thinking about it though, so a couple weeks later, I called her and asked what I needed to do.”Ī new radio station was opening in Dallas, and Ferris was connected to Larry Neilson, the program director for the new 94.5 The Edge station. The two hit it off they spoke over three hours on the phone before Nielson wanted Ferris to meet with him in person. I told him I’d be there in three hours,” Ferris said. We talked about the Clash, Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys. I had no idea what a role he would play in my life.”ĭespite attending college in Norman, he was offered a DJ position on the new station, joining radio heroes like George Gimarc. The real delimma was how he was going to attend college in Oklahoma and work in Dallas at the same time. He was terrified to talk to his parents about it. “I did the next best thing,” Ferris said.

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