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Michael Mauzone "Heart Attack"
Music Director & Assistant Program Director, WOWI, WSVY,
WSVV
Michael Mauzone is a man who puts his "heart"
into his work. He wears it everyday as Heart Attack, Music
Director and Assistant Program Director for WOWI, WSVY and
WSVV. Heart Attack (as he is affectionately known throughout
the music industry) is a music industry visionary who got
his start in the business performing as house DJ at various
local clubs before expanding his talents into a career in
radio. His first stint in radio came in 1980 at WRAP. The
next move was enrollment at Norfolk State University, and
in 1983 while still in school he applied for an internship
at WRAP as an engineering assistant and got hired!
Continuing to climb the ladder of success,
Heart Attack moved on to WBSK and later in 1991 to WOWI as
Music Director. WBSK changed its format and call letters to
WSVY and Heart Attack was named Music Director. Amid all the
movement and station changes, Heart Attack found the time
to form his own production company, GIGOTACK MUSIC –
a name he developed that derived from combining gigolo and
heart attack. Gigotack Music consults music labels about their
upcoming singles, performs re-mix and editing services for
its clients. Some noteworthy Gigotack remixes have been "5:00
In The Morning by Non-Chalant, White Label's "Pick Up
The Phone" by Levi White, "Comfort Zone" by
Vanessa Williams and "Remember The Time" by the
gloved one… Michael Jackson!
Last year with General Manager Janet Armstead
and other co-workers, Heart Attack successfully organized
and presented Norfolk's "First Annual Music Symposium."
The highly successful Music Symposium was organized to help
people understand the music business and how to get into it.
Perspectives were presented from behind the scenes, to on
stage, to on camera, to in the studio. The event drew names
like, Warren G, Timbaland, Lonnie Liston Smith, Gerald Levert,
jazz pianist Bob Baldwin, Blaque and many more. Aside from
planning the Music Symposium, Heart Attack is also the primary
organizer for WOWI's Jamz Fest that annually attracts more
than 15,000 fans! This exciting festival began with six (6)
acts and over the years has grown to a 13-act, all day, tightly
produced concert. WOWI's Jamz Fest benefits the Martin Luther
King Jr. Monument, The Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation, Stop
The Violence and local crime prevention programs.
Although majors like KKBT Los Angeles, WBLS
New York and even Virgin Records have attempted to woo Heart
Attack into their camps… he remains in Norfolk, VA. Recently
married, his wife Natalie may have the key to secret that
keeps Heart Attack's heart in Norfolk!
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