“All I can say is I know it when I don’t hear it,” he says of Highway-quality music. In each, he’s looking for something unique and fresh. “There’s no true path to get a song on The Highway, it just somehow finds us or we find it in the little nooks and crannies.” Songs get to Storme in a variety of ways, from artist showcases to recommendations from colleagues to searching YouTube or chance meetings on the streets. He was enthusiastic about the ability to return to radio. 12 years ago, Sirius XM approached him with the job that he’s most known by today, hosting The Storme Warren morning show on their country channel The Highway. He moved to Nashville in 1993, and took a job with TNN as a reporter. A few years later, Storme recalls, the living legend called him and told him it was time he moved to Nashville. He saw that my hunger was there and that my passion was there, so he made sure to make the best product possible, and so the story was really good, but it had nothing to do with me.”Ĭharlie took him under his wing.
“But his answers were outstanding, and he knew exactly what he was working with. “I met him, interviewed him … I was horrible,” Storme says. “So I figured I had one shot at it, and so I picked my childhood idol.” His idol was Charlie Daniels, who the Oklahoman had never met before. “The producer said, ‘Hey, we’re gonna give you one shot at this, and if we like the story we’ll air it and let you do another one,’” Storme recalls. He was working on the technical side of things, but wanted to be a producer for their show Showbiz Today. After beginning his career in Tulsa, he moved to Los Angeles, where he worked for CNN. “I’ve always loved radio, it was my first love,” Storme says. Now he’s one of the most recognizable names in country music media, championing new songs and talent on Sirius XM’s The Highway. Oklahoma native Storme Warren started his career in radio in Tulsa. THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE FAN AND THE MUSIC NASHVILLE SINCE 1993
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