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Radio Personality-Producer, Journalist, Music Producer and
Composer
 Ten years ago, producer Tai Aguirre
decided to leave the hustle and bustle of his native New
York City to live a greener and slower-paced life in rural
upstate New York. Little did he know that the move would be
anything but quiet – and the circumstances that would ensue
determine a new career direction as a truth-baring radio
journalist.
Aguirre became unwittingly embroiled in a Stephen
King-worthy rural horror story of jurisdictional battles
with regulatory agencies. The agencies disallowed his costly
renovation project after giving their official approval. The
three-year David and Goliath battle threatened Aguirre’s
home and livelihood and took a personal toll. (His
now-signature gravel voice is a battle scar.)
Aguirre realized that the only way to wage and win a defense
campaign against the government bureaucracy was to get his
story out to the public. He sought out media to alert the
average Joe and Jane to the injustices regulatory agencies
routinely carried out on ordinary citizens. After all, if it
happened to him, anyone could be next. Aguirre’s story was
covered by several high circulation newspapers and
television and radio shows including WABC Radio and FOX TV
news.
 The media exposure turned out to be the tipping point in Tai
Aguirre’s victory. Shortly thereafter, similar hardship
stories from other families fighting battles with regulatory
and bureaucratic agencies poured in from all over the
country. Aguirre found himself a now well-informed advocate
and did what any creative bigmouth New Yorker from Queens
would do: He created a news/talk exposé radio show!
Called “Could YOU Be Next?….stories the
mainstream media won’t dare talk about!”, and hosted,
written and produced by Aguirre, the show was heard weekly
over ABC affiliate WTBQ1110AM Radio and on the World Wide
Web. Aguirre and his listeners became earwitnesses as
offenders and bullies were called live, on the air, to
explain themselves. Could YOU Be Next won instant acclaim
and was responsible for exposing high profile cases such as
the Diane Klienman Story.
Klienman, a former assistant D.A. serving as a Special Agent
for the U.S. Customs Service at John F. Kennedy airport, one
of the busiest in the world, uncovered startling corruption.
Kleinman discovered serious security breaches, and the
routine stealing of drug and cash evidence by customs
workers. Kleinman even nabbed a cocaine smuggler with over
45 pounds of the illegal substance. Instead of being praised
and rewarded, this young, attractive Jewish patriot was
discriminated against, had her life threatened, was ordered
by her supervisors to perjure herself in front of a Grand
Jury to cover up the department’s mess, and ultimately,
fired without cause. New York Magazine and Fox News claimed
to have broken the story, but Tai Aguirre interviewed
Kleinman and reported her story 8 months prior on Could YOU
Be Next?
A few examples of the scores of guests who have told-all on
Could YOU Be Next? include: race car driver Bobby Unser on
the frivolous $600,000 lawsuit against him by the Forest
Service; Dr. Ede Koening, shut down by the California
Medical Board for her successful alternative natural
therapies; Mark Graff, a Department of Energy security
specialist who had his computer wiped clean and was
blacklisted for doing his job: reporting the leak of deadly
plutonium.
Since the debut of Could YOU Be Next, Tai Aguirre has
flourished in the radio medium. Aguirre created The Teen
Show, a positive spin on America’s youth which he produced
and directed with his teen guests. He is currently producing
and hosting The Expat Show.
Streamed on the Web worldwide and reaching out to an
audience of one million radio listeners through the radio
station WTBQ1110AM, The Expat Show is the first-of-its-kind
radio newsmagazine to deal specifically with the life and
times of America’s expatriate community. A Baby Boomer
himself, Aguirre discovered that although expats are found
in all age groups, the number of Baby Boomers choosing to
live overseas has grown tremendously. Organizations such as
the Migration Policy Institute, the US State Department and
others regularly report on this trend.
Called “radio’s first real global show,” listeners hear
first-hand accounts of expats’ adventures as well as
commentary from a panoply of experts in culture, business,
law, real estate, etc., on the issues of living life abroad.
Tai Aguirre began his entertainment career as a vocalist,
musician and composer, appearing in numerous concert halls
and supper clubs across the U.S. He has won critical acclaim
for his participation in Bonnie Sandler's original Off-Broadway musical entitled “Broadway
Moon” which played at Judy’s and Theatre East in New York
City. Aguirre also helped co-produce the CD.
No stranger to the Internet, Aguirre was an early intra-preneur,
winning the web site-of-the-year award from Incentive
Magazine. Later, he won best new product of the year from
New York’s Incentive Show for his “Your Personal Song,” an
all-occasion music production Ebusiness.
Tai Aguirre can be found online at:
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