Lisa: What's it like working with Howard Stern?
Ralph: It's a whole new world, with its own language, people and point of view. It's freeing. It's challenging. Howard is brilliant.

Lisa: You've crossed over from AM radio to Satellite. How does it feel?
Ralph: It's fun to stand at the urinal and chat with Cousin' Brucie.
It's exciting to be part of a major launch (Howard Stern) and the growth of a relatively new medium.

But, as far as broadcasting, it's pretty much the same: hit "on" button, talk, hit "off" button.

Lisa: Why'd you get into radio in the first place?
Ralph: I was entranced at an early age and started practicing around 11 or 12. The radio brought the world to me. I wanted to be part of that. Plus, I thought I'd get rich quickly. I was wrong.

Lisa: What are your hobbys?
Ralph: Actually, it's spelled hobbies. That's the kind of thing George (Flowers) would bring up. So I won't mention it. But I've noticed that since I've been around Penny (Crone) my spelling has been getting worse.

Lisa: You're a cat person. Why?
Ralph: Because my wife wanted a cat. Now we have two. Because my wife wanted a second cat (and because Harvey Fierstein told her she should). Our boy cat is named Harvey. The girl cat is named Gypsy, after the musical my wife was in with Bernadette Peters, a major pet adoption advocate. I'm allergic but my wife has worked the cat thing into her act, so it's worth it. I get sneezes. She gets laughs.

Lisa: If you weren't a radio broadcaster, what would you be doing?
Ralph: I would be a welder on the Alaskan pipeline.

Lisa: What's the strangest job you ever had?
Ralph: Nothing is stranger than working here. As a kid, I worked as a barker at a carnival. I wrote the zipper sign that reports the news in Times Square and in the Loop in Chicago. But when you think of a person, sitting alone, in a little room, talking into a metal cylinder, the whole radio thing is strange.

Lisa: Your favorite song? Why?
Ralph: I've been planning my memorial service. So far, I've included two Jeff Beck tunes, Diamond Dust and The Final Peace. Also Santo and Johnny's Sleep Walk. Bette Midler's Do You Want to Dance, the sexiest song ever. But please do not play any Bob Dylan. Our wedding theme song is "Our Love is Here to Stay" And why? Because my wife says so.