European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Early morning radio Host John Susnir. A you have to be conscious of what you say or some sergeant major will come after  s bavarian buddy by Effie Bathen Nurnberg Bureau Ohn Susnir s wife Denise got angry with him for putting too much sugar in the Gravy and he let some 60,000 people hear about it. Many of them were hardly awake when the Nice voice on the radio described the Tiff. Most just brushed their Teeth and laced their boots to Start another Day a a few probably wondering what sugar had to do with Gravy anyway. Susnir an army specialist is the Host of an Nurnberg a Good morning Bavaria and its his Job to make one Way conversation Quot we give out command information bridged with  in the morning Quot people want to know what s going on in their Community the world. And they want to know if the school buses Are on time Quot said the 1st army div Soldier during a recent morning broadcasting session. A we try to be their Friend or buddy. No one wants to hear someone talk at them. They want us to communicate a so i pick on my  stories like the one about the Gravy Are just Light fun something he believes listeners relate to. The army trained Tanker was the Early Man for less than a year when he won the 1989 Thomas Jefferson award for having the Best morning radio show in the department of defense. Its heard from 5 to 10 . Weekdays across Northern Bavaria in a listening area that stretches from Crail sheim to the Grafen Wuhr and Hohenfels training areas. A Little gentle ribbing of his family the others at the radio station or even the Weatherman keep him on pretty Safe ground he said. As a military broadcaster he has to stay away from politics a i can to say anything about president Bush or vice president Quayle. They re my Bosses. Quot i Haven t said a word about the Berlin Wall coming Down a that would be Host nation sensitivity. You have to be conscious about what you say or some sergeant major will come after  the 32-year-old Soldier Learned about broadcasting politics three years ago when he was hosting a show on a country Rock pm radio station in the Canadian province of Alberta. His Boss called him into his office and 30 seconds later he was out of a Job. Quot i Felt very betrayed by the business. I lost All Confidence a said Susnir who had a wife two Young boys and a mortgage. A i thought i might As Well hang up the  after two years in radio marketing he swore his oath of enlistment in the army on his 30th birthday. The army trained him to be a crewman on an m1a1 tank but shortly after reporting for duty with the 1st army div he heard about the opening at an. A Telephone Call along with seven years radio experience got him the Job said station manager George Smith who Quot could hear the broadcaster tone in his  today Susnir does no to have to get up Early to go to it he does it after work. Instead at 5 30 or 6 . When most of his listeners Are rolling Over to catch some extra winks Susnir a already been on the Job Over an hour. In the radio business things Are timed to the seconds his lunch break is from 6 54 15 to 7 30 10 . By air time at 5 . He has already battled the Quot Rush hour traffic of two taxi cabs Quot stopped at the desk of the bavarian american hotel in Nurnberg to pick up the morning newspapers opened up the rooftop broadcast studio checked the master broadcast computer and made the first of the two pots of Coffee that hell drink by 10 . Quot hello i m John Susnir Here to brighten your otherwise Dull Day or vice versa depending upon the relative dullness brightness Factor of your particular  he smiled across the airwaves that morning. His broadcaster s voice was Only a few decibels lower than the tone of his Normal speaking voice. He pulled the line from a pamphlet Quot the Best of of liners vol. 9.&Quot its canned stuff but he twists and turns it to suit his taste. Quot it s 34 degrees in downtown Nurnberg Quot he announced with Confidence not mentioning that he had checked the temperature on a Street Side electronic billboard when he drove in. Its warmer in the City so he subtracted a few degrees. Susnir a show starts before the weather service has an official temperature. Usually he gets it from an in House computer but the station is in the process of moving to new studios in Furth and for a few weeks he has to improvise he said off the air. Its part of the Quot adapt and overcome Quot attitude the army taught him. Back on the air he had a complaint about Mother nature for the Weatherman Quot you be gotta do something about Daylight savings time. I Don t need to be listening to Birds chirping at my  other broadcasters at an Nurnberg Craig Beason for example commiserate with Susnir s sleep schedule. Fortunately Beason said it s Susnir a not he a who is getting up before Dawn. Quot who else would be foolish enough to get up at 3 and go to sleep at 7?&Quot asked Susnir. Is he a celebrity the Burbank calif., born disc jockey humbly said not yet but he hoped he would be someday. Meanwhile when people hear him do the readings at Church on sunday they Tell him Quot in be heard you somewhere  realizing who he is he said with a laugh they turn to his wife of 11 years and say alluding to Susnir son the air Patter Quot you really should learn to treat your husband  wednesday april 11, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 13