11/27/2025 The Dave Allen Show - WVSU Students Launch Masquerade Gala & Tony the Taylor on Small Business Saturday

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He's been a longtime sports writer here in the area. Now he's a new director of the market. We'll talk to him a little bit later on. And as I said, Tony the Taylor is going to stop by too. And your phone calls and texts. You're always welcome. Bigley, pigly wiggly hotline 304. 345-58-58. Tony Vitale-Tax 3049-3500. I want to tell you about a musical event happening at West Virginia State University, January the 30th at the Wilson Student Union. It's going to start about six. Here to talk about it, we've got to Madeline. Is that right, Madeline? Say, okay, you're on radio, so you have to say something, okay? Yes. Okay. You got Madeline. And we also have Kylie. Yes. And we have... Tabby. Tabby. All right. So first of all, let everybody get to know you. Introduce yourselves. Tell us what you're studying at West Virginia State. How'd you get into this? Anybody can start. Go ahead. I think they're electing you, so go ahead. I'm Madeline Bailey. I am a double major. I do music performance and communications with an emphasis in PR. Okay. So I started playing the flute when I was 10. And I've kept with it ever since. And I chose communications and public relations because I enjoyed that aspect of it when I was in high school. And I just thought that planning this gala for the orchestra would kind of combine the two. So the three of us thought it would be a good idea. And we kind of stuck with it ever since. And that's one of the reasons why you're here because you folks reached out to me because you want to get into the whole PR thing. And by the way, I didn't plan this. I'm actually drinking out of my West Virginia State coffee mug today. Courtesy. friend Eric Cage, the president out there. When he was on the show one day, I was drinking out of a Marshall coffee mug. And because I'm a, well, I went, no, hold on now. I went to Marshall. Okay. And so I was drinking out. And he said, you know, you need a West Virginia State coffee mug. And the next time he came in, lo and behold, he comes in, he hands me a West Virginia State coffee mug. He's fun to talk to. Yeah. So he brought gifts. I mean, you guys didn't bring anything, right? My bad. I brought my presents. Okay. That's presence, not with a T, right? Yeah. You're cut off. You're not going back on again. Okay. But the reason I wanted to bring up the PR aspect of it, because part of what you're doing is you need to get the word out. So you contact your folks contacting me, and so we'd like to come on and talk about this big event. So talk about your, and I'll get to the other two. I was just kidding. Talk about your musical experience. You started playing the flute at what age? I started playing the flute at 10. I was blessed. because my parents let me have private lessons growing up, and I always just thought the flu was a very cool instrument. I was going to say, what was it about the flute then? I don't know. It just, I always loved it. I always heard it in movies and things, and you always saw people playing the flute the wrong way, usually in movies. It's so I learned to play it the right way. They always do in movies, whether it's, no matter what the instrument is, guitar or whatever. My dad was a pretty good guitarist, and it would kill him watching movies when people were playing guitar, and they never moved their hands. You know, they just, especially on the neck of the guitar, like, no, stop that, stop that. So, all right, now introduce yourself.

Well, my name's Kylie Hanna, and I am a little bit of an underachiever, so I'm just a communication teacher. But I have been involved with music my entire life. I've been singing for as long as I can remember. I play a little guitar, not anything to shake a stick at. But I am a part of our school's jazz band, and our jazz band is going to be performing at our gala. And it's just a really, really amazing. band i mean scott water puts it together and he absolutely rocks it i mean we have people who are students we have community members we have professionals all in this band just like the orchestra and it's just really an amazing opportunity for people to grow to learn to have fun let loose a little bit and um it's just a really cool environment and i've enjoyed getting to be a part of it so i um just decided in my free time i was going to be a part of something musical on campus and that was that and i've been best friends with mattie since high school so would you guys would you guys go to high school we were both homeschooled actually oh home school okay yeah yeah but we don't have the same mom i was going to say so you went to the same room in the same house no no we did this we did the same curriculum i got you i got you i got you but um Yeah, I love PR, and so I've really, really enjoyed getting to put the gala on and do a lot of the social media. We're posting currently on two social media sites, Facebook and Instagram. And we just are really enjoying getting to put all of it together. We've been filming interviews with all of the orchestra members, and it's just been awesome. All right. And you said you were a singer. What's your favorite genre? What are you sing? I mean, I'm a little biased, but jazz. Okay. That's all right. Absolutely. I... Definitely love anything Ella Fitzgerald, anything Nat King Cole. The classics. Yes, sir. I just got into jazz a couple of years ago. I'm a person that loves music of all kinds, and I just got into jazz a couple of years ago. And my favorite is not any of those, John Coltrane. I'm a huge Coltrane fan. He's good, too. He's good, too. All right. And you are? I'm Tabby. And tell us about you. I'm a music performance major and a communications minor. Okay. I started playing the trumpet when I was in fourth grade. And I've always loved music. So getting to put on an event like this and be in college for music, it's been really fun and it's been a really good experience. And I'm excited for this gala.

It's going to be fun. All right. And I will say something about this, about the communications program, and all of the curriculum, you know, at State is amazing. But the communications program is really good. And we've had a lot of folks that have come through here. that were part of that program. Hollywood Jeff Petty, who produced this show for many years. You know, you guys know Jeff? Oh, yeah. We know Jeff. Well, Jeff, of course, he works on our sister stations 98-7 of Mountain and also KWS on the weekends. And Jeff and I have known each other for a number of years. I hope he's not listening right now because I'm going to give him a compliment. Jeff's class act. He's a good dude. I'm lucky to have him as a friend and as a coworker, too. But don't ever tell him, I said that. All right, doing, all right, let's talk about the event. Let's talk about the event. It's January the, what? 30th. January 30th. All right. And what are people, if they come out for, what are they going to hear? What are they going to experience that night? So we are having a bunch of things. We're having live music by the jazz band. You'll hear her saying. She's very modest, but she has a gorgeous voice, and she's not trained. She's got a gorgeous voice. So you'll hear her saying. We have a bunch of people singing. Our jazz band is incredible. We're going to have some orchestra groups perform. This is in celebration of the ten years of the orchestra, so we're wanting to honor all the hard work. that people have put in. We're going to have food for everybody and a silent auction, and we're going to have live dancing and live music, and we'll have some recorded music, too. And we'll have a silent auction for people with a bunch of fun things. We can't let people know what it is yet, but we'll have... Part of the fun. Yeah, we'll have a little surprise for some people when they get there. And we just want to have a good time with people. And it says it's a masquerade ball. Yes. So are we doing the whole? Oh, yeah. You can't come in unless you have a mask. Okay. And where does one get a mask like that? Well, Amazon, you can get a mask on Amazon for like five bucks. I don't care what kind of mask you show up and just show up with one. But you're going to be hardcore about it, right? Oh, yeah. Well, we're going to have a photo booth. Like a. genuine red carpet so that people can take photos it's not going to be in vain so you know show up looking absolutely stellar because your photo is going to be taken whether you like whether you want it or not right yeah pretty much where can people get tickets online so we have we have links that are being posted on all of the social media we have invites being sent out on facebook you can register online rsvp so yeah we have an event on Facebook through the it's combined with the WVSE music on Facebook and the West Virginia State Orchestra on Facebook and then the link

is online through the West Virginia State Foundation. Okay. All right. It's listed as the name of the event. All right. Hang out with me one second. I've got to take care of little business here. But Dave Allen's show on 580 Live is brought to you apart by Rich the Realtor and Meeks Realtor Group. Check out this beautiful home in one of Winfield's most desirable neighborhoods. Just moments away from award-winning schools. You're going to find modern updates, an open floor plan and a large stylish kitchen. Perfect for cooking and gathering. The spacious primary suite includes a walking closet and an updated bath. The outside offers space. space, great for play. Pets, relax, whatever you want to do out there. It's moving ready to and full of comfort. Contact Rich 304-932-7488 or Rich Klein 66. That's Klein with a K at gmail.com. You know, part of the show that we do, ladies, is we get text to the show, and I'm going to read a text that somebody texted, okay? It says, kids really should get into music and marching band. Those were the best times I had in junior high and high school. Football games, concerts, parades, field show competitions. They would be surprised at how many of their favorite select were band geeks, including her own Jennifer Garner, who played saxophone and the GW Patriots marching band and she still plays. Absolutely. I totally agree. I think that marching band is a really, really cool thing. Ours is kind of small, but we lead it with pride and we really, really show up for our football games. We have a pet band going on for basketball games. I think that's getting started. We have a relatively small school. And with that comes sometimes not a whole lot of interest in certain aspects because people just don't know that it's going on. And so I think that's why as communication majors, we tend to... feel a little like oh but there's so many things going on how do people not know about this and so we try to create that movement in the student body so that people know that these things are going on because a lot of people they just don't understand that we've got a jazz band we have a pep band we have a marching band we have an orchestra We had a show band there for a little bit, and I was a part of that as well. And the only difference between jazz band and show band was that show band had a real, real tall... black dude in front of it. And his name is Phil Washington, and he has swag for days. Everybody knows Phil. Yes. And if you don't know who Phil Washington is, he's a guy that you see him on TV doing the lottery numbers all the time, and he's very, very accomplished. What do you guys hope to do? I'm going to ask a little personal question of all three. What do you hope to do after graduation? We'll start with you. Do you know what you'll do after graduation? I'd like to go into music marketing. Okay. All right. All right. What about you? Honestly, I want to dabble in just about anything I can get my hands in. That's communications related. So I really love broadcasting. Okay. I really love. I'm taking notes here, by the way, just so you know, because we're always looking for people here. Feel free. I'm a senior. All right. Jeff Jenkins, if you're listening upstairs in the news department, come down and talk to this young lady or talk to all three of them. But go ahead. I'm sorry. No, you're fine. But broadcasting, radio.

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Small Business Saturday has just continued to get bigger and big. I had the mayor of Hurricane on the show on Monday. And Hurricane is a very, very small town. Okay. They go all out for it. I mean, you can't walk down the streets of Hurricane for their, you know, eight, nine businesses that they have. And, of course, Valley Park's got stuff going on and throughout Taze Valley. I know South Charleston saying all. Everybody's got stuff going on. It's a big deal. And it's the second largest volume day in the Christmas season. The biggest is always and always has been. the Saturday before Christmas, no matter where it falls with Christmas. Sometimes it's Christmas Eve. That'd still be the biggest retail day in the Christmas season. Again, it's a short window this year. We only have four Saturdays to get it done this year, two years back to back. So retail sales will reflect that when they report them. Then sometimes we get five weeks. Generally, it depends just when Thanksgiving falls. And here's one of the knocks that I hear about Charleston. There's nowhere to shop. There's nowhere to. Those are the people who never come to Charleston. I mean, they obviously don't. On my street, I want a corner of hail in Virginia. If you walk two blocks north, every storefront is filled and full of great little shops and restaurants. Capital Street is not a big retail center, but there's some great eateries there. There's a couple of retail stores there. There are still a couple stores left in the mall here. But then also you go just right up the hill there and you have Bridge Road shopping area. Great specialty stores up there. Fantastic. It's the way of retailing nowadays. There's a mixture of online, small shopping areas, and then larger retail areas like South Ridge, which is huge. Everybody talks, you know, the mall and Huntington Mall wouldn't exist if it wasn't for the five times as many stores that are on out parcels and are surrounding it. It's just the way it is. People just don't shop in enclosed malls anymore. It's just a fact. And the interesting thing about that to me, and we're talking to Tony the Taylor Parenzino about Small Business Saturday. The interesting thing about that is, is that, you know, you and I are roughly the – well, okay, no, you're a lot older than me. I'm like much of it. But we remember the heydays of the malls. And it doesn't have to be the town. So it could be any mall across America and going to the mall. Fast Times at Ridgemont High, you know, which is the movie that changed my life, by the way. I was Spacoli, actually. Yeah, yeah, well, BB Kate's pool scene. That's all I got to say about that. Single-handedly propelled me into puberty. But I will say that the days of going, people still go to malls. Okay, they still do. However, the bigger we've gotten. The smaller we've gotten, because there's people that still love to go to these small shops, just like the ones you mentioned in Charleston. And you do incredible business down there, but you're still considered small business, obviously. But you're one, though, and there are several others that have kind of bridged that gap between, okay, you can still come in and just look around, but you also do things. online. You also do things, you know, you can do trunk shows and things of that nature. So I think the successful business in 2025, Tony, about to be 2026, has got to kind of be a marriage of all of them. Yeah, you have to be Omni Channel. If you're in retail, no matter what size, from small to large, if you have no internet presence, you're not in business. We have a very robust online store and ship all over the country, eight or nine packages a day. We're one of the larger, probably single store.

online retailers in the country for men's clothing. I sold three Oxford suits online, shipped to Massachusetts. One went to Pennsylvania. And these are people that people, you need to realize, these are people that in many cases don't have any ties to this area. They're not from Charleston and said, well, I still want to shop with Tony or whatever. They're people that just did the Google machine search engine and found you. Correct. And what's amusing to me sometimes is I recognize some of the names I'm sending to. There'll be celebrities. There'll be business types. You mean other than me? Well, yeah, well, you walk in the store. Okay, that's true. That's true. With your entourage. Yeah. But yeah, but it's just fascinating to me. But that's the way it is. And it's fun. And it keeps us going. I mean, it really does. But again, it used to be more than our own than our in-store business. And now our in-store business has surpassed. Because Charleston, again, people are coming here. We need to collect your data. I have people moving here all of the time. And these are the people you want moving here, professionals. And it's fantastic. And people can say no, but the housing situation reflects that. There's a shortage of housing. There's a shortage of housing. There's a shortage. There's a shortage. There's a reason there's a shortage of housing. People are moving here. And it's not just Charleston. I mean, it goes on down through the valley. Well, the whole thing is Charleston. Yeah. People. This border thing, you're going to cross the board. I mean, Charleston has 48,000 people. Then you cross over the river, and you've got another 30,000 added to. They really, our trading area is about 650,000 people. is our trading. Right, yeah. Which is the Metro Valley and Logan. We go to Pikeville. And that's pretty much if you're in retail, that's your trading. Right, right. We're talking to Tony the Taylor, Pairns, you know about small business Saturday. But Dave Allen show on 580 Live, brought to you part by Live Healthy, West Virginia, presented by WVU Madison, a podcast. Promoting healthier lifestyles. Check out of the latest episodes, WV Metair News.com under the podcast menu. So what small business Saturday look like for Tony the Taylor? We have great promotions. Again, quarter zips are hot. That's the hot item. That's the cabbage patch kid, apparently, of Christmas 2020. But you're not going to get a kidney injured trying to find one. Correct. We're doing to buy one, get one free on all sweaters that day, in store only on that. But we have outerwear at half price. We have great selection of shoes. We've got some special selection of Johnson. Murphys that are $799.99 for a dress shoe. If you need a nice danner black dress shoe. Some other great... deals going on. You can check our website at bestmaster tailor.com for that. And then we're ready to go. Don't forget to come downtown for Holly Jolly Braille on Friday. We have an art walk. We are not open for this, but so I can go out and actually enjoy it. Some great events. We have the holiday shopping village going on, Slack Plaza. And, you know, don't forget to stop in my buddy at Sam's Uptown for a nice great meal and a cocktail and walk around. Pota will be in effect and it would be a great time.

And again, you know, I had you on to talk about your business because you're, you know, kind of up to sponsor this show. But I also wanted you to hit on the other businesses, which you've done because it's not just the, it's not just the Tony the Taylor show. I mean, everybody else. I mean, everybody's taking part of it. And again, that vibrant downtown. And I think people kind of, you know, and Holly Jolly Brawley has been such a big part of that over the last, you know, the last holiday seasons. I have to tell you, Kevin Madison and Morgan Morrison, they work their tails off year round. for this event. And every year they make it better and better and better. And I'm pumped for the drone show. The last year was good. This year it's going to be spectacular. Yeah, yeah. I've got a text here for you that says, how do you know measurements are accurate if you're going by what someone posts on an online order? Well, most things we sell online are belts, shoes, sportswear. Very rarely we get things that we don't do anything custom made online except for belts. We have custom belts online. And we call them, and that's the way it is, or I will go visit them. We don't really sell custom shirts online. It's impossible to do accurately. Well, and the great thing I think about your store is... People can go in there and they can shop and not, you know, you guys are experts. You and Ryan, you know, you do a great job and you go in and, okay, I got a formal event coming up. Help me. And I know I've hung out at your store enough to know that, that you get a lot of that. People coming in or somebody bringing a kid in for a Christmas formal or something like that. And they don't know what they don't know, is they say. And even weddings. You know, we do three or four weddings a weekend. which is a huge business. We're probably the largest tuxedo rental place in the thing. Well, we're cheaper than everybody else and we do it better than everybody else. So it's just fun. But we interview you first. We just want to give you something. We want to make sure you look good and feel good when you leave and answer your event. That's important. Yeah. Look good and feel good. Now, you're a Charleston guy. I mean, born and bred and like what I always say. You're born and bred when you die, you'll be Charleston dead. But talk about people always want to look back on any town, Tony. And they all want to say, well, this, I remember how it. how it used to be. And that's okay. People have a tendency to look back through rose-colored glasses sometimes, you know, and it's not always like it's like with music, you know. Oh, the music of the 80s was the best of all. Yeah, it really was. Really was. I mean, but we look about it, you know, but talk about what it was like. And there's still a lot of positive things going on, but talk about growing up in Charleston East End kid and what Charleston was like. And my point is not to say it was better then than it is now. I'm just saying it's just different. It's just different. It's just the way it is. I mean, again, and my dad started the store in 1974, and I had to go to work. I was nine years old, and downtown was thriving. It was...

busy and it's where everything wasn't as like every downtown in america was like that and then the mall was built and charleston was kind of on the forefront of building a mall downtown rather than out in the outskirts which sucked down life out of downtown well this mall did suck the life out of downtown uh just four or five blocks away uh however it um We stayed downtown because we're a downtown store. Men don't go to shopping malls. And we thrived and thrived and grew and grew. And then investment came downtown, professionals buying these buildings, rehabbing them, which puts people. down there. And then what happens? Restaurants open up and service stores open up. And it's just a part of retailing. Then malls started to decline in the late 90s. This is the reality of it all over America, not just in Charleston. And then Strip Shopping Center started opening up on the outskirts. If you go to Columbus, you're right, oh, I've got to go to Easton and go to Columbus. That's not an indoor mall. It's an outdoor mall. People who owned the town center, when they sold their portfolio, except for the town center, because it was heavily in debt, the group of the Australian, big mall group, every mall they bought of the 24, the 25 malls of 24 they bought, they tore them all down and turned them into outdoor shopping, many downtowns, basically. And that's just the way it is. It's all over the country. The Internet really, you know, might have hurt malls a little bit. However, what we see now is people will shop on our store locally on the Internet and then come and pick it up in the store and then augment their purchase. And a lot of larger retailers are seeing that if you're paying attention and reading like the Wall Street Journal about retailing. Well, and you're a person that is never shy to give opinions, so I'm going to ask you your opinion of the town center. The current state of the town center? It is sad to me. There no way it will ever work. It just needs to be leveled and rebuilt into an entertainment and arts district. You're right beside a $100 million facility. You need restaurants. You need entertainment-style stores. That's the only way of work. People who want to buy and have all these ideas, they're just clueless to retail. They have zero idea what they're doing. We're thinking about. I like people who think about it, but again, their ideas are just shot. Well, I mean, it was originally, you know, and this has gone back and forth, and we've had Commissioner Selango and the mayor and others on to talk about this that originally we talked about taking the town center. and, you know, making it into an aquatic center and then the funding, you know, kind of went away. And then that's still, it's still going to happen there. But you've got to understand that that mall is owned by a private company as it stands right now. And that private company, as long as they're paying their taxes and as long as they're not, there's no, you know, there's not any major issues there, not really a lot people can do. I don't understand their business model. They've done this in other places. The whole group is.

purchase malls and let them and just let them decline. That's what they do for tax reasons, I suppose. I don't know. And I say that to say, I agree with you 100%. I am a supporter of something for that mall that's not, I mean, and these people that say, Tony, well, if we just put a blank in there, it was Dave and Busters. You know, God bless one of my former producers. If they just put a Dave and Busters, they'd save them all. If we just put a, you know, whatever. No, not one store is not going to save the mall. It's not about, it needs to be an entire. an entire entertainment complex. It needs to be leveled. But when you have these people that come in for these big events, like out at Shawnee and whatever, they may play a game at 6 o'clock on a Friday night and not play another one until 1 o'clock on Sunday. Well, what are they going to do? They're not going to sit in a hotel room. They've got to have something to do. They come down to Tony the Taylor. No, we do. We get tons of direct business from these soccer tournaments and softball tournaments and these large youth sports. If I may talk about the sports complex real quick. We're just waiting on the federal funding. We are waiting, Shelley Moore and at the time, Senator Manchin, we have an earmark. And these guys in Washington can't get their stuff together and to get a budget done. And when it's done, the earmark will pop up and we will get it. And then we can finish. We've done our part. The city of Charleston and the county has done their part. And we're just waiting for your congresspeople who are dueless to do their part. Then they will move forward. These things just aren't built overnight. In the Aquatic Center. there's a reason they're all non-profit because they are abhorably expensive and the maintenance on them is out of control. I can see that. And every private one has obviously, I mean, just do a little reading and research. There's money pits because, again, they're dealing with water. I think it would be great, but who's going to pay for it? Are you willing to pay? Are you willing to pay more taxes to have that? Okay. And nobody is. They're not. He's never shy with opinions. That's one of the reasons why you and I get along so well, I think. All right. Tell us, let's recap the Small Business Saturday again. Your business is going to be closed tomorrow and Friday. You'll open up on Saturday, but there's a lot of activities going on downtown. Final 45 seconds of yours. Final 45 seconds. We have Black Friday Art Walk downtown, Holly Jolly Braw, Saturday, Small Business Saturday. We open at 10, close at 5, which are a long day, come down. free parking in all the garages and all the meters on Saturday. Also, I want to mention we're having Alan Edmonds and a Brax trunk show on December 4th, a week from Thursday. It's a huge event, great deals, and I appreciate you having me on here, Dave. So what you're saying is you're going to suck more of my money out of my pocket, right? Actually, I stop by payroll and there's four-year check to me. Well, you know, you'll have a period. All right. I appreciate it. A text says, wait, you both said people are coming here to shop, but we can't support them all. Correct, because specialty stores don't are located in malls. That's right. But your business is good. It's huge. I mean, it grows every year. It grows every year. We're the largest men's clothing store in a 200-mile radius. Okay.

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Welcome back to the show, 15 minutes away from 10. Texas, Easton does have an indoor section. That's right, they do. And we appreciate that. Tony was talking about Easton up in Columbus, that there is an indoor section. But the majority of it is outdoors, I would think. Texas says as a business owner, don't get political. You saw what going one way did to Budweiser a few years ago. Keep your political views to yourself. Well, appreciate the text. No Tony does too, but you just don't know Tony the Taylor. Just, I don't say that in the best possible way. Didn't the public vote on an aquatic center put that in the mall like promise? Well, no, they did not. Texas, how many other men stores are in 200 miles with Charleston? And large in terms of sales, square footage, spirit opinion. Well, let's see. I'm going to say. within 200 miles of Charleston, I can name off the top of my head at least, at least, 15, at least 15. I'm saying, off top of my head, at least 15. I know Tony's got a list because, you know, he does things like that. So we'll try to get you about 15, I would say. But Dave Allen, that's just a, and if Tony's, if I'm wrong, I know you're listening, you can text me. The Dave Allen Show and 580 Live Brown 2 part by Huston's Pizza. This month, get a large 18-inch pepperoni pizza and an 8 inch chocolate chip cookie. Only 2399. Check out your nearest hustins for delivery down-end. or pick up at husten's pizza.com. There is a new... Director of Capital Markets, Chuck McGill's name, and he joins us right now. Good morning, sir. Welcome to the show. Good morning. Your name's certainly familiar to those of us right here, but those who may not know who you are. Give us your background. Sure. Born and raised in Charleston. I grew up, I guess, the first in South Charleston, then the west side, and then I'm an Eastern Canal County product. It's last class of DuPont High School. We shut it down. Okay. They said we're done after this point. That's it. Yeah, so my roots are in Charleston. We came back in 2009. My wife is from Pittsburgh, and she came back with me. We had our son here. I worked at the Charleston Daily Mail. Then when the Gazette and Daily Mail merged, was the sports editor there. And then spent my last 10 years in collegiate athletics, first at Marshall University and for the past 15 months at the Mountain East Conference. So I've been at the Division I, Division I level of college athletics. So a very non-linear journey here. But I'm back to work, you know, back home, you know, and I grew up running around Plaza East and going to a capital market when it was still a recycling facility. Like, you know, so, you know, I understand the history there and the tradition and the nostalgia that comes with it. And when I saw it, you know, I just, I went after it with gusto. What was it that made, made it appealing to you? Yeah. I mean, the, the, the, you know, we, we.

Took my son there when he was, you know, when he was a toddler. And, you know, I think. You know, convincing people that I'm not just a sports guy was a thing that I was at least concerned about. The hiring committee seemed less concerned about it as I went through. But, you know, I'm a music guy. I'm an arts guy. I love museums. I love food. You know, my interests are varied. And, you know, capital market for us was, you know, a cornerstone of Charleston. It's where we took. you know, out of town visitors. That's where we, you know, it's what we wanted, when we wanted to showcase Charleston, what we were about, that's where we went. I was going to say because whenever people come to Charleston, my experience has been, and my wife's company would say the same thing when they came to Charleston. We have time in the evening. Where do we need to go? That was always number one. You got to go to Capital Market. 100%. So there's established brand there, and I have an appreciation for that nostalgia, the memories that people make, you know, sorting through. Through pictures, I can see my son with pumpkins. We went there and picked out our Christmas trees. You know, when we lived in South Hills in Charleston, it was always a big thing for me to have the hanging flowers. You know, so my wife and I would go and pick out the flowers. And, you know, we'd go inside the Capitol Market. We were there for an event a few weeks ago, and my son wanted to go in and get something from the sushi garden. You know, so, like, it's just, it has everything, and it's everything that I want Charleston to be. And so to kind of be a caretaker of it, like it's a really big deal to me. What is your vision for capital market? Yeah, I mean, we want to grow. There's challenges there. There's built-in challenges as far as it being kind of landlocked on all four sides with parking lots or Smith Street. But we want to grow, find ways to grow, find ways to engage the community more. and create that next generation of people who care about the market. You know, that's, you know, my son's 13 years old. So I want him to grow up and have children, and that's their destination on the weekends or the evenings or whatever. So I want it to be a really family-friendly place and, you know, a place where everybody goes, like you're saying, and kind of be that gem of Charleston. Can you hang out with me here one second? Yep, because here's a shocker. We went a little bit long with Tony the Taylor. That's fine. I imagine that. Tony's worth it. No, he's not. All right, I don't take a break. I do want to let you know with the Dave Allen Show on 580 Live is brought to part by Morgan America's largest injury law firm. If you're injured, visit for the people.com. More with Chuck McGill, the new director of Capital Market when we come back on the voice of Charleston. The Dave Allen Show is presented in part by Generations Ford in Hurricane, part of the Eric J. Tar family of businesses. Fall is here and the only thing that's falling faster than the leaves in West Virginia are the prices on Jeep Grand Cherokees at Walker, Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Hurricane. Right now, Gene and Ryan have over 50 Grand Cherokees in stock and each one of them have been marked down. Walker has the largest selection of Grand Cherokees in the Knaw Valley and all of them need new homes. Check this out. Grand Cherokee Limited with third row seating, now Walker priced with up to $11,000 off MSRP. And you know you're going to get the best deal

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The director of marketing and communications at Capital Market started adding things to my calendar. And I was like flipping through. And I was like, okay, this events that night, the parades this night, the market mingles this night. It's loaded. And I think that speaks well of Charleston, that there's always something going on. And the synergy that the market has with downtown. And, you know, there's, there's trolleys going around, taking you from place to place. there's vendors and there's music and there's something to do every night, you know, this weekend with the tree lighting ceremony. So I think it's really cool, the vibe and the momentum that Charleston has, especially around the holidays. Talking to Chuck Miguel, again, who is the new director of Capital Market. I want to throw this in here, this little promotion that we're going to be doing starting next week. You can save up to 60% off. This is WV bargains is what we call. Save up to 60% off on items like certificates to Eddie's Tire and Service, pest control services from Spotlight Pest Control. places from fireside and patio, tent rentals from Quatum, 60% off car detailing services from Hocity Auto Spa, jewelry certificates from petted jewelry, tax services from penny, pinchers, certificates to Dunbar Furniture and more items all across the valley and across the state, really across state lines too, in our surrounding states where we have WVRC media properties. And again, it's going to kick off next Monday. It'll run through the fifth. WVargans.com. WVBorgans is a WVRC media promotion. All right. So we talked about some of the struggle. of capital market, mainly not of your own doing, or the market's undoing, but just because you are kind of landlocked there. But on your wish list, and I'm not saying these are going to be promises from Chuck McGill, okay? But on your wish list, what would you like to see? I think I've been really encouraged. So I've been in Huntington for nine years. But we've come back all the time because Charleston's my home. My mom and dad are here. My aunts and uncles are here. And what I've seen from the downtown and how. you know, a rising tide lifts all boats situation. So you get Five Street and then you get short story, for example. I think having the area around the market also lifted up would benefit the market. Yeah. So I think that's a very long-term, ambitious goal. But with the ballpark there and the light the night and all that brings and kind of the natural flow to the market, if the area around the market was also. enhanced. I think that would benefit the market a lot with its proximity to the interstate and the, you know, the interchange is there and easy on and off. I would love to see. that area kind of lifted up like the downtown's been lifted lifted up. But that's a, you know, very long run. It's not outside of my control. Exactly. Exactly. But that's why we call it a wish list. Yeah, absolutely. And you're talking about being in Huntington. I think it's amazing what they have done with Pullman Square in Huntington because I was a student at Marshall in the early 1990s. And we all remember the super block. It had been talked about going back to the 80s. They're going to build this big thing down. And it was just promise after promise broke it. And then, lo and behold, one day, Pullman Square pops up. And it has totally. revitalize that area. Absolutely. And that's a great blueprint for us to follow. And I've watched that, you know, I went to Huntington in 2016 and was able to watch that kind of evolve over the year. So that's, you know, in game, that would be my top goal.

All right. Well, Chuck, I appreciate you stopping by the show. And I know you're going to do great things over there. You've got a great marketing director in Candace, but you also got a great board of directors over there. Big shout out to my man, Stephen Keith, and the folks over there. So we'll let you get out of here and let you go downtown and judge from Christmas trees. And we'll have you on a few more times between now and Christmas. And, of course, you're always welcome here throughout the year. Appreciate you, man. All right. Thank you, Dave. All right. Thanks a lot. We're going to transition over and talk to my man, T. TJ Meadows coming up at the top. Hang out with me just once. Can you give me like two or three minutes? That's because I need to talk to you a little bit. Okay, but I'm going to turn your microphone off now. How's that? All right. DJ Meadows is here. What you're going to talk on? It's the after show, buddy. That's what you stick around for. The after show. The after-party show. Go ahead. 1006 E. Gordon Gee joins us today. You know, Dr. Gee penned another commentary that was in the Hill talking about college athletics. He's been talking more now that he's not a president. 100%. Which I really enjoy. So we're going to get into that with Gordon. We'll probably talk things. and a host of other things as well with him. Bridget Lambert of the West Virginia Retailers Association on Black Friday joins us at 1030. Hoppy's in at 11.06. He's got issues with what the CDC has done about vaccine warnings, courtesy of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.. So we'll talk about that. And I'm sure other, you know, top, like there's nothing to talk about, Dave. There's nothing going on that Hoppe would want to opine about. My buddy Mike McKenna. has a great piece out. He's a columnist for the Washington Times talking about Thanksgiving. We'll speak with him on that. I want to pick his brain on a few things, Trump. He used to be, he was in the Trump administration during the first term. And so he's got that unique perspective as well. I want to talk about tariffs. I want to talk about going after James Comey. And several other things with Mike as well. All right. Now, a programming note, there will be no local show of mine tomorrow and Friday. I'll be back on Monday, but Metro News Midday is coming up later today. We'll have the best of Metro News Midday tomorrow and then a live show on Friday. No Amanda Barron on Friday for Metro News Midday. I will be here. Speedy Bevins, broadcasting legend will be my guest host. How great is that? Yeah, pretty cool. Pretty cool. I might stick around and just listen to a little of that. Well, come on in. Come on in, ma'am. All right. We got to go. I'll see you later today. I'm Metro News Midday. Until later. I had to think for a minute. I have fun and love somebody.

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