Long before the end of the Drew and Mike show was known, Mike had been building a home studio. The idea was to continue doing the Drew and Mike show and on the weekends put together a podcast that would not have any FCC regulations. It was a new and promising medium for broadcasters who were being handcuffed around the country. At that time, it seemed as though weekly, big powerful shows were bein
g torn down for ‘offending’ small groups of people; groups that had no history of listening to such shows in the first place. After the announcement was made that the Drew and Mike show would be ending, it seemed like the perfect time to start the podcast. The DrewCast launched, hosted by Drew Lane , Marc Fellhauer and Mike Wolters. Episode 1, simply called the “D, M & M Show”, was posted online and within 24 hours, Tim Krukowski, former bassist from the rock band Sponge, called and was on board to fine tune the audio for the show. Sure to his promise, Tim got the show up and running with a more professional sound and web presence. Tim, serving as engineer, brought stability for many months to come. The DrewCast was never intended to be a long-term show, but it was a start. After only 17 episodes, Drew and Marc were off to Detroit Sports 105.1 FM, and it was decision time for Mike. Should he join Drew and Marc back on terrestrial radio, or bet his entire career on a long-shot with podcasting, without a partner or a team? The decision was a terrifying one – Drew is the best at what he does, as was Marc. The logical choice would be to go along with them to continue the legacy and make things easy. Mike decided ‘F**k it!’ On with The Detroit Cast! The Detroit Cast started with a call to Mike Clark. Would he like to do a little show out of Mike Wolters’ basement? Clark was in and The Detroit Cast began. The problem was that there was no money in doing it this way – no sponsors, no advertisers. It’s easy to get on board with a project when people are getting paid for what they do, but at this time it just wasn’t an option. So the show started as 3 days per week, and it was anything but easy. Let’s be honest, Mike and Mike aren’t quite ‘start-a-business’ kind of guys. After some fun and funny shows, Mike Clark needed to tend to some family issues and had to do what was best for him and part ways with the podcast, which was understandable. By this time there was a new engineer in the mix, Jay Timko. Mike then convinced former Drew and Mike show intern Eric Fadie into quitting his job in radio on the other side of the state, move BACK into his parents’ basement and become part of a show that paid nothing.
