JEREMY HOVIES Known to his overnight audience on Sirius OutQ as “J.Ho,” Jeremy is one of the foremost authorities on GLBT music and artists. His broad tastes may have been a result of divine intervention from his days as a church choir boy. His expertise spans pop to punk, from folk to dance. Hovies previously worked as an associate producer for Sirius OutQ. Before that, he served as the Music Director and an award-nominated on-air talent for three years at the GAYBC Radio Network.

I think the best difference is we get to push the envelope much, much more on satellite radio than on terrestrial radio. I don’t have to edit songs with suggestive language. I can leave it as authentic and sometimes raunchy as it was originally recorded.

AE: Per your late night show Last Call, which airs nearly every night at 1am EST - How do you successfully work such a difficult schedule? How do you manage to do this show and still have a life? What's a typical day-in-the-life for Jeremy Hovies like?
JH: I’ve been a night owl since I was a teenager, so it really wasn’t difficult for me to work “vampire” hours. I love the nighttime. Everything is so much more quiet and peaceful.

One way I still have a life is that my partner has adjusted his sleeping schedule to be closer to mine. He cannot quite keep my vampire hours completely, but he still does a pretty good job at it. I also find that when you live in a big city like New York, you can always find something to do at anytime of the day.

A typical day for me is to get up and head to the Sirius studios to get ready for my show and then do it. When I get home I will watch movies that I’ve rented (generally horror films…my favorite genre of cinema); read a book; or play games on my X-Box. I do watch movies with my partner, as long as it’s not a horror. That’s not his favorite genre.

AE: Even though your show is on so late at night, you still get lots of phone call-ins from listeners. When I was on your show, at least some of the callers were from drivers on the road. What is your impression of the demographic of such late night callers?
JH: I get a lot of calls from truck drivers who have to be on the move 16+ hours a day. Most of these truck drivers are queer, but I have straight truckers who listen as well. I’m their companion while they drive hundreds of miles on the road late at night or early in the morning. They call from all over this country of ours. I love hearing where they might be at a particular time of night. They call in from towns with the strangest names. It’s great!

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