Hollst, who works from a studio in his Xenia home, launched MyGreeneRadio.com on Feb. 1, 2016. He streams original music from area artists and locally produced podcasts, which are also archived on the site. The pre-produced shows run the gamut from the “Dayton DUI Podcast” with attorney Charles Rowland and the philanthropy-promoting “Greene Giving” to journalist Gery L. Deer’s “Deer in the Headlines” and “The BroadCast” hosted by Hollst’s wife, Mary, and two friends.
“The podcasts are these little segments talking about stuff related to Greene County or about slice-of-life or lifestyle topics,” he said. “I like the format because you don’t have any time constraints. It’s unfiltered and you have time to craft it. When you’re working on the radio, you don’t have a lot of time.
“I couldn’t get on any station I’ve ever worked at and spend 20 minutes talking nonstop about any topic,” Hollst said. “You’d have to stop for commercials or to do the weather, traffic or a station ID, and then you’ve got to play Bob Seger again.”
Hollst co-hosts several podcasts, including the music show, “County Crossroads,” “The Josh & Todd Podcast” and “Two Kinds of Love: My Adoption Story,” which chronicles his search for his birth parents.
“My wife is very supportive but she calls it a glorified hobby,” he said. “It’s a childhood dream I’ve sort of manifested, which is nice because, to me, the podcast and the ability to do it is the ultimate freedom.
“It’s our First Amendment quantified,” Hollst said. “I can say whatever I want to say, love it or hate it, and I can put it out there on the Internet and anybody can consume it. That’s pretty remarkable. We didn’t always have that ability, and that’s what makes this so special and also so important.”
HOW TO LISTEN: www.mygreeneradio.com
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