Phlash Phelps

Gordon "Phlash" Phelps (born April 11, 1966) After winning a station contest he received a tour of the studios of Baltimore's WBSB (B-104); at age 15 he then knew that being a radio personality is what he wanted for a career. In addition, he listened to Rick Dees and the nationally syndicated Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 countdown show, which included plenty of sound effects and humor.

Phelps is known for travelling around the United States. By the time he was age 23 he had been to 49 states, with his 50th state, Alaska, added at age 29. He has travelled to different radio markets in the country to record the broadcasters.

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In September 2003, as part of promoting XM Satellite Radio, Phelps and colleague Kurt Gilchrist, a DJ on the service's companion '70s on 7 channel, embarked on a trip to visit all of the Lower 48 states within 14 days. They broadcast their shows from a customized SUV as the two-year-old service was expecting to soon gain its millionth subscriber. When the merger happened, Phelps was one of the few DJs to come through with his timeslot intact. Phelps stated in 2011 that of the sixteen personalities on the air when XM began in August 2001, he was one of only three remaining.

Phelps's role on radio has gotten him additional employment at times, such as in 2008 when he was named the voice of the Dow Louisiana Federal Credit Union.

By the time he was in his forties, he had visited all 50 states at least twice each.

Phlash Phelps makes constant reference to the highways of the United States in his "City of the Day" feature.

Since 2007, his shows have featured a "City of the Day" segment in which he gives indirect clues to some town or city in the United States (or sometimes Canada) and listeners call in with their guesses. Indeed, American geography is a focal point of Phelps's show, which fits in well with satellite radio having a national rather than local audience. Listeners call in from all across the country, with their current or intended location and the roads they are traveling on often being the focus of discussion. When he is off and a replacement is on-air, it is usually because he is out driving again. By the 2010s his on-air manner was considerably calmer than in the past, although he occasionally featured one of his fast-talking bits.

There is also a thoroughbred racehorse called Phlash Phelps, named following an on-air suggestion by Phelps that he would like a horse named after him just like his colleague Cousin Brucie had. The equine Phlash Phelps had a strong season on Maryland racetracks in 2015 as a four-year-old, culminating in a win in the Maryland Million Turf at Pimlico Race Course. He lost his attempt to defend that title in 2016, however, although still was a winning horse in other races, while his 2017 season was cut short by injury.

In April 2016, when Phelps turned 50 years old, he began a plan to visit all 50 states again within the space of a year. The venture gained enough publicity that the Lamar Advertising Company erected a billboard on Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania off an exit in Scranton to honor Phelps, who made the state second on his list.