August, 1996: 
Dick Orkin and I produced the very first International Radio Creative & Production Summit, here in Los Angeles.
How did we happen to come up with that name for the event?
Well, during most of our months of preparation we didn’t have a name for it. When it came time to issue invitations to our list of desired guest speakers, however, we realized we had to give it some sort of temporary name.
That list included some pretty big names, and we didn’t want to give the (accurate) impression that Dick and I were making this whole thing up as we went along.
So Dick said to me, “Look, let’s just make up some impressive-sounding name that we can use when contacting these guest speakers, and then later on we’ll change it.”
The International Radio Creative & Voiceover Summit was the most pretentious title we could come up with.
Later, of course, we were too lazy to replace it with a more modest title. (Anyone having suggestions on how to make it sound even more pretentious is welcome to submit your suggestions.)
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“Bob O’Day”???? hehehe You have to love it when two “friends” get together and the familiarity connects.
Nice one Bob. You should don shades too.
This Dynamic Duo is among the best in the world!