[3] While completing his degree at UCSB, Germain felt drawn to the business of talk radio.
[2] After assignments screening phone calls for the station, Germain was given his own weeknight show, Ask Mr.
[5] In January 1997 after a 3-month contractually mandated non-competition period, Germain brought his show to KABC as Ask Mr.
[5] As part of promoting his show on the new station, newspaper ads ran in Los Angeles area papers claiming that Mr. KABC had been switched at birth and that explained his time as Mr.
[citation needed] Initially, the show received poor ratings due to inconsistent time slots.
[6][7][8] Germain stated, "Her [Miller's] show was cancelled because the station believes that I am a better fit and that my ratings are on the rise.
[10] It was announced in March 2007 that Germain had joined a revamped KTLK lineup, which had just dropped its Air America affiliation.
[citation needed] When Skype ended that aspect of service on September 1, 2008, Germain transitioned to a mixture of live shows and podcasts.
Germain and his family left the Los Angeles area and relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada.
His brother, Paul Germain, is an animation screenwriter and producer best known for Rugrats, Recess, and Lloyd in Space.