as friends in Bowie, Maryland. Auville and Flaim attended Eleanor Roosevelt High School; at the same time, Bickel met Bishop at DeMatha Catholic High School. Bickel and Flaim also attended the University of Maryland together. After graduating from college, the foursome and other friends hung out and often shared living quarters. In 1995, the four began their broadcasting career as a hobby with a 30-minute public-access television cable TV show in Bowie, Maryland featuring sports chat and irreverent humor. The show focused on the interplay of the foursome, featuring guests such as Playboy models, rock notables, and local sports celebrities such as University of Maryland basketball coach Gary Williams. Their high local ratings lead to their national debut on May 18, 1999, airing on about 50 affiliates of Westwood One's radio network. Through the show's history it occupied a night slot from 7-11 p.m. and 8-midnight from mid-2001 until early 2002. In October 2002, the show moved from WJFK to WHFS during the morning drive time slot. When WHFS changed formats from alternative rock to Spanish-language, the show returned to WJFK-FM in a lunchtime spot. In 2006, the Junkies' show returned to the morning drive, replacing The Howard Stern Show when it ended its run on terrestrial radio. In 2013, the Junkies returned to television with "Table Manners," a half-hour show on Comcast SportsNet Washington, featuring the four friends interviewing sports personalities over dinner at The Palm restaurant in Tyson's Corners, Virginia. The program debuted for an initial eight-episode run on February 6, 2013. About a decade earlier, the Junkies had been in negotiations with ESPN to do a television show, but the project fell through. "We just felt like we had unfinished business," said Junkie Eric Bickel. "We've been doing radio for almost 17 years now. There's more you can do. It just seemed almost wasteful for us to do our show, be done at 10, and then not doing anything else the rest of the day." On May 6, 2016, the Junkies celebrated 20 years on the air. In honor of their achievement, Washington, D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser proclaimed Sports Junkies Day in Washington during their broadcast.<ref>[http://washington.cbslocal.com/2016/05/06/dc-mayor-declares-may-6-sports-junkies-day/ DC Mayor declares May 6 "Sports Junkies Day"] CBS Local Washington</ref> Beginning on September 6, 2016, NBC Sports Washington simulcasted the show. In June 2018, the Junkies celebrated the first major championship for a Washington team in the show's history –