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May 10, 2011
The Ass In AssetInterns can be a wonderful asset, but the overzealous ones can pose problems. Like Corey, an affable college junior who wants on-the-air now!
So Corey did what all DJ-wannabes usually do. He made an audition tape. Only, Corey exercised bad judgment. He figured it would be okay to go into the production studio after hours and just assign himself any old cart number in the ENCO system. Corey picked a number and used it to park his demo there.
We know this because our station's production director just suffered spontaneous combustion before our very eyes in the hallway. Corey erased over a spot that was scheduled to play in morning drive. An alert producer listened to it before it aired.
Corey is now prohibited from going anywhere near the production room without permission.
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May 3, 2011
Erection ResultsYou cringe when you hear it on the radio ... especially, when you hear it on YOUR station. It happens to the best of them. But still... Kelli was wrapping up a live report for the morning news. It was flawless -- until she got to the lockout. "I'm Kelli Johnson for ...
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April 19, 2011
K-CIAThe report on the new weekend fill-in jock wasn't good. It had nothing to do with his on-air performance. He sounded great. Had fun with callers. Did some tight breaks. And ran our finicky digital audio system without locking it up. All in all, remarkable, really, for ...
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April 12, 2011
Party Line"Party when you have a great Arbitron ratings book ... your next book might not be so great." That's the best advice I've ever heard from a consultant. With that in mind, we started hooting, hollering and high-fiving each other when the numbers came in for the youngest ...
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April 5, 2011
March EnvyI thought I was well respected by my staff. I thought they bought into my "no surprises" philosophy. I thought I'd cultivated a relationship of trust with them, so they could feel comfortable coming to me with anything. But this morning, my bubble was burst. My feelings ...
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March 29, 2011
Sucking It UpIs there a doctor in the house? Next, my promotions director breaks the news to me that there might be a little problem with the cosmetic surgeon who's tied to a $5,000 liposuction procedure we're giving away on the station. "He's a convicted felon, just out of a ...
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March 22, 2011
Eye SpySometimes, I feel more like the ringmaster of a three-ring circus than a PD. Take today, for instance. The night host on my Talk station has to re-cut her spots where she personally endorsed LASIK eye surgery. "It's wonderful ... amazing ... no complications" she gushed ...
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March 16, 2011
Naked MascotJeez, now there were problems with the Promotions Director on our Country station. She'd assured me at our weekly programming meeting that she had everything covered for Thursday night's beer and wine festival downtown. I didn't give it a second thought. The night of the ...
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March 8, 2011
Taking One For The TeamBeing in radio, you know what really ticks me off? Standing in a long line at Will Call, then finally reaching the window, only to learn that-- after an exhaustive search by a $6-an-hour clerk who couldn't spell G-E-D if you spotted them the G, there are no tickets in ...
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March 1, 2011
The Ballad Of Bad JudgmentYou know what's worse than catching a screw-up by a radio station employee? Having the consultant catch it before you do. A random check of a Selector backup disk revealed that the music director for our Country station had been dayparting ballads on her own. And she'd ...