Archive for September, 2002
A No Yawn Zone
I fully expect that someone, somewhere will overhear part of a conversation and tell someone else that the woman from the 680 News morning show is such a diva, “she won’t let people yawn in front of her.”
It’s a source of amusement for us at the core of the team and it’s sort of true. [...]
My First Star Interview
My first celebrity interview was to be The Rovers. A Canadian music staple, they were going through a rebirth and thus were no longer Irish in name. It was an attempt to go mainstream country and leave their green-alligator-and-long-necked-geese persona of a novelty act behind them. I was very excited. Who hadn’t seen them on [...]
Read More..>>Kooky Callers
Late-night announcers – and day-light announcers for that matter – get their share of crazy callers and pseudo stalkers. But they seem to multiply on the overnight show. And I had some real doozies at CKSL in London.
There’s one guy in particular I’ll never forget. I still remember his first name and the small town [...]
Weird Guy With A Knife
It was after 2 am. I was all alone in the building, hosting the overnight all-request show on CKSL in London when a security guard burst in through the control room door behind me.
He shouted, “Don’t worry – we know where he is. We’ve almost got him!” He ran back out of the room and [...]
The Day My Home Burned
This one’s a bit of a downer – but like an after-school special, there’s a moral at the end, something to be learned from the experience. And it helped shape me into the broadcaster, and the person, I am today.
I was part-way through a Sunday afternoon shift at CKSL when I got a call on [...]
A Tough Lesson
I was due to meet with the boss for an aircheck meeting. That’s when you sit and listen to a previously aired show on tape and endure the excruciating embarrassment of reliving each and every break all over again. If you’re REALLY lucky, the PD will stop the tape repeatedly and point out what you [...]
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