Sunday, July 17, 2011

Mistakes Were Made.....

   I am a horrible self critic, a double Virgo if that gives you any insight. However, some of the mistakes I have made as a professional DJ are just plain hysterical. My first day as I was pre-recording the weather, in the country station, A listener called me at 6:05 AM to say," Alright, I 've had it with the weather report, I want my cowboy show back."I had the studio mic on and not the audition mic. That was my first day.

On my second day at the rock station, the main computer shut down, and I thought I had somehow caused it "Throw on a CD," the engineer suggested through the phone. I don't know how, no-one showed me the buttons. I sat quietly and figured that one out. It took a minute before I threw on a Tom Petty CD and the engineer re-programmed the computer. Ten minutes of dead air wasn't so bad.

Last week when I programmed the weather report for the night shift, I hit the wrong button and my test weather from the Winter played over the air. Yes it was July and The weather report called for six fresh inches of snow....

Yesterday, I said, "Hope your having a good Sunday", until a listener called to correct me, "Uhm Dear, It is Saturday." Yes it most certainly is....

This week I trained to do the sports games on the AM station. You have to listen carefully and push the right buttons when the innings are finished. I was panicking. Baseball is somewhere between a slow dose and a really good nap for me. However, I pulled it together, and didn't make any mistakes on my first game. Go figure...

I realized that with live radio, anything can go wrong. But as humiliating as the mistakes are, I would not change a thing. I love live radio and I know that I keep on improving every week, and that my mistakes aren't so bad after all.

We'll see what happens next week on my show. Hopefully, it will be smooth sailing, but you never know...

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