You Know You're An Old D.J. when...

LtDunsel · Post by **LtDunsel** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:06 pm

You Know You're An Old D.J. when...

1. You remember being hired by a GM who actually worked in radio before becoming a GM.

2. Sales guys wore Old Spice to cover the smell of liquor.

3. You worked for only ONE station ... and you knew the guy who owned it.

4. You remember when normal people listened to AM radio, and only "hippies" listened to FM.

5. Radio stations used to have enough on-air talent to field a softball team every summer.

6. You used to smoke in a radio station and nobody cared.

7. You can remember the name of the very first female who was hired in your market as a DJ.

8. You'd spend hours splicing and editing a parody tape until it was "just right. But you didn't give a damn how bad that commercial was that you just cut.

9. You played practical jokes on the air without fear of lawsuits.

10. You still call CDs "records". (Not me, tho I DO call 'em "albums")

11. You answer your home phone with the station call letters.

12. You used to fight with the news guy over airtime. After all, what was more important - the joke about your ex-wife or that tornado warning?

13. You have a bunch of old aircheck cassettes in a cardboard box in your closet that you wouldn't dream of letting anyone hear -- but you'll never throw them out or tape over them. Never!

14. You still have dreams of a song running out and not being able to find the control room door.

15. You remember telling a listener, "Yeah. I'll get that right on for you."

16. You're the proud owner of a Third Class License with a broadcast endorsement.

17. People who ride in your car often ask, "Why is your radio so loud?"

18. You have pictures of you with famous people that you haven't seen since the photo was taken -- and they wouldn't know you today if you ran over them with a car.

19. You could do that annoying "radio voice" at the drop of a hat. At parties none radio people who knew you always asked that you say something in "that" voice.

And finally...

20. You remember when teenagers, cars, cruisin' and radio were inseparable.

In other words, you remember when radio was all-important, not an afterthought.

Uncle Shishkabob · Post by **Uncle Shishkabob** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:23 pm

Hey Lt

Good stuff. Your resumee resembles mine.

For whom did you work for at WLIT? Paul Miles, Ray Reich or Fred Staffilino?

LtDunsel · Post by **LtDunsel** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:51 pm

I worked there for Ray Reich, back in 79. I was there when two of the four towers went KER-BANG, and we hadda broadcast from the transmitter shack, cause one of the towers had the microwave dish on it...Ahhh, the good ole days....Still talk to Jim Trefney every once in a while online..

Oldiesdude · Post by **Oldiesdude** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 5:19 pm

I loved your list! .... I really like:

16. You're the proud owner of a Third Class License with a broadcast endorsement.

OH YEA!!!!!!!

What are the min. requirements at the moment ..... "You have to be breathing?"

genlock · Post by **genlock** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 6:01 pm

no, just cheap.

lastone · Post by **lastone** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:18 pm

"You have to be breathing?"

Humans are no longer required in radio. Just ask one.

On the other hand....radio is no longer required listening. Try to find one.

Bar Rat · Post by **Bar Rat** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:23 pm

8 out of 20... I'm not that old.

I do remember Cruise Avenue in Huntington and the Top Ten at Ten on WKEE that was actually done by real voting.

And I was a combination -- I listened to AM and FM.

Dave Allen · Post by **Dave Allen** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:23 pm

I liked the list, although I think it has been posted here before. Pretty good, nonetheless.

herdgirl72 · Post by **herdgirl72** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:06 am

Bar Rat wrote:8 out of 20... I'm not that old.

I do remember Cruise Avenue in Huntington and the Top Ten at Ten on WKEE that was actually done by real voting.

And I was a combination -- I listened to AM and FM.

I met one of my boyfriends on Cruise Avenue...

oops..did I say that out loud?

Lee · Post by **Lee** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:37 am

Back in the day it was called "cruising."

These days it's called "drive-bys"

Big Media · Post by **Big Media** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:27 pm

Bar Rat wrote:8 out of 20... I'm not that old.

I do remember Cruise Avenue in Huntington and the Top Ten at Ten on WKEE that was actually done by real voting.

And I was a combination -- I listened to AM and FM.

LMAO! I used to vote for that shit. I would also participate in the "Smash it or Trash it" stuff. Fun times.

I can't tell you how many times Gary put me on the air requesting some obscure song from years ago like "The Search is Over" or "Faithfully". I was a metal head and these were my ballads.

Memories.

It is funny because I told Gary these same stories years later when I met him shortly after his return to KEE.

PolishBear · Post by **PolishBear** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:28 pm

You know you're an old deejay when ...

... you HAVE to make sure the door to the on-air studio is closed because of the A.P. wire machine clattering and chugging away out in the hall!

Zak Tyler · Post by **Zak Tyler** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:02 pm

PolishBear wrote:You know you're an old deejay when ...

... you HAVE to make sure the door to the on-air studio is closed because of the A.P. wire machine clattering and chugging away out in the hall!

i still like the one...

talking up the post on a song, cueing up the next record, and going to squeeze one off, and trying to be back in time to hit your jingle. i learned once, it's VERY important to cue up that record BEFORE takin care of business, cuz if you get a hanger, you'll never have time to cue up the record when you get back. i think that's marconi's law or something.

lastone · Post by **lastone** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:51 pm

...the top of the hour ID is playing, you up the network pot and.........nothing.

Once again Mutual isn't there (for the 245th time).

Or....You know you'll get the High School game from Beckley on for you can hear C & P turning on the "noise" generators all the way up the line, making the class "A" loop a class "D" line!

Or....In the case of the wxcc Schaffer 903....if that's the National Anthem playing, it must be 1:04PM, exactly! (Instacart deck 1, slot 15)

Dave Allen · Post by **Dave Allen** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:48 pm

Another sign you're an old radio fart..

You can remember what a "cue burn" is, and that you had better be careful with anything on the Columbia or A&M record label, since both burn badly.

Arp2 · Post by **Arp2** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:55 pm

daveinthemorning wrote:Another sign you're an old radio fart..

Wow....I really thought something that included the word "Domino's" was coming up!

Dave Allen · Post by **Dave Allen** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:23 am

...you go into panic mode if you're in the car or in a store or something and you hear the words on THEIR radio "We'll pause 15 seconds for station ID. This is...."

Dave Loudin · Post by **Dave Loudin** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:16 am

daveinthemorning wrote:Another sign you're an old radio fart..

You can remember what a "cue burn" is, and that you had better be careful with anything on the Columbia or A&M record label, since both burn badly.

AND you could tell the distributor of a minor label just by looking at the 45.

GlenBrannon1 · Post by **GlenBrannon1** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:42 am

Zak Tyler wrote:
PolishBear wrote:You know you're an old deejay when ...

i still like the one...

talking up the post on a song, cueing up the next record, and going to squeeze one off, and trying to be back in time to hit your jingle. i learned once, it's VERY important to cue up that record BEFORE takin care of business, cuz if you get a hanger, you'll never have time to cue up the record when you get back. i think that's marconi's law or something.

I thought that was why "American Pie" and "Hey, Jude" were always in the studio

Dave Loudin · Post by **Dave Loudin** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:23 am

American Pie does not count if you had to use two 45s.