Being a Radio DJ is boring!!

[Kenazo]

I'm sitting here in the control room for our local Country music station, being the "producer" for a Junior hockey game. boring.......

anyway, does anyone else work in the radio biz? i'm the evening guy here at "Country 1570 CKMW" Does this job ever get exciting, besides knowing that hundreds of ppl who you don't know know you?

 

[Analog]

Originally posted by: Kenazo
I'm sitting here in the control room for our local Country music station, being the "producer" for a Junior hockey game. boring.......

anyway, does anyone else work in the radio biz? i'm the evening guy here at "Country 1570 CKMW" Does this job ever get exciting, besides knowing that hundreds of ppl who you don't know know you?

i did a guest dj show once. it is dull. had a lot of wierdos calling in requests though.

 

[compudog]

I DJ'd for a few years while in college. It was very boring. Basically following the PD's play list and taking phone calls. I can see why so many DJ's come up with stupid contests, jokes and other fill to make it more interesting. The worst was when I filled in at a talk station. All programming came in via satellite. I just sat there and once an hour gave the call sign and played a news cart.

 

[Lvis]

What no radio groupies? Thought you guys spent all your free time on the phone lining up dates?

 

[minendo]

It is always fun to screw with people on the phone.

 

[Kenazo]

it's an AM station. no groupies here.. and my wife probably wouldn't approve if i had groupies.

 

[SnapIT]

Originally posted by: Kenazo
I'm sitting here in the control room for our local Country music station, being the "producer" for a Junior hockey game. boring.......

anyway, does anyone else work in the radio biz? i'm the evening guy here at "Country 1570 CKMW" Does this job ever get exciting, besides knowing that hundreds of ppl who you don't know know you?

play some pantera and watch the incoming line glow...

 

[Kenazo]

if i played any songs in the middle of a live hockey game, the lines would glow. my producer would be canning my hide.

 

[SnapIT]

Originally posted by: Kenazo
if i played any songs in the middle of a live hockey game, the lines would glow. my producer would be canning my hide.

Live dangerously... just do it... i swear to god, if i had the opportunity, i would....

 

[loup garou]

I loved DJing at my college station. I got to hear all kinds of new music, meet lots of people in the local music scene, and of course the people who phoned in were always fun. I guess commercial radio would suck, though.

 

[apoppin]

Try DJing at a POPULAR radio station.

I used to be the "Jacked-Up" Morning Show producer and had my own Saturday night radio show at Radio Free Hawaii (1995-1997). The phones NEVER (well almost never) stopped ringing.

I also used to prefer to work without an "intern" on my own show so I did a lot more work. We were an independant radio station with about a 5,000 CD library and probably the most popular "alternative" radio station in Honolulu (we were so "successful" we got "bought-out" by the competition).

It was the most FUN "job" I ever had. Some day I may return to radio as a DJ.

 

[thomsbrain]

i think it'd be fun if you got to choose what to play. otherwise, no way.

 

[Kenazo]

The Dj rarely picks what he plays. It's all produced days a head of time. can throw in requests, but if I'd rewrite the whole playlist, that would be... frowned upon.

 

[chiwawa626]

ehm, being a radio dj or a radio personality may be boring, but if u were beatmixing like a dj, that mite be fun

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: thomsbrain
i think it'd be fun if you got to choose what to play. otherwise, no way.

Actually. Radio Free Hawaii was "listener-driven". They set up BALLOT Boxes all over the Island and listeners VOTED for what they wanted played.

And there were endless hours of LISTENER REQUESTS (called "Monkey Train") where the "rotation" was THROWN-OUT (one I remember lasted for THREE days). And we DID get to MIX-BEATS (depending on what we were playing).

I MEAN it when I said it was FUN.

EDIT: I bet some of the AT Forum members from Hawaii remember 102.7FM as the most "unique" radio station - EVAR.

 

[Kenazo]

I'm jealous, If i was on that kind of station I'm sure I would like it. This station has a few strikes against it:

1. small town
2. country
3. am
4. i'm the evening guy.
5. if i wasn't running a hockey game.

 

[Aceshigh]

I used to be really interested, but several people in the industry warned me the pay for the most part is ridiculous.

I would still be interested if I could find a cool metal station to work at, and could pick my own playlists and pretty much do my own thing on-air. Chances of that happening though are virtually nil.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Kenazo
I'm jealous, If i was on that kind of station I'm sure I would like it. This station has a few strikes against it:

1. small town
2. country
3. am
4. i'm the evening guy.
5. if i wasn't running a hockey game.

Just keep your "demo" tapes in good order. 1-5 can change rather easily if you like radio AND:

1. Move
2. Pick a station with a format you like better
3. move to FM
4. A "reliable" evening guy has opportunities to move to daytime (but I had the MOST fun at night)
5. . . . (etc.)


EDIT:Aceshigh, Simply start your OWN radio station.

 

[katka]

I went out with one once or twice. I went down to the station when he was working and relieved his boredom though.:Q

 

[Kenazo]

on a good note, the home team just won the game 5-3 after being down 3-2 at the beginning of the third.... guess i better get voice tracking, do the weather, sports etc.....

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: katka
I went out with one once or twice. I went down to the station when he was working and relieved his boredom though.:Q

Really, how?






I used to like when I could pick any Janes' Addiction song . . . those 15 minute long songs were awesome for . . . uh . . . "breaks".

Actually, I almost forgot - the most interesting thing on the Morning Show were the guests . . . Tommy Chong (guess what he brought?)
. . . the perks (free concerts - imagine what good "alternative" shows pass thru Honolulu) . . . etc.

 

[katka]

Really, how?

Told ATOT jokes and tap danced how else?

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: katka

Really, how?

Told ATOT jokes and tap danced how else?

On the air?

:Q

 

[SnapIT]

Originally posted by: katka

Really, how?

Told ATOT jokes and tap danced how else?

Bah, i bet you had sex... didn't you?

And i miss my gf right now...

 

[katka]

On the air?

No, I was not on the air. He was on air in between breaks (music breaks for you wondering minds).

You had sex, didn't you!

No, I don't have sex.