Back in undergrad I hosted a radio show at U of T, CIUT 89.5 FM in Toronto. Being the bum boy I had the graveyard shift 11 pm to 7 am. These were days of rock and roll bands , late 60's so the playlist was major raucous and drug fueled. Hardly remember a thing of those nights but students pulling all-nighters called in their favorites and new releases jolted the darkened silence.
I do remember the look on my replacement's face at 6.59 am when he arrived to start his show. I invariably played Hendrix and the Stones as the penultimate and final tunes saying good morning to the snoozers . The morning man had nothing to beat that and was suitably discouraged I thought.
Wow, 8 hour shift. When I started we had 4 hour shifts. Nowadays, the longest shifts we have are 3 hours. Occasionally, maybe a DJ by virtue of some accident might do a double shift (i.e. 6 hours).
My first regular show was 2-6AM, did that on Thursdays for 6 months and landed a 6-10AM show, and went from there. I've had every imaginable shift, have done more shows on my station than any DJ in history, doubt I'll be surpassed.
Yeah, Hendrix and Stones is finishing your show with a major flourish.
Way back when I didn't record my shows, but nowadays it's easy to do so and always make an MP3 of my show, and I always listen to it at least once and I can keep the files indefinitly, HD space is cheap. Back when, when I was damn poor, I sometimes reused my cassette tapes and therefore would forgo being able to relisten to the recorded-over show.