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Career Memories and Crazy Stories

How's this for a wild and crazy story. It was in the dead of Winter 1987. Win Suitor gets a call from a certain egotistical morning guy aka Dr. Christ and hesgay.
There is hash coming over the transmitter. The freezing rain had stuck to the transmitter on Mad Mtn. So Win had to take the elevator up the tower and attempt to melt the ice. Meanwhile he was listening to the morning mouth. He heard him a couple of times refer to the engineer as "Moses". Win didn't like that too much. But that's what you get when you have to deal with low rent talent.
 
I was an intern and later got hired at an New Haven AM/FM combo back in the 80's. One time the night jock decided to have party in the FM studio. The Ops Mgr was listening and thought his words sounded too slurred. So he goes to the station about 9 and sees the studio window covered. The jock was in there with a bunch of girlies and a bottle of alcohol and some c cane. He was fired instantly and they called me in to run a syndicated show on LP until midnight. That was my opportunity!
 
I remember being a board op for KC101 day at Quassy Amusement Park back in the early 90's. The midday on air talent there was so stoned she couldn't remember the call letters and walked all over every intro to every other song. I actually didn't have her break in for an hour. Top of the hour ID 3 tunes, breaker, 4 units of spots, jingle more tunes. LMAO! So the PD hotlines me to bust my chops......."my aren't we sounding bad today"? What the f@ck is going on over there????? I said "think she's having a good time!" lol
 
Everyone who has worked in the biz has a bizarre story or two. So many crazy tales and so little time. Anyone remember the old Harris 9000 Automation system
at AVZ? That was a chain reaction clusterf@ck bomb waiting to go off? Anyone have a horror story relating to that PC Windows pre-historic beast?? Do tell
 
I remember moving over KCI and AVZ over to RTP from the bunker in North Haven back in 1993. We were over in the RTP reception area and the double R was reading the paper laying on the couch. He looks over the paper and said "Oh it's the KC Kiddies on moving in day" Then he rolled off the couch and floated a biscuit ::) ::).
 
Here's a real whacked out story. I remember AVZ airing New Haven Nighthawks games in the mid 80's. Some sales putz decided to air Bernies midnight madness remote drops on a Saturday night during the hockey game. We had the morning talent at the Branford location and the afternoon guy at the one in Orange. The announcer doing play by play was in Canada and couldn't hear the station and there was no way he could hook up to a listen line. Goals were being missed while Bernies midnight madness was going on. ROTFL! That was an Eastern Broadcasting/Bob Zimmerman classic broadcasting abortion!
 
KCI had just gotten the highest ratings since the format switch over in '79! A 12+ 14.7 for the fall Arb book 1989.
The PD decided to have a big celebration in a couple of weeks at the Yankee Silversmith Restaurant in Wallyworld.
That night was like Scotland yard. FOGGY! The 2 morning ego maniacs decide to no show. They were too good to be around the rest of the staff.
The PD Stands up and says "Where are my 3 and 4 hitters when I need them the most?" "Well, the people that really count are here" "F those 2" and let's celebrate!
 
videokilledtheradiostar said:
I remember being a board op for KC101 day at Quassy Amusement Park back in the early 90's. The midday on air talent there was so stoned she couldn't remember the call letters and walked all over every intro to every other song. I actually didn't have her break in for an hour. Top of the hour ID 3 tunes, breaker, 4 units of spots, jingle more tunes. LMAO! So the PD hotlines me to bust my chops......."my aren't we sounding bad today"? What the f@ck is going on over there????? I said "think she's having a good time!" lol
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