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You Know You're An Old D.J. when...
You remember first being hired by a GM who actually worked in radio
before becoming GM.
You excitedly turn the radio up at the sound of "dead air" on the
competitor's station.
Sales guys wore Old Spice to cover the smell of liquor.
You were playing Elvis' number one hits... when he was alive.
Engineers could actually fix things without sending them back to the
manufacturer.
You were concerned about playing music to please your local audience
rather than your consultant a thousand miles away.
You worked for only ONE station, and you could name the guy who owned it.
You remember when normal people listened to AM radio, and only "hippies"
listened to FM.
Radio stations used to have enough on-air talent to field a softball
team every summer.
You're at least 10 years older than the last two GM's who fired you.
You remember the days before computers when dead-air was not tolerated.
You meant to return that record album to the DJ on the next shift, but
the PD fired him before you got around to it.
You used to smoke in a radio station and nobody cared.
You still count the number of bells heard in the distance - - to
determine if you need to run and check the teletype machine for a bulletin.
You know the difference between good reel-to-reel tape and cheap
reel-to-reel tape.
Religious radio stations were locally owned, run by an old Protestant
minister and his wife, never had more than 20 listeners at any given
time, and still made money.
You have a white grease pencil, a razor blade, and a spool of 3M
splicing tape in y our desk drawer - - just in case.
You know people who actually listened to baseball games on the radio.
You can start a record, run down the hall, go to the bathroom, take a
crap, and be back in 2:50 for the segue.
The new guy you're training has never listened to an AM station. He
couldn't even name one in his own hometown if his life depended on it.
You knew exactly where to put the tone on the end of a carted song.
You spent most of the time on Friday nights giving out the high school
football scores. And when they weren't phoned-in, you got really pissed off.
You can remember the name of the very first girl that was hired in your
market as a DJ.
Somebody would say, "You have a face for radio", and it was still funny.
You always had a screwdriver in the studio so you could take a fouled-up
cart apart at a moment's notice.
You would spend hours splicing and editing a parody tape until it w as
"just right", but didn't give a damn how bad that commercial was you
recorded. Hey, I can only work with what they give me, right?
You still refer to CDs as "records".
Your family thinks you're successful, but you know better.
You played practical jokes on the air without fear of lawsuits.
There were always at least a dozen porn magazines lying around the studio.
You've been married at least 3 times, or, never married at all.
You answer your home phone with the station call letters.
You used to fight with the news guy over air-time. After all, what was
more important: your joke about your ex-wife, or that tornado warning?
You knew how to change the ribbon on the teletype machine, but you hated
to do it because "...that's the news guy's job."
You had listeners who only tuned in for the news, and not you. You could
never figure that out.
You know at least 3 people in sales that take credit for you keeping
your job.
You remember when "Rock" wasn't a bunch of guys who look and sound more
like girls.
You have several old air-check cassettes in a cardboard box in your
closet that you wouldn't dream of letting anyone hear anymore, but,
you'll never throw them out or tape over them. Never!
You can still see scars on your finger when you got cut using a razor
blade and cleaned out the cut with head-cleaning alcohol and an extra
long cotton swab on a wooden stick.
You still have dreams of a song running out and not being able to find
the control room door.
You've ever told a listener "Yeah. I'll get that right on for you."
You remember having an assortment of coins in the control room to place
on the tone arm for that really warped record.
You have a couple of old transistor radios around the house with
corroded batteries inside them.
People who ride in your car exclai m, "Why is your radio so loud?"
Going to a club and not getting paid to work seems like a waste of time.
You have at least 3 unopened CDs, 2 T-shirts, 22 bumper stickers, and 5
old cups. in your car.
You have at least 19 pictures of you with famous people whom you haven't
seen since, and wouldn't know you today if you bit 'em on the ass.
You wish you could have been on "Name That Tune" because you would have
won a million bucks.
You even REMEMBER "Name That Tune".
You were a half an hour late for an appearance and blamed it on the
directions you received from the sales person.
You remember when people actually thought radio was important.
You know what an RCA BK5B is.
You are the proud owner of a Third Endorsed license and can do meter
readings.
You ran those annoying EBS tests when the AP wire told you to.
Your first GM in that small town had a bad
toupee, and the biggest client on the air was the Hair Replacement Clinic.
You could fall into that annoying "radio voice" that all pukers had at
the drop of a hat. People who knew you out of the business would always
ask you to say something in that voice at parties.
Author unknown .
You remember first being hired by a GM who actually worked in radio
before becoming GM.
You excitedly turn the radio up at the sound of "dead air" on the
competitor's station.
Sales guys wore Old Spice to cover the smell of liquor.
You were playing Elvis' number one hits... when he was alive.
Engineers could actually fix things without sending them back to the
manufacturer.
You were concerned about playing music to please your local audience
rather than your consultant a thousand miles away.
You worked for only ONE station, and you could name the guy who owned it.
You remember when normal people listened to AM radio, and only "hippies"
listened to FM.
Radio stations used to have enough on-air talent to field a softball
team every summer.
You're at least 10 years older than the last two GM's who fired you.
You remember the days before computers when dead-air was not tolerated.
You meant to return that record album to the DJ on the next shift, but
the PD fired him before you got around to it.
You used to smoke in a radio station and nobody cared.
You still count the number of bells heard in the distance - - to
determine if you need to run and check the teletype machine for a bulletin.
You know the difference between good reel-to-reel tape and cheap
reel-to-reel tape.
Religious radio stations were locally owned, run by an old Protestant
minister and his wife, never had more than 20 listeners at any given
time, and still made money.
You have a white grease pencil, a razor blade, and a spool of 3M
splicing tape in y our desk drawer - - just in case.
You know people who actually listened to baseball games on the radio.
You can start a record, run down the hall, go to the bathroom, take a
crap, and be back in 2:50 for the segue.
The new guy you're training has never listened to an AM station. He
couldn't even name one in his own hometown if his life depended on it.
You knew exactly where to put the tone on the end of a carted song.
You spent most of the time on Friday nights giving out the high school
football scores. And when they weren't phoned-in, you got really pissed off.
You can remember the name of the very first girl that was hired in your
market as a DJ.
Somebody would say, "You have a face for radio", and it was still funny.
You always had a screwdriver in the studio so you could take a fouled-up
cart apart at a moment's notice.
You would spend hours splicing and editing a parody tape until it w as
"just right", but didn't give a damn how bad that commercial was you
recorded. Hey, I can only work with what they give me, right?
You still refer to CDs as "records".
Your family thinks you're successful, but you know better.
You played practical jokes on the air without fear of lawsuits.
There were always at least a dozen porn magazines lying around the studio.
You've been married at least 3 times, or, never married at all.
You answer your home phone with the station call letters.
You used to fight with the news guy over air-time. After all, what was
more important: your joke about your ex-wife, or that tornado warning?
You knew how to change the ribbon on the teletype machine, but you hated
to do it because "...that's the news guy's job."
You had listeners who only tuned in for the news, and not you. You could
never figure that out.
You know at least 3 people in sales that take credit for you keeping
your job.
You remember when "Rock" wasn't a bunch of guys who look and sound more
like girls.
You have several old air-check cassettes in a cardboard box in your
closet that you wouldn't dream of letting anyone hear anymore, but,
you'll never throw them out or tape over them. Never!
You can still see scars on your finger when you got cut using a razor
blade and cleaned out the cut with head-cleaning alcohol and an extra
long cotton swab on a wooden stick.
You still have dreams of a song running out and not being able to find
the control room door.
You've ever told a listener "Yeah. I'll get that right on for you."
You remember having an assortment of coins in the control room to place
on the tone arm for that really warped record.
You have a couple of old transistor radios around the house with
corroded batteries inside them.
People who ride in your car exclai m, "Why is your radio so loud?"
Going to a club and not getting paid to work seems like a waste of time.
You have at least 3 unopened CDs, 2 T-shirts, 22 bumper stickers, and 5
old cups. in your car.
You have at least 19 pictures of you with famous people whom you haven't
seen since, and wouldn't know you today if you bit 'em on the ass.
You wish you could have been on "Name That Tune" because you would have
won a million bucks.
You even REMEMBER "Name That Tune".
You were a half an hour late for an appearance and blamed it on the
directions you received from the sales person.
You remember when people actually thought radio was important.
You know what an RCA BK5B is.
You are the proud owner of a Third Endorsed license and can do meter
readings.
You ran those annoying EBS tests when the AP wire told you to.
Your first GM in that small town had a bad
toupee, and the biggest client on the air was the Hair Replacement Clinic.
You could fall into that annoying "radio voice" that all pukers had at
the drop of a hat. People who knew you out of the business would always
ask you to say something in that voice at parties.
Author unknown .