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Idiot weekend DJ says "Ron And STEVE"

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robgrayson

Mark it at 4:16 PM... Sunday afternoon 2/25. After almost 4 months, I finally said "Ron and Steve" in an ad lib. Well, now I've got the monkey off my back...
 
Don't feel too bad, Rob. Last weekend 103.5 invited me via a liner to listen to Mother Whitt on Monday morning! :eek:

I must admit, that is funny! :D
 
I still thank my lucky stars that when I was working Memphis radio, we never did a promotion with

"Dilday TV."

'Just an accident waiting to happen.

DE
 
We've got a new out, starting with, "in the Autozone traffic center..."

I swear, around the 8:10 break today, I was thisclose to saying, "In Jesus name, Jeff Rademaker...." I actually struggled to remember what I had to say. And it showed because I am an embarassment to this profession. :D
 
This very thread was flagged as a HOT TOPIC on the radio-info.com home page this morning. The nation must be starved for stimulating discourse!
 
Re: Idiot weekend DJ say Tim Bev and Bad Dog

Only once did it happen because I know Bev personally and said it by mistake months after she was let go. Oh well, Bev did show up at the RMH radiothon so I feel vindicated. Brother Doug.
 
Rob...don't feel bad...we've all been there!

I remember when I first started in the biz, I was working for three stations in three different markets simultaneously... "FM92", "96FM" and "Magic93"... plus going to college fulltime. A walking, talking study in sleep deprivation! Anyway...it didn't take long for me to screw it up royally...the GM came in one morning and said "Bev...it's 96FM! NOT 93, NOT 92...96FM!!! Got it??!!!"

I thought he was going to fire me on the spot!! :-[


and Brother Doug...Rock on Bro!
 
Heh - My two classic on-air errors: Backselling Happy X-Mas as from "Johnyoko" (apparently I was just trying to save time and get to that break real quick) and, said so smoothly I didn't notice the error until I listened to the aircheck, "...and 'Learning to Fly' from the new Pink album Floyd. After the break..." :D :-[
 
Ha! I've done way worse than that. During a live remote at a stereo store in Jackson, TN called "Mid-Continent Hi-Fi", just before the break, I looked up and noticed the sign of one of their competitors just down the road-A place called "New Car Stereo."
Those were the days of actual LIVE breaks, and the first thing out of my mouth was, "New Car Stereo."
I played it off like..New car stereo, new boat stereo, or one for your house...Mid -Continent is the place..."
It didn't work.
We were invited to leave right away and the remote was cancelled immediately.
It was NOT pretty. But, they didn't fire me.
The other jocks all had a good time, though.

I DO KNOW of someone who reads this board pretty regularly that has actually dropped the "F" bomb live on the air in Memphis. I was in the building when it happened.
Has anybody done THAT one?
 
Meepster said:
Ha! I've done way worse than that. During a live remote at a stereo store in Jackson, TN called "Mid-Continent Hi-Fi", just before the break, I looked up and noticed the sign of one of their competitors just down the road-A place called "New Car Stereo."
Those were the days of actual LIVE breaks, and the first thing out of my mouth was, "New Car Stereo."
I played it off like..New car stereo, new boat stereo, or one for your house...Mid -Continent is the place..."
It didn't work.
We were invited to leave right away and the remote was cancelled immediately.
It was NOT pretty. But, they didn't fire me.
The other jocks all had a good time, though.
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Not the worst recovery I've ever heard...

The worst story I can tell on myself was right after I'd just started at KIX. Our PD, for whatever reason, felt led to do an impromptu remote (those were the days, hmm?) from the nightclub he was at one Saturday evening. Since no one had ever shown me how to do a remote, he had to talk me through the steps of recording his break--easy enough. However, as we were recording, he didn't like how he started out, so he gave me a countdown and did a second take.

Both takes, including the "Let's try that again... 3, 2, 1... Hi, everybody..." made it on the air. Needless to say, we both learned valuable lessons that evening.

I DO KNOW of someone who reads this board pretty regularly that has actually dropped the "F" bomb live on the air in Memphis. I was in the building when it happened.
Has anybody done THAT one?
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Hey, we never got any calls when she allegedly (ahem!) did that, did we? :eek:
 
One stupid on air mistake I'm guilty of, even to date is calling my fellow on air commrades by their actual name and not their radio name and trust me I get an ear full everytime it happens! Unprofessional of me? yes. Too comfortable with co-workers? definitely. To my advantage, a few jocks here do use their real names and some choose not to..Anyone would get screwed up... ::)
 
I worked at a station years ago where our morning guy was doing a giveaway and gave his home number instead of the request line. I am sure that is a common mistake, but still funny.
 
In 1980 or so, I came out of "Ruby Tuesday" one morning about 4 AM and said 'Mickey Dolenz and the Rolling Stones". The PD apparently didn't hear it. About a thousand other rabid Stones fans apparently did.
 
More stories.....Date: mid 80's....Station: WHHY-102 Montgomery AL...
Jocks: Larry Stevens and Blake Green (News & agent provocateur)...
Story: Larry and Blake had a schtick where Larry would read out Birthdays for that day (old school morning guy here). If the last named ended with "er" like Baker or Parker, Blake would chime in with a quip. Ex: Janet Baker. "BAKER? I DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS IN THE OVEN" (rim shot).
Well...one morning, Larry's B-day roll call included a Christy Hatcher. Blake, not skipping a beat, belted out for all of Montgomery to hear, "HATCHER? I DIDN'T KNOW SHE GOT LAID!"
 
Then there was the "live" spot for Tucker Photo in Meridian, MS. I was having one of "those" days. At the end of the spot came the signature catch phrase: Tucker Photo, Tucker Photo, Tucker Photo!! You can imagine ....
 
On an early morning WMPS newscast, Mike Day read "Nasa has found orgasims on Mars" . I never let him live that down...Dan S.
 
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