Savage was the master of being a fellow human and actor on Warm Nights ... here's a little something you and I can appreciate you old barrister ...
You Know You've Been in Radio Too Long If...
-You were first 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 and Beatles' number-one hits when they were alive.
-Engineers could actually fix things without sending them back to the manufacturer.
-You worked for only ONE station, and you personally KNEW 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 PD's who fired you.
-You used to smoke in a radio station and nobody cared.
-You know the difference between good reel-to-reel tape and cheap reel-to-reel tape.
-You have a white wax pencil, a razor blade, and a spool of 3M splicing tape in your desk drawer - - just in case.
-You know people who actually listened to baseball games on the radio.
-You can post a record, run down the hall, go to the bathroom, 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 only did "make-goods" if the client complained. Otherwise, who cares?
-Somebody would say, "You have a face for radio", and it was still funny.
-Sixty percent of your wardrobe has a station logo on it.
-You always had a screwdriver in the studio so you could take a fouled-up cart apart at a moment's notice.
-Your family thinks you're successful, but you know better.
-You played practical jokes on the air without fear of lawsuits.
-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 know at least 3 people in sales who take credit for you keeping your job.
-You have several old air-checks on reel-to-reel tapes 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 still have nightmares of a song running out and not being able to find the control room door.
-You run a phone contest and nobody called, so you made up a name and gave the tickets to your cousin.
