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this was in my inbox tonight. very very funny

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tubessoundbetter

PLEASE ADD TO THE LIST.....IM SURE MOST OF YOU HAVE A FEW GOOD ONES TO ADD!

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF....

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you turn up the radio excitedly at the sound of dead air on your competitor's station.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you listen to the radio "invertedly", turning up the volume during promos, sweepers, and talksets, and flipping to another station during music.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you've ever heard of a "cart".

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you tell someone you plan to go to lunch "coming up next hour".

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you have 125 unopened CDs you'll never listen to but, never more than $3 cash.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you use phrases like "If I was programming the music, I would NEVER/ALWAYS/etc..."

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you have lived in six cities in eight years.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you remember what "When you play it, say it!" means.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF......you drive a $500.00 piece of crap while the sales weasels have $50,000 Lexus.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF......you get a memo about how to report overtime and you wonder which overtime is overtime.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF......two days off in a row is considered a "long weekend."

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF......you work on holidays.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF......you listen to a station that's barely coming in.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF......you have copies of both the album version and radio edit.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF......you have recurring nightmares about bad airshifts filled with dead air.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF......you interview the governor and drive off in a junker.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO.....when the hotline rings you break into a cold sweat.

YOU MIGHT BR IN RADIO IF....you begin to like the music you are playing even though you have been faking it for years.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you keep telling yourself,"this chick on the phone really might be hot...this could be the one".

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF.... every time you screw up the Program Director is listening and calls in to tell you how bad you are and he misses the 4 hours of dead air your idiot co-worker had.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you're called 10 minutes before a shift starts and told you have to work it and you live 20 minutes away.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF..... the one time you need the power generator is the one day the electrician didnt have time to hook it up.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you have ever had to call a supervisor more then once on the same day at 3 A.M.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF...your chief engineer has ever had to talk you through how to fix a transmitter from over a cell phone.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... the equipment at your station decides to stop working properly and just go to hell on a holiday weekend when no one can be reached.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF....you recite I.D's and sweepers from different stations just to annoy your friends.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF....when your at home and you answer the phone and give the stations call letters.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF...on a holiday weekend, you're the only one at the station.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you talk about how much better your competition's webcast sounds over your stations actual broadcast.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF...you talk to friends in a "radio voice"

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF...you can hit the post on any ramp in your playlist, but can only sing the hooks from songs that are in your music promos.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF...you are well into your thirties and have been hit on by a 13-year-old girl on the request line.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF...you hate everyone's favorite song because it doesn't have an intro.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF...you don't know whether to introduce yourself at parties...with your air-name or your real name.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF...two months ago when you worked at the car wash you could jog a mile without being out of breath and now it is tough for you to get from your car to the LazEboy.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF...if you hear your competition using catch phrases and you pull over to the side of the road screaming, "That's mine Dammit!" - while your kids look at you as if you've finally snapped.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO.....you have found that 7-inch reels of tape DO decay over time when stored in the garage
 
YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... You're sitting in your car in the garage but you can't turn off the radio until you've "hit the post."
 
There should have been a "College Edition" to that post...here's some that would work:

You might have been in college radio if...you've read the most obscure PSA or upcoming campus event known to man more than twice in a shift!

You might have been in college radio if...you're running across campus trying not to be late for your shift!

You might have been in college radio if...the only reason you're an "award winning broadcaster" is if your peers voted for you to get the award!

You might have been in college radio if...your broadcast partner for the news doesn't know how to pronounce Iraq!

You might have been in college radio if...you get a call each week from the same guy!

And the coup de grace:

You might have been in college radio if...you have to go down yourself and fetch the players and coaches (and sometimes even cheerleaders) you want to interview for a halftime, pregame, or post game show during a basketball, baseball, football, etc... broadcast.

Yep, the cheerleader interview happened...halftime on basketball homecoming is always longer than a usual halftime so we needed filler. During the 2 min. break I called at the end of the 1st half, I went down I asked one of my friends from Algebra class who was one of the cheerleaders at the time to come up for an interview, and as I was doing that, another one wanted in on it, so I said sure why not? When it came time for the interview (after the halftime stats) half the squad showed up, probably because the second girl told the others "Hey, this guy's putting us on the radio!". This was also a shock to my broadcast partner, as we were both thinking "Bonus!", but it turned out to be two and a half gutwrenching minutes of radio for me inpaticular! I had to try to remain professional sounding and acting (my partner would have tried his best pickup lines on the air, so I did the interview) and on top of that, I had to come up with easy questions just in case one or two of the girls were on a 8th grade reading level! Unfortunately, one of the answers to one of my questions haunts me to this day:

I asked..."So what do you think of the new gym floor?" (there were renovations made in the offseason)

The answer was..."It's great to tumble on!"

That response should have came with this at the end: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A
 
you are welcome radiology. it had been a long time since i had gotten it too. i ended up cleaning it up, because most of it was outdated, talking of carts, splicing on reel to reels, and white cassettes. simpler times
 
tubessoundbetter said:
PLEASE ADD TO THE LIST.....IM SURE MOST OF YOU HAVE A FEW GOOD ONES TO ADD!

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF....

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you turn up the radio excitedly at the sound of dead air on your competitor's station.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you listen to the radio "invertedly", turning up the volume during promos, sweepers, and talksets, and flipping to another station during music.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you've ever heard of a "cart".

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you tell someone you plan to go to lunch "coming up next hour".

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you have 125 unopened CDs you'll never listen to but, never more than $3 cash.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you use phrases like "If I was programming the music, I would NEVER/ALWAYS/etc..."

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you have lived in six cities in eight years.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you remember what "When you play it, say it!" means.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF......you drive a $500.00 piece of crap while the sales weasels have $50,000 Lexus.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF......you get a memo about how to report overtime and you wonder which overtime is overtime.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF......two days off in a row is considered a "long weekend."

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF......you work on holidays.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF......you listen to a station that's barely coming in.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF......you have copies of both the album version and radio edit.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF......you have recurring nightmares about bad airshifts filled with dead air.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF......you interview the governor and drive off in a junker.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO.....when the hotline rings you break into a cold sweat.

YOU MIGHT BR IN RADIO IF....you begin to like the music you are playing even though you have been faking it for years.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you keep telling yourself,"this chick on the phone really might be hot...this could be the one".

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF.... every time you screw up the Program Director is listening and calls in to tell you how bad you are and he misses the 4 hours of dead air your idiot co-worker had.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you're called 10 minutes before a shift starts and told you have to work it and you live 20 minutes away.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF..... the one time you need the power generator is the one day the electrician didnt have time to hook it up.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you have ever had to call a supervisor more then once on the same day at 3 A.M.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF...your chief engineer has ever had to talk you through how to fix a transmitter from over a cell phone.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... the equipment at your station decides to stop working properly and just go to hell on a holiday weekend when no one can be reached.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF....you recite I.D's and sweepers from different stations just to annoy your friends.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF....when your at home and you answer the phone and give the stations call letters.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF...on a holiday weekend, you're the only one at the station.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you talk about how much better your competition's webcast sounds over your stations actual broadcast.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF...you talk to friends in a "radio voice"

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF...you can hit the post on any ramp in your playlist, but can only sing the hooks from songs that are in your music promos.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF...you are well into your thirties and have been hit on by a 13-year-old girl on the request line.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF...you hate everyone's favorite song because it doesn't have an intro.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF...you don't know whether to introduce yourself at parties...with your air-name or your real name.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF...two months ago when you worked at the car wash you could jog a mile without being out of breath and now it is tough for you to get from your car to the LazEboy.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF...if you hear your competition using catch phrases and you pull over to the side of the road screaming, "That's mine Dammit!" - while your kids look at you as if you've finally snapped.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO.....you have found that 7-inch reels of tape DO decay over time when stored in the garage
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YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF...You pre record your show and you go home and listen to it
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You're sitting in your car in the garage but you can't turn off the radio until you've "hit the post."...guess i led a sheltered radio life all those years at lowly daytimers..but only in the last couple of months have i heard this term used..please elaborate..maybe i've done it..but didn't know it ;)thanks..
 
deltas69 said:
You're sitting in your car in the garage but you can't turn off the radio until you've "hit the post."...guess i led a sheltered radio life all those years at lowly daytimers..but only in the last couple of months have i heard this term used..please elaborate..maybe i've done it..but didn't know it ;)thanks..
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Talkingasmuchaspossibleovertheintroofthesongbeforethevocalstarts!
 
i know that i'm in radio when i answer the phone in two ways, my pissed off because i am busy and you interrupted me voice, or my sleepy voice because i've been up at the transmitter site all night
 
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