You know you're an aging radio guy when....
(Thanks to Charles Laquidara for this one
• You were first hired by a GM who actually worked in radio before becoming a GM.
• You excitedly turn the radio up at the sound of "dead air" on the competitor's station.
• Engineers could actually fix things without sending them back to the manufacturer.
• 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 can post a record, run down the hall, go to the bathroom, and be back in 2:50 for the segue.
• You knew exactly where to put the tone on the end of a carted song.
• 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.
• You always had a solution for an LP that "skipped".
• You still refer to CDs as "records".
• Your family thinks you're successful, but you know know you were just lucky.
• You played practical jokes on the air without fear of lawsuits.
• You answer your home phone with the station call letters.
• 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 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 butt.
• You ran a phone contest and nobody called, so you made up a name and gave the tickets to your cousin.
(Thanks to Charles Laquidara for this one
• You were first hired by a GM who actually worked in radio before becoming a GM.
• You excitedly turn the radio up at the sound of "dead air" on the competitor's station.
• Engineers could actually fix things without sending them back to the manufacturer.
• 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 can post a record, run down the hall, go to the bathroom, and be back in 2:50 for the segue.
• You knew exactly where to put the tone on the end of a carted song.
• 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.
• You always had a solution for an LP that "skipped".
• You still refer to CDs as "records".
• Your family thinks you're successful, but you know know you were just lucky.
• You played practical jokes on the air without fear of lawsuits.
• You answer your home phone with the station call letters.
• 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 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 butt.
• You ran a phone contest and nobody called, so you made up a name and gave the tickets to your cousin.