- 10:15 PM - 5:15 AM, Monday -
Tuesday, December 25th - 26th, 1995:
SHOW 90
- I had this feeling that this
would be a bad night. The first hour was OK, then I
had about 3 calls at the 1:00 hour...yet I still did
all talk. Did TT from 2-4, then had a face off and
recap until 5:00. Once again Mike Perkins was super
nice. We talked and joked a lot. I really think he
likes me. It's pretty cool. He's extremely intelligent
which is nice for a change after listening to dilberts
all night. No pranks though.. Hmmm....
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- 11:00 PM - 5:00 AM, Tuesday
- Wednesday, December 26th - 27th, 1995:
SHOW 91
- A very solid night. Basically
had to cut off the listeners at 3:00 so we could do
Trivia. The talk was big on Drugs, especially the
legalization of them. Glenn had made a good point to
Cannon before the show about being for it, and Steve
had some good counterpoints....using that I got three
hours of quality talk, and I'm sure Bill wasn't
listening. Trivia went good. A couple of prankers, but
nothing horrible. I also misplaced my list of over 300
"Gone But Not Forgotten" restaurants, but I think I
left it at the station.
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- 11:00 PM - 5:00 AM,
Wednesday - Thursday, December 27th - 28th, 1995:
SHOW 92
- Was in a great mood when I
jumped on the air tonight, because I had finished
another song for my CD, and am realizing that I could
have it done by February and out in March. My
happiness soon ended when the pranks took over. I'm
tellin ya, I'm gonna lose it on the station some
night. I called the phone company and was dicked
around from one place to another, all saying they
couldn't trace it. They said try *57, and I find out
if these people have *69 blocked all of the *'s are
blocked. I kept having to throw a song on after one of
these assholes called up so I could try to trace it.
It was a mess. Otherwise a good night filled with good
talk. Also a lot of talk about my music during peak
times right before 5:00. Overall OK, but I want these
fuckin' prankers bad. I will catch them. Mike Perkins
came in at the end of my shift and said "Hello
Genius..." I thought he was joking, and in a way he
was but then he corrected himself by saying...Protege
instead of genius. It was really nice. Then he came up
to me when I was looking at the paper and was giving
me tips, and genuinely treating me like one of the
team. He has been the only one to take me under his
wing in a sense and offer some type of tips without me
coming right out and saying, as Bob said I should do
sometimes. The oddest part of it all is that I see
Bill and Mike as the same since they both hired me and
are both my boss really. With Mike controlling my
schedule and Bill just being...the Programming
Director. It's funny, Mike's son is only one year
younger than me. Alright.
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- 11:00 PM - 5:30 AM, Thursday
- Friday, December 28th - 29th, 1995:
SHOW 93
- Got there, and one of my
listeners Andy was waiting for me (he said he may come
by this week to show me some songs). I listened to
some of his stuff, and vice-versa. He actually wrote a
song for the trivia face-off. It was great. I told him
I'd rotate it in. Very cool of him. Alright, the
night....worst night ever. It actually beats the sick
night in the summer. I tried to ignore it, I tried to
be cool, but I kept losin' it. These guys called up so
many times...over and fuckin' over again. I was going
insane. That on top of people tellin' me how I should
handle it. One guy called up at the 3:00 hour and said
how bad it was, and how I have no control, and how I'm
not a good host, and how my theme songs go on forever
and how he wished I didn't play them. Oh, and by the
way they are all of 60 seconds. I was fumin'.
Trivia....not a chance they were so bad. Finally
someone called up and said this is stupid. It's no
longer fun to listen to. Jesus my hands are tied here.
What the hell am I going to do? I finally played music
and called the phone company. Told the listeners we
were being traced and it helped for about 5 minutes...
All of the assholes are blocked. It makes no sense. It
finally started to die down, and I was just mad that I
gave them so much time. I will ignore them tomorrow.
Perkins came in and once again was nice. Talked to
Andy for a half an hour and then finally got
home.
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- 11:00 PM - 7:00 AM, Friday -
Saturday, December 29th - 30th, 1995:
SHOW 94
- I lied. 66 Obscene phone calls
in two hours. I ignored everyone, and kept the delay
off. I, for one night, wanted people to hear the
aggrivation I heard. Around 1:30 I said I was
going to call everything off because I should not have
to deal with this to do a show. The management needs
to put a caller ID system in here. Besides I was the
music player...and am pushing to do more. That's where
all this came from. I was fine until people kept
calling me telling me I was a whimp for playing music
and that I should persevere and not quit. I kept
saying I was not quitting, I was going back and doing
my job. My job is to entertain. There is absolutely
nothing entertaining about this show now, and I will
play music which is quite a bit more entertaining. I
got hell from everyone...which put me in the bad mood.
I tried to explain to them that it was out of my hands
now. I've done all I can. The next step is if the
management wants to update our studio and put in some
sort of ID system. Write letters! I gave them the
address and said if you write, than they will listen.
I hope it works. Man, it was bad...over and over and
over. It was like a nightmare. At 2:00 I didn't play
my themes, just music and weather. Period. People
raised holy hell because I said I wasn't doing trivia.
Jesus. No way I'm doing that again. We all need to
cool down. And I wanted a beak, I deserved a break.
You know, I have worked so hard, I mean so hard for
this show, and for no reason. It isn't even part of
the job. I did it because I wanted to fill the holes
that I saw in talk radio when I got here. And it's
worked. The show has had tons of callers. A very fast
pace, and a fun atmosphere. And about 4 losers who
can't figure out that there are much better things to
do with your hand than to dial 821-WTVN, are slowly
deteriorating an atmosphere I've killed mysef to get
going. Around 3:15 I have a change of heart, and also
figure that some of the babies have gone to sleep, so
I take a breath and put on Theme Trivia. Amazingly
enough people were still listening and Trivia went
fine. One of the callers said "I'm Back", but got
bored and stopped calling. Besides I was in delay and
just wasn't going to let them on the show. Simple as
that. Ended up having the best Trivia yet with a great
Face-off. The hour ended nicely and I took a breath.
God, I hope the station is flooded with letters. If
they are, there might be some respect thrown my way.
Anyway, it ended and I'm tired. God I hope these fucks
don't do it again. I may crack on the air.
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- 11:00 PM - 7:00 AM, Saturday
- Sunday, December 30th - 31st, 1995:
SHOW 95
(500 hours passed)
- Well, I went in with a whole
different attitude. I knew that these people were
going to do it again, and I knew that the audience was
with me, so I explained how it would sound when I
dumped out and went on with it. The show was fine. A
lot of prankers, but they didn't get on the air. You
could tell I was getting flustered, and I don't even
know where I'm getting all of the patience from. Many
callers have said I had the patience of Job, whatever
that means. How do you handle people yelling "fuck" in
your ears for 6 straight hours? And the worst part are
the assholes that try to give me suggestions..Jesus,
don't you think I've thought of them! The show was
solid once again, with drug legalization leading the
way. A definite great Coffee Talk topic. On trivia I
played Andy's
"Face-off" song. It
really don't like it too much, but I gave him a deal
that I'd play it if he was in the Face-off, only
problem is is that he is simply brilliant in
that game. I truly haven't a clue how he does it so
well. A lot of compliments and well-wishers for the
New year, which is nice. I am making a name for
myself.
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- 10:00 PM - 6:00 AM, Sunday -
Monday, December 31st - January 1st, 1995-1996:
SHOW 96
- Katherine paid me $25 to come
in at 10:00, and I was there. Near the top of the
midnight hour I went in to put a version of Auld Lang
Syne on cart. I got a bit entranced with the harmonies
when all of the sudden BAM! Robert Bower comes
stormin' in screamin' for me to put the sound down on
ESPN. It was past 11! Jesus Christ it felt like a bad
dream. Completely unreal. As I was runnin' to the main
studio to turn it down, everything was in this erie
slo-mo effect. He had started his newscast and then
had to find me to tell me to turn ESPN down. I've
never been so embarassed, probably in my entire life.
It was so horrible. He apologized for screamin' fuck,
and I apologized for everything. Anyway, the New Year
came, and I was ready for the callers....and god did
they come. Definitely the worst night for callers, but
I got them all off. It was interesting to listen to
though since I had Auld Lang Syne rumming throughout
the hour as people called up and wished me a Happy New
Year, and I kept sayin' this was for those of you who
can't get out and party, here's what you're missing.
It did get old, and prompted more: Here's what you
need to do Adam... I can handle the prankers, but
jesus these idiots who have a solution...Oh, and
here's the classic of the night...the year for that
matter. "Why don't you change your number..." And she
was dead serious. Ahh well. Did trivia from 3:00 to
5:00, and it got so bad at one point I just stopped...
Every line would be filled before I could even ask the
questions. All these fuckin' prankers clog ALL OF THE
LINES and then get on and say their friends names.
Then when I put the delay on and knock them off, I
have people asking me why I cut them off so
quick...since they can't hear what they said. Then
some fuckin' ADULT, totally sober gets on and says I
have no control and should let people say what they
want because of the 1st amendment....Jesus do I really
need this. How can people be so fucking ignorant and
live on this earth!!!! And why do all the ignorant
people on the earth call me!!!! Then around 5:00 I
find out I'm on until 5:30..then at 5:15 I find out
it's until 6:00! I wasn't ready, but it was nice to
know I had the listeners that Bob Conners had. It was
exciting indeed. Alright I'm done. My 17 day sentence
is over. I start my 10 Week sentence tomorrow when
school starts. Jesus let someone give me a record
contract this year. Oh please...
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