- 11:45 PM -
1:30 PM, Wednesday, September 11th,
1996:
- The big
meeting. New PD, Darryl Parks. Nice guy actually.
Looks even younger than Bill. He may be. Cannon came
in and stared at him right next to him and made
everyone laugh. It was really funny, but most people
(not including me) were laughing at him because we
know how paranoid he is about his job. I just thought
he was funny. The three big things he said about the
station, Darryl, was 1) If it aint broke
dont fix it. 80% of the station is perfect. 2)
More promotion. The station isnt promoting
enough. And 3) Wants to make the station more fun to
listen to. Thats where my ears perked up. If he
listens to one hour of my show hell have to see
how good it is. Anyway, nice guy, good pizza, and
Im pumped. Lets see how I feel after 2
months. November 11th, 1996. Okay.
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- 1:30 AM -
4:30 AM, Thursday, September 12th,
1996:
- Went in to edit
down my fathers appearence tape, make a
Play
it by Ear face-off song
and to finish 4 Boyle tapes. Cannon comes in and says:
"You making an audition tape?" Ha. HA HA HA HA HA. He
is truly more paranoid than any single man Ive
ever met. Everything on face value seems so damn
innocent, but it isnt. He was hoping I would
leave. Not yet Cannon, not yet. Things went smoothly,
and thats about all I have to say about
that.
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- 2:20 AM -
5:20 AM, Friday, September 13th, 1996:
- Went in and
finished The Boyles 19 with a raging headache. Felt
like shit. The family is trying to get Lesters
memory back and get him to call Cannon. Pretty funny.
Felt compelled to go in, and Im glad that I did.
Got some tapes done and am realizing this will take
some time.
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- 10:34 AM,
Friday, September 13th, 1996:
- Bill White
called me from Pittsburgh and wants to play The
Maccaroni on the air...
- Bill White
called me from Pittsburgh and wants to play The
Maccaroni on the air...
- Bill White
called me from Pittsburgh and wants to play The
Maccaroni on the air...
- Bill White
called me from Pittsburgh and wants to play The
Maccaroni on the air...
- Bill White
called me from Pittsburgh and wants to play The
Maccaroni on the air...
- Bill White
called me from Pittsburgh and wants to play The
Maccaroni on the air...
- Bill White
called me from Pittsburgh and wants to play The
Maccaroni on the air...
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- (KDKA is the
1st radio station in the country, 50,000 Watts, and
covers the Eastern half of the country. Just thought
you might be interested)
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- 6:00 PM -
6:15 AM, Friday - Saturday, September 13th - 14th,
1996: SHOW 184
- What an
absolutely killer span of 12 Hours. Unbelievably good.
The best show, and most entertaining I can get. If you
didnt like this show, you never will...
Ok:
-
- Produced Munch,
actually just ran the board, and Joe Namath was
supposed to call and he stiffed him. Ahh well. Found
out the high speed dubber does the tapes at about 4X
the length! So 8 1/2 minutes a side! Whew, thats
nice. Ended up with 21 Boyles tapes done by nights
end. Burgundie came in for The Boyles 20, she is what
brings Lesters memory back. Didnt finish
it though, Ill get that tomorrow. The Reds kept
me off until 12:45... Bummer. But that made the show
packed. Online was a big success too as I premiered
the song for it.. But I will now quit and whine for
funds. Boyles were good, great Top 9, and I was funny.
Oh and Aaron was in studio signing all 100 copies.
Life is good. Then Conners looks at my box of tapes
then looks at me crinkles his face and shakes his
head. The same look you would give someone who pulls
in front of you on the highway, and as you pass them
on the left you look over like what an idiot. I said:
"Yes sir?" "You missed the point." "Uhh what point, I
never heard a point, I guess that is the point..." All
this as hes walking away and I am heading out.
What the fuck is up with that. Is he so arrogant that
he likes belittling people and confusing them? I
dont get his arrogance. Ahhh well, an asshole
overall I guess. I will never be like that. Never.
Ethan also told me he got a new 5 year contract. So we
were guessing prices right... I said 125,000 a year
and Ethan is sure its over 200,000. Id say
$150,000 a year is about right ha couldnt have
signed a 5 year 1 Million Dollar contract. No way.
Hes a local DJ. Nope. Alright. Oh, and went out
with Eric to breakfast for the second weekend in a
row. Hes a good guy. Bought a Boyles tape... so
hes a great guy :-)
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- 8:00 PM -
7:15 AM, Saturday - Sunday, September 14th - 15th,
1996: SHOW 185
- More than just
a bad night. I'm just plain sick of the complaints.
Some lady, it may be an old caller Mary in Johnstown
called up Conners on Open Phones after my show and had
a list of things she hated about my show. How
its a 5 hour commercial. All I do is play my
music. And all I do is advertise my CD and my Boyles
tapes. Then Anthony faxes and agrees and proceeds to
be his own belittling self. Id retype them for
this but I havent the energy or the resources
with in this HUGE EGO of mine to write bad stuff about
me. You know, I do so much fucking work. I am so
absolutely unappreciated. Its starting to really
wear me out. Joe came in and said that I was very
talented and I should get someone to pay me to do all
the stuff I do. And I said: "Joe, I have to get out of
here... I cant do this anymore. Im working
so incredibly hard and I wont hit $10,000 this
year." That on top of the fact that I have FREAKING
LOSERS WHO FAX every goddamn show. I found a 2 page
fax about me on BCs desk addressed to BC. It had
nothing to do with him! All about me! Hello! What the
fuck? How much of a loser is AG? And does he think BC
really gives a shit? Im hitting a brick wall. I
need out. I can take only so much until I am beaten.
Im not in the right market on this station.
Christ my demographic is 13-90. How do I win? I
cant anymore, and Im telling you, one more
nasty fax from AG and Im gonna fucking hunt him
down. Oh well. The show was slow. Hang on, I gotta see
when my last good Sunday was. This whole summer has
been bad, but I said last week was good up until 4:30
AM. Either way had some great debates and then dead...
Great debates and then dead. Play it By Ear was good.
And at 4:30 I sat there and defended my show. Read
AGs fax and explained my philosophy behind the
show. 2 callers called to defend me. Then on the other
hand NOONE listens at 4:30 AM. Been seeing job
postings in the lounge. Afternoon talk host in
Cincinatti. Do I want to do that? Do I want to make
that commute every day? Hour and 45 minutes. Fuck do I
want to move? Can I afford to move. Am I ready to
leave? (sigh) As little as money means to me, I need
it for the freedom. I am happy with my show, but
its like Im living in a box. My little
audience and my little show. The segments on that show
are BIG. They dont fit. I need to move. But for
now I plug away. I need to talk to Darryl. I need to
go to sleep.
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