11:00 AM, Thursday, June 29th, 1995: Meeting #5 - It's official. I am the weekend overnight guy at WTVN. Now the only thing that might happen is having a guest host from 12:00 to 2:00. When he told me that, I asked if I could bring up a topic next time, and try to field calls. He said yes if I was comfortable. Maybe if I get good enough he won't have someone else. He says the reason he's experimenting with other "talk talent", is because he needs to have people that can replace Cannon or Hansel in emergencies. If I can show him I'm that guy, I could be deep into this program at WTVN. It looks like I'll have the entire week of July 16th to myself. I want to have the talk shit down so I won't piss off the Cannon listeners too much. They're expecting Steve, so I need to be ready. We also went over my aircheck, and he "liked my progress". Then he took me down to accounting, and this guy gave me some papers to read and sign. He tried to show me this sexual harassment video...but I squeezed his ass before he could (just kidding)....the VCR ate the tape. Then I went to Dorothy for my key "AD01", and I was in. I'm pretty excited. Buckles called yesterday, and was pretty happy for me. Man, what a crazy month it's been. Also, I'm making more than Dave was! Bill said that Dave was due for the raise from $5 to $5.50, and now that I took over, I get it! Thank you Dave. I didn't get paid for my show prep the first three weekends, but from now on I do. Well, that's about it, now for a topic on tomorrow's show...   10:45 PM - 6:00 AM, Friday - Saturday, June 30th - July 1st, 1995: SHOW 7 My one monthiversary, what a crazy one it was. Had a million good stories on the Ap Wire. Then Steve Hansel asked me to do a production.....of course I knew how! Yeah so I lied, but I found out how to take something off the VCR, put it on the AKG, then onto cart...yep, I'm a stud. Then came my show. Well the one thing that was on my mind was the NBA lockout, but all the callers kept asking for patriotic tunes...cool. Then, I got my first "live" on-the-air caller: Dave-man from the west side. Well he was rather unpatriotic, saying how the world sucked. He said pissed-off on the air, but apologized, that's cool. Then he kept ramblin'...I kept him on because he made me look like a genius. Then he says "shit"....I get to a break as soon as possible, and off-the-air, I lay into him. I said he had some good things to say, but I'm not losing my job because he can't control his mouth. So after the 2:00 news we go back on. We were talking about prejudice..then the asshole says "shit" again. I immediately go "Well, Okay been nice talkin' to you..." and pot him down. I was so pissed. He calls back and apologizes and asks if he can say goodbye to his dead grandmother. I said no, that I really need to get on to some other people, and he said "one miunute". So I said Okay, one minute and your off. He goes on, doesn't even get to the any real story until about 45 seconds, and I just faded him into a song. He's clueless and keeps on talking for 5 minutes although no one can hear him (obviously he didn't have his radio on). Whew, had one other live caller who was nice, but I was about done for the night. I know Dave-man will call me back on Sunday. The night went well though. I sounded good on the air, and rather intelligent. I said I was 27 on the air so it's now grounded in airtime folk lore. Born October 9th, 1967. Graduated from Highschool in '86, and college in '90. Been working at radio stations ever since. I hope I can keep that straight.   10:45 PM - 6:00 AM, Saturday - Sunday, July 1st - 2nd, 1995: SHOW 8 It's amazing how every night has it's own feel, and each night something new has happened. I thought for awhile I'd have no callers, then finally I did. I put him on and we talked about Michael Jordan, and what his coming back has done to his reputation, and how much is riding on starting the season on time, and him kicking ass. Also how detrimental it would be for Magic to come back. Then I got the one call I will never forget as long as I live. A guy called and asked me if I knew who the fifth Beatle was. Now I've always answered that silly question with the good answer of George Martin, their producer. But he was giving me the impression that he meant Pete Best, so that's what I said. Then he said "But you're talking to him..." ?!?! The man was drunk off his ass. It was too funny. He talked about how he was screwed by the Beatles and how Ringo got credit for writing his song: I Want To Hold Your Hand. I tried to explain that Lennon-McCartney got credit but he didn't believe me. I asked him how come he didn't have an accent, and he stumbled a bit. It was so funny that a guy called up and asked if I had it on tape, because he wanted to record it, so I played the conversation again. It was great. I hope he calls back again Monday morning. I wasn't tired when my shift was over, so I did another version of Danny Boy on the AKG. Goddamn if I can't figure out how to make labels on that son of a bitch, I want so badly to make new labels for my college station - 101.5 The Rock. Well, this Monday I produce Cannon, I hope it goes well.   10:45 PM - 5:00 AM, Sunday - Monday, July 2nd - July 3rd, 1995: Kathryn was there, and that was nice. Hadn't seen her in a while. I produced Hansel for an hour. He had that guest DJ on who may be taking some of my shifts. He kind of blew. I think he was nervous because he had never manned the boards before...so I guess he did pretty good. Hansel still calls me a soccer thug. Just because I answered that USA - Mexico score right. Then came Cannon. Everyone seems to hate him, but I kinda think he's funny. Kathryn says he's the Bob Packwood of the station. If I hadn't told you, Kathryn is Ellen Degenerus but more sarcastic. I've got my own beefs with him, and actually everyone at that station... here they are:   Kathryn Piermont - as I said, Ellen Degenerous with more sarcasm. Actually the nicest person I've met there so far. Steve Hansel - when he's on the air he hits the cue buttons on the board in and out constantly, like some nervous habit...it drives me batty. Steve Cannon - when he talks to someone on the air, he says his comment, and turns off the mic, then says a word real quick, and then turns off his mic...rather than potting the mic down. god is airchecks have got to be crazy since they only record when his mic is on. Sally Wagner - The head news lady can't pronounce "W" for WTVN. How ironic is that? Instead of "Double-You", it's a "Dubba-You" every time I hear it my skin crawls and I say DOUBLE under my breath. Joe Bradley - he says things to you like he's mad, and then when you try to defend yourself, you find he's just kidding.....it's very odd. Mike Perkins - couldn't get the man to look at you if you were naked. he's got these really squinty eyes and always mumbles and looks the other way.... Bill White - he's the program director, my boss....he's too damn nice...and he always laughs, tilts his head back and stares blankly at the ceiling, kind of like a sympathy laugh........or he's just really nice. Bob Conners - you can never really know him...he's too big. I really feel like I'm 19 when I'm around him. You just can't get a hold of his persona...oh well.   That's as many as I can think of right now. The rest of the night went well with Cannon. I didn't pull his bumper music one hour, but I had no clue I was supposed to. He kind of razzed me on the air but told me it was no big deal later. Well, I'm gearing up for this next week...10 straight days because Hansel is on vacation (Cannon's taking his slot)...and then the mother of them all when Cannon takes time off: 16 straight overnights. I'm pretty excited.