----Yeah, I know, not the most Christian or nicest thing to say, especially at around 7am, on the air, and to the co-host of all people.
As my mentor has said in the past, to make a morning show (or any radio show) work between co-hosts, there has to be a balance. One person has to be all about the ideas, while the other has to be the one who is quick to respond. In our situation, I've been figuring out more and more that I believe the co-host is the idea man, while I'm the one to respond, 9 out of 10 times with something good to say (sometimes it's an off day and I say something ridiculous, but it happens).
The other factor for our show is that we realized from the get-go that it was as if we were the good-cop/bad-cop situation, the co-host being the bad while little 'ole me playing the good. So you can definitely see where my outburst of "screw you" came as a little shocker to the co-host, even if I was playing around...or at least defending myself without actually screaming or going girly-whiny on him. Shoot, I even surprised myself after I said it over the air, because it's not in my nature to really do that, but I think if you tick somebody off just enough, even the good-cop will snap at you. All in all, I think I became a little frustrated after I responded to a story he was talking about, and then he retorted with some smart-a** comment, as if trying to make me seem like some complete idiot on the show. Now, I know he was probably kidding, but after blowing this type of behavior from him off at times (a thing I picked up from hanging out with my guy friends over the years), you can only bite your tongue for so long until you tell the person "screw you" and, yes, proceed with flicking him off (thankfully we work in radio. And yes, I know, it's another thing that isn't so "Christian" of me to do).
When we finished that little break, the co-host surprisingly said that I may not want to use such harsh language in the future, which I proceeded with a "well then lets not try to make me seem as if I'm some freakin' idiot on the air, OK." Thankfully, I performed all of this with a smile on my face and playful anger...even if inside I wanted to be really pissed off at him. Once again, all was back to normal after that, but I think the co-host may want to re-think some of the retorts he has in the future, because this good cop is not one to be walked on. Plus, I don't think he wants me to pull out the "The Notebook" crying incident on the air--won't show him as a manly-man after that story is told.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Well, sad to say my car is still being worked on and hopefully I will be able to have her back tomorrow. To update--On Saturday, my car broke down in the middle of the road as I was driving to work the board for a remote. It wasn't until Monday (no freakin' auto shops are open on Saturdays here in small town NH) that I was able to get this loaner, and then on Tuesday they found that it was my water pump that exploded, which caused my timing belt to break (which I just replaced last year), so they have had to replace the whole water pump system and the timing belt!! Well, at least it wasn't my engine--I was scared and concerned b/c my engine should be great. For now, I have this really great, funny loaner car. It is so ridiculous, it is Awesomely Amazing!!
It's like a baby race car that just can't wait to be a big race car. The co-host calls it a rolling billboard, and I do have to agree with him on that.
Well, today has been National One Hit Wonder Day, so hopefully everyone has enjoyed some 1 Hit Wonders today. We actually dug some great one's up this morning for the morning show--some that I haven't heard in about 10-15 years or so. Here are some of my personal fave 1 Hit Wonders:
It's like a baby race car that just can't wait to be a big race car. The co-host calls it a rolling billboard, and I do have to agree with him on that.
Well, today has been National One Hit Wonder Day, so hopefully everyone has enjoyed some 1 Hit Wonders today. We actually dug some great one's up this morning for the morning show--some that I haven't heard in about 10-15 years or so. Here are some of my personal fave 1 Hit Wonders:
· 10. Dexy's Midnight Runners--Come On Eileen
· 9. Eifell 65--Blue
· 8. Lou Bega--Mambo No. 5
· 7. Norman Greenbaum--Spirit In The Sky
· 6. The Buggles--Video Killed the Radio Star
· 5. The Sweet--Ballroom Blitz
· 4. Madness--Our House
· 3. Men Without Hats--The Safety Dance
· 2. Falco--Rock Me Amadeus
· 1. A-Ha--Take On Me (which is also my favorite 80's song of all time)
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Let's Just Dive In
Constructive criticism---in every business, every workplace, every job, it's always going to be there. The decision on how you deal with it can affect the outcome of your performance. Some people (mainly a co-worker that I will refer to as Harry that I've compared to as the Dwight of the station) just don't really understand the concept completely. I think the major reason for his "confusion" is that unless you're his age or older, he's going to have everything go in one ear and out the other.
An example of this idea was put into play today, when after being told over and over...and over again, Harry continues to give us news for the morning show that is either too late, contains way too much information, or is too much of a profile, fluff piece. Some of this stuff works perfectly for TV, and even for Newspaper, but when you have 4 minutes or less to deliver World, National, and New England News in one clump sum, you can't take 2 minutes of the time reading a local story that really just belongs in written form. After doing this constantly, the co-host plus another DJ, J, decided that it was time once again to sit down and have a chat with Harry. J was concerned though that Harry wouldn't be able to take the conversation too well, even though the co-host and I tried to reassure him that the talk wouldn't be a type of ganging-up on Harry, it's just all constructive criticism--things to make him do better at his job. Even as this was discussed, J came to the conclusion that Harry may not take any of the meeting lightly and constructively mainly because the co-host is younger than Harry. I have to say, this has to be one of the most prideful mistakes that people, in ANY job, can make. I understand that with age, comes experience and knowledge, but if you don't want to learn anything new, then you're never going to grow in those departments, and younger people will catch up, and even pass you. That's exactly the position Harry has put himself in--he never wants to learn anything new in radio, so therefore, everyone younger than him are going to pass him up. Because of this, he has to realize that he may have to get pointers from these same people, but because his pride gets in the way, he closes everything out and acts like a stubborn 5 year old.
Now, I don't know how the meeting turned out between the 3, but I do know that Harry was not his usual "Dwight" self the rest of the day--a lot of silence came from the closed door of his office today, which is not something that happens too frequently. I have to say, a day without ridiculous quotes or "jokes" that make me want to punch something was a breath of fresh air, but if he comprehended anything from the meeting is a whole other story. Oh well, we'll see if some stuff may have sunk in when I get my local news in the morning. Until then, I hope you all can take something from this--catch up, take the constructive stuff, or suck it up when junior passes you by.
P.S. If you want to check out any of my previous blog posts, you can check out my Xanga site--the link for it is on the side right over there on the right :)
An example of this idea was put into play today, when after being told over and over...and over again, Harry continues to give us news for the morning show that is either too late, contains way too much information, or is too much of a profile, fluff piece. Some of this stuff works perfectly for TV, and even for Newspaper, but when you have 4 minutes or less to deliver World, National, and New England News in one clump sum, you can't take 2 minutes of the time reading a local story that really just belongs in written form. After doing this constantly, the co-host plus another DJ, J, decided that it was time once again to sit down and have a chat with Harry. J was concerned though that Harry wouldn't be able to take the conversation too well, even though the co-host and I tried to reassure him that the talk wouldn't be a type of ganging-up on Harry, it's just all constructive criticism--things to make him do better at his job. Even as this was discussed, J came to the conclusion that Harry may not take any of the meeting lightly and constructively mainly because the co-host is younger than Harry. I have to say, this has to be one of the most prideful mistakes that people, in ANY job, can make. I understand that with age, comes experience and knowledge, but if you don't want to learn anything new, then you're never going to grow in those departments, and younger people will catch up, and even pass you. That's exactly the position Harry has put himself in--he never wants to learn anything new in radio, so therefore, everyone younger than him are going to pass him up. Because of this, he has to realize that he may have to get pointers from these same people, but because his pride gets in the way, he closes everything out and acts like a stubborn 5 year old.
Now, I don't know how the meeting turned out between the 3, but I do know that Harry was not his usual "Dwight" self the rest of the day--a lot of silence came from the closed door of his office today, which is not something that happens too frequently. I have to say, a day without ridiculous quotes or "jokes" that make me want to punch something was a breath of fresh air, but if he comprehended anything from the meeting is a whole other story. Oh well, we'll see if some stuff may have sunk in when I get my local news in the morning. Until then, I hope you all can take something from this--catch up, take the constructive stuff, or suck it up when junior passes you by.
P.S. If you want to check out any of my previous blog posts, you can check out my Xanga site--the link for it is on the side right over there on the right :)
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