Radio May Not Be Dead and Neither is My Interest in It

Read a story not long ago on jobs. Among them how radio jobs are not dead. I have mentioned in the past I love to write. What I may not have mentioned is besides writing I've always loved radio.

As a youngster I'd pick up any newspaper or magazine and force my poor sister Helen to listen to me. The entire time I was pretending I was on radio telling her "When I grow up I will be on radio.". Never really pursued it.

When I lived in Calgary a Chris Gallagher of CKXL Radio(CKXL no longer exists)was very helpful giving me lots of advice and tips. As did a Mr. Steve Legault from a smaller station outside Calgary. I even volunteered at a university radio station though I wasn't in university. Then changed my mind. Don't know why.

And many people may not know it but I'm on radio today and have been in the past. This won't be important to you but I'll mention it anyways. Dr. Dan the midnight DJ at CKXL had laryngitis. He had listeners call in and he'd tell them what to say. I was on the air twice. The second time I lied I didn't call already as he wanted every person on air just once. Then I won some contest a few years later during the Norm Edwards morning show and found out later I was on air all day.

Here in Ontario while Humble & Fred were at 102.1 The EDGE I called in defending them to what some other caller said and the comment was edited so it seemed like I was anti-Humble and Fred. Not at all. I'm one of their biggest supporters. The comment was edited to "Humble and Fred get a sense of humour." That was on air for nearly 3 or 4 years on EDGE, MOJO(which is now AM640 Toronto) and occasionally on MIX 99.9.

And now on 92.5 JACK you can hear me. Not my voice. Well, kind of but not exactly. The voice-over guy talks and when you hear the BURP(excuse me!)that's me. Really! Didn't think they'd air the burp but am glad they did.

I even registered and got accepted into Mohawk College's Radio Broadcasting course and chickened out so never went to the first class(or any for that matter). And later took The Learning Annex's So, You Want to Be in Radio? class taught by 97.3 EZ Rock's Darryl Henry and Tanya Buchanan(if you're unsure whether or not to go to college or university for a Radio Broadcasting course I higly recommend you take So, You Want to be in Radio? Very helpful and informative. You learn a lot in this 1-day seminar. Showed me my biggest mistake was not pursuing what I wanted as a kid.

Radio may not be dead as the newspaper article said but now if I just follow through and stick with it for once. Sorry for boring you to death folks.