RADIO STORIES (PART ONE)

I thought I'd share a couple more stories dating back to my radio days in the late 70s-early 80s:


STORY #1:  HOT NEWS FLASH


So...I'm on the air reading the news on radio station CFEK in Fernie British Columbia.  I'm in a little closet-sized announce-booth with only one door.  The door swings open and standing there is the station's program director.  In his hands he is holding a stack of newsprint teletype copy pages that are...(wait for it)...ON FIRE!!!


"Here Dave" he says "Hot news flash!!!"  And he tosses the flaming papers on to the news-desk I'm sitting behind.  I immediately lapse into a state of panic and in said state I forget to hit the kill switch on my microphone.


What the fine people of the Elk Valley are treated to in the next thirty seconds is:


a)  The frantic sound of someone trying to beat out a raging fire on top of a broadcast console with their bare hands.


Followed immediately by:


b)  The dulcet ring of maniacal laughter coming from an unglued rookie announce who fears this broadcast may be his last.


(Story #2 tommorrow.  Talk to ya then radio fans!)