Comments on: RADIO: IT TAKES A REAL JOCK http://danoday.com/blog/2009/12/radio-it-takes-a-real-jock/ Straight talk about radio programming, radio advertising, radio production...Well, you get the idea. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:32:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kathy Lynn http://danoday.com/blog/2009/12/radio-it-takes-a-real-jock/comment-page-1/#comment-7773 Kathy Lynn Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:38:29 +0000 http://danoday.com/blog/?p=3310#comment-7773 Real Jock spell jox with an x, like sfx. Real Jocks can make turkey-loaf an acceptable Christmas dinner for one. Real Jocks know Ramen noodles taste best with only half the added packet of flavorings. Real Jocks race to see who can replace a cart pad the fastest (:50, by the way) Real Jocks fill dead air- even at home sometimes. Real Jocks know where the key to the vending machine is- even though they don't use it. Often, anyway. Real Jocks drink coffee, Mountain Dew, and water from the tap. Real Jocks already know the intro time for any song. Who needs Hal to tell you? Real Jocks remember pulling records for the next jock. And name of the twerp who never pulled for anyone. Real Jocks celebrate the New Year with a coffee while watching the ball on tv- then go back to work. Real Jocks are only as good as their last break. Real Jock spell jox with an x, like sfx.

Real Jocks can make turkey-loaf an acceptable Christmas dinner for one.

Real Jocks know Ramen noodles taste best with only half the added packet of flavorings.

Real Jocks race to see who can replace a cart pad the fastest (:50, by the way)

Real Jocks fill dead air- even at home sometimes.

Real Jocks know where the key to the vending machine is- even though they don’t use it. Often, anyway.

Real Jocks drink coffee, Mountain Dew, and water from the tap.

Real Jocks already know the intro time for any song. Who needs Hal to tell you?

Real Jocks remember pulling records for the next jock. And name of the twerp who never pulled for anyone.

Real Jocks celebrate the New Year with a coffee while watching the ball on tv- then go back to work.

Real Jocks are only as good as their last break.

]]> By: Dorien Jaye http://danoday.com/blog/2009/12/radio-it-takes-a-real-jock/comment-page-1/#comment-7733 Dorien Jaye Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:23:23 +0000 http://danoday.com/blog/?p=3310#comment-7733 Real Jocks don't adhere to the term "over qualified", instead respond with, "I'm exceptionally qualified!" Real Jocks don’t adhere to the term “over qualified”, instead respond with, “I’m exceptionally qualified!”

]]> By: Tim Byrd "The Byrdman" http://danoday.com/blog/2009/12/radio-it-takes-a-real-jock/comment-page-1/#comment-7716 Tim Byrd "The Byrdman" Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:00:15 +0000 http://danoday.com/blog/?p=3310#comment-7716 Nicely done Bobby. I loved all those old KCBQ air checks! These are interesting times aren't they? Nicely done Bobby. I loved all those old KCBQ air checks! These are interesting times aren’t they?

]]> By: Scott James http://danoday.com/blog/2009/12/radio-it-takes-a-real-jock/comment-page-1/#comment-7694 Scott James Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:59:51 +0000 http://danoday.com/blog/?p=3310#comment-7694 Real jocks: -Chastise themselves about slipups which most people wouldn't even notice -Get quite a rush out of successes which most people wouldn't even notice -Can fast-forward to all the potential drops in the show they just watched -Are better at figuring out what their competition's doing right rather than what they're doing wrong -Know when to shut up and let the music do the talking. And when not to -Have so many archived phone calls on their hard drives they make the NSA look like amateurs -Pay equal attention to criticism and praise during airchecks -Have, at least once, been producing the last part of specialty programming while the first part was already on the air -Will thank you rather than attack you for constructive criticism, whether they agree with it or not -Exist three minutes and thirty seconds in the future when they're on the air -Have strong opinions on whether Fidelipacs or Aristocarts produced more satisfying results when thrown against a studio wall -Have had the dream in which they're trying to do a show, and everything that could possibly go wrong is going wrong -Could retire right now if they successfully claimed for all the unpaid overtime -Know how to do a live bit using three audio sources when it actually needs five -Marvel that many of their non-radio friends have never worked on Christmas Day -Prefer ugly clocks which display the seconds over stylish ones which don't -Are still in the control room behind the board at 3:02 when you come in two minutes late -Know that if the monitors aren't cranked, the kids can tell Real jocks:

-Chastise themselves about slipups which most people wouldn’t even notice
-Get quite a rush out of successes which most people wouldn’t even notice
-Can fast-forward to all the potential drops in the show they just watched
-Are better at figuring out what their competition’s doing right rather than what they’re doing wrong
-Know when to shut up and let the music do the talking. And when not to
-Have so many archived phone calls on their hard drives they make the NSA look like amateurs
-Pay equal attention to criticism and praise during airchecks
-Have, at least once, been producing the last part of specialty programming while the first part was already on the air
-Will thank you rather than attack you for constructive criticism, whether they agree with it or not
-Exist three minutes and thirty seconds in the future when they’re on the air
-Have strong opinions on whether Fidelipacs or Aristocarts produced more satisfying results when thrown against a studio wall
-Have had the dream in which they’re trying to do a show, and everything that could possibly go wrong is going wrong
-Could retire right now if they successfully claimed for all the unpaid overtime
-Know how to do a live bit using three audio sources when it actually needs five
-Marvel that many of their non-radio friends have never worked on Christmas Day
-Prefer ugly clocks which display the seconds over stylish ones which don’t
-Are still in the control room behind the board at 3:02 when you come in two minutes late
-Know that if the monitors aren’t cranked, the kids can tell

]]> By: Bill Cooper http://danoday.com/blog/2009/12/radio-it-takes-a-real-jock/comment-page-1/#comment-6653 Bill Cooper Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:35:29 +0000 http://danoday.com/blog/?p=3310#comment-6653 All real jocks would have jumped at the chance to work "pirate radio"!!! And...real jocks know that their time will come again. Everything in cycles! All real jocks would have jumped at the chance to work “pirate radio”!!! And…real jocks know that their time will come again. Everything in cycles!

]]>