VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

bobsouer · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:25 am Post subject: Speaking of new teletype alarms

In the mid-80s I worked as a weekend news anchor for the Satellite Music Network from their (then) headquarters in Mokena, IL.

Just behind us in the news studio was a teletype machine which would sometimes do its thing in the middle of a network newscast; not a big problem, it just made us sound like a "happening" newsroom.

But, one of my best broadcast memories came from a Saturday afternoon while I was on the air in the middle of a "top of the hour" network newscast when the teletype went off with a 5-bell bulletin.

I finished my intro to a 7 second sound actuality, hit the start button on the cart machine and reached back to the teletype while the sound played to grab the copy that had just come out of the machine. I then reported the "just breaking news bulletin" (something about Iran-Contra as I recall) and re-timed my network newscast on the fly.
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todd ellis · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:38 am Post subject:

Bob - great story. Heres my Stellar News Performance story:

My first radio job was at a small Mom & Pop radio station where I did just about everything: news, sports, weather, everything. On the weekend the big newscast was at noon. intro > :60 stop set > rip-n-read national news > :60 stop set > local news. The lead story in the local news was basically this - "Local community leader seriously injured in car accident ..." as the news intro was running the boss called the "hot line" and told me to change the story - the man had died. Well - I'm a pro, right ... I'll remember. (you know where this is going, right?) Well, I do the national news, hit the spots then start the local news ... " A local community leader was seriously injured in car accident last night ..." THEN I remembered ... "so seriously, in fact, he's dead." In my 17 year old mind - this was beautiful! I covered that SO well - what a pro. Then the hot line was ringing again. Let's just say the boss was not happy. Not only was his phone ringing - all the station lines were lit - the entire freaking town was up in arms about this idiot on the radio. I didn't get fired - but to this day - you will not find me without something to write with.
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Yoda117 · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:58 am Post subject:

LOL, that's a great story Todd.

My first experience in Radio was at Purdue University back in the early 90s.

I wouldn't say that I have any great stories that are too embarassing, but for some reason everyone was shocked to find out that I was a white guy when I was finally moved into the realm of DJ'ing at local parties.

Apparently the voice kinda made everyone think otherwise... lol.
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cackerman · Guest

I will not tell you how old I am or many years I've been in radio...but I WILL tell you my nickname is Cueburn...and I played "Satisfaction" by the Stones and "Yummy Yummy Yummy" by the 1910 Fruitgum Company when they were new! I also refuse to say what (or who with) I used to do during Inna Gadda Da Vida by Iron Butterfly (17:43) while I was on the air. That D.J. list took me back! I lived all of them. Now, after remembering all that stuff...I feel SO cheap! Sure wish I could remember the late 60's & 70's.

Audiogal · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 4:41 pm Post subject:

So during all those "more music" 80's, on the AC station in the evenings, there wasn't alot to do. One of the other jocks clued me in on how to switch the monitors to listen to what the competition was playing. God forbid one would forget he was not listening to his own station...hear the song fade & hit the next song. Which of course, ran right over the middle of the actual song his station was broadcasting.

They had me so paranoid that I couldn't even enjoy whatever cool song the "other guys" were playing that our Hobo Laughing

wouldn't let us play. Consequently, I can't remember if I ever fell victim to this or not. If I did, it was traumatic enough to have been erased from my memory. You'd get hotlined for sure for that.
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