Diary of a Fired DJ - A Real Radio Unemployment Story

Day #76 - 12/29/97 - 11:59 PM

As we're close to New Year's, I've decided to list early my Resolutions for 1998:

1. I will not assume a listener who visits me at a remote lives in a trailer park just because they have teeth so bad, Marie Osmond would have a coronary!

2. I will not assume just because my Sales Manager wants to sell sponsorships to things like "Funeral Of Princess Diana broadcast live via the BBC" that he is of Satan's loins.

3. I will not assume that car remotes are really boring to listeners. On the contrary, I will see the positive aspects of hearing your favorite radio personality coming to you live from a Honda showroom. I will search for the lifestyle relate.

4. I will not assume that my Program Director is patronizing me, even when he says things like, "That last bit was REALLY funny! Could you cut it in half next time?"

5. I will not assume that the company I work for is going to sell the station I'm employed at just because they've cut the promotion budget, made really bad music decisions, can't stick to a direction and have backstabbing throughout management.

6. And Finally: