What's happenin' at The "B"

When I mention "The B" I am referring to the radio station that I work at...WUBB-FM B95.3. Things are going quite well since our new program director arrived. Jeff is from the old school of radio (like me.) We have an interesting similarity in our radio history...we both worked for the infamous Jack O'Brien in our WERZ days. We were both given our first radio job by Jack!

I wasn't sure what Jeff wanted to do with me (since I have felt I have stagnated as a board operator for the NASCAR/MRN racing for two years now.) I decided that I should meet him, so one morning when I wasn't working my other job, I went to a "jock" meeting. I liked the guy. He and I seem to have the same kind of weird humor. At the end of the meeting I had a chance to talk to him. I told him that when he had a chance I would like to talk with him and see where I fit into his plans for the "B" and ClearChannel Radio. It only took a week for him to email me...email ME! This was amazing as well as encouraging. I liked the last PD,but he never seemed to be accessible...Jeff was making me realize that all PD's were not the same!

When we met, he told me that he would like to hear a voicetrack from me (this is a "mock" air shift on a CD that shows your talent....or sometimes, lack of it.) I've been doing this for about a year and have noticed my "talent" is improving. He said that if I sounded good he would like to start me on overnights on the "B." This is what I have wanted for over 2 yrs now!

He has also given me other opportunites. For the past two thursday nights I've been the spokesperson for ClearChannel at the Seacoast Science Center's summer concert series. I go on mike during the bands break and give away t-shirts and other assorted prizes. It's fun!

This past thursday, Wendy, who is the host from Seacoast Science Center said I was from Citidel Communications (which is our competitor in Dover NH.) I was sitting a bit away from her and when she looked at me, I cupped my hands around my mouth and yelled "CLEARCHANNEL RADIO!" You should've seen her face....she was humbly embarassed.

During the break I turned her blunder into an opportunity. I went up and reintroduced myself AND ClearChannel. Then we played the dollar bill game (to give away the prizes.) I used the call letters (B953, WQSO 69.7, WERZ 107.1 and WHEB 100.3) and if you had those number in some sort of order...you got a prize. The game was a HUGE success and everyone wanted my free-bees!

I look forward to more fun events at ClearChannel. I also hope to be doing some voice tracking for the "B" soon. So if you're up really late at night...put on the "B" and here a familiar voice...it's just me!

Blessings...

What I want to do when I grow up....a bit late

So here I sit at the radio station running the MRN racing. It isn't that difficult to do...I just hit some buttons to run local commercials when they take a break (usually when someone crashes and a yellow flag is thrown.) If you follow Nascar, you know what I am taking about...if not, don't worry about it.

This time alone gives me time to multi-task and think about life. I've been thinking about doing something to help those with ADD and ADHD. Since I have this entertainment gift, I thought I could do two things.

First, do a show about ADD. I would take it from a perspective of a someone WITH Add, and what I've learned about it. I spoke with some people at Portsmouth Public Radio about the idea and they seemed interested. I filled out a form about the show I wanted to do and did a "mock" show here at Clear Channel. I didn't sound half bad. I even had a co-worker listen to it and he liked it as well.

Second, I would also like to go to schools and other facilities and do a workshop about ADD and ADHD. I also knew that I would need to have some sort of degree to do this. I'm not sure what this degree would be or where I would get it, but I do believe I can find out. I once worked for a college and my job was doing speaking workshops at area high schools...I LOVED IT! I liked talking to the kids on subjects like: Job Interview Skills, How to Apply for Scholarships etc.

I can see using my humor about my ADD and what my life was like and is now. I think that there are a lot of people out there who suffer with ADD/ADHD and don't even know about it. I had it for years and didn't know, so it would be safe to assume that there are others. Third, I have been off my meds for about 4 weeks now. I ran out of my adderoll and thought I would see if I could function without it. I noticed that my creative juices came back. I had a lot of great ideas. I also found that I COULD, in fact, function.

A few months ago I started going to a new counselor who started giving me Staterra with my Adderoll. I didn't see a difference. I began to feel like the meds weren't doing anything. Could it have been what I was doing for work? It was very physical. Was I becoming immuned to the meds? IS that possible? I don't know. All I knew was that I felt tired a lot and that I didn't seem to care about anything. I used to have a zest for things beyond work...this had disappeared.

I didn't like this.

So, I feel great now. I am back at the old job...as I have mentioned. I also found out that it's quite possible that I could go back to being a full time employee there again. This is a great thing.

I know I need to write down my ideas and start thinking about how I am going to successfully complete them. First, I need to look into school. I also need talk to the main headquaters at CHADD to see if there is opportunities to speak about ADD at school, meetings etc. I have a lot of work to do. Pray for me and that if this is God's will that I will find it challenging and rewarding.

Blessings...

Reminiscing about the "Old Blueberry"

Tonight it was a hot friday night and the house was full. My mother and father in law and my nephew John are up from Georgia. I decided that it would be nice to take my son for a drive and get out for a while.

We stopped at Golick's Ice Cream Stand down the road. I got my usual: Maple Walnut and Cody, the favor of the month kid, got cotton candy (I tried it and it wasn't that bad!) I was multi-tasking my listening between the Red Sox game on the radio and Cody's chatter about day camp. I looked at him and noticed how big he was getting. At 9 and a half he is a good size and solid. This fall he wants to play pop-warner football. And it starts.

When we got home, we decided to play around on the computer. Cody loves what he calls "sick cars" (that is any fast sleek looking car.) He know them all by sight: Lamborgini's, Porche's, BMW's ...all the really expensive ones! I told him that he might want to get good grades in school and get a good paying job if wants cars like the ones he was looking at.

I did a google search to see if I could find MY first car. A 1973 Dodge Dart. Not the most glamorous car in history (to really make it worse it was a four door!) I let my parents talk me into buying it (I figured they were co-signing I better listen to them.) It cost me $1500.00, I put $500.00 down on it and financed $1000.00. I remember the excitment as I drove away....my car! ALL MINE! Ok, so it was blueberry blue and was about as fast as a snail going uphill, but it was mine!

Now that I think about it....it was probably a good thing the car was slow. I had a heavy foot back then and IF I had a car any faster, I probably would've had a ton of speeding tickets (or I would've had a car on blocks...mom and dad wouldn't have allowed me to drive!) I have fond memories of the blueberry...times with friends, girls etc. It was a good little car. I traded it in the summer of '82 for a 1980 Datsun (this was before they changed their name to Nissan) 310GX. It was the dawn of smaller cars and better gas mileage. Ronald Reagan was President and we were changing with the times!

I miss you old Blueberry wherever you are! RIP....

Blessings :)