Yet here I am three years later, and I've got an outside shot at crossing that big end goal off my list. It's a little overwhelming...
...No, I didn't mean the "lose the rest of my hair" goal, though I suppose I'm within striking distance if this week doesn't go well. What I mean is I'm getting
The two previous afternoon hosts, Prebil and Murph, departed WTDY for a pretty sweet gig in Minneapolis a couple weeks ago, and since then, listeners have heard a parade of varying drive-time personalities while the management has worked behind the scenes to fill the spot permanently. I consider myself a betting man, but I would just as soon keep my money to myself as far as who they will settle on to fill the slots.
Yet somehow, I like to think through cunning and conniving, I'm in the running. Now it's just a matter of not blowing it.
So I'm going to try to approach the audition the same way I approach the blog -- with a grain of salt, but also with a healthy curiosity and holding nothing so sacred it can't be laughed at. It's been almost two years since I hosted the last edition of "Slightly Off Kilter," my contribution to the world of college radio. College Broadcasting Incorporated sat up and took notice when they named our show 2007's best regularly scheduled program in the nation.
So Monday
For the most part, I'll keep the topics lighthearted, but nothing's off limits. And it's a call-in show, so I look forward to being told how wrong I am by everyone that can operate a touch-tone.
Tune in. It'll be something, anyway!
***Monday morning edit -- Change in plans, and I'm only hosting for sure on Monday now. Thursday could still be in the mix, but things are very fluid***
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I listened! You sounded comfortable behind the mic -- and who wouldn't be comfortable sharing their worst first date nightmare with an audience of hundreds (???). :) Let me know what comes of it!! And if you need a "producer." I "produce" really well.
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