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"You Might Be In Radio If...."

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF......you can tell what time it is when listening to the radio even if they don't give the time.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF......you aren't a sports fan but you know who won and when they play next.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you turn up the radio excitedly at the sound of dead air on your competitor's station.

 

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you have 37 unlabeled 15 minute cassettes in your back seat.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you listen to the radio "invertedly", turning up the volume during promos, sweeper,  and talksets, and flipping to another station during music.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF...you hate everyone's favorite song because it doesn't have an intro.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF......You find yourself talking to yourself all the time to see how you sound.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you tell someone you plan to go to lunch "coming up next hour".

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF......two days off in a row is considered a "long weekend."

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you've ever heard of a “cart”.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you have lived in six cities in eight years

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF......you kicked the transmitter up to 50,000 Watts at night just so your friends to the south could hear you (even if it was just for a few minutes)...

 YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you drive around aimlessly looking for an unlit 4 tower array just to see it.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF......You get excited at sunset and drive by the towers just to hear the phase shift

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you have 125 unopened CDs you'll never listen to but, never more than $3 cash.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF......you have dozens of tapes of radio stations that play music you don't like.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF......you listen to a station that's barely coming in.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF......you know at just what mile marker a certain station will/will not come in.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF......you forgot what kind you music you like, but instead like songs because they sound good after the jingle.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF....you begin to like the music you are playing even though you have been faking it for years.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF......you have copies of both the album version and radio edit.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF......you have recurring nightmares about bad airshifts filled with dead air.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF......you interview the governor and drive off in a junker.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF....you begin to like the music you are playing even though you have been faking it for years.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you can run to the can, drop a load while smoking a cigarette and make it back for the last 15 seconds of a 4 min. song.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF...you know how long it takes you to take a dump by song title.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... every time you screw up the Program Director is listening and calls in to tell you how bad you are and he misses the 4 hours of dead air your idiot co-worker had.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... you're called 10 minutes before a shift starts and told you have to work it and you live 20 minutes away

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF..... you can recite all the spots in a break.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF... the equipment at your station decides to stop working properly and just go to hell on a holiday weekend when no one can be reached.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF....when your at home and you answer the phone and give the stations call letters.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF...you answer the phone and tell someone their caller #6

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF....you do an air shift in your dreams.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF...on a holiday weekend, you're the only one at the station.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF...you have ever taped a boring conversation with someone and turned it into something funny.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF...you can hit the post on any ramp in your playlist, but can only sing the hooks from songs that are in your music promos.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF...you have a CD player in your car, but no tape deck, and are mad! (Because you can't listen to your aircheck from that day).

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF...you are well into your thirties and have been hit on by a 13-year-old girl on the request line.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF...when you think of your fantasy girl or guy it is always someone in a band - not a movie star.

YOU MIGHT BE IN RADIO IF...two months ago when you worked at the car wash you could jog a mile without being out of breath and now it is tough for you to get from your car to the LazEboy.

Some of the most famous sign offs in radio history.

 

NORMAN B. (CKFH, CHOW, CKBB, FM 108):
"Do what you want, dig what you do, 'cause that's what life is all about."

DON BERNS (WKBW, WTAE, KLIF, KFMB, CFNY, CIDC):
"Remember, whereever you are and whatever you're doing, it's only the beginning."

JERRY BLAVAT (WCAM, WFIL, WIBG, WCAU-FM, WOGR, WSSJ)
"Keep on rockin', because in this world you really rock ONCE!

FRANKIE CROCKER (WMCA, WINS and others)
"May you live to be a hundred, and me a hundred minus a day, so I'll never know good people like you have passed away. Peace, love, truth and soul."

TOM DONAHUE (KYA, KSAN, KPPC)
"And that's the way it was ... and that's the way it is ... and it's always changing ... and it is always the same."

CASEY KASEM (KRLA)
"Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars. And until you get the one you want, I hope you'll stay with the station of the stars, KRLA."

STEVE LUNDY (WLS, KILT, KROQ, KRTH, KFRC)
"Don't forget to smell the roses - cause we're only here for a short visit."

 

Radio’s Frequently Asked Questions:

 

Q. How many radio stations are there in the world?

A. According to the CIA World Factbook, there are about 44,000 Radio stations worldwide

Q. Total Amount of Radio Stations in the U.S.A

A. (AM STATIONS: 4771) (FM COMMERCIAL: 6218) (FM EDUCATIONAL: 2497)

Q. How many radio stations are there in the United States?

 

A. According to the Federal Communications Commission, there are 13,296 radio stations

 

Q.What are the top 10 radio markets?

A. According to Arbitron, the top radio markets, by population, are: (1) New York, (2) Los Angeles, (3) Chicago, (4) San Francisco (5) Philadelphia (6) Dallas-Fort Worth (7) Detroit (8) Boston (9) Washington, DC (10) Houston- Galveston

Q. What are the top ten radio formats?

A. RAB lists the top ten radio formats as: (1) Country (2) News/Talk (3) Oldies (4) Adult Contemporary (5) Hispanic (6) Adult Standards (7) Top 40 (8) Soft Adult Contemporary (9) Religion (Teaching, Variety) (10) Classic Rock

Q. How much time is spent listening to radio daily?

A. The Radio Advertising Bureau reports that the average weekday time spent listening (TSL) by adults is 3 hrs and 3 minutes. The weekend time spent listening is 5 hrs and 15 mins.

Q. How many people over the age of 12 does Radio reach each day?

A.Radio reaches 77% of people over the age of 12 everyday.

Q. What is the advertising revenue for the radio industry?

A. According to the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) the revenue from Radio exceeds over $19.8 billion.

Q. What percentage of consumers does Radio reach each week?

 

A. Radio reaches over 95% of consumers weekly

Q. What did the Telecommunications Act of 1996 do to Radio?

 

A. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 did many things but the one big thing most people talk about is how it freed up companies, allowing them to own as many Radio stations as they wanted.

 

 

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