Even though Im retired I still have anxiety dreams connected to what I did for more than three decades...work in radio. The essence of the dream is always the same....dead air. Either the music is ending and I dont have another song cued up and ready to go or the news sounder comes on and I dont have my newscast ready. It seems to have one other element too....divided interest. Last night it was about going into work on a Saturday but going in to do personal things....not work. The fear there is that youre in there and some news event happens and you need to drop everything and cover it. But for whatever reason, everybody was at work at the radio station and I kept asking what is everyone doing here...its Saturday? Now, I remember thinking that sucks because if something did happen, I couldnt pretend I wasnt there because theyd all know that I was. I never shirked my duties in that regard in real life...not on the radio anyway so whatever I was there for was somehow very important to me. It got fairly ugly after that with fights and car chases and so forth but being on time and being ready was so important in radio that people, even good and talented people, didnt last long if they couldnt grasp that. So here I am, in my retirement, worried about dead air. You cant win. You just cant.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 14:57:03 +0000
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