[BC] Unscheduled moments of silence

[Barry Mishkind]

At 11:56 AM 3/10/2009, Xmitters at aol.com wrote:
>Been there, done that. AN AM station where I worked was automated talk ( well
>there were actual people who could actually talk, but the format was
>automated ) anyway, the automation would puke it's silicon chips and 
>the statio
>n would
>sit silent for half an hour or more. No calls. Sad thing is, nobody in the
>building was listening either.

         Once I was called by a station. It was after 10AM
         when someone finally called and asked why they couldn't
         hear the station. Turns out the morning announcer
         had forgotten to turn on the transmitter and was
         listening to .... "program."