[BC] DJs and training

[Barry Mishkind]

At 02:49 PM 4/6/2010, JIM GRAHAM wrote:
>Several years ago, when I was doing "side work", at one of the stations qualifications for on-air people was breathing.  They'd hire high schoolers and let the previous high schooler train the new guy (or girl).  I never knew they hired a newby.

        Jim ... you hit on a good point. It always
        seemed to be that new hires were done
        on Friday afternoon at 4:45PM - and their
        training was limited to following the format.

        Now, Rich will probably tell us he and
        his friends never did this ... and never
        purposely let out weekends get killed
        by the calls from these non-trained 
        staffers. However, as you say:

>Anyway, I'd get calls on weekends, "I think we're off the air."  Why do you think that?  "I don't hear anything coming out of the speakers."  Is your transmitter on?  "How can I tell?"  Go look at the remote control.  "What's that?"