tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post4900893445550058123..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Another "How I almost got fired" radio storyBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-11957243629659073842018-07-11T17:16:21.462-07:002018-07-11T17:16:21.462-07:00This just made me laugh hard. It's always the ...This just made me laugh hard. It's always the way when somebody tempts fate!Rhoda Lexingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02803817805765753025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-18877277511653977902014-08-03T16:24:36.646-07:002014-08-03T16:24:36.646-07:00Nowadays you'd be sent to sensitivity training...Nowadays you'd be sent to sensitivity training. Like that rodeo clown punished for wearing an Obama mask.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-29572547326488625992014-08-03T05:36:55.387-07:002014-08-03T05:36:55.387-07:00Favorite song back in the day in Eastern Washingto...Favorite song back in the day in Eastern Washington. We sang it on car trips. Our dog (springer spaniel) would find dead skunks as if gifted in the craft and roll in and on them. Sometimes he would find a live one and get sprayed by skunk stink. We frequently had a skunk-sprayed stink dog in our car on a hot two-hour drive. He could also find any sort of feces and tangle it about in his hair.<br />Other musical favorites for road trips were "Drop Kick Me Jesus", ABBA, Roy Clark and anything by Electric Light Orchestra and Sons Of The Pioneers available on 8 track.<br />Really miss those days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-47560114842063072722014-08-02T17:42:46.202-07:002014-08-02T17:42:46.202-07:00Regarding radio callers, I read an article once by...Regarding radio callers, I read an article once by a guy who answered a vaguely worded ad and found that it was some Republican organization who paid people to call into Liberal radio shows (few though they may be) and push whatever the latest Republican talking points were. He got $25.00 every time he got on the air and read the spiel he was given. He needed the money and so reluctantly did it, but after a few weeks he just couldn't stand it any more and gave up, and found an honest job to do. A few months later he was in the neighborhood near the building where he'd answered the ad and decided to go up there and talk to them. He found the same office but there was no longer a name on the door and the office was empty. James Van Hisenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-68036256059351273772014-08-02T17:33:24.854-07:002014-08-02T17:33:24.854-07:00Ha ha. I wouldn't expect that to be on KLOS in...Ha ha. I wouldn't expect that to be on KLOS in those days. That would have been more fitting on Dr. Demento at KMET. Fun song--destined to be my latest earworm. I liked the line, "C'mon, stink."Eric Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10639837826294361383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-90918645981064849462014-08-02T13:05:38.845-07:002014-08-02T13:05:38.845-07:00Here and there I come across stuff to the effect t...Here and there I come across stuff to the effect that most modern "callers" -- or "call-ees" -- are actually planted performers or even pre-recorded schticks. This reaches from shock jocks to political talk radio.<br /><br />Anything to it?DBensonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-65043215927716153402014-08-02T11:09:19.343-07:002014-08-02T11:09:19.343-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.goslinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11059857731762430816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-14728591592121430632014-08-02T09:16:46.355-07:002014-08-02T09:16:46.355-07:00One time our TV station did a cruise giveaway and ...One time our TV station did a cruise giveaway and the winner, as several callers quickly informed us afterwards, was a sex offender. <br /><br />Fortunately, the guy was honest enough to call back and forfeit his tickets. We quietly drew another name out of the hat/bowl/drum and some lucky non-offender won a cruise for the simple virtue of a not being a perv. <br /><br />Remember, kids: it pays to not to be a pervert.Dan Ballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06865180000909831517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-28500934985277198042014-08-02T08:27:34.953-07:002014-08-02T08:27:34.953-07:00Ken! That is a cotton pickin' great story. It ...Ken! That is a cotton pickin' great story. It took me back to my own checkered past in local radio. We all had to sit through the required "Public Service" programs.At one station I had a Sunday full of ethnic shows I had to run the board for- Greek, Dutch, Croatian and I never what revolution was being fomented. A buddy of mine did a stint at a Navajo language station. Such was hometown radio. Those days make for great stories and I love the Ken Levine "radio days tales."<br />Mike Botulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03280479229678291508noreply@blogger.com