Phil Collins, Elton John, and Gloria Estefan dominated Adult Contemporary radio back in the 1980s and '90s, yet have disappeared from modern radio. Seemingly, the only time you ever hear them is at the grocery store or your local CVS. This blog remembers the music, the stories and the quirky characters from my days working in Adult Contemporary radio.
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Goo Goo Dolls - "Name"
When I was an intern at WPNT-FM in Chicago, my boss, Lynne, was the midday personality. Part of her show featured an "All My Children Update" at 1:50pm. From noon until the AMC Update, I ran the controls so that she could focus on watching her soaps (what a good gig!). Since "All My Children" was blaring on the studio speakers, I relied on Lynne's headphones to hear what was going on over the air. I had never heard the song "Name" from The Goo Goo Dolls when I first played it. The song has what's known as a false-ending with about 30 seconds before the actual end of the song. A timid and ignorant Todd hear the false ending and immediately cut to the next element (a recorded promo talking about the music WPNT played). Lynne was not happy with me.