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.
Monday, January 14, 2019
Chris Isaak "Let Me Down Easy"
Folks in radio (myself included) often joke about how we're in the communications business yet somehow we fail at basic communication with one another. Mistakes happen, instructions don't always get conveyed and balls occasionally get dropped, but I remember working for one person in particular whose communication style could best be described as "Huh?". This person's memos contained more grammatical and spelling errors than most fifth graders. Conversations with this person usually resulted in him repeating the phrase "Good, good!" throughout. More times than not, I left his meetings with more questions than answers. One particular note he once pasted in the on-air studio became the rallying cry of all the DJs. It read: "Keep You Energy Up".