Radio Days #4

So this past week I was able to start reading station IDs on the air. I can say with some odd sense of satisfaction that I TOTALLY botched it my first try. The thing with radio is that once it's done, it's really done. You can't suck your words back off the air, it's physically impossible. You just have to shrug it off and learn from your mistake; I'll never invert the station numbers again! I got to try again before the day was over, and I'm proud to say it was much better the second time around. I've yet to encounter anyone who has heard me on the air, so I have no idea what I sounded like. Michael says he never heard his voice on the radio until he'd been working for years and got to start recording his voice for promos.
Every week I'm astounded by all the new things there are still to learn and at how much I am actually learning and retaining. I've got most of the schedule memorized and I've stopped making as many mistakes when I check programs. I think a lot of the knowledge comes from just being at the station and being completely immersed in everything radio. The more I learn the more I get to do and the more I get to do the more interesting the whole thing gets. There are boring patches, but they are easily overshadowed by the crazy, exciting, and sometimes stressful events that take place every so often.