Dead air.... ummm... dead air.
Hmmm.... thank you all for still being here.
So last night was an epic adventure in the life of Kelly, as I did my first ever stint on CKUW, the University of Winnipeg's radio station. David EisBrenner, a well-known staple on the Wednesday AM edition of The Beat, a news program, was doing his bit for FUNdrive 2007 by covering the Milk Hours (basically CKUW's ploy to get real people to ask you for money all night long instead of playing randomized music). David enlisted the efforts of quite possibly two of his wackiest friends, Jeremy Yuen and myself. David's sister and Jeremy's girlfriend (yes, it's one person) joined us in the studio, the lovely Charisse EisBrenner.
Charisse is the smart one... she came in with no clear intention of speaking on-air. I however, had no idea how the night would go down, other than that there were three mics and one of them was sure to be in front of my face; It may as well not have been.
Alright, so the pen is clearly my most comfortable medium; but I thought I knew my way around the spoken word! And I maintain that I really do, but let's face it, I caught a case of mic-phobia; and besides that, let's be real - when you're in the studio with such legendary radio greats as David "Beat-Down" EisBrenner, it's hard to keep your cool.
Whatever... radio has not beat me yet. I will conquer! I will stare down that unfeeling, unmoving microphone and I will come out the victor!
Anyways... the CKUW FUNdrive is very nearly but not quite over... so call in and pledge now!
FUNdrive continues until Friday afternoon; the goal this year is $38,000 toward the operating costs of running such a great, home-grown and locally-focused station, and as of 6AM this morning CKUW was sitting just over $6,000 away from achieving that goal.... so dig down deep and see if you can find it in your heart or wallet to make a contribution to keeping Winnipeg radio alive and original. I've put my two cents in; now it's your turn!
9:52 PM
I listened to you guys until 3:30 in the morning, you didn't sound that bad. top
12:49 PM
Thank you, Bryan, for your kind words of affirmation! In fact, despite the fact that I barely said 10 words (well, no I said some things...) I had a blast, it was GREAT fun, and I would do it again in a heart-beat. But hopefully, next time, with less of a deer-caught-in-airwaves type of approach.
P.S. Thank you, Bryan, for your generous donation towards the station, and also for gracing us with your ears for much of our shift. And an EXTRA-special thanks to you for letting me pawn off the on-air singing of "I'm a little teapot" on David... you're too kind. top