I vacillated. I left full time radio in 1991. I did a little morning news fill in work on the now defunct Solid Gold 94 in the months that followed. It had been a long time since I had done radio. While I was getting a tour of the new Wilkes University radio and TV building, my new friend, Kristen Rock, suggested I give it a shot, so I threw my name in the hat.
Jessie had her baby, so it was time for Doc's plan. I volunteered, and yesterday was my day. I did not promote the appearance in case I bombed. I could quietly sneak away and never speak of the incident again.
I didn't think I was great. I wasn't awful either. It's tough to work with a new partner and Doc made it easy. We had met, only very briefly a couple of times before, but we know the same people and had the same experiences. We're about the same age. I may look older, but Doc has a couple of years on me.
He was warned going in that I know nothing about country music. We kicked around a couple of topics before we started, so we were in my comfort zone. The two hours passed like two minutes and I had a wonderful time.
As you can see from the photo, I shaved on a day off-- which is unusual for me. I should have combed my hair.
TV treats me great and I am very happy there, and if you are a regular reader, you know that radio is my first love. It was great fun to re-live some of the old days. Jessie still has a lot of maternity leave left, and I volunteered to come back, if needed and wanted.
Even if Doc doesn't take me up on the offer, it was enormously entertaining to be back..
