Radio Ga Ga

My *fun* job


It was kind of ironic how it happened. I had been posting on my Facebook and Twitter accounts about my bi-monthly radio show for quite some time now, never expecting that anyone besides my close friends and family were actually listening. How shocked/surprised I was to read that a long-time local DJ Jim Elyot was listening and even requesting tunes. To say I was honored was an understatement.

Seeing as the world is so small, I suddenly realized that this listener once worked with my sons’ Godfather, Greg Hunter, who has also been a local radio celebrity for over 30 years. When I suggested that the three of us do a radio show together, I never imagined that they would say yes.

Friday July 8th was the night we decided on. Greg met my husband and I at our local Legion at 5PM for dinner first. Then over to the island we went. Jim met us at the ferry as he rode his bike all the way from Kingston. The conversation immediately reverted back to the 70’s and some of the crazy things that happened at CKLC-AM, where they had once worked.

Jim was kind enough to bring the music, so all I did was put the two men in the production room with a microphone and my hand written advertisement for our sole sponsor and let them loose. I don’t think I had ever laughed so hard in all my life. To me, it was like time stood still, and I became that teenager with her portable radio, worshiping the local radio Gods.

Then the phone rang. It was one of their old co-workers, who had been reading Jim’s Tweets from the last week about the show. How shocked do you think *I* was to hear that it was Chris St Clair from the Weather Network! He loved the show and just wanted to call and talk to the boys.

The next day I received an email from Mr. St Clair relaying his compliments on my show. I was chuffed.

Thank You Jim & Greg (and Chris too) you certainly brightened my night.