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This is something I announced on my show last week but of course no one listened so I am also mentioning it on this blog which no one reads. I'll also share this on social media where I have virtually no followers & might as well not even bother. But it's become a habit.
A couple weeks ago I wrote a blog post about feeling my age & needing to downsize. After consulting with my wife, my constituents, & my spiritual advisors (okay, I talked it over with my cats), I decided it was time to let one of my radio shows go. Free it! Send it off into the blue. Where it might not be as lonely as it is with me.
It turns out I'm kinda not letting a show go. I just let a timeslot go. & it really had very little to do with the show or the station. It was a matter of when the show was.
In case you don't know, I have a show on XRAY that's on 9-10am on Sundays. I do that show live.
There's another show I do on KBOO that's on midnight to 3am Tuesday mornings that I have been recording (or prerecording as they call it in the biz).
Finally, there's Self Help Radio on Freeform Portland from noon to 2pm on Thursdays.
My calculation was this: I would like as many days as possible not to worry about making a radio show or being on the radio. The KBOO show & the XRAY show were basically right next to one another. That seemed a nice thing - like have a job only on the weekends. It doesn't mean I won't work on them during the week, just that I wouldn't be finishing one show to work on another. Therefore it seemed the wisest thing to give up the Thursday show.
But wait! That's Self Help Radio! That's my baby! I've been doing that show since 2002! How could I give that up?
Turns out I can't. But I also can't return to a three-hour Self Help Radio. That's just too much.
Here's what I'll do:
The Dickenbock Report stays on XRAY 9-10am Sundays.
A couple weeks ago I wrote a blog post about feeling my age & needing to downsize. After consulting with my wife, my constituents, & my spiritual advisors (okay, I talked it over with my cats), I decided it was time to let one of my radio shows go. Free it! Send it off into the blue. Where it might not be as lonely as it is with me.
It turns out I'm kinda not letting a show go. I just let a timeslot go. & it really had very little to do with the show or the station. It was a matter of when the show was.
In case you don't know, I have a show on XRAY that's on 9-10am on Sundays. I do that show live.
There's another show I do on KBOO that's on midnight to 3am Tuesday mornings that I have been recording (or prerecording as they call it in the biz).
Finally, there's Self Help Radio on Freeform Portland from noon to 2pm on Thursdays.
My calculation was this: I would like as many days as possible not to worry about making a radio show or being on the radio. The KBOO show & the XRAY show were basically right next to one another. That seemed a nice thing - like have a job only on the weekends. It doesn't mean I won't work on them during the week, just that I wouldn't be finishing one show to work on another. Therefore it seemed the wisest thing to give up the Thursday show.
But wait! That's Self Help Radio! That's my baby! I've been doing that show since 2002! How could I give that up?
Turns out I can't. But I also can't return to a three-hour Self Help Radio. That's just too much.
Here's what I'll do:
The Dickenbock Report stays on XRAY 9-10am Sundays.
Self Help Radio moves back to KBOO Tuesday mornings but only 12-2am.
The severely truncated Corporate Standardized Programming follows that Tuesdays 2-3am.
Most probably all those shows will be live. That's the plan right now.
The severely truncated Corporate Standardized Programming follows that Tuesdays 2-3am.
Most probably all those shows will be live. That's the plan right now.
Also I am not leaving Freeform Portland! I love that place too much. I will continue to volunteer & possibly also sub.
The Tuesday morning premiere of Self Help Radio happens next week, March 26. The last Self Help Radio on FFP already happened (you can listen to it at self help radio dot net!). I did not want to have to make two Self Help Radio episodes in a ten-day period. I am tired enough.
Those are a lot of words for something nobody but me gives a shit about. I don't know why I feel it needs to be said. But there you are! Let's hope it means I sleep a little more than I have been the past few months. At least.
The Tuesday morning premiere of Self Help Radio happens next week, March 26. The last Self Help Radio on FFP already happened (you can listen to it at self help radio dot net!). I did not want to have to make two Self Help Radio episodes in a ten-day period. I am tired enough.
Those are a lot of words for something nobody but me gives a shit about. I don't know why I feel it needs to be said. But there you are! Let's hope it means I sleep a little more than I have been the past few months. At least.
2 comments:
I am grateful to the gods for self help radio dot net. Long may it live
Hi Gary! I understand entirely where you're coming from. Similar vintage and reducing work hours to _ well... try and keep well. And to find time to listen to music! Including your shows. Really appreciate your global social service! Thank you.
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