GREG GAUGHRAN (8th March 2006)
Today got wrecked: my lawyers’ dogs ate the homework [“Your contract was lost in the post.” Yeah, right – Ed.] [READ IN FULL]

IS IT SAFE? (27th February 2006)
Is it safe? Can we say anything? Who’s listening that might get upset? [READ IN FULL]

I NAME THIS SHIP (5th February 2006)
Having always had an over-supply of useable thoughts and never enough scraps of paper to save them on, I used to feel a bit guilty about using Prep/Creative Services... [READ IN FULL]

BAD CALLERS? (12th April 2004)
There are no bad callers! [READ IN FULL]

THE WAY OF IT IS (1st September 2003)
The way of it is, you're welcomed among your own, let's face it! [READ IN FULL]

AS YOU DO (15th March 2003)
Do you know Dave Maloney, the drummer for the Cajun Kings? Dave's brother is the RTE jock Mike, and when Dave wasn't drumming for the Kings, he drove a taxi…as you do. [READ IN FULL]

LOSER JOCK (8th March 2003)
I've been stewing on this one for a while. I found these comments on an Australian Radio-website and the guy really pissed me off. I've left in most of his inability with the English language. [Well, he is Australian- Ed.] but check his shite attitude! It's about automation. [READ IN FULL]

KNOCK-BACKS II - THE SEQUEL (1st March 2003)
Late last year I went for a job in Cairns, a beautiful little town in Tropical North Queensland. I've lived there before: it's a real lifestyle choice. The gig was Breakfast on an up-tempo edgy pop-station, if that makes sense. [READ IN FULL]

NO AUDIENCE
I was reading a Radiowaves thread in which "Lenny" raised the following question:- "…should 2fm play wall-to-wall dance music all weekend at night??? [READ IN FULL]

BAD-TASTE
I had just finished reading the Radiowaves thread that started with an expression of outrage that 98fm could have programmed Tragedy following the News of the Space Shuttle crash. Straight away, I felt an overwhelming need to atone for the guilt of Broadcasters everywhere. What I needed was escapism, so I tuned in to MyOwnMindFM to find it. [READ IN FULL]

KNOCK-BACKS
I'm not working on the Radio at the moment. That partially sucks. I'm sporadically employed producing corporate and promotional video. That's interesting but it's not happening every day. [READ IN FULL]

GET A JOB!
So, you know there's a gig going. It's way better than the one you're on. It could be the payback for all those years grinding away in Baile na Gombeen. No one's actually picked up the phone and asked you if you're interested: your profile's not that high, but it will be! Oh, once you get this gig, you're on your way. [READ IN FULL]

ROOTS
Re. last week's non-appearance: I moved house on New Year's Eve/Day. I wanted a week off to get pissed. Cool? Cool. [READ IN FULL]

HAPPY NEW YEAR
One thing that's good about unemployment here in Tropical Darwin (apart from the hours) is that the weather's so good, you actually appreciate the sweltering Rainy Season that's just begun (it got so dry in the winter here that they had to close two lanes of the local swimming pool!). [READ IN FULL]

WORK CHRISTMAS DAY!
I always insist on working on Christmas Day…and don't tell me no one's listening to the Radio! As a career Breakfast Jock who's spent half his life looking at the blurry side of 6:00 a.m., I know there's always someone who's glad you're there. I must admit I prefer to do the Morning Show rather than Breakfast at Christmas for two reasons: health (remember you have to get Partied-up on Christmas Eve) and audience attention. [READ IN FULL]

DRESSING UP
I've always hated name-jingles. Whenever a station would get a batch made for everyone, I'd say, "Not for me, thanks. Do you walk around the town with a little choir behind you to sing your name when you go in the pub? Do you have a bloke with a cigar-voice and his finger in his ear to growl your name over your shoulder to someone you've just met? No. You introduce yourself, with your own voice." Then I'd take it a stage further and question the need for jingles of any kind at all. [READ IN FULL]

TEN THINGS I NEVER WANT TO HEAR ON THE RADIO AGAIN
1 - "I can't describe (what I'm seeing.)" [READ IN FULL]

PERSONALITY JOCKS...What a pack o' w@%#ers!
Do you ever ask yourself what you'd be doing if you hadn't chosen Broadcasting as a career? My own list includes some pretty diverse options; criminal lawyer, fighter-pilot, professional cricketer, career diplomat, rock star, Formula One driver....you know the sort of thing. [READ IN FULL]

AUTOMATION - The Dark Side
It was refreshing to follow the discussion about automation that focussed on its operational aspects; how to make it work better, which systems are better than others, how you can sound 'live'. It was refreshing because no one felt a need to consider the damage that automation is doing to careers. [READ IN FULL]

INFLUENCES
Last week, Tony H. gave me cause for genuine pride when he wrote that my work (on 98fm) had a positive influence on his own Broadcast work. [READ IN FULL]

VOICETRACKING
I think people get a bit "unnecessary" about Voice-tracking. I first used Wizard's V/t in Auckland (NZ) during '99 and 2000 doing Drive and really got to love it. We had to use it. In my own case, I was doing two different shows (one on the 24-station national network and one, with local references, traffic, in Auckland only) at exactly the same time. [READ IN FULL]

SHOW-PREP
I was just reading a thread in "Behind the Scenes" about Show Prep. [READ IN FULL]