Monday wasn't so bad. I had the guy that I was taking over for sit with me in the studio and watched me run the board while the actual broadcasters of the show had all the fun being at Hooters Restaurant doing what we in the broadcasting business call a "live remote". Today was a little different. I had to do everything on my own! Extenuating circumstances had caused me to just operate from the studios with little or no help what so ever! The Program Manager had to leave because his mother was having surgery on her eyes, and tonight was a “live remote” from Damon’s Restaurant. Unfortunately, they could not interact with me as they did not have Internet access from the rib restaurant. Although I could hear them in the speakers in the studio, there was no way I could talk back to them to let them know I was screwing everything up! I didn’t completely know how to run the commercials from the computer software so I was a little behind on them. Not only that, the big boss General Manager called the station to say that there were overlapping broadcasts. I had to explain to him that I was doing the best I could under the It was supposed to be a sports show about the local State College little league baseball. At 7 pm, after the longest 2 hours of my life, I got a call back from the Production Manager to talk me through the shut down mode and going back to automation by the computer.I am going to dedicate some time in the studio tomorrow to get my bearings with this broadcast. I’ll go in early before my shift to make sure I understand how to run the equipment. Hopefully, I’ll do a better job of it knowing that I have some help available.
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