Is apparently the direct result of a condition called:
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In 1995 I put on a very professional
trade show in West Palm Beach. As part
of the event I had five radio shows
broadcasting live from the floor. They
were pretty hopeless, all those journalists.
What I did was grab the mikes and just
go out walking and talking to people.
More than a few of the radio folks said I
was a natural.. But I wasn't going to do
that, whatever it was. But two years later I
called up WPBR and asked about doing a
show. I paid $200 an hour, for one hour
on Friday mornings. On my first day I got
seven phone calls. I figured that was
normal. I was wrong. I was told that no
one ever got phone calls on their first
day out. Or their first week, or even
month, and just possibly their first year.
"You have to get known," I was told. I
figured you had to be reasonable and
funny and competent. That might work
better. And so I did that show, and paid
my money, and it lasted a few weeks like
that. Then the owner of the radio station
heard me and offered me five nights a
week from midnight to 2AM So I took it.
And the next thing I knew I was the only
late night talk show host in the whole
county.
trade show in West Palm Beach. As part
of the event I had five radio shows
broadcasting live from the floor. They
were pretty hopeless, all those journalists.
What I did was grab the mikes and just
go out walking and talking to people.
More than a few of the radio folks said I
was a natural.. But I wasn't going to do
that, whatever it was. But two years later I
called up WPBR and asked about doing a
show. I paid $200 an hour, for one hour
on Friday mornings. On my first day I got
seven phone calls. I figured that was
normal. I was wrong. I was told that no
one ever got phone calls on their first
day out. Or their first week, or even
month, and just possibly their first year.
"You have to get known," I was told. I
figured you had to be reasonable and
funny and competent. That might work
better. And so I did that show, and paid
my money, and it lasted a few weeks like
that. Then the owner of the radio station
heard me and offered me five nights a
week from midnight to 2AM So I took it.
And the next thing I knew I was the only
late night talk show host in the whole
county.