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I was going to write about baseball tonight because it is so prominent right now.
You know, playoffs and all, with the Mets playing.
Oh, you say another team is playing? I should check that out.
OK, seriously, I'm probably not going to write a lot about baseball because, sometimes, I just don't feel like posting about stuff that no one reads.
I'm not kidding. The lowest-read posts are generally baseball-related for some reason.
Sometimes, I just write and don't worry about it. Tonight, I'm not feeling it.
So, baseball is on. The Yankees (you know, that other team) are winning. That pleases me.
But I'll spare you any words of wisdom about any of that.
On the other hand, I started something new tonight, helping to get a show off the ground. Rick Zolzer -- you know, "The Zolz" -- and I have been talking about doing a show for a few months. He did one on Z93 in Poughkeepsie and I joined in 2021-2022.
He has since moved over to the Pamal radio cluster and the process began to put a new show on the air. Of course, it's viewed as a "Zolz" show when, in reality, it's Zolz, me, and Sheriff Kirk Imperati.
It will air every Monday night at 6 on "The Beacon," a six-frequency group led by WGHQ, along with WBNR and WLNA. We're on AM and FM as well as the internet and, of course, Robcasting. "The Beacon" is part of the old Hudson Valley Talk Radio that I used to do the Renegades on.
I realize I'm often involved in shows because I'm the glue. What I mean by that is I keep things on the air, run equipment as needed, and act as a voice at times. It's essentially the role I play on "The Clubhouse." In that case, I'm the lead in that I open and close the show, as well as take us into and out of breaks.
"The Clubhouse," by the way, returns Wednesday night on WGCH. While I'm at it, this is my entire schedule this week:
Mon, 6pm: Zolz's Are You Kidding Me...Again
Tue, 11:30: CT Roughriders/HC Hockey Club
Tue, 4pm: Doubleheader
Wed, 7p: The Clubhouse
Thu, 4pm: Doubleheader
Fri, 6pm: Wilton/Greenwich Football
Sat, 3pm: Phillips Andover/Brunswick Football
Sun, 9p: Meet the Beatles
So, if you're keeping score, I'm (still) on WGCH, fill in on football on WALL, do occasional interviews on WICC, appear on this group, and of course, do Robcasting, LocalLive, FloHockey, and so on. Did I miss anyone?
If only it, you know, paid, but those are minor details.
In the case of tonight's premier show, I got a crash course in running the studio* before we went live at 6 p.m. We had a few hiccups -- including 30 seconds of dead air -- but the content and chemistry were all solid.
*I ran Renegades games and worked in that very studio on and off for a bunch of years. The equipment is mostly the same. However, the automation that runs the commercials has evolved over the years and that's the part I needed training on.
As for the dead air, apparently, there was a hiccup within the automation software. Beyond that, things ran well.
It's a show that will evolve as we move forward.
And it will be fun.
That's what sports talk should be.
We'll be back next Monday night at 6.
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