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Re: WMTW

I have a close friend who worked for DHL, out of the Norfolk, VA office. He
worked a split shift, making for a long day. If I'm remembering correctly,
the beginning of the day was mostly deliveries and the afternoons were
mostly pick-ups from clients.

When I worked 12 or 13 hour days in radio here in Florida, I worked the
entire time, on the air with six hours of nothing but talking (auction) with
no scheduled breaks, few if any spots scheduled (I worked a lot of bonus
spots to save my sanity). When my auction co-host didn't show, it was
particularly daunting, but never, never did it dim my deep-rooted passion
for radio broadcasting!

Ron Gitschier
(Hometown Lowell, MA) WLLH/WSSH 1978
WQAI/WYHI/WGSR/WNNR(to be) 1570, Fernandina Beach,
Palm Coast, FL


----- Original Message -----
From: "rogerkirk" <rogerkirk@mail.ttlc.net>


> "Dan Billings" wrote:
>
> >Of course, that was before the new split shift.
>
> Sounds like the Boston Commuter Rail workers' shifts
> in the 70's - when I commuted Lawrence-Boston to WRKO.
>
> Are split shifts like this common in broadcasting?