True radio geek dream

[rogerkirk]

Rick Kelly wrote:
>My one recurring nightmare is that I am in the studio, on the air, and
>no matter what do... throwing switches, pushing buttons, twisting
>pots, I can't get anything on the air. I wake up in a cold sweat.  I
>haven't been on the air in 10 years, and still have this dream several
>times a year.

When I worked as a board op on WRKO ('70 - '73), I never dreamt
about those things, but while driving to work, if there was 
dead air, my first instict was to look for the VU meter on my
car's dashboard.