Great moments in radio: The kind of thing you’re excited about waking up for

September 5th, 2006 → 8:28 am @

8:05 am: Call into WTBQ-AM — “The only independent radio station serving all of Orange County and Northern New Jersey” — for a ten-minute live segment on “The Frank Truatt Morning Show with the Q-11 News Team.”

8:07 am: The producer comes on the line. Checks sound levels.

8:08 am: The producer asks me what my name is.

8:08 am: The producer asks me how to pronounce my name.

8:09 am: The producer asks me the name of my book.

8:09 am: The producer asks me what said book is about.

I was tempted to say it detailed the lonely life of a hermit who has spent the last 30 years secretly feeding Nessie. Alas, I chickened out.

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