This might be one of those "you had to be there" stories, but its worth sharing. Especially, since the other DJ was very easy to scare and suffered from...let's see...too many Krystal's might be the gentle way to put it!
To completely understand, here's the ole setup... Back in '76, WETE had a separate talk show studio from the main control room...complete with it's own console, cart machines...the whole nine yards.
One day I was shown a way to speak into the headphones of the on-air personality from that studio without going out over the air. Somehow the jock could hear me mixed in with the off air signal. The only voice a listener would hear was that of the jock on-air. Only one or two others knew about this, which made for pulling something over on an unsuspecting fellow DJ. That person was our overnight man, Joe Crotty.
Believing he was all alone in the station, I waited until Joe went into a break. Then, lowering my voice as low as possible and speaking closely into the mic, I said, "JOE, THIS IS SATAN AND YOUR TIME HAS ARRIVED."
To say Crotty was stunted would be putting it mildly. He went off BIG TIME! Managing to utter something no one could understand before the sound of squealing headphones and a slamming door...he was found four stories down, without the aid of an elevator, heading for the exit...very visibly shaken and sweating profusely. The entire time, the mic was left open with the sound of feedback going out over the air.
It took about 20 minutes to calm him down & believe it was only yours truly. Ole Joe was never the same after that!
Now, if we could get CP to tell us how he got Betsy Gray to cry on the air using the aforementioned method...
Bill Beason aka Buzz Dailey
To completely understand, here's the ole setup... Back in '76, WETE had a separate talk show studio from the main control room...complete with it's own console, cart machines...the whole nine yards.
One day I was shown a way to speak into the headphones of the on-air personality from that studio without going out over the air. Somehow the jock could hear me mixed in with the off air signal. The only voice a listener would hear was that of the jock on-air. Only one or two others knew about this, which made for pulling something over on an unsuspecting fellow DJ. That person was our overnight man, Joe Crotty.
Believing he was all alone in the station, I waited until Joe went into a break. Then, lowering my voice as low as possible and speaking closely into the mic, I said, "JOE, THIS IS SATAN AND YOUR TIME HAS ARRIVED."
To say Crotty was stunted would be putting it mildly. He went off BIG TIME! Managing to utter something no one could understand before the sound of squealing headphones and a slamming door...he was found four stories down, without the aid of an elevator, heading for the exit...very visibly shaken and sweating profusely. The entire time, the mic was left open with the sound of feedback going out over the air.
It took about 20 minutes to calm him down & believe it was only yours truly. Ole Joe was never the same after that!
Now, if we could get CP to tell us how he got Betsy Gray to cry on the air using the aforementioned method...
Bill Beason aka Buzz Dailey