1. Be believable,
sincere and enthusiastic! In other words be real.
2. Know what you
are going to say and what you are going to do, from beginning to end
BEFORE you do it. BE PREPARED AT ALL
TIMES.
3. Plan your line
up of records several ahead to make sure you have the proper balance
and tempo.
4. Produce your show as tightly as possible.
5. Do not talk
over the vocal part of a record except on fade endings. Records that
end cold should end BEFORE you talk.
6. Do not whisper
lovingly over slow record intros.
7. Do not call
attention to your errors on the air. Recover quickly, and
immediately go on.
8. Do not talk
just for the sake of saying something. Meaningful talk is welcome.
Say what you have to say in the briefest way possible.
9. House jokes or
inside jokes are not allowed.
10. Do not talk
with jocks or news people when you are on the air. You are the STAR.
11. Do not talk over commercials or make any comments about any
commercials.
12. Your opinion
on records is totally useless to the listener. Every record we play
is a hit and is the greatest. Never knock a record.
13. Do not overuse
hip talk.
14. Never talk or
mention, directly or indirectly, your competition.
15. Be
enthusiastic.
16. About humor:
(a) A joke
just for the sake of a joke is not good.
(b) Tie your bits in with what you're doing.
(c) Use gags that are tied in with current events.
(d) Be tasteful in your approach.
(e) Too much humor is a bad approach.
(f) It is better to have absolutely no humor at all than to have
a very unfunny attempt at humor.
17. Be brief,
explicit, and enthusiastic.
18. Never segue directly from a record into a spot, or segue two
records together with no talk.
19. Do not indulge in self congratulation.
20. Do not use too much teen talk.
21. Visitors are not allowed in the control room at any time under
any conditions. Visitors are not allowed inside the station after
working hours.
22. Do not sit and BS on the telephone while you are on the air. It
is impossible to concentrate on two things at the same time. Your
air show is the ONE MOST IMPORTANT thing.
23. No records are to leave the control room at any time without
permission from the PD. This includes removal of records by disc
jockeys and by salesmen.
24. Salesmen are not to be allowed in the control room at any time.
25. You are not to add or remove any commercial announcement from
the program without permission from either Chuck Smith, John
Trenton, Katherine Gianoukos, Carole Legette, or Howard Keller.
26. Keep up with your hit lines and in filling out your request
sheet.
