WENTY’S TWO CENTS
The caffeine-addled ramblings of KCOW “Wakeup Show” host Jason Wentworth
October 17, 2012
I have a friend named Mark who is crazy about motivational books…one that he recommended quite highly was “Who Moved My Cheese?”
From Amazon.com:
Who Moved My Cheese? takes the fear and anxiety out of managing the future and shows people a simple way to successfully deal with the changing times, providing them with a method for moving ahead with their work and lives safely and effectively.
Don’t worry…I’m not gonna get all deep and thoughtful on you. That’s for Terri (as in “Thoughts From”). I just think it’s a good time to talk about the Big Change going on here at KCOW. For the most part, this isn’t an on-air change–we’re not going all-polka or anything. Unless nobody’s told me.
The change is in this building–we’re basically doing a switcheroo. All of the sales offices are going to the front of the building, and all of the on-air studios and production facilities are going to the back.
Now, just as an abstract thought, that doesn’t seem like too big a deal. But the pounding, whirring, and other harrowing sounds coming from the next room beg to differ. It’s not so much “Who Moved My Cheese?” as it is “Who ripped my cheese into crumbly bits, melted it in the microwave, cooled it on the counter, shredded it and put it on a pizza?”
This is all good, of course. Our sales team, John and Helen, get nice new offices and meeting rooms that are conveniently located up front. And my radio pals Kevin Horn and Mike Glesinger are as happy as I am at the thought of new equipment; a brand new layout that keeps the studios isolated and soundproofed; and a whole new on air control room from which I can sit and play Beatles records and make semi-humorous remarks.
But what of the room that I sit in and do those things now? Now that’s moving the cheese! I did some very sketchy math and I think it’s safe to say that since 1998, I have spent more than 25,000 hours in our current AM control room. That’s a lot of Paul Harvey introductions, Harris Sales commercials and discussions with Kevin Horn about seemingly every topic imaginable.
I do feel some nostalgia as I host my final months of Wakeup Shows in the existing control room. But, like The Jeffersons, we’re a’movin’ on up!
