Just Don't Wake Me Up!

Have you heard it yet?

There's something new and very very different in Kingston. I know, I know, Kingston has a built-in resistance to "very very different," and "new" is anything that's been here for less than 50 years.

I was skeptical too. When my bosses at FLY FM approached me last fall to see if I was interested in having a show on their new station, my first thought was "wow, a job! My family will not starve...my kids can go to University some day...I can order new bike gear!" But, when they described this new station, I wasn't so sure.

They drew a picture of an alternative music station, aimed solely at Kingston. This station would do things quite unlike anything else on the air. The music. The news. The people talking. All would be as un-radio (if it's not a word, put in in Wiki for me). As I sat listening, all thoughts of the groceries, the tuition and the hot new bike clothing faded away.

I was obviously no longer able to distinguish reality from my vivid fantasy world. The hallucination was so strong, that actual people were now speaking words I'd imagined.

After asking the right questions like: "are you kidding me?", and "who are you people?", I started to believe that this was really going to happen.

By mid-December, the station was on the air and there I was getting to play awesome music, spout off about whatever and get paid for doing it!

By late December, we had callers...real, living, job-holding callers who wanted to help us build this into something special.

Now here it is January 2008. We've made it one month without the parent company so much as making a peep about what we play, what we say or anything else we do.

If you haven't heard it yet, please try it. 98.9 The Drive. Our signal is pretty small, but our techies will have us up loud and strong in a few weeks. Meanwhile, we're live on the web too at 989.fm.

Listen to it. Do what you do best, think. Then let us know what's right, what's wrong and what needs to be done. We've got an anonymous line for you to call at 613 433 1380 ext. 320, or you can call us on the air at 5440 98 9.

I think this just might work!