Dedicated this evening’s broadcast on my hospital radio show to the state of our railway system. Played Gladys Knight’s ’Midnight Train to Georgia’, Glenn Miller’s jazz classic ’Chattanooga Choo-Choo’ and the Thomas the Tank Engine theme tune. I also played S Club Seven’s ’Don’t Stop Movin’ as this morning’s journey was particularly slow and painful, we eventually crawled into Preston three minutes and fourty five seconds late.
Throughout the evening I rallied the troups and put out calls (between records) for support in my campaign...until station manager Raymond pulled the plug on the show. He said I was getting too political, it was a light hearted slot and I should really be taking requests - especially from the Renal Ward (where a large percentage of complaints have come from). I asked him if they were ’taking the urine’ or having urine taken. Ray didn’t see the funny side and asked me to leave ten minutes early.
I put it down to Ray wanting to try out a rookie DJ - Pierre, a French student with a penchant for friendliness and smiling. I was about to make a light hearted quip at his expense but was shot a scolding look by Ray before I could even utter a word.
Glad to get home early anyway as I'd been anticipating a good response to the ad I placed in the newsagents. I returned to find three messages on the answermachine. Two people hung up and someone looking for a Chinese take away. It’s a start.
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