You do have to worry a little about burnout as a morning talk host. I talk on average for four hours every morning. Do my own news, weather, traffic... sometimes even the Sports. Although once in a while I engage Ryan to give scores and stuff. The key is to keep it fresh somehow all the time. That's not easy when you're burnt and on the edge of being able to push forward. When that happens, you need to back off for a couple of days. So barring any huge news event, that's certainly what I plan to do this weekend. Any morning host will know what I'm talking about.
4:21pm. It has been either snowing or raining or blowing cold air for eight months now. Sometimes all three at the same time. Another gray day with no sunshine and periodic rain. June gloom. Callers in a crappy mood with a penchant to complain, criticize and bellyache. Me too, I suppose. I was certainly not my best today. Gloomy. It's the end of June and not much going on. I didn't prep at all for the silence that can erupt if you have nothing to say. And I'm exhausted.
You do have to worry a little about burnout as a morning talk host. I talk on average for four hours every morning. Do my own news, weather, traffic... sometimes even the Sports. Although once in a while I engage Ryan to give scores and stuff. The key is to keep it fresh somehow all the time. That's not easy when you're burnt and on the edge of being able to push forward. When that happens, you need to back off for a couple of days. So barring any huge news event, that's certainly what I plan to do this weekend. Any morning host will know what I'm talking about. |
I run radio stations and a streaming video network in Hammond, Ind., and write this blog.
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