Jim Dedelow (JED)
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​JED is me, Jim Dedelow.
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I own AM 1230 WJOB and 104.7 FM in Hammond, Ind.  I also host the morning show in radio and video and write  a blog.
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Six inches up a stovepipe

12/30/2014

 
   3:56 on a Tuesday morning between the holidays. 
   The temperature has dropped into the single digits. You can feel it as you walk barefoot on the 15-year-old carpet to the washroom. Time to ride the bike to work. 
   I don't know why, really, but when it gets really cold I like to ride the bike to work. It must be the solitude. You ride along in the bitter cold knowing that you won't run into anyone and have to nod or stop and that's really a good thing. ​

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Nice, crisp greenbacks

12/26/2014

 
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Dave Kusiak
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"Toll Road" Tom and Matt Reardon
It's the day after Christmas and time to drive down to the station to do a few hours of radio. It's not that the station ever really got away the past 36 hours. That's not how it works. On Christmas Eve I was there til 5pm reworking some logs so that the station would play on autopilot at least until Christmas morning. And then yesterday we had a power blip and that threw off the computer somehow so instead of time at the kitchen table had to zip down Indianapolis Boulevard to reset things. 
   On the day after Christmas in the past I wouldn't do a radio show. I'd have someone else come in. Preserve the creativity, the freshness, try to be on the air only when the most people are listening.
   But then again it's not just the morning radio show anymore. The morning show is just the start of things. There's a ton more attached to it and this blog is just one of them. Besides, what the hell else would I do this morning? When you really think about it, I've got the best job in America, as one of the callers said on Christmas Eve. Can't remember who, but she's right. It's not really work to turn on your own radio station and just start talking to people.
   Besides, we have the best callers in America. On Christmas Eve, in response to my comment that I couldn't think what to give my daughters, caller Walt - "nice, crisp greenbacks." Typically, I don't listen to Walt's advice. But this Christmas I wound up giving both my college-age daughters "nice, crisp greenbacks."
   A new caller named Abe from South Dearing on the Illinois said, "I found you guys 3-4 months ago. Thank you, thank you... It's Christmas, time to forget all the murders and strife and think about peace and love."
   

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Merry Radio Christmas

12/25/2014

 
​   If you own the local radio station and live a couple miles from both the tower and the studio - and you're a talk-oriented, community-involved station - then you don't ever really get away from it. It's not like Walgreen's where you close on Christmas Day... or a cleaners or doctor's office or tree service or even some restaurants where you close on Christmas Eve.

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Christmas Eve Eve Radio

12/23/2014

 
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Just finished announcing the Munster 62, Lake Central 54 game in St. John. Munster Coach Mike Hackett has never lost in the Lake Central gym, which is about to be replaced with a whole new one. Minnow and I have been announcing the Munster-LC game for years. Tradition.
   It's my first basketball announcing of the year. Now we kick it into high gear. Maybe eight games in Jan, 12 or so in Feb and about that in March. Usually I announce six games in one week during sectionals.
   Today's morning show was a lot of fun. You guys were in a mood, maybe because it's Tuesday and that's the day MX showers. Sue stopped by with Oreo balls (not to be confused with Shwedde Balls, as she said, not me) and Karen from the North Shore brought me a huge tin of Chicago Kernel popcorn. Johnny Salzeider dropped off more taffy. Producer Ryan gave me some Cal paraphernalia, including a tee shirt for a future grandchild. Hope he doesn't know something I don't.
   

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