The Door

Five years after my first stint, I was back at KONO. Jack Roth had given Jo Jo Kincaid permission to hire me. My first air shift was on a Saturday evening. I had not yet been issued a door key, but there was a button near the side of the front door that, when pressed, would alert whoever was in the building that someone was at the door. Like most jocks working a weekend shift, I had arrived with just enough time to sit down at the board and immediately start my show. I pressed the button over and over. Still there was no response.

Time was running out. I decided to kick the metal frame around the glass door (near the bottom) in hopes that someone would hear the noise and let me in. My foot slipped. I missed the frame and kicked out the door glass instead. Glass went scattering everywhere. It was a mess! I was afraid that I had just lost my gig before I even got started.

Fortunately, Jack Roth took the cost of the glass out of my paycheck, all was forgiven and forgotten, and I began a three-year run at "The Big 86."

I got lucky!

Gentleman Jim Carter

Jim Carter In The Big 86 Control Room

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