Since auditioning on this website

I have always wanted to be "on the radio." In fact years ago, I was an active licensed amateur radio operator, so in a sense I operated my own radio station for many years! It was a little unreal talking to other amateur operators literally all over the world. It was especially interesting to talk to operators behind the "iron curtain."
Well, I've never really pushed myself to get involved in commercial or public radio. But when I heard about this audition, I became really excited. I enjoyed preparing my two minute "scoop" and became very involved in listening to other auditions and voting and leaving comments. And of course, I told anyone who would listen about my audition and invited them to come to this website and vote for me AND others.
When I was not selected after round one, I allowed myself to feel very disappointed for at least a day and a half! and then I returned to listening, voting, and commenting.
Then I got a phone call from an advertising agent who had heard of my interest in being on the radio from my good friend and colleague, Bruce. The agent invited Bruce to be a guest on a call in talk show. He declined the offer, but gave the agent my name. So being involved here has rattled the universe enough that I was a guest on a radio show on Tuesday, July 16 and on a television show on July 17. Two days in a row. Not bad!
The shows are "Your Call," and presented by the local PBS station, KVCR. The host of the show indicated that they would be asking me back. The topic of the show was the challenges that military families and military personnel face in deployment and in return from combat in particular. The advertising agent represented the California Association of Marriage Family Therapists of which I am a member.
So maybe there is truth in that interesting perhaps sappy saying that we are all winners! Thanks Public Radio Quest DOT com
Vern

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