April 24, 2020
With more time on your hands given the stay-at-home mandates, are you learning any new skills and/or perfecting ones that you haven’t had time to perfect previously?
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Java Joel, WAKS: Where’s everybody getting all this extra free time? Just as busy as ever. No learning languages or instruments. Haven’t taken up painting. I’m a much better eater and drinker than I was 2 months ago. Is that a skill? Jammer, WEZB: Patience and just how much I miss my co-workers. Rick Vaughn KENZ: I have not found myself with more time on my hands…I’m as busy as ever.
Jeremy Rice, WBLI: My avocado toast is the BOMB. Jon Zellner, iHeartMedia: The extra time at home has confirmed that I’m not handy and never will be handy. But I have every local expert on speed dial so I know who to call in case anything breaks.
Dom Theodore, Radio Animal Media Strategies: I’m just as busy with work as I normally am, so not much free time for anything else, thankfully…because I’m not good with boredom. |
Heather DeLuca, WSJO: I learned Zoom! So, that’s been neat. Mostly, I’m just organizing the heck out of my house. My beauty room and fridge are on point now, lol. And, I’ve gotten back to scrapbooking photos.
Orlando, WLLD: Yeah, I’m become proficient in tiktok. Learning from my daughters, working on learning more video editing and picking up guitar. Toby Knapp, WASH: More time? I don’t know what that means… Just because we’re working from home doesn’t mean we have any less to do… although I get to sleep in a bit later before I stumble over to the home studio space just five steps from my bed! Jagger, WKSS: I’m still working on my diet and cooking a lot more and learning some different things along those lines. I’m also looking forward to getting back to working out more (always can improve those skills). We cleared some space in the garage so I’m getting ready to get going there as well
Chris Michaels, FM100:I’m getting a lot of random projects done. Like pressure-washing random things around the house, and working on little projects that would have probably never been touched. My wife on the other hand is learning Spanish with a Spanish app every day.
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R Dub! Z90: Truth be told, I was pretty lazy for the first couple weeks; I enjoyed being able to finally slow down for a second. But soon I got motivated to take advantage of the extra time and… Bob Patrick, WXLK: Without a doubt it’s painting rooms. The paint, tape, angles, coats, brushes…I’m a master at this point!
Kobe, @kobeontheradio: This time home has really forced me to think outside the box, and come up with new ways I can use my radio background to create new pieces of content. From consulting social media, branding, Live streaming DJ mixes, and doing Voice overs and more. It has all stemmed from being stuck at home. I have also put much more of a focus on my podcast! Max Volume, KOZZ: Mainly focusing on a regimen of exercise and yard work! |
Brian Mack, WXXL: Personally, my relationship with Yadie is my prime focal point and learning to appreciate it more and challenge it with fun new things versus tired old things. The same for radio. I’m really trying to use the moment as a launching point for the future of radio. We have the opportunity to reinvent ourselves by manipulating the iHeart Radio app for our benefit, as well as all of our Instragram and Facebook platforms, and everything else in our arsenal. We’ve been doing really cool things. I’m very proud of my people and how they’re responding to the times, changing their routines, and finding ways of taking advantage of opportunities that are presented. They’ve been learning to excel given these changes which is a real exciting aspect of this entire situation.
Matt Johnson, KSLZ: It actually takes LONGER to do the day-to-day things from home. This means more time spent working and less on “learning new skills.” I’m ready to get back in the studio!
Mike “OD” O’Donnell, WKRZ: My time management skills in general have changed so much that they’ve needed to be tweaked a little. There’s much more planning in advance. Virtual meetings with the staff are actually more important now, because before you could just walk down the hall and pop into an office. Now you have to be on the same page as everyone else which is more challenging. On the personal front, I haven’t learned any new skills but I’ve had some extra time to do more with the skills I’ve already acquired in the home improvement areas.
Beata Murphy, KIIS: Lol …Time on my hands ???? Between a 2 year old and working what seems like all day….I’m waiting for this to be over so I can take a vacation.
Jordan, KSLZ: Working on being more available to my kids. I’m taking some online photography lessons. I’m also working on perfecting my cooking skills and finding new dishes to make in the kitchen and different methods of cooking. I post tutorials on things I’m cooking on a regular basis on my Instagram (@radiojordan). Dishes like roasted chicken, roasted veggies, smoked turkey breast, ribs, homemade pasta, homemade sauce, etc. I want to show people that all of this is not really all that hard to do at all.
Joey Brooks, iHeartMedia: I’m still in the station every day keeping all things rolling and doing my shows. I’ve picked up a lot of IT and engineering knowledge helping get talent set up to go live remotely. I’m also now a wiz on Microsoft Teams and didn’t even know that was a thing six weeks ago.
Frankie V, KSSX / KHTS: I’ve been brushing up on the ole cooking skills! Chef Boy R Vizzle has been back in action. Dad was a great Italian cook, so I’m trying to make sure he’d be proud! Also been spending more time working with my bro Mikey V to further build our VBROS Real Estate portfolio!
Adam Rivers, WKCI: Stay healthy and just working out like I’m 17 again!Next Week’s Question Of The Week:
Currently evergreen songs (recurrents & Gold) can serve as “comfort food” with listeners. What are a few of your favorite evergreen tracks that need to be in the mix right now?
e-Mail your responses to: jodorisio@deanemediasolutions.com or bburke@deanemediasolutions.com
