Hi, Guys... thought I should share this hilarious bit from one of my favourite Radio people, Mr Corey Deitz!
Enjoy!
Your radio: friend or fiend? The conventional wisdom is radio (the service) and radios (the electronic gadget) are generally, 99% friend.
It's that other 1% of the time which betrays radio as something of an instigator and occasionally, a weapon.
Yes, I said your radio. But, before I lay out a more complete case let me tell you about a recent incident that occurred in Florida.
Witness the recent story out of Palm Beach County Josue Rodriquez was taking a shower the other morning when his roommate changed the radio dial. Normally, this would not be an issue. Normally, a person might respond by saying something like, "Hey: I was listening to that. Why didya' turn the dial?"
Normally.
But, Mr. Rodriquez responded abnormally. OR did the RADIO instigate something?
Rodriquez jumped out of the shower - probably looking like Geraldo Rivera in a tweeted selfie - and confronted his roommate over the action. Rodriquez invaded his roommate's personal space to badly, the dial-changer shoved him away.
Rodriquez chose to escalate the confrontation by grabbing a machete and trying to slice up his roommate, who successfully ducked and saved himself from possibly being shredded though was conked on the cheek and bled a bit.
Both men wound up on the floor wrestling each other until the roommate was able to make an escape and call 911. The cops showed up and Rodriquez was arrested.
You may think this situation is unique. And it is to a point. But, I can readily point out that radio and radios have both been at the center of situations where very bad things have occurred.
I wrote an article called "10 Bizarre Ways Radio Can Kill You Suddenly - Freak Accidents and Dumb Deeds Lead to Death" (which you can read online) where I chronicled. Just look at some of these awful circumstances:
"...Three members of a family who were electrocuted by 13,000 volts while trying to erect a radio antenna..."
"...A woman who competed in a radio station's contest to see how much water she could drink without going to the bathroom died of water intoxication..."
"...Two brothers have been found guilty of murdering a father-of-two after they tried to steal a radio from his car..."
"...a man was killed by his car radio during a late-night crash…the truck's radio flew out of it's housing and hit [Mr.] Cates in the head..."
"...a truck driver...plowed into another car and killed the driver and passenger…because he was trying to tune his radio to the news..."
"...A late-night radio talk show host spoke of his shock after a listener died on air during a phone-in..."
There are more. I would suggest you read the previous article I've noted if for no other reason than to familiarize yourself with the darker side of radio and radios.
Having said that, I don't want to cause any unnecessary concern. But, a little paranoia never hurt.
As far as Mr. Rodriquez is concerned, I would suggest that he be kept away from radios more than machetes. He seems completely comfortable with blades and somewhat less comfortable with sharing a radio.
Then again, the fact that a man would be so enamored with the audio from a radio station speaks quite highly of whatever station or radio personality he was listening to at the time. Yet that information was not reported and we will never know which radio station is so damn good, a man will try to kill his roommate just to hear it.
What a shame.
Enjoy!
It's that other 1% of the time which betrays radio as something of an instigator and occasionally, a weapon.
Yes, I said your radio. But, before I lay out a more complete case let me tell you about a recent incident that occurred in Florida.
Witness the recent story out of Palm Beach County Josue Rodriquez was taking a shower the other morning when his roommate changed the radio dial. Normally, this would not be an issue. Normally, a person might respond by saying something like, "Hey: I was listening to that. Why didya' turn the dial?"
Normally.
But, Mr. Rodriquez responded abnormally. OR did the RADIO instigate something?
Rodriquez jumped out of the shower - probably looking like Geraldo Rivera in a tweeted selfie - and confronted his roommate over the action. Rodriquez invaded his roommate's personal space to badly, the dial-changer shoved him away.
Rodriquez chose to escalate the confrontation by grabbing a machete and trying to slice up his roommate, who successfully ducked and saved himself from possibly being shredded though was conked on the cheek and bled a bit.
Both men wound up on the floor wrestling each other until the roommate was able to make an escape and call 911. The cops showed up and Rodriquez was arrested.
You may think this situation is unique. And it is to a point. But, I can readily point out that radio and radios have both been at the center of situations where very bad things have occurred.
I wrote an article called "10 Bizarre Ways Radio Can Kill You Suddenly - Freak Accidents and Dumb Deeds Lead to Death" (which you can read online) where I chronicled. Just look at some of these awful circumstances:
"...Three members of a family who were electrocuted by 13,000 volts while trying to erect a radio antenna..."
"...A woman who competed in a radio station's contest to see how much water she could drink without going to the bathroom died of water intoxication..."
"...Two brothers have been found guilty of murdering a father-of-two after they tried to steal a radio from his car..."
"...a man was killed by his car radio during a late-night crash…the truck's radio flew out of it's housing and hit [Mr.] Cates in the head..."
"...a truck driver...plowed into another car and killed the driver and passenger…because he was trying to tune his radio to the news..."
"...A late-night radio talk show host spoke of his shock after a listener died on air during a phone-in..."
There are more. I would suggest you read the previous article I've noted if for no other reason than to familiarize yourself with the darker side of radio and radios.
Having said that, I don't want to cause any unnecessary concern. But, a little paranoia never hurt.
As far as Mr. Rodriquez is concerned, I would suggest that he be kept away from radios more than machetes. He seems completely comfortable with blades and somewhat less comfortable with sharing a radio.
Then again, the fact that a man would be so enamored with the audio from a radio station speaks quite highly of whatever station or radio personality he was listening to at the time. Yet that information was not reported and we will never know which radio station is so damn good, a man will try to kill his roommate just to hear it.
What a shame.
About The Author: Corey has done Radio Shows in some of the USA's greatest markets and a multi nominated and award winning veteran broadcaster. You can find him offering tips and providing up to date gist on Radio via About.com.
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