Co-hosting a Radio Show and Coincidences

Jonna setting up her playlist for her "Dream Lounge" radio show.

A week has already gone by since I experienced my first on-air radio experience at a large radio station - okay, that’s somewhat a lie - I once was broadcasted on KROQ 106.7 FM in Los Angeles when I called in to request a song. This was two hours of being on-air though. This week, my friend Jonna and I have our own radio show. It’s actually more of Jonna’s because she gets to play her music and I’m only in the city for a week longer. I get to co-host at least.

Jonna and I on the air.

Our show, called “Dream Lounge”, airs on Saturdays from 7-9 PM. We arrived at Monster Radio station at 6 PM to hang out and learn a little bit about how to DJ before actually going on the air. Rick showed us the ropes of adding music to their playlist and which buttons turn on the mic and the music, etc. Sound design, engineering, whatever you call it is very foreign to me. I’m more of a visual type of guy.

Despite not feeling too nervous on the air last week, I was very nervous this time. Perhaps because now Jonna and I had the responsibility of pushing buttons and making things work. There were a couple times where I did freeze up a little while speaking on the air. Oh well, that’s the fun of it. I wish I could have heard it on the other end.

Jonna, Me, "Doc Phil", and the rest of the crew at Monster Radio.

Sitting around in the studio with whoever dropped by was fun. “Doc Phil” hung out with Jonna and I a lot to help us out if anything went horribly wrong. He’s a nice guy with a funny and happy demeanor. We mostly played House/Lounge music as opposed to talking like on Rick’s show. Two hours later, we ended the show without any major problems. Afterwards I felt like a celebrity while walking around. You think in your head and wonder who could have been listening to your show. After about an hour or so though, that feeling soon wears off as you realize most people weren’t listening.

Connie, a girl who was a stranger to me when I met her 5 months ago, is also the sister-in-law of a dive instructor I work with.

The pool table at the house party.

Rob, Jonna, and Biboy making funny faces after too much Red Horse beer.

Later that night, Jonna invites me out with her friends - Liel and Biboy - to one of Biboy’s friends’ birthday party. I had a weird set of coincidences there. At the party, I met a girl that recognized me from when I took a trip to Camiguin (several months ago). She said that she asked me to take a picture of her and her friends while I was on the beach in Camiguin. Weird. Out of thousands of people in the city of Cebu, plus being on a different island, I ran into her! If that wasn't enough, I later find out that I work with her brother-in-law at Genesis Divers on the island of Bohol. He's a dive instructor like me and I just recently met his wife (my new friends' sister). Oh, also, she is the sister of Jonna's friend Biboy. How crazy is that?

- jason