A Thank You Shout-Out To David Johnston of 960 The Ref!

For the most part, my conversations with David Johnston of WRFC 960 The Ref (see right) have been limited to short hellos, even though we have seen each other at various University of Georgia sporting events over the years. And every morning, the kids and I listen to him and Chris Brame as we drive to school. They are easy going and fun to listen to. After the LSU-Georgia game a few weeks ago, he saw me outside the coliseum and asked me about the pictures I was taking from my stage manager position. We chatted for a few, and then I made an observation to him. You see, there is one segment of their show that I have to keep my hand on the radio dial for. It is a joke segment. For the most part they are fairly harmless jokes, and more often than not they are groaners. Once in a while though, they cross a line that, if repeated to SWMBO, would get me in hot water. I mentioned this to him in the context that the kids love listening to their show. He thanked me for the feedback and I thought I did what I could, not expecting much to change (radio drive time is radio drive time after all).

Well I was quite pleasantly surprised when the segment was starting on Valentines Day. He asked the jokemeister if the jokes were going to be PG or R, and the response was PG-13. With this simple "warning", I was able to be ahead of the game and switch the station for a few minutes. So I wanted to post this public shout-out to David and thank him for hearing the concerns of this parent!

It is nice to know that living in a small city like Athens has its advantages. Yesterday, I spent about 20-30 minutes taking some pictures of this wonderful place and you can see them on Flickr.