I have to admit that the Sunday of the Restaurant Festival I was a little nervous about how the whole “broadcasting live” thing would go with WCOJ. I had made up a few activities to do (all involving food of course) and some silly games to play during our time on the air and while we were on the red carpet. I never came up with names for the games, so you may have heard me announcing to the streets of West Chester, “Okay, this next one is called Fill in the Blank Foodie Music Game.” I later called the exact same game, “Okay, now it’s time for the Musical Food Trivia Guess Game.” With all the festival commotion, the delicious food, the voting for the WC Dish Choice Awards and the huge amount of people, I didn’t have time to actually think about what I was saying to know if I sounded ridiculous or not.
At the end of the event, JT Morgan, from The Morning Edition of WCOJ, asked if I wanted to come on the show to do more food stuff. “You mean, I did good enough that you’d actually want me on the air again?” I asked. The answer was yes, and so it was.
We agreed on Friday mornings from 8 AM-9:30 AM and my first Friday was last week. At quarter of 8 I stopped at Nick’s Cafe to grab some breakfast treats and coffee to bring for me and JT. My heart sank as I walked in the door of the studio to see signs posted all over the office and studio: “NO FOOD AND DRINK ALLOWED IN THE STUDIO” and “NO FOOD OR DRINK AT ANY TIME.”
I think it was early enough that no one seemed to care that I brought in my white bag of breakfast foods and my much-needed caffeine fix and placed it right next to my microphone. JT handed me some monster headphones and before I knew it I was on the air.
The hour and a half flew by as we discussed new restaurants, food trivia, traffic reports, marshmallow burgers, weather reports, what my friends were eating for breakfast, traffic reports, breakfast, greek pastries and food happenings in West Chester.
Good times on WCOJ with my new friend JT. Good times. Tune in this week and have a taste. WCOJ 1420 am.
The Final Dish: Breakfast tastes better on air.
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