Summer's Gone Already?

WOW! What happened to summer? Last thing I recall, it was just starting to get warm. Now here it is in the latter part of October and it's starting to get cold already. This is NOT my favorite time of year, btw. It will have to do, however, since I have yet to complete that time travel device project. (Insert raucous laughter here.. lol)

It's been a busy summer however. We had the Kansas Bash over the 4th of July weekend and what a FANTASTIC party that was!!! We're already planning to do it again next year and have at least one friend who is planning on joining us from the UK.

In addition to the Kansas Bash, I have been busy most of the summer with working on expansions to the station. We have three streams now instead of just one. When I had this brilliant idea to expand, I remember saying to myself, "It can't be that much harder to run three streams than one. I'll just reuse the work I've already done on the website, and it'll be simple, right?" Well... can you spell OPTIMISTIC? LOL, I knew that you could! It's been a ton of work, but I think it is right on the brink of all coming to fruition.

The time factor is huge. On the average day, I spend 8-10 hours, giving attention to, or working on the station in some way. This goes on day in and day out for an average of 6 days a week. Now, I can just hear you skeptics out there saying, "If you're spending that much time, why don't you have more to show for it?" Please allow me to remind you, we are JUST over a year old. I truly don't know how I could do this on just a hobby basis alone. I can't believe I'm about to say this, but thank god I don't have a full time job. If I did, we'd not be nearly as far along in our development as we are.

My advice for anyone considering being an Internet Radio Station Manager, whether as a hobby or a vocation, is this: Please go out to your garage, grab the biggest hammer you have, and hit yourself in the head with it until that thought goes away. I think in the long run, you'll thank me.

Having said all that, I will tell you that working with my people to create something like this is so personally rewarding that I would not trade it for anything. (Unless of course you have a couple $million that you'd like to invest in a great station! Please don't hesitate... step right forward!!) :D