Talk about a flashback.
Back in the early 1980s I handled PR for the Pacific Science Center. I was always looking for new ways to generate publicity. PSC was my first lead PR job (after a whopping three years in the business), but so many of the initiatives I rolled out were accompanied by a) hope and b) prayer.
I wasn't sure if anything ever worked. The Science Center relied on public service announcements and any media coverage I could generate to draw visitors to the museum.
I had a weekly radio "show" on KVI every Saturday morning for two years with radio personality Peter Boam. It was all of five minutes (taped midweek) and Peter would interview me about all things PSC. Peter was great, but he was forced to work with a dork (me) who was doing stand-up comedy at open mikes around town in his spare time. I began writing stuff that I could casually insert into our segments.
Most of it was informative. None of it was funny.
It got so bad that I found myself driving around on Saturday mornings so I could hear myself "live" through my car stereo.
I was 25. Cut me some slack.
Why the flashback? I was driving around this weekend, scanning the radio, and trying to find the M's game which had been moved from KIRO for the night. I stopped briefly on KOMO. Suddenly, the host begins his weekly visit with the Pacific Science Center. Stan Orchard from PSC sounded like me from 25 years ago, promoting everything and making the most of the few minutes on the air.
He's a veteran radio guy, so I doubt he goes to his car to listen. But the thought of it made me smile all over again.
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No, I don't go to my car to listen since we do those bits live every Saturday morning at 9:15 (though I have recorded them to listen to later). But like you I'm grateful to KOMO for allowing us to share the Science Center's stories every week. And this story of yours brought a smile to my face. A little bit of Pacific Science Center history I didn't know. Thanks for sharing!
What happened to the piece of business you mentioned a few weeks ago?
Stan:
Glad you saw the blog. I will always love PSC - and Dennis and Diane are still there after all these years!
Scott
Doug:
A meeting is finally scheduled for tomorrow on the mystery piece of business - stay tuned!
Scott
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