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Thursday, October 11th, marked eight years since I started working full time at WHNT. I actually started working on a part-time basis in May of 1997. I wish I could get those years in for my retirement.
My first day was the 11th and the next day I got sent out of town. On October 12, 1999, the state voted on a lottery for education. I was sent, along with Errol Davis and Atticus Rominger to Montgomery to cover the results. The lottery ended up going down in a pretty big defeat.
The next week, I was sent to Tuscaloosa to cover the very first Alabama-Tennessee game at Bryant-Denny. I still had a month left on the lease at my Tuscaloosa apartment. So I said if I was paying for a place, then I was going to stay there rather than in the hotel. That was a big mistake, because their was nothing to sleep on in my apartment. It wasn't a very comfortable night.
In December of 1999, I got to fly to Pennsylvania on a private jet. It was part of a "Home for the Holidays" promotional event. So my first couple of months at 19 were an adventure.
My first day was the 11th and the next day I got sent out of town. On October 12, 1999, the state voted on a lottery for education. I was sent, along with Errol Davis and Atticus Rominger to Montgomery to cover the results. The lottery ended up going down in a pretty big defeat.
The next week, I was sent to Tuscaloosa to cover the very first Alabama-Tennessee game at Bryant-Denny. I still had a month left on the lease at my Tuscaloosa apartment. So I said if I was paying for a place, then I was going to stay there rather than in the hotel. That was a big mistake, because their was nothing to sleep on in my apartment. It wasn't a very comfortable night.
In December of 1999, I got to fly to Pennsylvania on a private jet. It was part of a "Home for the Holidays" promotional event. So my first couple of months at 19 were an adventure.
posted by Carson Clark @ 10:03 AM
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