Overcoming Problems during a show

Last night's shift involved some obstacles that the host had to overcome. We had lined up Alouettes linebacker Shea Emry as a guest on the show, but he cancelled last minute. So in a rapid fashion, we had to go to Plan B for a segment and search NFL topics, which I was able to do. We got through the segment pretty well, as we were able to finish the show smoothly. As for the rest of the show, my work mostly involved researching interesting Habs stats from their season. I even brought up to Matthew before the show that the Jacksonville Jaguars had unveiled their new logo this week, and we wound up talking about the logo for an entire segment, as listeners responded to our tweets and called in to talk about the new logo. It actually turned out to be one of our better, and probably our most fun segment of the show. I never thought we'd be talking about the Jaguars for more than a couple of minutes. It felt good to know that I brought the topic up and it was able to contribute to the show. I guess it just shows you in radio that you sometimes have to be flexible with your outline. If you're not able to roll with the punches on a show, it can become stale, dull and sound too rigid for a listener's pleasure. If you're able to adapt to what's gaining momentum on your show, I believe you have to roll with it. I commend Matthew Ross for doing that, as I felt it made for great radio, because it was a chance for listeners to have fun with it, and for us, to have fun with it. Of course, we still had some of the usual guests on the show, and we got into hockey, but all in all, I think the lesson from this show I learned was you have to stay on your toes and realize that no matter how great you plan out a show, things can change, and you have to be ready to adjust if and when that time comes.