| I'd been living in Japan for a few years | | | | one other guy. Now the guy I was doing the MC |
| after giving up my Police career as a | | | | dating work for rang me and said, "I'm going |
| Detective in Melbourne, Australia. I was | | | | to do a dating corner on this new radio |
| fluent in Japanese and had done a number of | | | | station called FM Port, Niigata. The corner |
| TV programs here in Japan, when my future | | | | will be about love and dating and I want you |
| turned from TV to Radio. | | | | to do the corner on the radio, so come with |
| | | | me to FM Port to talk with production company |
| One day I bumped into a guy who I went to | | | | boss. |
| school with when I was an exchange student | | | | |
| for one year here in Niigata, Japan. He'd | | | | I went with him to FM Port and for the 30 |
| gotten into the dating business and asked me | | | | minutes we were there the boss of the |
| if I would be the MC at the dating parties | | | | production company spoke to me about lots of |
| which are where guys and girls come together | | | | things. I didn't think it was an interview so |
| and exchange profiles and get to meet each | | | | I just talked and joked with the boss. I was |
| other. It's good because it gives them an | | | | then offered a job as a radio DJ, 4 hours on |
| opportunity to meet others. | | | | air everyday except Sunday! The boss told me |
| | | | to come back the following Tuesday for a |
| Unknown to me, a female spy from one of the | | | | final interview and test. Heck I didn't even |
| other dating groups in town had joined the | | | | know that our chat was an interview. |
| party to see how we run our parties. Luckily | | | | |
| I was the MC at that party. She turned out | | | | I came back for the "second interview" the |
| to be a high spirited person, and a person | | | | boss gave me some news to read and some |
| who was to be my partner for 18 months on | | | | topics to talk about. I entered the little |
| radio. Her name was Ryoko Mizobuchi. | | | | radio booth, put on the headphones and |
| | | | started talking when a voice told me to turn |
| Ryoko whilst now working for her dating | | | | the mic on. Yeah, I guess that would help! |
| company had previously worked on radio as a | | | | Anyway I got the job. |
| DJ and wanted to return to radio. A new radio | | | | |
| station covering the whole of the Niigata | | | | The contract stated that if I was late at any |
| Prefecture was about to start and was | | | | time that that would end the contract. Also |
| advertising for staff. Without phoning the | | | | that I had only 5 annual days off per year. I |
| station for an appointment she went to the | | | | had a great time and continued to be a |
| station burst through the doors and asked for | | | | Japanese radio DJ going out to a possible |
| a job as a DJ. | | | | listener population of 5,000,000. (five |
| | | | million) for over 3500 total hours on air. |
| Ryoko got the job and the owner of the | | | | The production company changed and with it my |
| production company for the radio station | | | | job. I look forward to getting back on the |
| asked her if she knew any foreigners that | | | | air. |
| spoke Japanese well. She told him of me and | | | | |