Paranoia Perhaps

I have been away from radio for about 7 years as I was let go for "budget cuts". Through the years when I was with WRZX (X103) many great people left and were let go, it's the nature of the business. Once in a while I will run into people that used to listen to me when I was on the air. I will hear the "I used to listen to you all the time" we may share a few laughs or stories and go about our business.

I own a few domain names that were related to what I was doing in entertainment at the time. I always kept these names and tried to have relevant info on a website or blog in case people were curious about where I was or what I was doing in radio, the bars, etc.

The other day I was on the X103 website and looking up concert info and out of boredom I typed in "Alex B" in the search box. Now being gone as long as I have been I expected to obviously see "not found" or perhaps point to some old stuff leftover from when I worked there. I entered a few other DJ names that worked there when I did, some said "not found" and some showed postings leftover from when they worked there.

Now I would be full of myself to think anyone after all these years would be using "Alex B" in the radio station search box. Since I kept the "iamalexb" moniker all these years, to find me is as simple as going to Google or Yahoo. When I typed in "Alex B" in the radio station search box, it zipped straight over to Deuce's (that guy that replaced me) page. He is a cool cat so this in no way is anything negative towards him. When you type in other DJ names it points to old links or says "not found". So obviously there was some web editing done when it came to anyone typing in my name.

Who gave the directive and how did it sound? Did someone say "make sure if anyone types in Alex B it goes to this page". Some form of that had to happen since I am the only former DJ who's name points to his replacement. I find it humorous so many years removed from that gig that there is some paranoia as they drink the haterade...