nest Lines Jammed
.. .JaJfor A Date” Is WGFV’s Hottest Program
By Loretta Man a eo . n
Pest Managing Editor
“If yqu’re free and single
and want to mingle call
570-1600.” From 6:15 to 7
pm., Mondays through
Fridays that's the line Don
Cody is repeating on WGiy
as he hosts the station’s
newest and hottest pro
gram, “Communicate For
A Date.”
In that brief 45 minute
time span, the request line ;
is Jammed with anxious
callers, who are prepared
to give., detailed descrip
tions about themselves and
about the kind of person
hatthey’re looking for.
One woman calls in;
ihe'finterested in finding a
;uy who stays in trouble,
wt knows how to get out of
t Another caller, a guy,
vants to meet a woman
d» weighs at least 250
woods. Normally, each
aller gives his or her
elephone number out
diile the show is in pro
cess; therefore, if the per
oo they are looking for is
istening to the radio they
dll' have the number to
all.
Par dj Don Cody the
irogtam has exceeded his
Eldest imagination. “The
espiinse is tremendous,
'wenty minutes before the
trogram goes oa the air,
he.Mqoest line is already
naifi People are calling in
roetj all walks of life - Duke
'ower employees, NCNB,
ie textile industries, the
elhnsry industry, the Post
ffles-you name it. We
callers from an age
mg* of 19 (which is die
immum age set by Cody)
afflp Unto' 60 years of
Cody admits that “Com
unicate Fa^A Date” had
.^Irth quite by acci
ntr “I had just come back
the area and one night
06 I was on the air
tying Cameo’s “living
e Single Life” I an
meed that if there were
Y women who were
«le and wanted to
ngle, that they should
1 the station.” Within a
Don Cody
.....Host of “Hot” program
matter of minutes Cody
said the telephone switch
board lit up and calling in
were womenjwho were
giving a basic description *
of themselves. Th& spon
taneous reaction gave
Cody the idea for the pro
gram.
“When it was decided to
do ‘Communicate For A
Date,' I knew that I had to
have some rules. There
was no limit on the num
ber of times one could call.
I wanted people to be at
least 19 years of age,
single and they had to have
the understanding that if
they gave their telephone
number out over the air
then they would be doing it
at their own risk.” Once
setting those guidelines the
program initially aired
from 6:30 until 7 pm
The enormous response the
program received necessi
tated that another IS
minutes be added.
Pleased at the obvious
success of the program,
Cody stressed that. “Com
municate For A bate”
serves ajviabl^comm unity
service. “I think it’s also
education, in the sense that
you learn what men and
women are looking for in a
mate. I’ve found out that
young men prefer older
women and visa versa and
that men don’t like for
women to wear a lot of
makeup.’’
Looking at the age demo^
graphics, Cody noted that
from the age of 25 to 35
more women call in and
from the ages of 19 to 25
more men call the pro
gram. But Cody also noted
that even though more
women call in as a whole,
the men are taking down
the numbers and some are
even taping the show. One
woman who had called in to
the show three times
stopped by the radio sta
tion to let Don Cody know
about the results she re
icivcu, which mciuaea
boxes of candy, flowers and
an overflow of calls.
Cody commented that
it’s very common for call
ers to inform him of their
satisfaction of dissatisfac
tion with the show or of the
results they got. He also
assured that each caller
got at least 10 responses.
At this point, my ques
tion was “Sure a person
may get 10 calls, but how
many of those calls are
from people who are
serious about meeting
members of the opposite
sex?”
I decided that I would
find out for myself, by
going on the program. Hav
ing made this decision, my
first step was to write down
a list of qriteria for my
self and the type of person
that I would be interested
in meeting. I decided not to
use my first name, but my
middle one which is
Denise. Also in the de
scription of myself I said I
was a free-lance writer; I
was 28 years of age,
5’2", 114 pounds, and at
tractive. I wanted to stay
as close to the truth as
possible. I would not give
my telephone number on
the air, but would leave it
at the station, figuring that
anyone who would go to the
trouble of calling the sta
tion for my number, might
not be a total “fruit
cake.
With the assistance of
one of my co-workers we
came up with a detailed
description of what type of
guy I’d like to meet. On
that I decided to stay close
to the truth, too, listing
those traits that I admired
in a man. What we came up
with is as follows; He had
to be warm, sincere, ambi
tious, a one-woman man, a
good conversationalist and
employed. As far as a
physical description
brown to dark brown com
plexion, neat appearance,
5’10” minimum in height
and be between the ages of
28 and 38.
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(Behind United Ant emotive)
was tne third caller. To say
that I was nervous is an
understatement. In
describing the guy I was
interested in meeting I for
got to list the physical
description thereby, only
giving the character traits.
Cody also caught me off
guard when he asked me
“What would a night oat on
the town with Denise be
like?” And me, a person
who is never at a loss for
words could only think of
one, so I replied, “Spon
taneity.”
Having bombed like that,
1 was only too glad to get
off the phone. Nor did I
figure that anyone would
respond to “Nervous
Nellie." At 7:05 p.m. the
phone rang. The young
man on the other end of the
phone said he had heard
me on the air. He de
scribed himself as six feet
tall, light brown com
plexion, medium build and
one who loved to read, go to
the movies and play back
gammon. As a matter of
fact he wanted to meet me
at the movies and perhaps
come over to play a game
of backgammon that night.
While talking with him the
phone rang again. Caller
two had also listened to the
program and was respond
ing to it. I clicked back to
the first caller, told him I'd
get back to him, but never
did.
The second caller
described himself as 6’1”,
brown-skinned and he had
a curl, long in length. He
said he merely wanted con
versation and so I pro
ceeded to question him
about various things. I
asked him why he called.
He said I sounded interest
ing. He also said that he
had never called before
and that he very rarely
listened to the program. He
did not feel that “Com
municate For A Date” was
a good way to meet some
one and he also stressed
that he would have never
called a lady who gave her
number out over the air.
.After having talked with
him for while, caller num
ber two warned me that
some of the guys that would
call that night would be
after only a one night
stand and said that I should
be careful. I thanked him
for the advice and for
calling.
My third caller fit the
physical description that I
had intended to give, with
the exception of his age He
was three years younger.
Although he was working
at the hospital he had
plans of going into auto
body repair. Later in the
conversation I told him
that he didn't sound as if
would have any problems
in finding a woman and he
agreed with me, by adding
that he “could find a
woman, but not a good
one." With the call to me
being his first time re
sponding to the program,
he admitted that he was
nervous, but that he
liked the way I sounded and
decided to give it a try.
I got my last caller two
days after 1 had gone on the
program This caller was
the only older caller I
received, his age being 40
All of the other callers were
younger than me He said
that he decided to wait until
then to call, to let the lines
cool down. Like the rest, he
thought I sounded interest
ing and decided to call.
In assessing the past few
days, I had to admit that
not one person was offen
sive or impolite. While I
admitted that the program
was unorthodox, who
knows, someone just might
meet Mr or Ms. Right
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