"An Honor Just To Be Nominated"

That's the kind of thing a person or group says when they lose an award. Same can be said for yours truly and Jim Adair. Yesterday, at the 16th Annual Philadelphia AIR (Achievement In Radio) Awards in Philadelphia, Never Mind the Mainstream was beat out for Best On-Air Personalities. We did not get the nod we we're both aiming for. We lost to another show from Neumann University. "Neumann!!!"

All is fair. We have not heard this young lady's program, (which didn't even have a title in the pamphlet we got at the luncheon - weird) but we assume it must be pretty damn great, because we're confident in our show's standings and if we got beat, well then... yadda, yadda, yadda. The rest of the ceremony, which Jim can also claim, was really something. A lot of Philly radio legends were in the house, including soul pioneers Gamble & Huff, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award. The food was great and we got to meet a bunch of really great people in the biz (not to mention we rode in a limo - big shots over here). One DJ actually informed us about marijuana smoking areas around the Hilton Hotel, where the ceremony was held, and then invited us into his studio sometime. We like to think this special DJ, who shall remain nameless, was totally serious. So we'll be there. It was a good day.

Perhaps next year we'll have better fortune. Thank you to all those who supported us and continue to support us. "It's an honor just to be nominated". We love what we do and wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. Big ups.

Harold Melvin & The Blues Notes - "If You Don't Know Me By Now"

P.S. We were mentioned in Kutztown University's newspaper, The Keystone. Here's the article.