It came to Rock's attention that the talk-radio station he had worked for nearly thirty years earlier had shut down its programming. Just like that, overnight, the station had let all its employees go and begun to present a format of dead air.
Aging members of Rock's former audience—mostly sentimental old men—asked him to volunteer for a mid-morning shift and, just like that, he was behind a microphone at ten in the morning on a signal that covered more than half the state's population. He was totally unprepared, and already people called to ask his take on matters he knew nothing about.
During Rock's run as a radio host, he took hours to memorize names and statistics, like a serious science student on evenings and mornings before tests. On this day, he had no choice but to wing his answers. The difference in this circumstance was that everyone, including listeners, understood. He was consequently at ease.
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