I had the dream again last night. It's not the first time I've had it, and it won't be the last.

It's the dream that I was warned I'd have. Not by some psychic, or by a fortune-teller (or a bank-teller). No, I was warned by a fellow broadcaster, that I would start having the dream, once I was regularly on-air.

Sure enough, I've had the dream a number of times now.

What's the dream, you ask? Two words... dead air.

I don't know if all broadcasters suffer from this, or just radio folk, but every so often I get it.

I'm in the , and stuff starts going wrong, there's dead air. Or I get called out of the , and can't get back in, in time to get back on mic without having dead air.

Last night's variation included a bit where I was frantically pushing buttons, trying to bring up a microphone near me to speak into. The one I really needed was always just out of range. Try as I might to lunge across the desk, I couldn't quite reach it.

You might not have had this exact dream, but I'm sure you'll be familiar with the concept of something you desperately need being 'always just out of reach' in a dream.

The other thing that happens is, sometimes there's someone else in the , who is a guest, and they're trying to help, but they just get in the way.

Anyway, I'm sure that I'll get to put my mind at rest by doing flawless shows on Saturday (12-3pm), then the following Thursday (9am-12) and Friday (9am-12). Tune in (89.3) or stream online (kuvo.org). The internet feed works well, even on dial up.