ANY PERSON WHO WOULD sign up to do a ten and a half hour radio show in the middle of reading period is a complete idiot. I was an idiot.

Somehow, back in November when it was sign-up time for the semi-annual orgy period at WHRB, I remembered reading period as the time that I caught up on all of my missed sleep. The avalanche of papers that I usually do then was forgotten along with the exams that I take. Consequently, the idea of doing an orgy from 9:30 p.m. to 8 a.m. didn't appear insane, but instead seemed novel and fun.

"The hell with novelty and fun!" I decided later as I researched an impossible economics paper, conveniently due on the day after my orgy. However, by then it was too late. Thousands of orgy schedules had been distributed and, hopefully, a sizeable number of people were eagerly looking forward to a journey into Loveland, my orgy program. What could I do? I had nightmares: I had the horrible fear that I would forget to turn on the power switch-transmitter--resulting in ten-and-a-half hours of silence, or I would say something absurdly obscene and the FCC would throw me into jail for the next five years.

AND ITS NOT AS IF my fears had no basis. There's a lot more to being a d.j. than simply chattering appropriately while throwing on records. Though, believe me, that alone is hard enough.

Loaded down with records and backed by promises of late hour coffee, Kathy, my co-announcer, and I arrived at the station just in time to hear the final score of the hockey game that was being broadcast.

"You're on! Where's your first cut?" barked the outgoing controlman. And with that leisurely beginning the show started.

"You are beginning a walk into Loveland. Loveland is wherever you want it to be and tonight, Kathleen Hawkins, 'The Hawke', and I, Louise Reid, are taking you to our Loveland via WHRB FM in Cambridge. You'll hear ten-and-a-half hours of the best in r'n'b and jazz. And we're dedicating it to all the brothers out there...Anything you want to hear? Brother, just give us a call...

"And if you don't have a woman, you've got two tonight.

"And if you are feeling bad, we want to make you feel all right.

"If you're down, we want to bring you up.

"Because

"We want to

"We WANT to

"We want to take you higher." (Fade in Sly and the Family Stone singing "We Want to Take You Higher.")

THAT DIALOGUE SOUNDED SILLY to me when I wrote it, inane to me when I said it, and it was not made any less ridiculous by the fact that one of my friends was laughing at me while I crooned it to all of Loveland. However, nobody called and complained so I guess it came out all right. While no one called in with complaints, people called in with requests as if their examination grades depended on it.