NOT....Re: [BC] Clear Channel Wants More?

[Mike Gideon]

I'll back Kirk's claim that he wasn't the cheapest. Had a few GM's reaching 
for the Nitro pills :-)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kirk Harnack" <kirk at harnack.com>
To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: NOT....Re: [BC] Clear Channel Wants More?


>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "DANA PUOPOLO" <dpuopolo at usa.net>
>>
>> Mike,
>>
>> No one helps ME when another contract engineer comes into town and sets 
>> his
>> rates 10 bucks below the market. I don't go whining to my Congressman 
>> about
>> it. I adapt. That's what COMPETITION is all about!
>>
>
> There's no Federal law limiting you to contracting with only 8 stations, 
> either.  What if there was?  Would you be in favor of making it 12 
> stations?  What if you could work for only 8 stations, and that wasn't 
> enough to make a living?
>
> Moreover, I hope that you're well worth $10 over another guy.  If your 
> customers don't think so, they deserve what they get from the cheaper guy.
>
> 10 years ago I was NOT the cheapest contract engineer around - not by a 
> long shot.  Still, my little firm had over 50 regular customers.  The 
> Federal Gov't didn't regulate how many I could contract with.  If it did, 
> I'd be asking my congressman for relief, too.
>
> Best!
>
> Kirk Harnack
>
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