[BC] An independent station owner

[Rich Wood]

------ At 11:32 PM 8/1/2006, Robert Meuser wrote: -------

>I think you guys have this kind of wrong. I have worked in small 
>market daytimers in the South. My take without knowing the man is 
>that he grew up in his community a subset of the greater metro. He 
>is probably a prominent member of his church and member of a number 
>of service clubs. At some point it becomes very intertwined where 
>your public service ends and and the way you lived your life 
>enhances business. I just think there are some people whose life is 
>their business and their business is their life.  They are making 
>money and not sitting there thinking about whether or not they are 
>being altruistic. These people generally are hard core good 
>businessmen who happened to be able to make it play in their hometown.

I think you're absolutely right. Small market operators tend to be an 
integral part of their community. I refused a job on Long Island 
because the owner wanted to keep the General Manager title and make 
me Station Manager. To be successful, the decisionmaker needs to be 
in house, not in a distant city. I argued that the GM should be an 
active member of the community. Sometimes even golfing is necessary.

Rich

Rich Wood
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