[BC] Female engineers

[Bill Croghan]

	I've hired two female engineers over the years.  One was great after
she figured out how to trouble shoot.  The other never did get a clue and
thankfully went on to other things.  That's probably no better or worse then
the percentage of male engineers I've hired/worked around.  I wouldn't
hesitate to hire another female who as qualified.  I have not received any
applications for engineering jobs from a female in  quite a while.  I do
have and have had a number of female remote setup techs who do the Marti,
PA, ISDN, Comrex stuff and for the most part they have been at least as good
as the guys.  Two have been the best I've had for that job.
	Glad to meet you Kim, and I promise no jokes that would get me into
trouble with the HR people.

Bill

Bill Croghan CPBE WBØKSW
Chief Engineer, 
KOMP/KXPT/KENO/KBAD/KWWN
Lotus Broadcasting, Las Vegas, NV






> -----Original Message-----
> From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf
> Of Kim Sacks
> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 3:48 PM
> To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
> Subject: [BC] Female engineers
> 
> No one has heard of me, I'm still a broadcast newbie, but I have 5
> years under my belt so far.
> 
> I've yet to meet another female broadcast engineer face to face, I'm
> sure I will one day. Since were on the subject... During an interview
> for a job (not broadcast centric, electronics related) the fact that
> I had a ham license was a big plus, but there was concern if the
> "guys in engineering" would be "comfortable" with me as part of their
> crew, and vice vesa. I responded by saying "I work with boradcast
> engineers. I've heard every knob, shaft, screw, and rack joke you can
> think of. I think I'll be just fine." Unfortunately, I never heard
> back from them. I guess I was to confrontational.
> 
> -Kim
> 
> ------ At 08:12 AM 5/8/2008, Jim Seaman wrote: -------
> 
> 
> Interesting. In my 30+ years in this business I can't say I need all
> the fingers on one hand to count the number of female radio engineers
> I've heard of. Fewer yet for those I've had the pleasure to meet.
> It's a very small group of women in radio. The old Westinghouse
> stations used to be unusually progressive that way. I've encountered
> a few more here in TV, but unfortunately women broadcast engineers
> continue to be a curiosity.
> 
> 
> 
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