[BC] I'm looking for work....too

Fri Feb 10 13:10:48 CST 2006

Bill:

It wasn't your station I applied at.  And I purposely left out all the stuff
from my resume like FCC filings for new stations, all my consulting work,
etc. because I didn't want to seem too over-qualified for the job.   But
both companies still failed to even take the time to talk to me before
hiring anyone.  And they never even took the time to send so much as a form
letter saying "thank you for your interest."  That's a lousy way to run a
business, even a radio station.  

When we first moved here over two years ago, my wife applied for sales
positions at two different companies (again, not Lotus) that were
advertising for salespeople.  One sent her a "your experience doesn't meet
our qualifications" form letter (despite the fact that she had extensive
radio experience) and the other station just ignored her altogether - she
couldn't even get them to return her calls.  

I love Las Vegas, and take exception to Douglas's comment.  It is a great
city.  But I also take exception to your statement that it is "the most
exciting radio market in the world."  Based on all the various actors,
singers and other assorted celebrities that can be snagged for on-air
appearances on an almost daily basis, I would agree that it is exciting.
But programming-wise, it is extremely lame.  There are people on-air here in
market #32 that I wouldn't have put on-air in Cleveland, Mississippi.  When
I have friends visiting and we drive around listening to the radio, they too
are under whelmed at how bad many stations are.  (Maybe I need to start
listening to KXPT).

Larry

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Bill Croghan
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 10:13 AM
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Subject: RE: [BC] I'm looking for work....too

	Not withstanding Larry's very bad experience with our local
broadcasters here in Las Vegas, I've been here 7+ years now and find that a
great majority of the broadcasters in town are fine upstanding people, more
than willing to bend over backwards for their employees.  We have the usual
mix of big corporation stations, i.e. Clear Channel, CBS, Beasley, but a lot
of smaller ones as well.  My current Boss, Tony Bonnici is the best GM (and
VP) I've had in 42 years in the business.  One high profile GM in town is no
longer even in the state, (not his own choice) and at least two others have
turned over in recent years.  It ain't perfect, but it has it's draws.  My
guess is that Larry was way overqualified for the positions he applied for.
It wasn't Larry, but when one of the applicants for a part time remote setup
person opening I had, presents all the FCC filings for new stations and
shows up at the interview unwilling to talk about the job I was hiring, but
wanting to tell us what a great guy and how much he knew about radio
management and all the  things we were doing wrong,  he was put on the
bottom of the stack. 
	 Larry wouldn't do that, and he is good, and should have received
more polite treatment than he did, but don't write off LV because of his
experiences.  It's still the most exciting radio market in the world in my
opinion.
Bill Croghan CPBE WB?KSW
Chief Engineer, 
KOMP/KXPT/KENO/KBAD
Lotus Broadcasting
Las Vegas, NV
Email to loteng (at) lvradio.com
Phone 702-315-3030
Fax      702-876-6685

>-----Original Message-----
>From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net [mailto:broadcast-
>bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Douglas B. Pritchett
>Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 4:29 PM
>To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [BC] I'm looking for work....too
>
>I'm really glad I didn't move there when I had the chance. We stayed
>here and kids (and grandkids) moved back to the midwest..
>If you can't get simple courtesy let alone a job in field you are
>totally qualified for, I can't imagine doing anyting in LV except asking
>"do ya want fries with that".
>
>--
>Douglas B. Pritchett
>Fort Wayne, IN
>dpritchett1 at comcast.net
>
>
>Larry Fuss wrote:
>
>>Since selling my Mississippi stations and "retiring" to Las Vegas over two
>>years ago,
>>I've been intrigued enough to apply for two jobs locally, both in radio.
>In
>>both
>>cases, I never even got an acknowledgment from the stations.  I finally
>>managed to
>>get the GM of one to take my call, but he was rude and just brushed me
>off.
>>At the
>>other station, I was never able to talk to anyone but a lowly HR person,
>who
>>said
>>"we have your resume and somebody will get back to you."  Of course,
>nobody
>>ever
>>did.  In both cases, I was immensely qualified for the job, but they never
>>even
>>bothered to talk to me before hiring someone.
>>
>
>
>
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