[BC] The State Of Radio Today......

[Tom Bosscher]

Mark Earle wrote:

 >This year I'm the "new guy" in town.. after a severe storm the old 
FM20H2 flames out and is not to be brought back.
 >That night another engineer at the site ...
 >The next day, another engineer drove out to the site,...
 >During the install the fellow who brought me the adaptor poppled in, 
and gave some advise.
 >.....a couple of engineers (also hams) came by another site I was 
having trouble with.

 >There are some good folks out there!

    Mark,
       How old are you? You are indeed fortunate to have those people 
around. I started in this business as the ripe age of 18, when I went to 
work for WOOD-AM-FM. My boss didn't want to teach me anything (job 
security I guess), but we were still in the same building (CH8, then 
WOTV). CH8 had and still has some great engineers. Doug Beaudoin, Jack 
Maciejewski and others taught me an awful lot about real broadcast 
engineering. Priceless education. Keep asking questions. Nothing will 
make other engineers walk away faster than an attitude that one knows it 
all. None of us ever do.
    In this town, most of the engineers get along very well. But there 
are one or two who "don't need help". They don't get it.

    Someone here had a great quote within the last few weeks. Something 
like "Half of being smart is knowing when you're not".

    Welcome aboard.

    tom bosscher