[BC] Negativity

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

I happen to know a Clear Channel engineer who now works for anhother company
in the South... and by golly, their stations were ALOT more then a sat dish
and overgrown weeds.

As for WRCA-AM(Ex WCRB), Yeah, it's lost it's heritage... but I've seen
their tower site and their owned by a decent company.

Think before you speak.

Paul Walker



On 4/24/07, RichardBJohnson at comcast.net <RichardBJohnson at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >   What is it ?
> >   YOU can't seem to find a job, so the industry as a whole is
> >   in its death throws ?
> >
>
> Hmmm??  I have been gainfully employed for well over forty years.
> Never even got a chance to collect unemployment insurance <sigh>.
>
> >
> >   Not cruel, but overwhelmingly negative !
> >
>
> No, I am just stating facts. I know many people who had to move out
> of Broadcasting because it isn't a "way of life" anymore. For
> instance, most stations owned by Clear Channel don't even have local
> studios anymore. Their transmitter sites consist of overgrown
> weed-patches with satellite dishes. No engineering, not even anybody
> mowing the lawn.
>
> >  Is this industry my hobby ? YES !
> >   Has been for a few decades. That shows no signs of changing.
> >   Is this industry my full time vocation ? YES !
> >   THAT shows no signs of changing.
> >   Is it my primary means of support ? YES !
> >   THAT shows no signs of changing either.
> >
>
> Consider yourself lucky to be in a market that hasn't been discovered
> yet! When it is, your station, the one that you dedicated so much of
> your life to, will be sold right out from under you. The new owners
> might even turn it off and put in a Wall Mart instead of using all
> the expensive land for some obsolete antenna towers.
>
> Truly, don't blink. Your wonderful life-style that you worked so hard
> to obtain and maintain may be gone tomorrow. That's why so many who
> wanted to stay in broadcasting developed many other talents as well.
> I know two ex-radio engineers who are now sports-casters. Another
> flies for an air-traffic reporter. When Clear Channel buys their
> stations, they may still have jobs in the industry they love. At
> least one on this list gave up broadcasting altogether and he has a
> First Ticket plus an excellent radio voice.
>
> I recently reported on the demise of WCRB. As long as one of the
> original owners was alive, the station remained with its unique
> lifestyle (Boston Classical Music Station) even though they sold off
> the valuable real estate that contained its original AM radio towers
> as well as the AM facility. That site became "Water Mill" industrial
> park. The AM site, no longer owner by WCRB, still transmitted a
> non-compliant very distorted pattern (nobody was watching) with one
> tower disconnected for a whole year. Eventually, when Richard L. Kaye
> died, that station, its heritage, and its employees, for all
> practical purposes, died as well.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Richard B. Johnson