[BC] Negativity

[Sam Roffe]

Depressing. :( 

KBCS 91.3 FM
Sam Roffe
Engineering Director
(425) 564-5698

> -----Original Message-----
> From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net [mailto:broadcast-
> bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Dana Puopolo
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 12:37 PM
> To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [BC] Negativity
> 
> C'mon Willie!
> 
> You're much more then an engineer. You also are the morning man, mid
day
> guy,
> janitor, etc. etc.
> 
> You are very fortunate that you have an owner that's there and 'gets
it'.
> These types are becoming rarer all the time.
> 
> A few weeks ago, I was asked by a computer type if he should consider
> radio as
> a career. I asked hiom how much per hour he was making as a computer
tech:
> "50
> dollars per hour". Then I asked him hiow much he was making working
for a
> radio station part time.
> "Fifteen dollars and hour, and they expect me to do computer stuff
that
> I'm
> getting 50 an hour for elsewhere".
> 
> I told him he had answered his own question.
> 
> With very few exceptions, radio engineering salaries have NOT kept up
with
> other engineering disciplines, even though the responsibilities that a
> broadscast engineer has has more then doubled. If you want to work
more
> hours
> for less real money then you were making 20 years ago, then have at
it.
> 
> I'm not being negative here, just realistic. If you want to shoot the
> messinger (and some of you obviously do, based upon the nasty emails
I've
> received lately), I guess that's your business too. BUT it doesn't
change
> the
> facts I and others have presented here. Personally, I feel sad that
> plumbers
> and garbage collectors make more on average then we do. They don't
have to
> keep up with technology on their own time. They're not on 24 hour
call.
> Their
> benefits are generally better, too.
> 
> A friend of mine works in the movie industry as an assiatant editor
(nOT
> the
> chied editor). She made over $250,000 last year. Did ANY of you do
that
> well?
> She isn't on call, works in better conditions then all of us, and
doesn't
> even have the training or level of experience that most of us have.
> 
> The average sales manager in a top 50 market makes well over $100,000.
How
> many of you do that well? The average Program Director in a top 50
market
> makes well over $120,000.  The average top 50 market CE makes about
HALF
> that
> much-and they think they're being generous paying that much to us.
> 
> My brother trains auto mechanics (at the high school level). I asked
him
> how
> much they would make after 5 years with ASE certfication (they get it
by
> the
> time they graduate). He told me that they should expect $65K on
average!
> Many
> of you don't make that much after 10 plus years on the job. Yet these
> kids-5
> years out of high school will get paid more then you. How does THAT
make
> you
> feel?
> 
> The only way that things will get better for ALL of us is if we want
it to
> get
> better!  Writing "feel good" posts here won't do it. Sending me nasty
> emails
> won't do it either. Organization and hard work needs to be done to
make
> this
> happen. Or are you satisfied that that 2001 HS graduate is making more
$$
> then
> you?
> 
> -D
> 
> 
> 
> ------ Original Message ------
> Received: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:50:21 AM EDT
> From: WFIFeng at aol.com
> To: broadcast at radiolists.net
> Subject: Re: [BC] Negativity
> 
> 
> In a message dated 04/24/2007 11:40:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> kwinrich at gmail.com writes:
> 
> > Isn't it great to have a hobby you can get paid for?
> 
> Oh, yes! In more ways than I can describe! :)
> 
> Willie...
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