[BC] Negativity

[Steve Newman]

Sure wish you would respect people who have experience. I respected my 
teachers in the business and still do. I didn't know it all at 23. I've 
never met Richard but read between the lines. His reality may not be yours 
but he's been down some great roads. I hope you go down some good ones as 
well and remember to be mindful of what you see during those journeys.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting at gmail.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: [BC] Negativity


>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
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