[BC] I'm unsubscribing

[Bailey, Scott]

Alan,
  You've missed the point here. My problem with him was when I was at
NAB in Vegas last year, he called my cell phone and called me a moron
for moving an AM allocation licensed to Nashville to the outskirts of
Nashville to Gallatin, TN. This was all done in 1992, way before he was
ever in this business, in addition, giving out false info about me
personally.

I've got nothing against young people wanting to be in this business,
but don't come and tell me how to run mine. I reminded him I've been
around this business longer than he's been alive, so don't call me at
all hours of the night disturbing me and my wife.

-----Original Message-----
From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Alan Kline
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 11:43 AM
To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [BC] I'm unsubscribing

Bailey, Scott wrote:
> Barry,
> 
>   He's "The Radio God" according to his website! 

Yeah? So what?

*As has already been discussed, he's got a lot of passion for the 
business. What's wrong with sharing the enthusiasm?

*He's an on-air talent. Everybody's gotta have their schtick.

*Would you rather he be the "iPod God", or the "XM-Sirius God", or
whatever?

What's wrong with accepting his enthusiasm for what it is? Give him 
credit for trying to bring some energy to the business when a lot of 
people his age (present company not included) couldn't care less about 
radio. Give him credit for trying to show his peer group that 
broadcasting is still a decent way to make a living.

I have to wonder if there's just a little bit of envy here. Yes, I 
understand all of the very sound reasons given for replacing the RCA 
with a SS rig. If I owned or managed a station, I'd be trying to figure 
out how to get that new rig. I'm not trying to reopen that debate. But 
c'mon, guys--if money could be ignored, who wouldn't want those 
firebottles glowing in the back room?  Hmmm? It's a throwback to the 
days when programmers and engineers ran stations, not accountants. Who 
wouldn't long a little for those days?

(Hey, if we could dream, and it was my station--state-of-the-art SS 
main, SS aux, and a nice RCA/Collins/Continental, or what-have-you in 
the back, to light up for the school tour groups...)

ak