[BC] How standard is THIS?

[Jeff Johnson]

Yup.

I worked for a commercial radio group recently (in addition to my 
continuing part-time employment in public radio). I was hired as DOE, as if 
that meant anything. I had to get permission to buy batteries. We went 
without a backup automation server for three months (four stations!!) or so 
until my warnings of looming disaster were finally heeded by the DOE of the 
group taking over via LMA. The DOE of the group which handed us over  - and 
after the period of time they had us - generously bought a new Omnia for 
one of the stations being heavily promoted but which would go silent time 
and again due to a failing processor.

In all fairness to the corporate groups wrangling over us, the problem lay 
with local top management. When I resigned the impossible situation, two of 
my friends there volunteered, "Good for you for getting out of this f*****g 
place." I had never heard such language from those two before. 
Incidentally, top management had recently earned an award from corporate as 
tops in profitability. I learned how it had been done.

There are a great number of folks there doing successful 'real' radio. I 
genuinely wish them the best, but I am staying in public radio where one's 
best efforts are appreciated.

Jeff.Johnson at rfproof.com

>Tip off is this is a large company surely in good odor with Wall Street.
>Seems an excellent "New Economy" biz model. Of course, heretics such as 
>Catherine
>Austin Fitts dub it the "Tapeworm Economy", but isn't that why right thinking
>people call them heretics?
>
>paul v. zecchino
>manaheresy key, fl