[BC] Personalities becoming Owners?

[Rich Wood]

------ At 08:21 PM 4/7/2008, WBRadiolists at aol.com wrote: -------

>Hmmm... I wonder if he would have had greater success if he took an
>air-shift! Certainly, he'd have had name-recognition! That, alone, 
>may have brought-in
>some loyal listeners! Hire an Office Manager to handle the majority of the
>paperwork, so he can focus more on the operations/sound of the 
>station... but it
>didn't happen that way. Shame.

Bruce always struck me as a born personality. He loves it. There's a 
wonderful child-like quality to him and I wouldn't expect him to 
enjoy handling the business end of the industry. He knew I liked 
gadgets. He came up to me one day all excited about his new digital 
camera. It was one of the first and he was explaining to me how it 
worked. He was thrilled that I was as excited about it as he was. 
He's a great guy with a love of people. At WOR I always hoped he'd do 
the morning show if John Gambling ever left.

>I wonder, though... there must be a number of stories here of Personalities
>who went on to become Owners... I'd like to see some success stories. :)

Merv Griffin certainly was one.

Rich