[BC] Matching jobs and engineers

[BOYDSIRBOYD at aol.com]

Even though the stock of
experienced engineers is declining, the job  opportunities have dropped so
badly since 1997 that there still are far more  engineers then jobs. No wonder
why new people aren't coming in! Would YOU go  into a profession where the
number of jobs is less then half it was ten years  ago?
 
i walked into this profession about 10 to 15 years ago.  and have  gotten 
busier than i thought i ever would.
installing new transmitters, repairing ATU's, building ATU's, moving  
studios, tearing out old studios and putting back new ones completely, moving  whole 
stations from one point to another, moving all rf equipment from one town  to 
another, combining two stations on a single tower. and the list goes  on.
from what i'm finding out is there a loss of good engineers who actually  
know what they're doing. and he's right, the IT guys know nothing of rf.  but 
what's really sad is they don't want to know.
the computers run the unmanned station but the engineer keeps it on air and  
going, and going, and going.
the stations i have worked on the owners keep calling me back. they want  
this done and that moved, the list is never ending.
i now do work for CLEAR CHANNEL in ASHEVILLE, N.C. and GREENVILLE, S.C..  
WTOY in SALEM VA. ,WASC in SPARTANBURG, WPCC in CLINTON, S.C. among  others.
and most of the business i get is word of mouth.
 
bill