[BC] WTEM--Chief engineer

[Jeffrey.P.Bottalico at kp.org]

At least they were back on before kickoff.  $$$$ saved there

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Jeffrey.P.Bottalico at kp.org wrote:
> DCRTV reports that WTEM 980 was off the air Saturday afternoon to midday
> Sunday due to weather.  Red Zebra (Dan Snyder of the Redskins) does not
> have a chief engineer for his cluster.  Penny wise but pound 
foolish??????
>
Nah, makes perfect sense. Engineer = $100,000/year or more with benefits.

Off air 12 hours? How much revenue was lost? Less than 100k probably.
Pay a contract engineer $500 to get it back on.. still money ahead.

Of course, no preventive maintenance, proactive fixing of things, etc.
But that seems to be the trend.


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