[BC] WTEM--Chief engineer

[Mike McCarthy]

There is LOTS to this story which is not being conveyed....However it 
appears the most important part of the day was covered.  1PM to end of game 
time.

I won't argue a major market cluster needs a FT chief.  Dan might be in the 
process of hiring one as he only recently closed on the bulk of the 
cluster. And he knows darn well engineers play an important role is his 
game broadcasts.

It is entirely plausible the site or some part of the system was inundated 
given the amount of rain which fell or his contractor couldn't get there 
due to flooding in the area. I'm not going to tar him just yet as the group 
is new and they're in the process of building.  And we all know AM 
competent engineers are not easy to find.

Mr Snyder is known to be a control freak.  But he wouldn't be where he is 
today if he didn't have important roles filled by hired hands.  Depending 
on the circumstances, a FT chief might not have been able to restore 
operation either....

MM

At 08:35 AM 9/8/2008 -0500, Mark Earle wrote
>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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