[BC] Dumb Managers

[Ronald J. Dot'o Sr.]

I had the honor of working for/with the late Edd Routt of Texas.  He 
wrote a couple of books on broadcasting and worked with Gordon 
McLinden on shaping formats.  In the '80's the owners brought him in 
at KSLM AM/KSKD FM, Salem, OR, to straighten out the stations and make 
them profitable.  I think I quit four times and he fired me about 
three times but somehow I always wound up back at the station and we 
finally won each other's grudging respect and became good friends.

I also had the honor to work with Cal Applegate (Give em hell Cal) who 
was a Pioneer Broadcaster who started out at KFWB in L.A. around 1926 
and was loaned to the WB film lot to do transcriptions for the first 
talkies.  I became family with him and his wife Gussy.  They passed 
away in 1988 and I sure miss them.

Ron D

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dana Puopolo" <dpuopolo at usa.net>

I have worked for some of the best, fairest, most talented General 
Managers
and Program Directors ever. I have also worked for incompetant 
jerkoffs who
couldn't buy a clue with a thousand dollar bill.

Both types are out there-I swear it's the luck of the draw these days!

-D

From: Jeff Johnson <jeff at rfproof.com>

I can say the same, the best, of Chuck Miller, our GM at WNKU. He is a
broadcaster - not from sales - imagine that! He is supportive of
engineering as a critical component of our station.

Jeff.Johnson at rfproof.com