Atlanta Part-Timers

[Surfer]

I'm curious what others think about this. Who would you say is the best (or worst if you want to go "negative") part-time jock on a station?

 

[HippieGuy]

What is the diff between part time and full time?

I thought they were all part time...a 4 hour shift 5 days a week does not constitute full time in my opinion...

Hours of show prep? Everything is computerized, songs pre-selected and program..I assumed they walk in, sit down and press a button for 4 hours

 

[Unregistered]

A rather brash (and inaccurate) assumption.

 

[TheMusicMan]

I think Brittany on Star 94 sounds excellent.

 

[secondchoice]

What is the diff between part time and full time?

I thought they were all part time...a 4 hour shift 5 days a week does not constitute full time in my opinion...

Hours of show prep? Everything is computerized, songs pre-selected and program..I assumed they walk in, sit down and press a button for 4 hours

Yes and no. A D J* will (should) research a couple of current topics maybe even a this date in history fact. If I did comedy bits, these can be time consuming sometimes. I tried to be 2 or 3 days ahead. Plus depending on your contract: you have appearances or remotes, commercial production, and staff meetings. At smaller stations you have to write the commercials too, and not get paid for the remotes and commercial production.

* A comedic genius like Robin Williams could most likely wing it, but, if you are that good you make movies or do TV and get paid a lot more.

 

[AMFMRadFan]

Wouldn't a part time jock be a jock who works weekends and/or fills in for other jocks any day of the week including holidays?

 

[Avid Listener]

Wouldn't a part time jock be a jock who works weekends and/or fills in for other jocks any day of the week including holidays?

Not necessarily. A full-time employee might have some work on the weekends and/or fill in duties as part of his job, but might have enough other non-DJ work to make him a full-time employee. Then it becomes a semantic issue of whether that means he's a full-time employee, but only a part-time jock.

 

[Surfer]

Wow! I was just interested in whom folks thought sounded good on the air. I didn't intend for this to be a semantics game! Anyway, I'll clarify...Stay out of the 6A-12MID Mo-Fr dayparts. Concentrate on weekend or holiday fill-ins. (I was using "old school" terminology talking about part-timers.) Sorry for all the confusion.

 

[secondchoice]

Actually there are very few "part time" on air jobs thanks to the PC and Satellite programming. Looking from the owners angle, why have "part timers" and the expense of hiring part timers who may or may not be talented or competent, when a PC some software and a satellite dish will give your station a "professional" sound 24 / 7. Plus PC's and or satellite dishes and receivers hardly ever get sick, have car trouble, get drunk, or end up in jail.

IMHO: These "savings" while helping the owners for the short term, will lead to end of "music" radio. Why listen to a radio station that is just a PC / Jukebox hooked up to a transmitter when a smart phone can do the same thing WITH OUT COMMERCIALS! Also where will the next generation of on air folks come from? Radio "schools" can teach some one the basics but where will the experience, polish and poise come from.?

 

[HippieGuy]

Actually there are very few "part time" on air jobs thanks to the PC and Satellite programming. Looking from the owners angle, why have "part timers" and the expense of hiring part timers who may or may not be talented or competent, when a PC some software and a satellite dish will give your station a "professional" sound 24 / 7. Plus PC's and or satellite dishes and receivers hardly ever get sick, have car trouble, get drunk, or end up in jail.

IMHO: These "savings" while helping the owners for the short term, will lead to end of "music" radio. Why listen to a radio station that is just a PC / Jukebox hooked up to a transmitter when a smart phone can do the same thing WITH OUT COMMERCIALS! Also where will the next generation of on air folks come from? Radio "schools" can teach some one the basics but where will the experience, polish and poise come from.?

And this is EXACTLY what has today's broadcasters/management and ownership concerned...with the rapid advancement of digital technology and small hand held personal devices, who needs 'radio'. Plus, any new car produced today is fully equipped to offer you entertainment by downloading it to your dash without having to select the AM/FM button.