It Is Later Than You think (Or Admit)

[flybynight]

So we made it to #15 and it's two of the main offenders going after each other. That would have been a pretty good payout if we were taking bets.

Maybe if this guy didn't enter every thread with a constant dare to knock the chip off his shoulder, maybe there wouldn't always be chaos surrounding him.

I read a lot of the different forums here and it seems wherever he goes, somehow people are just such troublemakers, picking on poor ol' him and that bastion of victimhood: conservative talkradio.

Insufferable.

 

[davideduardo]

Since you spend all your time on this board, apparently you have never had the opportunity to be in a workplace with affirmative action bimbos.

Less valuable employees have been in the workplaces of America since the nation was founded, with or without specific laws and regulations. Nepotism is the granddaddy of them all, followed by the hiring to folks recommended by big customers or under the influence of some city or government inspector or bigwig.

I've seen as many competent women as men. Gender has nothing to do with it. And before you do your fine imitation crocodile snap, I'd mention that I named the first woman as a General Manager in Puerto Rico in 1972, and put the first female lead on a music station morning show later in that decade. I did it because they were both the most competent people available.

 

[davideduardo]

I also appreciate that you would identify with an untalented, small-time talk show host.

You know for a fact that he is not talented? Maybe he likes smaller town living, and maybe he is better compensated than he would be at some bigger market large-group station. I've known plenty of very talented people in smaller markets (yes, Gillette is a market) who did not want to leave because they enjoyed the relationships and intimacy of smaller towns.

Your disdain for small towns is reprehensible. I'd remind you that the first member of the New York Times dynasty came in to "the big city" from Chattanooga, TN, which was pretty small in the mid late 1800's. Oh, and Mr. Pulitzer came from the metropolis of Makó, Hungary, which had a population in the 1850's of about 3,000 people. And Mr. Hearst's San Francisco in 1860 had about the same population as today's Gillette. Moving to "Jock" Whitney from Ellsworth, ME... another small town... and you kind of see a trend where the early media in New York depended on fresh blood from small towns and even foreign countries.

 

[Small Market Guy]

I've known plenty of very talented people in smaller markets (yes, Gillette is a market) who did not want to leave because they enjoyed the relationships and intimacy of smaller towns.

Not to mention the job security. I took this position with the intention (on both sides of the agreement) of retiring here. Since I don't slander local politicians, I won't get fired. My company's only other talk host did 30 years at an even smaller market than mine.

Friends of mine who have gone the larger market route lasted a year at best.