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Listing The Simple Flubs Of Corpor-Rat Radio:

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Scooter Lesley

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No, Corporate Radio does not do everything wrong, but there are alotta simple Flubs, committed over the years, that has cost them Money, and made it as uncomfortable for their employees, as Fiberglass Underwear!

I'll start the roll with....A shirt & necktie(a suit) for on-air, not appearing anywhere that day, Dress Code? As Pointless....as a Bowling Ball!
 
Will you give it up? How many times are you going to start a discussion on this topic or variations on the same theme?

This is a broken record played by a broken man. Let it go.
 
Why are we even bothering with this inbreed? Maybe if we just ignore him, he'll shut his moronic pie hole.
 
Well, boys, what y'all are trying to tell these readers...is that...I Don't Test Well. Hmmmmmmmmmmm? It ain't working too well, as you both are down to a sentence or two apiece, and when it comes to discussion,...Drastically Underwhelming!

Now, Dudley, in the Morning, while I'm sippin' French Roast, and planning my day, you will be strapping on that neck tie....Think of Me! When you get to work, don't be posting on company time. The Corp Suits would indeed Pee in your Cheerios, if caught.

By the way, that's an Ugly Tie,....but it looks good on you!

Totally Unneeded Dress Code, and Tomorrow:...
 
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BigA, only Scooter has a dress code: dirty Superman T-Shirt and stained XXL sweatpants stretched almost to the breaking point.

I can't recall a broadcasting entity that has had a dress code in the past 25+ years.

Used to have to wear a suit and tie during the decade I was practicing law and casual Friday's were two-piece rather than three piece suits, but now it's only if I am going to a client's office or going to an event. That's less of a dress code than what is socially expected...
 
I will amend the above.

If the topic is "Simple Flabs of Radio," I nominate Scooter. He's simple. He's flabby. And he got fired from radio 20 years ago.
 
I've never heard of anyone in radio having to wear a suit.

Rush Limbaugh has had a camera on him while doing his show for several years, but he dresses pretty much like I do.

I look forward to Scooter's comments every time I come to the site.
 
From experience, I know that some radio stations in the late 60's required their on-air staff to wear white shirts and ties.
The reason?
The Control Room was a "fishbowl."
This is a photo of George Prescott in the Control Room of WGTO, Cypress Gardens, FL.
 

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Back in the 30s, the networks required their announcers to wear formal clothes, under the presumption that radio was a guest in people's homes.

But dress codes are more a function of the office staff than on-air.

These days a lot of control rooms have video cameras in them, and I doubt you'll see many neckties.
 
I said, over the years, not necessarily happening today, but I'd say that there is still some shirt & tie enforced dumbness. I noticed a few on the WORD website dressed for their own interment. When I worked in TV, most male anchors wore tennis shorts, from the waist down...no one knew...nor camera revealed.

The Executive Lasso, tied around your Damn Neck, voluntarily! ...and it pulled the man into the machinery,...grinding most of his face off, while choking him nearly unconscious. A woman must've invented such. We only saw revenge when the High Heel placed their foot on a slide, and rammed their toes into a point!

My point is that a shirt & tie dress code enforced at any Radio station is without merit.
 
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2nd Flub, and an expensive one:

Moving the station's operations to High Rent, Huge Overhead locations, when B-grade, Frontage Road, property would suffice.

Again, not necessary to be seen,...but HEARD!
 
I agree if we're talking about a college or community radio station. But if you're trying to get successful businesses to advertise on your station, and pay the salaries of your employees, you need to play the part. There's more to radio than just playing music.

Consider that the US government doesn't need all the big marble buildings in DC either. The President doesn't need to live in the White House. George Washington didn't. But it's pretty hard to get respect from the world when your leaders live in trailers down by the river.
 
Scooter Lesley said:
2nd Flub, and an expensive one:

Moving the station's operations to High Rent, Huge Overhead locations, when B-grade, Frontage Road, property would suffice.
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My gosh, every day you prove you are more and more clueless.

Today's media is/should be more about SHOW business and more than what comes out of the speakers. A highly visible location says a lot about the organizations commitment and vision of its role in the community.

For community/noncommercial stations, your facility is not just a studio, it is a location for community engagement and is a fundraising tool and location.

Either way, from the beginnings of radio a visible location with public access was thought to be invaluable. Hence Radio City New York and CBS City L.A. and numerous streetside showcase studios in the 1950's and 1960's.

Sure, you can be cheap, but that shows an immense lack of concern and shortsighted view of the business.

But that is why you aren't in the media and many of us are.
 
DudeFan said:
My gosh, every day you prove you are more and more clueless.

Today's media is/should be more about SHOW business and more than what comes out of the speakers. A highly visible location says a lot about the organizations commitment and vision of its role in the community.
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True enough! Even in my midsize market, almost all the commercial stations are located in high-visibility business areas, though not necessarily "downtown." Even the public radio station has its facilities in a downtown hotel. The only exceptions are a Jesus-freak daytime-only commercial station (sponsored by bible stores and "survivalist" gun shops...ahh, Scooty's kinda people), out in the boonies, and one of the major TV stations.

This TV station has its studios on top of Transmitter Hill. Why? Because the guy who built it had fallen in love with a station in Hawaii that had its tower next to the studio building, and was determined to clone it here. One thing he forgot. Hawaii doesn't have snowy, icy winters. Every spring, chunks of ice the size of a Volkswagen fall off that tower; employees have to park well away from the building for safety and rely on a station "shuttle car" to get them into and out of the place. A few years ago, one such ice chunk crashed thru the studio roof and took out the evening-news set, which fortunately was not in use at the moment. (Scooty's kinda planning...)
 
Wellllllllllllll, did y'all miss me? I'll give you fair warning to go empty your badder, before I get inta anything funny. So,...Go Pee!
I know that the Peanut Gallery or as we have now re-named them, the "Wench Mob"...or is it "Wrench Mob"? We will have ask JethroM to clarify.

Rule #1 in business is to not increase your overhead, but lower it, if at all possible. Some get it, and then some don't! I would like to point-out a bit of Entercom smarts. They put it all in one location, and on a side road. Imagine Clear Channel's rent, high atop the bird's nest.
 
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Scooter Lesley said:
Imagine Clear Channel's rent, high atop the bird's nest.
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out of touch scooter. it is iheartmedia now i am betting negotiating an agreement with the birds nest in a building that is looking for tenants and is willing to negotiate was less expensive than finding a trailer on white horse road and moving the entire operation.
 
Scooter Lesley said:
Rule #1 in business is to not increase your overhead, but lower it, if at all possible. Some get it, and then some don't! I would like to point-out a bit of Entercom smarts. They put it all in one location, and on a side road. Imagine Clear Channel's rent, high atop the bird's nest.
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The number one rule is not to cut costs. It is to make sure that every expense produces a good return on the use of money. In many cases, increasing costs will result directly in increased revenues.
 
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