I'm not a fan of this website, but I do sporadically visit. One of the things that really bothers me is that people don't use their real names. My feeling is that if you truly believe what you are saying is the truth and you want to share your opinion, you should be willing to "sign your real name". In the past, I have read some very insulting comments about Russ and me and the radio station. I sincerely hope that no one really thinks that is okay.
Now.....about my message that appears on the home page of our website......I would really like to know what exactly is disrespectful about it. I did not call anyone names. I did not write anything that wasn't true. In fact, I actually modified and did not mention all comments that Mr. Jackson made to us. I just wanted to make it clear that the finances were only part of the entire story. There was so much more to it than that. I was also horrified by Mr. Jackson insinuating that he had paid ALL expenses "out of his own pocket" since last December. (!) He did not. He cashed checks that I sent him that were backed by advertising revenue. To quote me as saying that our "advertisers had not been paying their bills" was an enormous insult to them. And to me. I really dislike being misquoted.
"Bitter" isn't an accurate word to use either. Naturally, I don't feel very good about The Album Station being off the air (Rock format now transformed into the new Hot Static format). In fact, I feel very bad. We were closely approaching our tenth anniversary. Russ and I put our hearts and souls into this radio station for over a decade. We also worked very hard. Many many people don't appreciate how much time and energy it actually takes to keep a radio station running, especially with a very small staff. It takes a LOT of time and energy. Believe it.
Sure, the person who holds the paper technically "owns" the station. But, if that person doesn't do any of the work, or conceive any of the ideas, or create any of the programming, or talk to the listeners every day over the air, or answer their phone calls and e mails, connect with the advertisers, write and produce the ads, and keep that music going 24/7 (that also includes engineering trips by Russ at often inconvenient times to fix transmitter issues)....well......whose radio station is it? Dennis Jackson is the licensee, of course. But, for the past decade, we have worked out of our own studio where we do indeed own all that is needed to broadcast that music to our great listeners, who have been very supportive over the years and now. (We do not own the transmitter building or the tower, but neither does Dennis.) Please do visit our website. And listen to us online.
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"Without Music, Life Would Be A Mistake."
