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A former intern gabs about Krok

> A colleague of mine, who heard new WSB-AM talker Chris Krok
> last night doing a test run at 1 a.m., fished around the Web
> and found this blog from a guy named Tom who said he was a
> former intern of Chris Krok's at his last employer in
> Minneapolis. It's quite amusing:
>

That is hysterical.
 
> > A colleague of mine, who heard new WSB-AM talker Chris
> Krok
> > last night doing a test run at 1 a.m., fished around the
> Web
> > and found this blog from a guy named Tom who said he was a
>
> > former intern of Chris Krok's at his last employer in
> > Minneapolis. It's quite amusing:
> >
>
> That is hysterical.
>

This blogger doesn't seem to understand that's the life of an intern. Hard work, pretentious jocks, lots of outside work, etc., etc. I also don't like the fact that this blogger puts so much emphasis on how put upon he was by life.

Seriously, as funny as it was, I think this blogger was expecting much more than the average intern gets.

I really don't think that dude understands radio. It's not about being a slave to the man or kissing tail until your lips are chapped. It's about doing your job! Expect people to back out at the last minute, people to be mean, and so on!

Anyway, back to normally scheduled programming...

Radio-X<P ID="signature">______________
Send lawyers, guns, and money...
The s**t has hit the fan...
-Warren Zevon</P>
 
Good thing he got out of the business early...he would have spent the rest of his career being berated by talent, then management. I once was running board for an FM remote in the 80's where the "talent" was running around the Omni with wireless mics, but no IFB. They missed their breaks, the "engineer" couldn't find the talent, so all I could do was start the spots and try again at the next break - I kept it moving with no dead air. I left a voicemail with the PD explaining what happened.

The next week the PD send out a group voicemail to all the jocks pretending his message was only going to the Assistant PD - the message was about how *I* was such a F-up. I figured the only way to deal with this sick, sadistic, lying mother****er was to wait until just before the holidays and tell him I had to leave to do an internship. There's a special studio in hell waiting just for him.
 
Adjusting a microphone or turning on a laptop was too demanding?

My first paid job was in Santa Fe. My news director drove myself and the other new guy out to where the Department of Transportation was building a new access road to the Laguna Indian reservation. 12 guys pouring asphalt in the middle of nowhere, in the New Mexico desert. Oh yeah, it was also 94 degrees outside.

We sat in the back of the air conditioned car for 5 minutes, our new news director not saying a word. Finally he turned to us and said (the words are forever etched in my mind), "When I tell you to work, I expect you to work and work hard. If you think radio is too difficult, then I'll drive you out here and you can join these guys for a week. Then we'll see if you want your radio job back." It was the best lesson I've ever had in broadcasting.

I don't know Chris Krok. But if he's hard to deal with, I'm sure it's because it's his name on the show. He's taking the risk and wants those around him to do their job.
>
 
> Adjusting a microphone or turning on a laptop was too
> demanding?
>
> My first paid job was in Santa Fe. My news director drove
> myself and the other new guy out to where the Department of
> Transportation was building a new access road to the Laguna
> Indian reservation. 12 guys pouring asphalt in the middle
> of nowhere, in the New Mexico desert. Oh yeah, it was also
> 94 degrees outside.
>
> We sat in the back of the air conditioned car for 5 minutes,
> our new news director not saying a word. Finally he turned
> to us and said (the words are forever etched in my mind),
> "When I tell you to work, I expect you to work and work
> hard. If you think radio is too difficult, then I'll drive
> you out here and you can join these guys for a week. Then
> we'll see if you want your radio job back." It was the best
> lesson I've ever had in broadcasting.
>
> I don't know Chris Krok. But if he's hard to deal with, I'm
> sure it's because it's his name on the show. He's taking
> the risk and wants those around him to do their job.
> >
>
There is the "right" way to motivate people to work and there is the "wrong" way to do it.
All of us in broadcast support roles have had to deal with "talent!" The smart on-air staff know you get more flys with honey than vinegar.....but, then again, s**t gets the most flys!!
Treating others with respect and dignity is ALWAYS the way to go.
 
> I don't know Chris Krok. But if he's hard to deal with, I'm
> sure it's because it's his name on the show. He's taking
> the risk and wants those around him to do their job.

I worked with Chris Krok very briefly when he was at KLIK 1240 in Jefferson City. I actually worked in the Columbia office, and I was just arriving about the time he was leaving for WTDY in Madison. So, I didn't see him very often and only spoke with him once. He seemed like a pretty sharp guy when I talked with him, and I know people around both offices had a lot of respect for him. He was known more as someone who set standards and expected people to adhere to them than as a mean or demanding individual. Most of us didn't have a problem with people who set standards so long as they were reasonable. In fact, Krok was much better liked than the person who replaced him as PD/afternoon host at KLIK (though it didn't take long after his replacment's dismissal before we would have liked to have had either one of them back!). Chris Krok and Mark Reardon (ex-WTMJ Milwaukee host) are two of the old Premier Marketing Group's biggest success stories.
 
I have to ask if everyone read all of that post. If that is your idea of anything resembling a "work atmosphere", I suggest you check your reality. CK is a jerk, as evidenced by the first letter in today's edition of the Macon Telegraph. Please tell me in what way is that man is a boon to radio. I am not sure what kind of radio jock he is, but shock is either entering a new dimension or has a new meaning. Attacking out of the blue someone who is simply voicing their opinion (and not even referencing CK) is not shocking, it is revolting. I have tried to listen to him but, I can not take more than 5 minutes of him. It is similar to eating something and not knowing exactly why you feel you must get it out or your mouth...NOW!!!
 
Joey, you fail to understand the genius of one Christoper J. Krok. In fact, most of us in Atlanta didn't "get" Krok Talk. That's why he made the prudent decision to move his show to the more discerning locale of Macon, GA. I understand Kate McCarthy still carries a torch for Chris Krok.
 
He's harmless. I wouldn't work myself into such a lather over his recent tiff with a letter to the editor type. To him, everyone is fair game and every subject is, too. There are other dial choices in Central Georgia including another morning talk show on WPGA-AM/FM and WNEX. A morning talk host doesn't always rely on the safe bets of happy talk coupled with time and temp to grab and retain an audience. He was hired to deliver as many listeners as he can by any means possible. Just working for Cumulus has got to be struggle in itself for him and the survivors at the Macon cluster.
 
This blog is old news. VERY, VERY old news, as in 3 years old. This was posted here about 3 years or so ago. I remember reading it then.

So Krok's in Macon now? Wow. Big time.
 
joelunchbox said:
I have to ask if everyone read all of that post. If that is your idea of anything resembling a "work atmosphere", I suggest you check your reality. CK is a jerk, as evidenced by the first letter in today's edition of the Macon Telegraph. Please tell me in what way is that man is a boon to radio. I am not sure what kind of radio jock he is, but shock is either entering a new dimension or has a new meaning. Attacking out of the blue someone who is simply voicing their opinion (and not even referencing CK) is not shocking, it is revolting. I have tried to listen to him but, I can not take more than 5 minutes of him. It is similar to eating something and not knowing exactly why you feel you must get it out or your mouth...NOW!!!
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Joe great to see your first post was in response to a 3 1/2 year-old thread???? Chris Krok doesn't live here anymore we don't care. He is the Macon Maestro and we can;t be happier for him and us.
 
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