A Radio Eulogy?

[jondavidvox]

February 1, 2006
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 11:20 PM, PDT)

Henry Prendes was murdered today.

This Metro Police Patrol Sergeant with a wife, 2 daughters, and his mother at home, responded to the home of Amir Rashid Crump after frantic 911 calls told the operator that Crump was beating a woman with a stick.

As police officers began to arrive at the scene, Crump, (described as a petty criminal with a long history with Metro Police), retreated into his house, leaving the front door open. Prendes took charge of the situation, called into the house, and cautiously walked in. Then, shots rang out, and the 14-year Metro Police veteran staggered back through the door, telling his fellow officers that he had been hit.

Those were his last words.

Crump then began shooting at all of the officers who had arrived, first from the ground floor, then moving to the second story of the residence, changing magazines in his AK-47 as necessary, while Metro's Finest attempted to rescue their fallen brother.

As the firefight continued, a plain-clothes officer donned his body armor, picked up his AR-15, and began to finish what Amir Rashid Crump had started. He, and his fellow officers eventually killed Crump, limiting police casualties to one dead, and one wounded.

Earlier tonight during a somber press conference in a hushed room in Las Vegas, Sheriff Bill Young told this story to the assembled News Media. He ended the press conference by telling us that the department was lucky to have only lost one officer, and that he would tell us more about what happened in the coming days.

Every Television and Newspaper Reporter there silently picked up photographs of the now-dead principals, and left to tell the story.

I was the only Radio Reporter there. The problem is I don't have a Radio News job. I went there only to hear the story first-hand, expecting to see at least a few of my Radio News colleagues preparing reports for Morning Drive the next day…except:

KXNT, the number one News/Talk Radio station in Las Vegas had no one there.

K-NEWS, the heritage News Radio station in town sent no one.

KDWN, 50-kilowatt News/Talk giant of Las Vegas broadcasting, doesn't even have a News Department.

METRO NEWS, a Westwood One Company, who provides news to nearly every radio station in Las Vegas, except the Clear Channel properties, had no one covering this press conference either.

How could this possibly be?

How could America's first Electronic News Medium fail so badly in covering the savage killing of the first Las Vegas Metro Police Officer to be gunned down in the line of duty in over 16 years?

Is it because according to those running Las Vegas News/Talk Radio Stations, the story of how SGT Henry Prendes gave his life protecting the weak in the city he loved....just doesn't matter at all?

No. It's far worse…

In the corner offices of Las Vegas Radio News/Talk Stations, the questions are somewhat different…

• Why should a smart Radio operator spend the money to cover the news first hand, when it's much more cost-effective to just steal the story from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, The Las Vegas Sun, KVBC News 3, FOX 5 News, Channel 8 Eyewitness News, Channel 13 Action News, Gold 33 News at 7, The WB News at 10, Las Vegas One, KTUD UPN 25, and any other member of the Real Working Media that actually covered it?

• Why don't people in Las Vegas realize that 3 hungry, young, university-educated Journalism School graduates covering the most exciting Metropolitan Area in the world for 8 bucks an hour plus the barest of benefit packages just isn't cost-effective?

• Can't the citizenry of this town understand that Radio is first and foremost a business, and that the bottom line is the only thing that matters?

If those aren't the questions being asked, then answered in those corner offices by those Las Vegas Radio moguls, then what questions actually are?

Here's another question: Are Radio Stations here, in the words of the Communications Act of 1934; "…operat[ing] in the Public Interest as a Public Trustee?" Or are they mindlessly pursuing profit in the (hopefully unintended) margins created by the Telecommunications act of 1996; "…operating in the stockholder's interest in search of a hot Wall Street buzz, and a fat bonus check?"

And another: What kind of Radio Station do you want doing business in Las Vegas, Nevada in the Post 9-Eleven World? Should it be one that serves you, their neighbor, or one that serves the Corporate World, their master?

Just one more: Who do you want On The Air in Las Vegas; a Broadcaster reporting the News, or a businessman reporting to his boss?

I believe that Radio News should lead all media, not behave as a low-rent imposter stealing its way through the neighborhoods of America's Great Cities. It should do now as it did once before…When morality was more important than money.

Jon-David Wells
Unemployed News/Talk Radio Broadcaster

 

[voiceguy1]

You Shameless Jerk

> February 1, 2006
> LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 11:20 PM, PDT)
>
> Henry Prendes was murdered today.
>
> This Metro Police Patrol Sergeant with a wife, 2 daughters,
> and his mother at home, responded to the home of Amir Rashid
> Crump after frantic 911 calls told the operator that Crump
> was beating a woman with a stick.
>
> As police officers began to arrive at the scene, Crump,
> (described as a petty criminal with a long history with
> Metro Police), retreated into his house, leaving the front
> door open. Prendes took charge of the situation, called into
> the house, and cautiously walked in. Then, shots rang out,
> and the 14-year Metro Police veteran staggered back through
> the door, telling his fellow officers that he had been hit.
>
>
> Those were his last words.
>
> Crump then began shooting at all of the officers who had
> arrived, first from the ground floor, then moving to the
> second story of the residence, changing magazines in his
> AK-47 as necessary, while Metro's Finest attempted to rescue
> their fallen brother.
>
> As the firefight continued, a plain-clothes officer donned
> his body armor, picked up his AR-15, and began to finish
> what Amir Rashid Crump had started. He, and his fellow
> officers eventually killed Crump, limiting police casualties
> to one dead, and one wounded.
>
> Earlier tonight during a somber press conference in a hushed
> room in Las Vegas, Sheriff Bill Young told this story to the
> assembled News Media. He ended the press conference by
> telling us that the department was lucky to have only lost
> one officer, and that he would tell us more about what
> happened in the coming days.
>
> Every Television and Newspaper Reporter there silently
> picked up photographs of the now-dead principles, and left
> to tell the story.
>
> I was the only Radio Reporter there. The problem is I don't
> have a Radio News job. I went there only to hear the story
> first-hand, expecting to see at least a few of my Radio News
> colleagues preparing reports for Morning Drive the next
> day…except:
>
> KXNT, the number one News/Talk Radio station in Las Vegas
> had no one there.
>
> K-NEWS, the heritage News Radio station in town sent no one.
>
>
> KDWN, 50-kilowatt News/Talk giant of Las Vegas broadcasting,
> doesn't even have a News Department.
>
> METRO NEWS, a Westwood One Company, who provides news to
> nearly every radio station in Las Vegas, except the Clear
> Channel properties, had no one covering this press
> conference either.
>
> How could this possibly be?
>
> How could America's first Electronic News Medium fail so
> badly in covering the savage killing of the first Las Vegas
> Metro Police Officer to be gunned down in the line of duty
> in over 16 years?
>
> Is it because according to those running Las Vegas News/Talk
> Radio Stations, the story of how SGT Henry Prendes gave his
> life protecting the weak in the city he loved....just
> doesn't matter at all?
>
> No. It's far worse…
>
> In the corner offices of Las Vegas Radio News/Talk Stations,
> the questions are somewhat different…
>
> • Why should a smart Radio operator spend the money to cover
> the news first hand, when it's much more cost-effective to
> just steal the story from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, The
> Las Vegas Sun, KVBC News 3, FOX 5 News, Channel 8 Eyewitness
> News, Channel 13 Action News, Gold 33 News at 7, The WB News
> at 10, Las Vegas One, KTUD UPN 25, and any other member of
> the Real Working Media that actually covered it?
>
> • Why don't people in Las Vegas realize that 3 hungry,
> young, university-educated Journalism School graduates
> covering the most exciting Metropolitan Area in the world
> for 8 bucks an hour plus the barest of benefit packages just
> isn't cost-effective?
>
> • Can't the citizenry of this town understand that Radio is
> first and foremost a business, and that the bottom line is
> the only thing that matters?
>
> If those aren't the questions being asked, then answered in
> those corner offices by those Las Vegas Radio moguls, then
> what questions actually are?
>
> Here's another question: Are Radio Stations here, in the
> words of the Communications Act of 1934; "…operat[ing] in
> the Public Interest as a Public Trustee?" Or are they
> mindlessly pursuing profit in the (hopefully unintended)
> margins created by the Telecommunications act of 1996;
> "…operating in the stockholder's interest in search of a hot
> Wall Street buzz, and a fat bonus check?"
>
> And another: What kind of Radio Station do you want doing
> business in Las Vegas, Nevada in the Post 9-Eleven World?
> Should it be one that serves you, their neighbor, or one
> that serves the Corporate World, their master?
>
> Just one more: Who do you want On The Air in Las Vegas; a
> Broadcaster reporting the News, or a businessman reporting
> to his boss?
>
> I believe that Radio News should lead all media, not behave
> as a low-rent imposter stealing its way through the
> neighborhoods of America's Great Cities. It should do now
> as it did once before…When morality was more important than
> money.
>
> Jon-David Wells
> Unemployed News/Talk Radio Broadcaster
>
How can you use the tragic events involving Officer Prendes to take a shot at 3 stations that fired you and a News/Traffic outlet that was smart enough never to hire you? You are right, it is more cost effective to get the news from outlets who have the money and are all News......would you rather those 3 stations run automated 24/7? I heard 2 of the three stations' news this morning and I got the same info that the TV stations gave. Radio is what it is right now but for you to Shamelessly use something like this shows what kind of a Heal you are. I hope you never work in radio again...I know you will never work in LV again(Full time, we all know that you are OK at Filling in....HACK)!!!!!!

 

[jondavidvox]

Re: You Shameless Jerk

"How can you use the tragic events involving Officer Prendes
to take a shot at 3 stations that fired you and a
News/Traffic outlet that was smart enough never to hire you?
You are right, it is more cost effective to get the news
from outlets who have the money and are all News......would
you rather those 3 stations run automated 24/7? I heard 2 of
the three stations' news this morning and I got the same
info that the TV stations gave. Radio is what it is right
now but for you to Shamelessly use something like this shows
what kind of a Heal you are. I hope you never work in radio
again...I know you will never work in LV again(Full time, we
all know that you are OK at Filling in....HACK)!!!!!!"---voiceguy1

The preceeding idiocy proves every point I've ever made about Las Vegas radio....Every single one. (Especially the ones about illiteracy.)

J-D
FB

 

[Radioworker]

Re: You Shameless Jerk

I have to agree with VG....It's bad enough that the officer was killed, but for you to use this to prove whatever it is you're trying to prove, I don't know. Your comment "I was the only Radio Reporter there. The problem is I don't have a Radio News job", is scary enough. Are you that sick to be unemployed, going to such a somber place, and have no reason to be there? As a NON-member of the press, you should not have been allowed in there at all.

You should apologize, here publically, to the officer's family and friends, for taking advantage of this tragedy for your own personal war.

> "How can you use the tragic events involving Officer Prendes
>
> to take a shot at 3 stations that fired you and a
> News/Traffic outlet that was smart enough never to hire you?
>
> You are right, it is more cost effective to get the news
> from outlets who have the money and are all News......would
> you rather those 3 stations run automated 24/7? I heard 2 of
>
> the three stations' news this morning and I got the same
> info that the TV stations gave. Radio is what it is right
> now but for you to Shamelessly use something like this shows
>
> what kind of a Heal you are. I hope you never work in radio
> again...I know you will never work in LV again(Full time, we
>
> all know that you are OK at Filling
> in....HACK)!!!!!!"---voiceguy1
>
> The preceeding idiocy proves every point I've ever made
> about Las Vegas radio....Every single one. (Especially the
> ones about illiteracy.)
>
> J-D
> FB
>

 

[jondavidvox]

Re: You Shameless Jerk

"I have to agree with VG....It's bad enough that the officer
was killed, but for you to use this to prove whatever it is
you're trying to prove, I don't know. Your comment "I was
the only Radio Reporter there. The problem is I don't have a
Radio News job", is scary enough. Are you that sick to be
unemployed, going to such a somber place, and have no reason
to be there? As a NON-member of the press, you should not
have been allowed in there at all."---Radioshirker

You disgusting filth. I am a member of the press, you barbaric snot. And I cared enough to be there last night. WHERE WERE YOU? Tomorrow morning I will join the only Las Vegas radio station to actually have someone there....FOR ANY REASON, to raise money for that family. WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING FOR THE PRENDES FAMILY TOMORROW?

"You should apologize, here publically, to the officer's
family and friends, for taking advantage of this tragedy for
your own personal war."---Radiosmirker

Apologize to who...."publically"? (That's "publicly" dweeb....Still haven't mastered English yet, huh? But I digress...) Apologize to you, the alias-wearing Death's Head hovering over Las Vegas Radio and all of your minions? No. That won't be happening...At least in your short professional lifetime.

A personal war? It's over. DON'T YOU FRICKING GET IT?!? Every Television station, and every Newspaper in this town covered the death of Patrol SGT Henry Prendes. One Radio station did....mine. WHERE WERE YOU?

This Radio Market has a rotten core. And it's you....the so far unseen tumor in the heart of Radio here. I will defeat you....and the Incompetent, Negligent, Apathetic, Cynical, Immoral Radio you stand for.

Step Aside, Illiterate Slug....You lost.

Jon-David Wells
Fearless Broadcaster

 

[Radioworker]

Re: You Shameless Jerk

You are mentally unstable, my friend. I hope you find help soon, before you take advantage of another family's tragedy.

And by the way, "members of the press" do not sign off with "Jon-David Wells
Unemployed News/Talk Radio Broadcaster "

Please do not respond, JD, as you have already made a fool of yourself. Further comments would just prove my point further.


> "I have to agree with VG....It's bad enough that the officer
>
> was killed, but for you to use this to prove whatever it is
> you're trying to prove, I don't know. Your comment "I was
> the only Radio Reporter there. The problem is I don't have a
>
> Radio News job", is scary enough. Are you that sick to be
> unemployed, going to such a somber place, and have no reason
>
> to be there? As a NON-member of the press, you should not
> have been allowed in there at all."---Radioshirker
>
> You disgusting filth. I am a member of the press, you
> barbaric snot. And I cared enough to be there last night.
> WHERE WERE YOU? Tomorrow morning I will join the only Las
> Vegas radio station to actually have someone there....FOR
> ANY REASON, to raise money for that family. WHAT WILL YOU
> BE DOING FOR THE PRENDES FAMILY TOMORROW?
>
> "You should apologize, here publically, to the officer's
> family and friends, for taking advantage of this tragedy for
>
> your own personal war."---Radiosmirker
>
> Apologize to who...."publically"? (That's "publicly"
> dweeb....Still haven't mastered English yet, huh? But I
> digress...) Apologize to you, the alias-wearing Death's Head
> hovering over Las Vegas Radio and all of your minions? No.
> That won't be happening...At least in your short
> professional lifetime.
>
> A personal war? It's over. DON'T YOU FRICKING GET IT?!?
> Every Television station, and every Newspaper in this town
> covered the death of Patrol SGT Henry Prendes. One Radio
> station did....mine. WHERE WERE YOU?
>
> This Radio Market has a rotten core. And it's you....the so
> far unseen tumor in the heart of Radio here. I will defeat
> you....and the Incompetent, Negligent, Apathetic, Cynical,
> Immoral Radio you stand for.
>
> Step Aside, Illiterate Slug....You lost.
>
> Jon-David Wells
> Fearless Broadcaster
>

 

[jondavidvox]

Re: You Shameless Jerk

"You are mentally unstable, my friend. I hope you find help
soon, before you take advantage of another family's tragedy."---Gutlessworker

Mentally unstable? No. But craven swine do bring out the worst in me. Surely, the help you wish for me could only make me more like you. That being the case, I'll take my lot rather than the sage comfort you've found in your own castration.

"And by the way, "members of the press" do not sign off with
"Jon-David Wells Unemployed News/Talk Radio Broadcaster"---Fecklessworker

I noticed your real name is as absent as your argument. And only insipid cowards sign off with "Radioworker".

"Please do not respond, JD, as you have already made a fool
of yourself."---Vacuousworker

Bravely spoken. Now step outside of your disguise, and say it to my face.
Can't do it, can you? You just don't have what it takes, do you? Was it a bicycle accident?

Further comments would just prove my point
further."---Outclassedworker

And what point is that? That a man spent his entire adult life protecting others, and when he lost that life, you, and your radio station didn't think that sacrifice worthy enough to even send someone to hear about it, let alone actually DO something about it? Nice point.

Of course, why should I or anyone reading this exchange believe otherwise?

How could someone like you appreciate Valor, when everything said here by you proves beyond doubt that you've never, ever possessed it?

Last Point...Radio here is in trouble. I'm sounding the Fire Alarm. You are the Arsonist.

Now get out of my way.

Jon-David Wells
Fearless Broadcaster

 

[FloridaBear1776]

Flame War Aside, jd is right

I remember when two cops were shot in market # 21, within the past decade. Three radio stations covered the news live, one caught a lot of flack (but also a lot of attention) for getting the only interview with the gunman before he killed himself. Two radio stations covered the funeral live. They didn't wait for TV.

Las Vegas radio, market #32 but still acting like market #132, should have done more with this story. Make that, "should have done something with this story." "Radio is what it is" is a pretty lame argument in my book. "What it is" has managed to lose TSL, drive people to satellite and I Pods, and leave a sour taste with many people over the past ten years. "What it is" doesn't work anymore.

Just based on my impressions of this board, the Las Vegas market feels like a bucketful of crabs. When someone's aspirations of quality get too high, the other crabs pull him back down. Whatever your personal gripes against "Fearless Broadcaster", don't let them corner you into the position of defending mediocrity or sub-mediocrity.

 

[Slurpee]

Re: Flame War Aside, jd is right

How is JD using this tragedy for his own benefit? He brings out a good point, where was radio?? Here's the bottom line, there are no "real" operators in Las Vegas. The folks that run the stations in town are either (a) "Has Beens" or (b) No Talents.

There is no original thinking or programming, it's all liner card, consultant approved, researched til it's dead "drab" or cookie cutter muck imported from another corporate station in the chain or sales department bring the most to the bottom line regardless of how bad it sounds garbage. Anyone in this business in this town should be ashamed of what they put out on a daily basis. No wonder I-Pods are so popular.

I'm sure I'll be blasted for daring to upset the holy Las Vegas Radio Apple Cart, but most of you guys aren't doing anyone including yourselves a favor. But what's gonna change? Having listened to radio in this town die for the last 20 years: NOTHING.

And no, I'm not a disgruntled current or former employee of any station, just a fan who's quickly trying to find an alternative to what you people call entertainment.

 

[docwalker13]

Re: Flame War Aside, jd is right

FB doesn't stand for fearless broadcaster....it means FRUIT BASKET.

 

[fgilly]

Re: Flame War Aside, jd is right

> FB doesn't stand for fearless broadcaster....it means FRUIT
> BASKET.
>
That's clever. I mean really clever. How long did it take you to come up with that? A couple of hours? Did you first come up with "Fat Boob" and then get inspired with the homerun of an insult like "Fruit Basket"? You must be one of those guys they're talking about, you friggin' fun cancer.

While you're at it why don't you just type "nah nah nah boo boo" after you leave a message like that, you unfunny can of AIDS patient diapers.

With the power vested in me by Radio-Info, I forbid you from ever posting any opinion on any board EVER until you at least get out of kindergarten.

F'ing tool.

 

[HEYYOU]

Re: You Shameless Jerk

I don't think anyone understands the point JD is trying to make? It may be his fault a little, come on John you are a walking Thesarus, and that gets lost on guys who come to this board. You see, if you want to be "THE TALK STATION" or "THE NEWS STATION" in any market for that matter.... it doesn't matter if an officer is killed or a girl is shooting ping pongs out of her most holiest of holes. You've got to cover it.

Sound bytes my friend. KNX, KFWB they cover it all locally and LA stretches from Ventura down to Orange up into Riverside and San Bernadino. They need about 12 different vans to cover the news. Vegas is what, a 30mi radius, maybe a little more? How hard is it to send somebody out to cover a story? Why are there no interns anymore? Any entry level college kids trying their hardest to get in somewhere and do anything, to acheive it?

John David is right. He is trying to show you the complacency of Las Vegas radio broadcasters. Just for laughs, tell me how many people you can name that are on the air right now, that were on the air in the 80's? Tell me how sad you think that is when you list it, that these people only grew up with the market and didn't do anything to better their careers? Stay where you can as long as you can. That is the battle cry of Las Vegas broadcasters.

 

[voiceguy1]

Re: Flame War Aside, jd is right

> I remember when two cops were shot in market # 21, within
> the past decade. Three radio stations covered the news live,
> one caught a lot of flack (but also a lot of attention) for
> getting the only interview with the gunman before he killed
> himself. Two radio stations covered the funeral live. They
> didn't wait for TV.
>
> Las Vegas radio, market #32 but still acting like market
> #132, should have done more with this story. Make that,
> "should have done something with this story." "Radio is what
> it is" is a pretty lame argument in my book. "What it is"
> has managed to lose TSL, drive people to satellite and I
> Pods, and leave a sour taste with many people over the past
> ten years. "What it is" doesn't work anymore.
>
> Just based on my impressions of this board, the Las Vegas
> market feels like a bucketful of crabs. When someone's
> aspirations of quality get too high, the other crabs pull
> him back down. Whatever your personal gripes against
> "Fearless Broadcaster", don't let them corner you into the
> position of defending mediocrity or sub-mediocrity.
>
I am not saying LV Radio is good at covering the news....far from it, I hate to say I agree with JD on that. My whole point is that he(JD) started a negitive thread about stations that fired him, if he were such a GREAT PROFESSIONAL he would have started a thread that challenged everyone who comes here to donate money to the Officer's family.....but NO, he had to play the BITTER Old Man and lash out at KDWN,'XNT and K-snooze....it was in bad taste, is he right....yeah,probably but this was not the time and if no one here sees that then this market is in far worse shape than I thought!

VoiceGuy,
Employed in Radio,
Smart enough not to give my name!

 

[voiceguy1]

Re: Flame War Aside, jd is right

> > FB doesn't stand for fearless broadcaster....it means
> FRUIT
> > BASKET.
> >
> That's clever. I mean really clever. How long did it take
> you to come up with that? A couple of hours? Did you first
> come up with "Fat Boob" and then get inspired with the
> homerun of an insult like "Fruit Basket"? You must be one
> of those guys they're talking about, you friggin' fun
> cancer.
>
> While you're at it why don't you just type "nah nah nah boo
> boo" after you leave a message like that, you unfunny can
> of AIDS patient diapers.
>
> With the power vested in me by Radio-Info, I forbid you from
> ever posting any opinion on any board EVER until you at
> least get out of kindergarten.
>
> F'ing tool.
>
settle down chunk and worry about your own job.

 

[Magic91derful]

Re: Flame War Aside, jd is right

JD is absolutely right. Beyond the hyperbole, the fact is
the news and talk stations aren't doing their job, period.
Radio Worker: since you called JD out, we are all wondering
what are you going to do for the officer's family?
"You disgusting filth. you barbaric snot"




> > FB doesn't stand for fearless broadcaster....it means
> FRUIT
> > BASKET.
> >
> That's clever. I mean really clever. How long did it take
> you to come up with that? A couple of hours? Did you first
> come up with "Fat Boob" and then get inspired with the
> homerun of an insult like "Fruit Basket"? You must be one
> of those guys they're talking about, you friggin' fun
> cancer.
>
> While you're at it why don't you just type "nah nah nah boo
> boo" after you leave a message like that, you unfunny can
> of AIDS patient diapers.
>
> With the power vested in me by Radio-Info, I forbid you from
> ever posting any opinion on any board EVER until you at
> least get out of kindergarten.
>
> F'ing tool.
>

 

[Radioworker]

Re: Flame War Aside, jd is right

My family and I keep private as to what we give. However my 7 year old son wrote in a letter to the officer's family, that giving is far more important that taking.

I would never use this tragedy to take advantage of anything, like you and JD trying to further themselves on a board. It's downright sick.

> JD is absolutely right. Beyond the hyperbole, the fact is
> the news and talk stations aren't doing their job, period.
> Radio Worker: since you called JD out, we are all wondering
> what are you going to do for the officer's family?
> "You disgusting filth. you barbaric snot"
>
>
>
>
> > > FB doesn't stand for fearless broadcaster....it means
> > FRUIT
> > > BASKET.
> > >
> > That's clever. I mean really clever. How long did it
> take
> > you to come up with that? A couple of hours? Did you
> first
> > come up with "Fat Boob" and then get inspired with the
> > homerun of an insult like "Fruit Basket"? You must be one
>
> > of those guys they're talking about, you friggin' fun
> > cancer.
> >
> > While you're at it why don't you just type "nah nah nah
> boo
> > boo" after you leave a message like that, you unfunny can
>
> > of AIDS patient diapers.
> >
> > With the power vested in me by Radio-Info, I forbid you
> from
> > ever posting any opinion on any board EVER until you at
> > least get out of kindergarten.
> >
> > F'ing tool.
> >
>

 

[fgilly]

Re: Flame War Aside, jd is right

> > > FB doesn't stand for fearless broadcaster....it means
> > FRUIT
> > > BASKET.
> > >
> > That's clever. I mean really clever. How long did it
> take
> > you to come up with that? A couple of hours? Did you
> first
> > come up with "Fat Boob" and then get inspired with the
> > homerun of an insult like "Fruit Basket"? You must be one
>
> > of those guys they're talking about, you friggin' fun
> > cancer.
> >
> > While you're at it why don't you just type "nah nah nah
> boo
> > boo" after you leave a message like that, you unfunny can
>
> > of AIDS patient diapers.
> >
> > With the power vested in me by Radio-Info, I forbid you
> from
> > ever posting any opinion on any board EVER until you at
> > least get out of kindergarten.
> >
> > F'ing tool.
> >
> settle down chunk and worry about your own job.
>

Don't tell me what to do, cockface.

 

[jondavidvox]

Radioworker, Jesus. Jesus, Radioworker.

"My family and I keep private as to what we give. However my
7 year old son wrote in a letter to the officer's family,
that giving is far more important that taking. I would never
use this tragedy to take advantage of anything, like you and
JD trying to further themselves on a board. It's downright sick."---Muckworker

Wait! You're taking advantage of this tragedy, this board, and even your own little son just to try and assuage your imploding conscience!!! That's...that's....DOWNRIGHT SICK!!!

(BTW...Good idea on letting him write the letter...he probably spelled everything correctly.)

You know what? You just suck. And here's why....

Today, KOOL 93.1 and the People of Las Vegas raised over $45,000.00 for the family of a murdered cop. One station. How much money would have been raised for that family if just a few more Radio Pros like us, had been joined by cynical Radio slugs like you?

Yes, I bar-be-qued you creeps live, and in color, in public on this board for missing that Press Conference. That's because I knew, just like every Television Station, and Newspaper in this town that the Prendes family was going to need its neighbors. Well, we at KOOL came through.

What did your station do?

Damn you....and all like you.

J-D
FB

 

[davideduardo]

Re: Sad use of tragic news to mash sour grapes

>
> • Why should a smart Radio operator spend the money to cover
> the news first hand, when it's much more cost-effective to
> just steal the story....

Actually, it is far more effective to be a member of AP or Metro News, and have someone covering the story for me. In fact, it is not n3ecessary to cover every radio story live, as the police reports are often better than spot news coverage, because radio is audio only and benefits not the least from being at the scene of a story that has no relevant on-location audio.

In fact, on many stories of national import, there is pool coverage. Having each and every station at each and every news story is silly.

I once ran an all-news operation that could not afford mobile units so we effectively used the criss-cross directory to get spot news coverage from eye witnesses in the same location. We ended up scooping the stations with vehicles and reporters, because they wasted hours in traffic, and we just used the phone. Was our news any worse? No. It was better because it was immediate.

Face it: there has not been a police officer killed for a long time. This is a rare incident. Why have a 24-7 news department for one station or cluster if there are less costly services that give the same news with the same accuracy?

All you care about is the full employment of radio news reporters. You were just waiting, vulture-like, for a big story so you could swoop down and feed on the carrion of the day to gorge your belly.

Sick, repugnant and opportunistic.

 

[davideduardo]

Re: Reality check.

> I don't think anyone understands the point JD is trying to
> make? It may be his fault a little, come on John you are a
> walking Thesarus, and that gets lost on guys who come to
> this board. You see, if you want to be "THE TALK STATION"
> or "THE NEWS STATION" in any market for that matter.... it
> doesn't matter if an officer is killed or a girl is shooting
> ping pongs out of her most holiest of holes. You've got to
> cover it.

There are many ways of covering spot news, starting with an agreement with AP, a local TV station or a newspaper. It is not necessary to be there.
>
> Sound bytes my friend.

Sound bites (a "byte" is a piece of binary data) of what? Officers after the fact, talking about the incident? This is not Edward R. Morrow broadcasting from a London rooftop during a Luftwaffe bombing.

> KNX, KFWB they cover it all locally
> and LA stretches from Ventura down to Orange up into
> Riverside and San Bernadino. They need about 12 different
> vans to cover the news.

They get a lot of their news from Metro News, too.

LA is a $1.04 Billion dollar market. LV is barely a $100 million market, A news staiton in LA bills north of $30 million, and can afford a news vehicle. KXNT bills less that 8% of that amount, just over $2.5 million. It is just not possible to do what you ask in Las Vegas, but there are plenty of work arounds that give listeners complete coverage.

> Vegas is what, a 30mi radius, maybe
> a little more? How hard is it to send somebody out to cover
> a story?

It is too expensive to staff a radio news department 24/7. This is why AP and UP were invented... to share costs as not even big newspapers can cover everything.

> Why are there no interns anymore?

Nope. Done away with by liability concerns and wage and hour law changes that make interns, essentially, employees, with a burden of training on top of that.

> Any entry level
> college kids trying their hardest to get in somewhere and do
> anything, to acheive it?

Why? If one can use AP, Metro, or a resource sharing agreement?
>
> John David is right. He is trying to show you the
> complacency of Las Vegas radio broadcasters. Just for
> laughs, tell me how many people you can name that are on
> the air right now, that were on the air in the 80's?

This proves nothing. Longevity in a market may be due to a desire to put down roots, or due to having reached the maximum point one is going to go. Those who leave may do so for bigger salaries, to beat the heat or for a variety of other ressons. Irrelevant.