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ALL OF YOU WHO IS ON THIS SITE (DO YOU ALL WORK IN RADIO)??

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MR. JAROME_CALVIN

I do, I am a Producer/Board Operator. I've been working in this field for just over eight years. It's my life dream, and passion. Since I was about four years old, it's been my life dream to work in radio. I feel so happy to be working in a radio station, that I feel like(If I am dreaming, let me never awake. If I am awake, let me never sleep).

How about all of you?

Thank you all for your time. I always hope all of you (I hope) that your heart always smile. I hope your heart is always happy :)

Peace Be With You
 
Ciao is a parttime board op at a low wattage AM college station.
 
"i hear you've been mising a lot of work"

"I wouldn't say I've been missing it Bob"


I've never worked a day in this business.
 
Have worked at WMWM Salem State since fall of '80, first show 3/12/81...my blues show celebrates its
20th anniversary this month. Did news internship at WFNX 83-84; done fill ins (and for awhile an all
Kinks show) at WNSH...
 
I decided to get out of the business about 30 years ago, but I did come out of retirement to work for WLYN/WAZN for a while, just for grins. I do occasional fill ins over there when they need a body.

My career took a different path, 10 years as a manufacturing supervisor/engineer, then off to a menial job with great benefits for the State. I retire in 5 years when I hit 55.

I have been involved in Cable TV in the past, I was the engineer for a town north of Boston's Cable TV Board where I helped negotiate contracts with Comcast, RCN, and Verizon. For almost 20 years my main focus was on the Stare and Federal regulations dealing with cable systems. I gave that gig up about a year and a half ago. I guess I burnt out after sitting on that board, and a few others, plus holding down an elecetive office at the same time for a number of years.

I consider myself fortunate to have worked in the field when it was still fun.
 
inthewolf said:
Ciao is a parttime board op at a low wattage AM college station.
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Are you Jealous about that ?? Let Ciao post his own Radio Bio . I had my time in the radio Biz . I move on to The music Business and own a few companies around The Boston Area . With the poor State of Radio Today , I cant see myself going back to the radio business . For those whom want to make a career in Radio , Good luck . With all these Job Slashing Cheap Radio Owners out there ,You will need some luck . JACK Format ( Mike,1090,92.9 ) is a major part of what is wrong with the radio business . When I turn on The Radio , I want a Local feel it it . I want to know what is going on, in that radio market . I dont want to turn on the radio and hear some Wannabee Ipod station .
 
I produce, program, and host my own weekly show on WMWM.
 
I am on the board of directors for a PEG tv and webcast radio station. We are in the process of gaining FCC approval for a low wattage over the air signal.

Other than that, media, radio in particular, is just an interest of mine; (as George Carlin once said, "not a hobby, hobbies cost money.")
 
I am not in radio, however I have over 30 years observing, listening and studying the Boston market and 20 years listening and obversing other markets as well. While I have seriously thought about getting into the industry, radio professionals that I've known have discouraged me from it as it can be a very unstable industry, but especially in very recent years. From what I hear that if I do it as a hobby that I will be much better off than doing it as a career.
 
I have been in radio since I was old enough to reach a knob, but stayed out of the biz.
I am however very happy to have a radio engineering degree useful to me every day, whether at work
as a printing press electrical engineer, or with antique radios, part 15 AM, and other radio hobby interests.

If I could figure out how to have the security I have now and be in radio, I still probably wouldn't be unless I could
be involved in someplace like a WEVL-Memphis or WFMU-Jersey City. I've always enjoyed "difficult listening".
I began to get worried about state or radio when DJ's began to lose control of airplay, a long time ago.
That was probably the late 60's to early 70s's , earlier in big markets. Probably the first of several reasons I stayed out.
 
Ok, I have a question for all of you here who do work in radio, do you enjoy it? How is the corporate culture, is there a lot of tension in the air or is it more relaxed instead? My feeling is that people get into radio because they love it and it is "fun", however I get a really strong feeling that it is corporate rule these days and anything less than "professionalism at all times" will not be tollerated at all.
 
Retro said:
Ok, I have a question for all of you here who do work in radio, do you enjoy it?
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Love it. Second best gig in the world next to actually making music.

Retro said:
How is the corporate culture, is there a lot of tension in the air or is it more relaxed instead?
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Depends on the building, and the management in place. There are places I've been that felt like frathouses. And others that felt like waiting rooms at an abortion clinic. It's also my sincere belief that the more tense an environment, the less creative.

Retro said:
My feeling is that people get into radio because they love it and it is "fun", however I get a really strong feeling that it is corporate rule these days and anything less than "professionalism at all times" will not be tollerated at all.
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Again. I'm fairly certain that varies from building to building.


I'm fortunate to be in one of the top 2 places in my career right now. Possibly the best.
 
I've been hosting a punk/hardcore/garage show called Sonic Overload since 2000 that started on Allston-Brighton Free Radio. I began webcasting it myself in the middle of '03 while still recording it at A-B Free and when the station closed in early '05, I went 'net only and have been doing it at home ever since. It's a hobby for me, a labor of love, basically. I've always wanted to do a radio show since I was a kid but as I get older and adhere to more of an independent/DIY (do-it-yourself) aesthetic, maintaining complete control over my show, with no outside interference, was an important element. I had that autonomy to say/play what I wanted on A-B Free. The only concession I made in five years there was when Steve Provizer, the station founder, asked if I'd do my show at night instead of mid-afternoon because of what I was playing and I did that for awhile. When he left, I moved my show to 4-6 in the afternoon.

In any case, I'm grateful I got an opportunity to start something on my own and when I was 40 yrs. old, incidentally. Before that, I'd appear on college shows from time to time to hang out or spin a few records (WZBC, WMBR, even WMWM) and also co-hosted a show on the Masconomet High School station. A couple of kids did a punk/ska show, "The Next Generation," and asked to me to co-host with them one time. It went well so I was on there regularly until they graduated the following spring. Soon after that, the A-B Free thing came along.

There is no way in hell I would/could work in the "biz." That goes for any aspect of the music biz. I worked in music retail for a dozen years (for you locals who remember Rockit Records, I managed that store in the late 80s/early 90s) and thought about working for a label or distributor but ultimately decided to stay on the periphery of things. Considering how sleazy every element of the 'entertainment' biz is, I'm glad I just approach it as something fun, with no career aspirations!
 
Al, I hope you don't mind me running sections of your podcast on my part 15 AM.

I'm really enjoying it. I got married across the street from bughouse square, where the haymarket riots festered up from.
 
Tom Wells said:
Al, I hope you don't mind me running sections of your podcast on my part 15 AM.

I'm really enjoying it. I got married across the street from bughouse square, where the haymarket riots festered up from.
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that would be awesome...
 
Retro said:
I am not in radio, however I have over 30 years observing, listening and studying the Boston market and 20 years listening and obversing other markets as well. While I have seriously thought about getting into the industry, radio professionals that I've known have discouraged me from it as it can be a very unstable industry, but especially in very recent years. From what I hear that if I do it as a hobby that I will be much better off than doing it as a career.
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You call this WORK? ;D

No offense but the above quote brings back memories as Ops. Manager.
I was interviewing for a mid-day person.
(You know, when you needed one to keep the station on the air.)

This nice fellow schedules an interview.
Well dressed, well spoken, I'm thinking to myself, I may have found the right one.

I get to the part, "tell me about your prior radio experience?"
With a straight face he says, "I've been listening to radio all my life." :)

I hired him on the spot!!!! (kidding)

Last I heard, he's had tremendous success in the real estate business and now owns multiple apartment and office buildings.

To this day, he still thanks me for not hiring him. ;)
 
shhhhh don't tell anyone but I have lots of fun at the radio station. They pay me for this? I surf the internet while listening to the nice people down the hall while they are doing their thing. I don't understand a word they are saying on the air, but they speak very good english when they converse with me, always show up with coffee, and I am glad they stuck with us instead of jumping ship. I thank them for that too!

If the people I dealt with in my day job were 1/100th as nice I'd be a happy man.

Besides it is raining out. No motorcycles, no airplanes, what else would I be doing with 6 hours of a weekend.
 
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