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I saw this topic on the Dallas board and found the responses very entertaining. Who are the best Program Director's, Sales Manager's and GM's that have served the Houston market?
 
Dennis Winslow - KLDE Oldies 94.5 circa 1995 - 2001. One of the fairest, most honest PD's and overall managers in the business.
 
Chris McMurray was a good GM for us at KLDE for many years. She knew how to give you the tools you needed and let you do your job. Loved the "stress free Fridays" too when she pampered the staff with a free massage therapist, hair cuts, shoe shines, lunch etc... Bob Harlow gets my vote for best PD. He was there before Dennis arrived.

OF course I am only talking about past PDs etc...Ed Scarborough is doing a great job at Khits now.
 
I don't know who the sales manager is, but I heard they're giving away 2 Tahoes in a sales contest over at CC. That's pretty strong.
 
Dickie Rosenfeld, hands down, the best GM I ever worked for and I have worked for a bunch. Best years in my long career.
 
SPOTS FOR DOTS said:
Dickie Rosenfeld, hands down, the best GM I ever worked for and I have worked for a bunch. Best years in my long career.
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I am in complete agreement. When I left KILT (the 1st time), Dickie went out of his way to seek me out and tell me how much he appreciated my work. He didn't have to do that. His office was on the other side of the building at 24 Greenway Plaza. He was no longer in charge of KILT-FM at the time. He said, if he was in charge, we wouldn't be saying good-bye. It was honor to work for Dickie Rosenfeld and KILT.
 
I'll make it three. Dickie was the best, nobody else close. I never worked for him, but did lots of business with him. Nobody more honest and willing to get things done. Actually, he had a twin in TV. The late great Jerry Marcus, who ran KRIV, Channel 26 for 22+ years. The two could have been brothers.
 
I worked for Dusty Black in Austin back in 2000; great, great guy. I mentioned this blog to a co-worker who had worked with both McMurray and Black and she agreed. Two of the very best.
 
I did not work for Dusty, but everyone I know who did spoke as highly of him as the folks at KILT spoke of Dickie. There were some terrific operators back in the day. Now look at the landscape. One word.....CHARRED!
 
Well - Dusty Black - a true gentleman. I worked with him at KODA back when they were the flagship of The Houston Oilers Radio Network. He loves this business - and that's why the good people survive. And, yes, I worked with Chris McMurray, too. Both from the same mold.
 
I tend to agree that Dusty (who I have known for years) and Chris (who I did work with briefly) were great managers who, like Dickie, were good to their employees, customers and the industry. Dickie paid me the highest compliment by saying "Partner, you were a good hire". The business isn't the same nowadays.
 
I agree that Dickie Rosenfeld is certainly one of the best GM's I've ever worked for.

I've been blessed that I have also worked for Jim O'Neill (formerly with Metro Networks) who is another GM that gets a tip of the hat from me.

My current GM, Tim McDermmott at KSBJ, is very good also.
 
Dickie Rosenfeld was a trip! What amazed me was how he could remember names. You brought your spouse to the Christmas party....the only time each year that Dickie would meet up with her.....and he remembered her name, which was doing something since some of us married a couple of times during our KILT hitch.

Basically, Dickie understood the medium like no one I had ever worked for before. When those screaming car dealership spots came in, he'd pull the spots and call the client and say, "Hey, Podnuh, I got people waiting in line to buy your airtime. You're runnin' my listeners off! Either get me a better spot or your airtime goes to the next guy!" Try that today! Yeah, that may have been "hardball", but, Dickie made it fun....and made it memorable.
 
Dickie left this radio landscape and this world at the right time. Could you see Dickie working for Clear Channel? He is in a better place.
 
It's so nice to see so many of us think so highly of Dickie Rosenfeld. KILT Christmas parties were definately "richer" when he was the boss. Those Hi/Lo games where he'd peel off 5 $100 bills from his pocket are legendary. Old Crow is right...even when he was full of Stoli he could remember names.

I had the great luck of enjoying those years at KILT when he was here. I also can't tell you how much respect for KILT PDs Rick Candea and Debbie Brazier I still have. Both had the respect and friendships of their airstaffs. I would imagine many people who worked for either of them still keep in touch as I do.

I could write a 5000 word post about "why" both were excellent.
 
LTT said:
It's so nice to see so many of us think so highly of Dickie Rosenfeld. KILT Christmas parties were definately "richer" when he was the boss. Those Hi/Lo games where he'd peel off 5 $100 bills from his pocket are legendary. Old Crow is right...even when he was full of Stoli he could remember names.

I had the great luck of enjoying those years at KILT when he was here. I also can't tell you how much respect for KILT PDs Rick Candea and Debbie Brazier I still have. Both had the respect and friendships of their airstaffs. I would imagine many people who worked for either of them still keep in touch as I do.

I could write a 5000 word post about "why" both were excellent.
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I'll "second" that, Leslie. Don't think I've worked for nicer folks than Dickie, Rick & Deb. I love all three of them. Let's make that four...I was crazy about Sue Williams, too!!!
 
Here's a poser: What if the likes of Dickey, Dusty and some the of other "all stars" mentioned in this thread had put their heads together and bought a 2000+ station empire? What would the national radio landscape look like?
 
IIRC: The KILT Christmas party of 1991 when Dickie Rosenfeld was peeling off those $100 bills for winners in Bingo.

I happened outside and noticed that Z-107 was having their party next door and somebody I knew came out of the loud rock and colorful lights, Ted Carson or somebody, and told me it was one of the best station parties ever.

He asked how the KILT party was, and at that moment somebody opened the door to the KILT banquet hall and you could hear a loud "B-3? B-3?"

My friend just stared into the room and said, "You guys are playing BINGO? BINGO?"

Still, we probably came away with more money than the guys next door, thanks to Dickie.

One day Dickie called me in his office to talk about something I had messed up and the first thing he said was, "Hey, padnah, y' wanna Stoli?"

What a guy to work for. Yeah, adguy, if he were running a chain today I really believe people might consider turning on the radio when they get bored with TV during the writers' strike.
 
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