InTim: It's great that you're blogging about the presidential race and you keep up with what's going on outside radio.
That's where a number of very talented Houston radio personalities have gone because they can't make a living in radio anymore since the jobs have dried up and the salaries have decreased.
It's for them that I say it was better in the "old days." I'm still making a living, but I think radio would be better if we could get some of those talents back. That's been my point.
Fred: Radio Ink says 2008 will be the worst year for radio since the dot-com decline of 2001, but revenue is expected to be down only about 3% overall and some smaller markets are doing better than ever.
KTRH just hired Dave Crowder from WBAP Dallas to be a reporter/anchor, I believe, so they're hiring.