Although not a personal attack, I use the “little girl/ladies” reference because you can actually hear the shrill, shrieking histrionics come though the monitor anytime you folks feel as if someone doesn’t “care” as much as you about the state of radio today, or your hometown stations. Borders on being silly.
How I found and decided to join this discussion is kind of a silly question...when it’s posted on a board that has areas/markets broken down right on the front page! Once again, you really are stuck in your own world, seemingly unaware of the rest of it…or how it works.
As to being productive with my comments, I would certainly like to think that there are at least a few folks in the business, or thinking about getting into it, that can benefit from a real-world view. Not the one from the
As far as being sensitive to the emotions, I am to a point. Radio folks put heart and sole into their jobs…but it’s just a job. That is not meant to be negative, just realistic. Your family and friends…the real ones, not the radio ones…should be the most important thing to you. Radio should be a passion, with a healthy does of reality. There does not seem to be a lot of that displayed here.
I’m a little stunned by the idea that I should never post here again because I have a different point of view. (BTW…a fine command of the King’s English, and no flaming from me) Frankly, not posting would seem counter-productive to me.
Well, my family is the most important thing in my life, and also my radio family...it is a mix of the two...my parents encourage my love for radio, and mind you that I am only 18, but I still have a NOT JUST A PASSION, BUT A LOVE FOR RADIO, my radio family as well as my actualy family are both top-notch priority, and if you honestly think we are little girls shreiking thru the screen, I have nothing to describe you as except a little worm....who thinks as you put it, that radio is just a JOB....IT IS MORE THAN THAT....IT IS A DEDICATION OF TIME AND SWEAT AND BLOOD....If everyone thought of it as a job as you do, then there wouldn't be the DJ's that joke and poke fun at the world around us....it would be the same old boring songs played over and over again with the proper ads in the rotation, and it would be as bleak as could be imagined by the everyday person.
My fine sir, if as mentioned above that people weren't dedicated to this, then myself, when covering live games at 3 in the morning, hell I coulda went to sleep, or clocked out early and went home, but did I, HELL NO!!!!!
I stayed there, even when I knew I was gonna go to sleep, and I stayed awake, and kept everything in running order, b/c of course, I was the only one there, the only thing to protect me was the damn security system...no bats, no weapons....just me and me only....and of course it would be a Saturday when I was there, and there would be no one there till 9 am the next morning....and nothing went wrong....NOTHING... I was 16 at this time....and DEDICATED....normally, they woulda wanted someone with experience to stay that late and lock up and run everything....but no.....it was me....I WAS DEDICATED....
Now If you want to say anything to that, then go ahead, I will just bash you even more....
Wayne
) I only lived a few miles away as I live in the nether-regions of North Iredell, and he lived in Elkin...but yeah...it will be sad to see him go...he was the next best productions guru...esp. when it came to recording spots for NC State, he was mixing, chopping, and screwing together all sorts of bits and pieces in Prophet, and I remember watching it happen, he was like a "mad scientist" behind that computer....