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DANCING DICK FOR HIRE

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MY NAME IS RICHARD JONES. I AM KNOWN AS DANCIN DICK FORMERLY ON THE BIG MAD MORNING SHOW ON 92.1 THE BEAT IN TULSA. I AM NOT HIRED ON ANYWHERE. SO I AM PRETTY MUCH POSTING THIS ONLINE RESUME, CAUSE I AM SERIOUS ABOUT WANTING TO BREAK INTO RADIO. I WAS A HUGE PART OF THE SHOW AND BECAME PRETTY POPULAR. I DO THINK OF MYSELF AS A HUGE PART OF THE SHOWS SUCCESS. IM NOT SAYING THAT SHOW WAS NOTHING WITHOUT ME. THE SHOW HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BIG HIT WITH OR WITHOUT ME. ITS GOT MY FOOT IN THE DOOR AND NOW I'M PUSING IT OPEN. IF ANYONE OUT THERE IS INTERESTED IN HIRING ME. PLEASE CALL MY PERSONAL CELL PHONE ANYTIME AT 918-853-8443. THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS AND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
 
Do you shout all the time on the air? =)

Sorry. That was rude.

All caps ARE easier to read for us on air types. I've never heard you on the air. I'm sure you're a fine talent.

But based on the industry, take my advice and find another field to go into! Get your degree and do something with a guaranteed future. I understand police departments have a thin pool of young talent to draw from. Maybe be a cop. There are always going to be criminals. =)

On the other hand, there may not always be jobs in radio...
 
Sorry there double D. The only talent that existed on the BMMS just departed for Dallas Texas. The entire show will be flushed for something proven. For CC to use you, Nard and Bi&%$h Boy as free talent is criminal, yes already posted one on here. Wake up son, they used the heck out of you and now they are done with you.

I would follow the above advice and get out of radio but I'm sure we do not want you to own a badge or carry a gun.

Best of luck o to you sir!

The rookie.
 
What are they running on 92.1 now? I heard a "best of" this morning when I was flipping around.

I don't follow the top-40 stations too much, but I thought the show on 92.1 had a ton of potential.
 
Dancing Dick,
You are a fine on-air talent with a solid voice and what I believe to be a future in radio. I'm sure you know, the business isn't exactly in the best shape nor does it pay well. But, nevertheless if you're interested I say pursue it. Many of us who enjoy the BMMS, have had to listen to the changes that come with a transition. If you or someone from the station could please explain what's going on it would be welcome. I don't see why you can't be a paid member of the show's staff.
I would recommend getting some formal on-air training. Can you get a late or weekend shift at Clear Channel? If you want to be a DJ pursue it, but realize you're not going to make much if any money. Your gig at Taco Bell probably pays just as much.
Good luck Dancing Dick!
Your Friend,
Glenn Quagmire
 
Here's my expaination for the whole situation: CORBIN=TOOL. Several good people including Jet and now the morning show are taking the opportunity to bolt while the ship is still above the water-line. You might be better off not being associated with that station if it's headed down hill as far as that guy has proven himself to run stations down to here in OKC. He will run it into the ground before it's over with.

Dick, how about talking to Todd and see if you can do promotions or something around K-Hits, even if it's only part-time doing something off the air? At least at K-Hits you have someone that actually KNOWS the format running the station. (Todd was a EXCELLENT air talent back in the day here in OKC as a jock on KJ) Check around with other stations too of course. You might not like the format of the station that has an opening, but it might get you into radio at least part time where you can gain more experience and respect, and eventualy you can possibly find an in with the format you like somewhere. Good luck. With today's radio you'll need it.

Don't underestimate doing something OTHER than on-air. DJs are a dime a dozen in the mind of management in most radio properties. Find something else you're good at other than sitting behind a microphone and go sell your skills to management on that basis, and on the fact you can fill in when needed, etc. Today's broadcast radio is all about usefulness and a lot less about true talent.
 
They had a guy in last week for a try-out that sounded pretty good. His name was Ian and he said he used to be on the air here. I have never heard of him but my radio experience is limited. Anyone have any info on him? I agree with OKC guy, Corbin is not good as a fill in, he talks to fast and sounds like an a&% on the air. I also heard you on there DDick, are you hired or still showing up for free. If you work for free, don't expect them to ever pay you!
 
While you're still young, find something else to pursue for a career path. Your talent has nothing to do with anything anymore in radio. They absolutely do not give a shit about your talent. If you want to stay in radio go into sales. There is where the money is. Sales people make the dough.
It is true there was a time when it was about both the air talent and the sales exec. Both were stars and believe it or not there was a time when a good jock could make a decent living depending on the market. Back in the 70's, Tulsa radio paid quite well depending on who you worked for. We couldn't all work for the highest paying station...and I didn't. But it was still a business where I could make a living.
My best advice to you son is to run for your life. Do radio for a while so you can look back and say you did it. Make the bastards pay you. Use radio as a stepping stone into another, more worthwhile career path. I don't even tell people I was in radio anymore. If people don't know who I really am, then I just tell'em I'm in the rental business. Hell, I don't even mention my v/o business but to just a few people and that's only becuase of related business matters.
I wish you the very best of luck no matter what you do.....but whatever you do, don't throw away your productive years at the end of a dying profession.

Your Friend,
Bob O'Shea
 
How about some of these questions...

What can you do outside of talk... ANYTHING?
Can you use Pro Tools or Cool Edit Pro or any other editing equipment?
Do you even know how to run a board?
Can you set up a web page or update one?
Maniuplate or set up a log?

Point being... if you want to make a career of radio, you have to be more than just a voice or sidekick. Maybe no one gives a bleep about him Bob O because he can't do anything but a gay stunt...just a hunch...

but sales would be a good start.  That or say something more profitable than radio... like McDonalds or Burger King...
 
For those of you wanting to hear the professionalism of mr dancing dick, I would suggest listening tomorrow. he will proudly pull off the stunt of drinking a booger milk shake, yea that's right. Who needs to run a board or know how to edit when you can drink a BOOGER MILK SHAKE! That my friends is talent.

I really did get that Billy was humerous and the show was pretty successful but come on. Do people really want to hear this? Who would hire this guy when he steps in and gets abused like this. To top all of that, he doesn't even get paid for doing this crap.

I would run as fast as I could from radio in general. Sales is fine but drinking a BOOGER MILK SHAKE won't close a client. :eek:
 
I heard The Edge (Tulsa) making their producer eat gross things the other morning, like octopus in garlic sauce... but hopefully he's at least getting paid!

If eating gross things is the next new requirement for jocks, I'm getting OUT NOW. I'm sure I'd make a great telemarketer. :'(

...BTW, versatility IS the key in radio these days. Jocks are needing more and more computer knowledge, updating the station website, voicetracking one station while working another one live, producing, editing, and dubbing spots, handling ISDN lines, writing newsletters, being a "presence" for the station at events & doing remote engineering, pulling their own news, weather, traffic, sports, etc., answering listener e-mail, producing elements for other dayparts, emptying the trash, changing out light bulbs, etc. etc. etc. The more fingers you can get in the pie, the less dispensable you become. It's no guarentee, believe me, but it helps.

But I'm NOT eating gross things on the air. That's where I draw the line. :p
 
Okay this thread has talked about Booger sandwiches, and eating other strange and usual things. So is humiliating yourself a standard in Oklahoma radio? I saw several youtube videos of people doing just that. You will never gain credibility as a jock when you do things like degrade yourself daily in front of thousands of people to hear.
 
Oh, I don't know... I think degrading myself in front of thousands of people is one of the main reasons I got into radio... :D

I've decided I don't care if people laugh with me or AT me, as long as the check clears. (It's better than junior high; there I was degraded, but I didn't get paid!) ;D

P.S. - Wasn't it a booger milkshake? (make my a MALT!) ;)
 
OK, an octopus garlic malt is on it's way. The booger will be served on the side. I'll even throw in a couple of anchovies.

You have it right about people laughing. The audience doesn't care if they're laughing with you or at you. It's all about making people feel good. :D
 
NightAire said:
Oh, I don't know... I think degrading myself in front of thousands of people is one of the main reasons I got into radio... :D

I've decided I don't care if people laugh with me or AT me, as long as the check clears. (It's better than junior high; there I was degraded, but I didn't get paid!) ;D

P.S. - Wasn't it a booger milkshake? (make my a MALT!) ;)
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What a great positive attitude! I am impressed!

**Stuffs NightAire into a locker**

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
 
Have to chuckle when I read of the "multitasking" requirements of those in radio...it's not just what it's become...it's gone back to what it was when I started forty years ago!!! If you couldn't do everything...you couldn't do anything. The tasks today are more up-tekked...but no more difficult. Give me a website update over a paper supply change in an AP news-clunker anyday!!
 
cooptulsa said:
Have to chuckle when I read of the "multitasking" requirements of those in radio...it's not just what it's become...it's gone back to what it was when I started forty years ago!!! If you couldn't do everything...you couldn't do anything. The tasks today are more up-tekked...but no more difficult. Give me a website update over a paper supply change in an AP news-clunker anyday!!
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You know Coop you bring up an interesting point. Back in the day a jock had to really WORK for their pay doing tons of stuff at the same time. The only sad thing now is things are so restricted it's not fun anymore in reward for all that hard work of multitasking, etc.
 
I'm still with Bob O' on this one.

If you're someone who is actually creative and has something to say, terrestrial radio isn't the place to start. For the most part, terrestrial DJ's arent' allowed to shine and provide compelling content. If you want to provide homogenized, middle of the road, vanilla content to a populace of users who now (for the most part) engage terrestrial radio as simply background noise...then great. There's nothing wrong with that. You can make a decent living if you stick it out, have a good attitude and pay your dues. It IS still possible to make a good living in radio programming today.

Just don't expect to be given license for creativity most places. The people who create the concepts for radio today (for the most part) are not the local jocks and managers. They're consultants and heads of research at corporate. If you want to be a trailblazer and do something really creative, go to the web. Create something new and cut your teeth in a venue that isn't being controlled by a corporation or the pressure of ratings. If you create innovative, compelling content and REALLY build a following on the web, word will spread. Who Knows? If you're truly an innovator and make a product on the web that large numbers of people are passionate about, terrestrial radio may come knocking and want to buy you out.

Then again if you're making all that money on the web, you may not need terrestrial radio.
 
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