This isn't anything new or recent. I'll never forget interviewing for my first on-air job. The PD was a washed up has-been who was on his way down. During my interview, he opened his desk drawer, and pulled out a bottle of beer, which he drank as we talked. Half the staff was like him, the other half was recent college grads just getting started. It was an interesting place to be, because you saw your future right in front of you...IF you chose to stay on that track. There was no future. And this was before consolidation, the internet, and satellite radio. The only chance one had for better pay was hop-scotching to bigger markets. And that's all there is now. Maybe you'll luck out and become the next big syndicated host. Or maybe you'll stay a board op your whole life. What the Yahoo article doesn't say is that while on-air jobs are dead ends, there are lots of other great off air jobs. Those jobs aren't disappearing, and you can develop skills you can take with you into your own business.
