Does Your PD Have The Right To Get Upset Over Your Social Media?

[DominiqueRadio]

I know many radio folks. Far too many have told me stories about them getting themselves into hot water over tweets they have made or myspace status's they have thrown out there.

My question, does your PD have the right so get upset over your tweets or social media? Almost to a point of indirectly regulating it?

In my opinion the door swings both ways. Obviously your PD cannot make you make changes to YOUR social media. But I also feel they have a right to get somewhat upset by your tweets or social media.

Forgive me giving a corp response here...

I was once told that social media reflects you. Which is true. You... also reflect the radio station. Having said that if you tweeted "Man I ran through 3 hoes this evening, I am the @#$%&"

Is this something that the radio station should be concerned about?

If I was a PD the reflection of tweets or myspace status's would concern me because of the reflection of the station on your behalf. So I would have to agree that the station or management has the right to get upset over your personal social media.

I was also told a story about a jock who once tweeted "I'm on the air at (insert station) right now, REQUEST WHAT EVER THE F__K YOU WANT"

Is this sort of message a representation any given station would want to present to their listeners? I would think not.

Bottom line, if you are on air watch your tweets guys. It could come back to bite you in the you know what.

DISCUSSION... what do you think?

 

[johnqdoe]

yes they do. You are an extension of the radio station...the "brand" if you will. If you have your station plastered all over the facebook/myspace/whatever page...you are certainly identified with that station. If your pages are linked from the station's website, or you promote them on-air....then you are certainly responsible for the content.

 

[DominiqueRadio]

yes they do. You are an extension of the radio station...the "brand" if you will. If you have your station plastered all over the facebook/myspace/whatever page...you are certainly identified with that station. If your pages are linked from the station's website, or you promote them on-air....then you are certainly responsible for the content.

I agree 100%

However there are still those jocks who would want to complain that it is "their" social media outlets and the job has no right to interact.

I feel if a jock wants to publish questionable content on their social network, they should create a personal account where they can do/say whatever they want that IS NOT affiliated with their station.

 

[fredcantu]

You can solve this problem by having two accounts... one listeners can access and one that's strictly personal. But it's up to you to keep tabs on who accesses your personal tweets and pages.

 

[DominiqueRadio]

Prime example....

look at this BLATANT payola via twitter

http://tinypic.com/r/fw3drb/5

 

[fredcantu]

http://www.dirtysouthradioonline.com/ is an Internet radio station. No FCC rules here.

 

[DominiqueRadio]

http://www.dirtysouthradioonline.com/ is an Internet radio station. No FCC rules here.

Well I did not know that. However I know the guy who REtweeted the tweet is from a terrestrial radio station.

Seems like skating on thin ice to me. If I was this guys PD I would be upset he was retweeting such things. Especially since practices is illegal in real radio.