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Dothan Radio 2010
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Okay, I give up. What's going to happen?
Skipper! said:
What do you mean by "our way"? You living in the Circle City now?
Pure Hyperbole
Happy New Year
OK, for a while now I have been reading too many posts about how "bad, Lousy, Awful, Downright Horrible" that Market #192 (?) is, for quite some time now. Now this post might get to be a little long winded, but you know what? Who cares, I'm gonna say it anyway.
To tell the truth, I used to enjoy posting on this board, but recently, I just come here for the laughs.
Now it's just a bunch of people with angst, apathy, and "woe is me", "you suck", garbage that for some reason they think is relevant. Yeah, this blog is for airing grievances, and such, but I am getting downright tired of the constant griping and doom-saying that goes on here.
I have been blessed to work in Dothan radio for almost 7 years, and Good Lord willing I will continue to do so.
I have been privileged to get to know and make friends with personalities from every station in the market, and I can humbly say that each one of those folks, whether they be on air personalities, sales people, General Managers and what not, they have one goal in mind: To do their best to make Dothan radio and their stations the one people want to listen to. Dothan has great radio. Great stations, great personalities. I have yet to meet a single fellow personality that I did not want to see again. We all want to succeed. We all have a very special job that places us in the 1% in this market.
Now on the outside looking in, it may seem that these said people may not be doing what YOU want, because there a multitude of things that happen behind the scenes that can hinder a station from succeeding. No station, no matter how backward YOU may think they are, is in this to fail. No idiot in his right mind starts a station just to run it in the ground. No station wants to fire people. No station wants to lose money, and have to close the doors. Sure, there are times when the supervisors seem to be so hard headed and the decisions they make may look mindless, but these people are wanting to get paid also. We all say we have "love for Radio". Bull. It's that we love getting a paycheck.
I am so happy to get paid for what I am doing. Am I the best at what I do? Hell no. But I give my best every time I step into the on air studio, or into the production studio. Just like everyone else in our business. I can't stand it when someone says their station is doomed to fail because of the people who run it. I'm not going to say it's wrong to post what you think, but it gets old after a while, if all it seems to be is sour grapes. Trying to assuage your ego and feelings with constant criticism is no way to make a point. If you know you can't change things, why try? What demon is constantly trying to get out, when all you do is lob grenades at other?
We don't get in this business to fail. We want to succeed. We want to make a difference. Sometimes it doesn't work. That is the nature of business. If one thing doesn't, work you try another. But never think that we do this to fail. And from the outside, it seems just the opposite.
I'm not trying to tell you to not post your thoughts. Do so, but know that 9 times out of 10 we are not listening to you. Short, blunt and to the point.
At this point, I thank YOU for reading up to this point. Yeah, I'm rambling on a bit, so to take a different path, here is my resolutions for 2010:
1. To continue to thank all my listeners who take time out of their busy day to listen in.
2. To continue to thank all my listeners who take time to call the request lines and say hello.
3. To give my listeners the best I can do on air, even if it's making mistakes. (move forward Son, move
forward)
4. To create and produce the best commercials, and give the advertiser the best that their money
can buy.
5. To continue to work with the sales staff, help them write great copy, and make them look good when
they return to the advertiser for more airtime.
6. Most of all, to get to know my fellow on air personalities better, and even thought we
may have disagreements, and make the best radio possible. I invite you to do the same.
Skip Nelson
The Radio People
To tell the truth, I used to enjoy posting on this board, but recently, I just come here for the laughs.
Now it's just a bunch of people with angst, apathy, and "woe is me", "you suck", garbage that for some reason they think is relevant. Yeah, this blog is for airing grievances, and such, but I am getting downright tired of the constant griping and doom-saying that goes on here.
I have been blessed to work in Dothan radio for almost 7 years, and Good Lord willing I will continue to do so.
I have been privileged to get to know and make friends with personalities from every station in the market, and I can humbly say that each one of those folks, whether they be on air personalities, sales people, General Managers and what not, they have one goal in mind: To do their best to make Dothan radio and their stations the one people want to listen to. Dothan has great radio. Great stations, great personalities. I have yet to meet a single fellow personality that I did not want to see again. We all want to succeed. We all have a very special job that places us in the 1% in this market.
Now on the outside looking in, it may seem that these said people may not be doing what YOU want, because there a multitude of things that happen behind the scenes that can hinder a station from succeeding. No station, no matter how backward YOU may think they are, is in this to fail. No idiot in his right mind starts a station just to run it in the ground. No station wants to fire people. No station wants to lose money, and have to close the doors. Sure, there are times when the supervisors seem to be so hard headed and the decisions they make may look mindless, but these people are wanting to get paid also. We all say we have "love for Radio". Bull. It's that we love getting a paycheck.
I am so happy to get paid for what I am doing. Am I the best at what I do? Hell no. But I give my best every time I step into the on air studio, or into the production studio. Just like everyone else in our business. I can't stand it when someone says their station is doomed to fail because of the people who run it. I'm not going to say it's wrong to post what you think, but it gets old after a while, if all it seems to be is sour grapes. Trying to assuage your ego and feelings with constant criticism is no way to make a point. If you know you can't change things, why try? What demon is constantly trying to get out, when all you do is lob grenades at other?
We don't get in this business to fail. We want to succeed. We want to make a difference. Sometimes it doesn't work. That is the nature of business. If one thing doesn't, work you try another. But never think that we do this to fail. And from the outside, it seems just the opposite.
I'm not trying to tell you to not post your thoughts. Do so, but know that 9 times out of 10 we are not listening to you. Short, blunt and to the point.
At this point, I thank YOU for reading up to this point. Yeah, I'm rambling on a bit, so to take a different path, here is my resolutions for 2010:
1. To continue to thank all my listeners who take time out of their busy day to listen in.
2. To continue to thank all my listeners who take time to call the request lines and say hello.
3. To give my listeners the best I can do on air, even if it's making mistakes. (move forward Son, move
forward)
4. To create and produce the best commercials, and give the advertiser the best that their money
can buy.
5. To continue to work with the sales staff, help them write great copy, and make them look good when
they return to the advertiser for more airtime.
6. Most of all, to get to know my fellow on air personalities better, and even thought we
may have disagreements, and make the best radio possible. I invite you to do the same.
Skip Nelson
The Radio People
Good post Skip. Dothan does have great radio!Xenophobe
That's what my comment about the 'talking out their butts" was all about. You really have to ignore all the nuts on this board.
I've never seen so many bitter losers wallowing in their own, how do I put it bitterness.?.?
Radio jobs never last. What did they expect? To get a job at a "radio station" and work there for 25, 30 years and retire with benefits! LOL
It's radio. Ownership changes. People get fired. Some should be fired. Sometimes they shouldn't but they get the ax. The Economy changes.
Get the hell off the courthouse steps. I hope I keep the radio jobs I have right now for several more years.... but everything comes to an end and one day I'll be out in Dothan. I can assure you I won't bad mouth the GM or the Company.... things change in radio.
and FYI .. only an idiot would think that the only people who care about Dothan radio are people that live in Dothan. I've worked in several markets and love each city, everyone is different. I do care about the stations I work with and like to do the best job I can for each and every one. I have family and friends that live in the Dothan area.
my point...Xenophobe no matter how you and I feel... you know the peanut gallery is just gonna keep on spreading the hate... just laugh, you have to because it's so sad on the courthouse steps.
That's what my comment about the 'talking out their butts" was all about. You really have to ignore all the nuts on this board.
I've never seen so many bitter losers wallowing in their own, how do I put it bitterness.?.?
Radio jobs never last. What did they expect? To get a job at a "radio station" and work there for 25, 30 years and retire with benefits! LOL
It's radio. Ownership changes. People get fired. Some should be fired. Sometimes they shouldn't but they get the ax. The Economy changes.
Get the hell off the courthouse steps. I hope I keep the radio jobs I have right now for several more years.... but everything comes to an end and one day I'll be out in Dothan. I can assure you I won't bad mouth the GM or the Company.... things change in radio.
and FYI .. only an idiot would think that the only people who care about Dothan radio are people that live in Dothan. I've worked in several markets and love each city, everyone is different. I do care about the stations I work with and like to do the best job I can for each and every one. I have family and friends that live in the Dothan area.
my point...Xenophobe no matter how you and I feel... you know the peanut gallery is just gonna keep on spreading the hate... just laugh, you have to because it's so sad on the courthouse steps.
Skipper! said:
Skipper, good post man. That's exactly what I've been trying to say. Too many people on this board seem to feel as though somebody owed them a job for life. So now they take it out on the current people who are just trying to make a living and provide for their kids and do the best they can. Business is a tough gig. People get fired every day. Some people move on and understand that's life. Some go hang out on the court house steps and eat sour grapes. Hoping businesses or people fail just because the business once had the nerve to move on without you says a lot about a person.
Here's wishing everyone in Dothan radio a happy, healthy and prosperous 2010.
I'll throw this out there...
What can we do as broadcasters for Dothan to make a difference in 2010.... I'd like to know from some true locals that have been in the area for awhile, who could we help?
In Montgomery we have a group that runs a place called Brantwood Children's Home. Kids that have no families, most show up with only the clothes on there back are given a place to live and go to school.... Because of Brantwood some of these kids have gone on to graduate college.
I'd like to know who is doing good work for their fellow man in Dothan and how we could help. You know get off the courthouse steps and make a difference in Dothan this year. I will be coming into Dothan on a regular basis and would like to get involved in helping some group in the area.
Any of you guys with me and have any suggestions? Maybe between several of us we could give some groups that are in need a voice and make a difference in 2010?
Who's in?
What can we do as broadcasters for Dothan to make a difference in 2010.... I'd like to know from some true locals that have been in the area for awhile, who could we help?
In Montgomery we have a group that runs a place called Brantwood Children's Home. Kids that have no families, most show up with only the clothes on there back are given a place to live and go to school.... Because of Brantwood some of these kids have gone on to graduate college.
I'd like to know who is doing good work for their fellow man in Dothan and how we could help. You know get off the courthouse steps and make a difference in Dothan this year. I will be coming into Dothan on a regular basis and would like to get involved in helping some group in the area.
Any of you guys with me and have any suggestions? Maybe between several of us we could give some groups that are in need a voice and make a difference in 2010?
Who's in?
Let's try to get the rumors flying. Of course there will be some "cool" things coming. How can it get any worse. All the greedy owners have fired everyone that's any good. Maybe we'll have live radio again with jocks reading cards and giving the time & temp, woooo, that's cool. I can almost hear it now. "We play more music in the morning so you can listen longer." "Less talk, more music", "Two for Tuesday", "No repeat Thursday" and let's give away some CD's. That's a ratings getter.
How about instead of Jack FM or an Alice FM, someone with some *alls come up with something like Booger FM. The possibilities are endless with Booger FM. We're live on location, come by and get some Booger, call me on the Booger line, at Halloween you could have a Booger man contest, who's got the most Booger, who needs some Booger, Booger contests all day every day. I listen to Booger FM because I like Booger, who doesn't like Booger. The only ones that don't like Booger FM are the ones that have never had any Booger. No, it won't be anything like that, no one's got the guts.
Instead, we're your 10 in a row station, we play the best variety of hits and oldies, wait, we play the biggest and best variety of hits and oldies, top that one. Of course, when severe weather threatens, you can count on us, if anyone's at the radio station when it hits.
So, what are the "cool" things coming?
Skip
How about instead of Jack FM or an Alice FM, someone with some *alls come up with something like Booger FM. The possibilities are endless with Booger FM. We're live on location, come by and get some Booger, call me on the Booger line, at Halloween you could have a Booger man contest, who's got the most Booger, who needs some Booger, Booger contests all day every day. I listen to Booger FM because I like Booger, who doesn't like Booger. The only ones that don't like Booger FM are the ones that have never had any Booger. No, it won't be anything like that, no one's got the guts.
Instead, we're your 10 in a row station, we play the best variety of hits and oldies, wait, we play the biggest and best variety of hits and oldies, top that one. Of course, when severe weather threatens, you can count on us, if anyone's at the radio station when it hits.
So, what are the "cool" things coming?
Skip
Skipper! said:
I am called an idiot by this guy: http://www.q961fm.com/cms/content/blogsection/11/47/ O.....Kay....
I am called an idiot by this guy: http://www.q961fm.com/cms/content/blogsection/11/47/ O.....Kay....
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Petals, you're better than that, man.
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Petals, you're better than that, man.
skipper1 said:
Skipper1, define "greedy owner". Is being profitable greedy? Have you ever owned a company? Have you ever managed a company? Have you ever run a lemonade stand? Have you ever had to meet payroll of any kind? Since you poo pooed Skipper's post, tell us what a business titan such as yourself would do differently. Please enlighten us.
I don't feel like I have to justify anything.
but I'll play.... let's see.. I've worked as as a jock. Been a PD X 3 (over a period of 14 years) Worked as a OM with an owner in a small market like Dothan, a guy that had to make the payments every month. We did. Worked in a family materials business and made payroll for 22 employees. Helped to double that business in size. Sold it at a profit and secured the jobs of all the employees with the new company. Take care of family rental properties. Worked for Cumulus. Worked at television stations, and there is more... so when I hear a statement like nobody cares about Dothan except people from Dothan... I can say that is a statement that is a little idiotic.... oh... nice pic of me on the Q website... LOL
come on dude.. wake up... it's a big world, go out and do something productive.
but I'll play.... let's see.. I've worked as as a jock. Been a PD X 3 (over a period of 14 years) Worked as a OM with an owner in a small market like Dothan, a guy that had to make the payments every month. We did. Worked in a family materials business and made payroll for 22 employees. Helped to double that business in size. Sold it at a profit and secured the jobs of all the employees with the new company. Take care of family rental properties. Worked for Cumulus. Worked at television stations, and there is more... so when I hear a statement like nobody cares about Dothan except people from Dothan... I can say that is a statement that is a little idiotic.... oh... nice pic of me on the Q website... LOL
come on dude.. wake up... it's a big world, go out and do something productive.
I care.
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