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Double Duty In San Diego For One Radio Team

SomeRadioGuy

SomeRadioGuy

I wonder if they have a "producer" that does the research they take it home (printed old school or emailed) and basically all they do is insert humor or personal stuff. Except for strain on the throat not impossible IMHO.

When I started, there were a couple of old-timers that worked before cart machines. They always said how easy it was. Back in the day every commercial was a live read. Throw in rip and read news. A six hour shift six days a week was the "norm" in small markets. Especially AM daytime stations.
 
I shot video of Tom Joyner at KKDA back in 1991 when he was still flying to Chicago after the morning show ended. He got off the air at 9am and I think his daily flight to Chicago was at 10am, so he had to hustle to get to DFW every morning. He got the hell out of there before the clock hit 9 as I recall. I believe he had an Airpass with American Airlines and had paid in advance so he could fly First Class back & forth to Chicago Mon-Fri.

Here's a clip of that morning's video that has been up on Youtube for a number of years
 
TheBigA said:
Apparently 7 million, all on American:
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I have lifetime Executive Platinum with American with just over 4,000,000 miles. Not all that hard if you do a lot of international work.
 
DavidEduardo said:
I have lifetime Executive Platinum with American with just over 4,000,000 miles. Not all that hard if you do a lot of international work.
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Yup - worked with logistics specialists in aerospace. Thirty years in the field can accumulate some impressive 'butt-in-seat' miles. Add in miles from using their branded credit card, and...yeah, it's possible.

Anyway, back to @SomeRadioGuy query - certainly think it's possible they have zero life away from the mic, but if the money is 'good' (for various values of 'good'), then it's worth it?

COme back in six months; see if they're still doing that. I'd think the Tom Joiner situation was 'unique'.
 
GeoffR said:
I shot video of Tom Joyner at KKDA back in 1991 when he was still flying to Chicago after the morning show ended. He got off the air at 9am and I think his daily flight to Chicago was at 10am, so he had to hustle to get to DFW every morning. He got the hell out of there before the clock hit 9 as I recall. I believe he had an Airpass with American Airlines and had paid in advance so he could fly First Class back & forth to Chicago Mon-Fri.

Here's a clip of that morning's video that has been up on Youtube for a number of years
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Growing up in Texas and Oklahoma, Joyner also had the benefit of KKDA-FM being in Grand Prairie, which is closer to DFW Airport than most parts of Dallas. Today, it's about a 15 minute drive on the George Bush, but that didn't exist when he worked there. Still, getting to the airport was a lot easier from K104's studio than it would've been from downtown.

One of my friends pulled double duty for a brief period in either Delaware or Pennsylvania, and he said, “If Tom Joyner could cross the country, I can cross the hall!”
 
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There was a period in the '90s when Mike McGowan did middays on Jamn 94.5 in Boston and nights at WTIC-FM/Hartford. That involves some crappy traffic.
 
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