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Come on guys..it's not all about Corp America...it's really about employees that blame everything on Corp. America...whatever happened to digging in your heals and working with what you have, taking some pride in what you do and do your best with what you have...ripping and reading is a poor excuse for picking up your pay check every week...afterall...you're being paid to do a job? I have a Mentally Retarded friend who works at a fast food chain...he said to me one day...I'm not too smart...but I'm the best darn burger flipper McDonalds has!!! Wow..maybe some of us otta take on that kind of attitude and be the best we can be...at whatever we're doing and quite belly aching!!!
 
sunset77 said:
Come on guys..it's not all about Corp America...it's really about employees that blame everything on Corp. America...whatever happened to digging in your heals and working with what you have, taking some pride in what you do and do your best with what you have...ripping and reading is a poor excuse for picking up your pay check every week...afterall...you're being paid to do a job? I have a Mentally Retarded friend who works at a fast food chain...he said to me one day...I'm not too smart...but I'm the best darn burger flipper McDonalds has!!! Wow..maybe some of us otta take on that kind of attitude and be the best we can be...at whatever we're doing and quite belly aching!!!
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Until the public's need to know is of more concern to station operators than sporting an ideology that turns real news junkies like myself away from the radio, and until operators are willing to pay for professional talent (which Clear Channel is increasingly pushing out of the news business)...well, let's just say guys like sunset are getting what they pay for. And they're getting it for free.

By the way, I've heard the story before about that same friend. Another reason radio news is in trouble is a lack of innovation.
 
What baffles me is that to have a good offering of local radio news doesn't take 10 reporters. All it really takes is one really motivated guy, or woman, who knows how to pay attention to what's going on and has access to a recorded telephone line that he or she can use to interview.

If there's no breaking news, generate some information-based news about something that affects a large group of people. When I have slow days, one thing I do is pick up a copy of USA Today or hit the net and look at stories that I can localize through calling upon the locals in my area that would have an impact to the story.

That's not ripping and reading.

Just tossing an example, but if USA today says corn prices are skyrocketing, I may call a few local corn farmers about that impact on them, or I may call the Farm Bureau or someone who can speak first-hand to that.

Other things I do is to pay attention to some of the state's key departments through their websites. When an interesting news release comes out, I'll call a spokesperson from that office and grab some audio and put together a cool story.

This practice isn't rocket science, but somehow the giant corporate broadcasters of the world are eating up opportunities for perfectly good candidates to find careers in this field.
 
Clear Channel does a good job here in LA, covering local issues and as Shelloutfalter mentions using relatively few reporters as compared to the two local all news stations. They also use their reporters to bring actualities into their locally produced talk shows as issues are discussed. I know Columbus is not Los Angeles, I've lived in both, but it is the state capital and should be better served. I think the real problem is local origination in general, it seems that WTVN takes more syndicated programming than KFI. In addition we still have KTLK with Stephanie Miller as well and they program news on that station as well. I commend Shellout for his dedication and devotion, as long as there are broadcaster like him there is still hope.

By the way, where is WBNS? They're locally owned and they have a newspaper and TV newsroom with those resources to back them up.
 
Shelloutfalter said:
What baffles me is that to have a good offering of local radio news doesn't take 10 reporters. All it really takes is one really motivated guy, or woman, who knows how to pay attention to what's going on and has access to a recorded telephone line that he or she can use to interview.

If there's no breaking news, generate some information-based news about something that affects a large group of people. When I have slow days, one thing I do is pick up a copy of USA Today or hit the net and look at stories that I can localize through calling upon the locals in my area that would have an impact to the story.

That's not ripping and reading.

Just tossing an example, but if USA today says corn prices are skyrocketing, I may call a few local corn farmers about that impact on them, or I may call the Farm Bureau or someone who can speak first-hand to that.

Other things I do is to pay attention to some of the state's key departments through their websites. When an interesting news release comes out, I'll call a spokesperson from that office and grab some audio and put together a cool story.

This practice isn't rocket science, but somehow the giant corporate broadcasters of the world are eating up opportunities for perfectly good candidates to find careers in this field.
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Been there, done that. In the mid-80s.

The local angle stuff you mention I did regularly during my internship with WAKR. When I was hired by WCUE shortly after graduating from Kent State, I was a one-person news operation with assistance. I gathered enough material to contribute to the Associated Press in just six weeks to get the station recognized as a top ten contributor for all of 1986.

When I was making $3.75 an hour. (Minimum wage was still $3.35 at the time.)

And the station ended up being "donated" to a religious broadcaster.

While I could do that for a market of Akron's size, Columbus would need more than one person to cover effectively.

But keep in mind...the reporters who could get the stories are, for the most part, no longer in the business.
 
By the way, where is WBNS? They're locally owned and they have a newspaper and TV newsroom with those resources to back them up.
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WBNS is in Columbus and is a locally-owned operation. It's all part of the Wolfe family enterprise.

WBNS also owns Ohio News Network Radio and Television.
 
I think WTVN does a decent job covering local stories. If there's nothing going on, they can't make up the news. :eek:
 
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