Inside WAJZ

[motrin]

The removal of the arrogant troika is nearly complete with the resignation of Albany Broadcasting Companys production director and WAJZ Hip Hop wannabe.

This dude was the assistant production guy who was promoted to Production Director, when the first of the arrogant WAJZ troika, ABC's Prod Director was canned late last year.

God forbid, his majesty "The Bear" would do any production. Well, now he's a gonner. That's three. A troika.

These guys would bust balls by assinging networks dubs to heritage personalities! It was beneath them to do dubs. Screw you! It's funny seeing a former WAJZ jock and waitress at a local Tavern being quoted in the Times Union. "JAMZ IS DEAD" yeah right! JAMZ is sounding better than ever!

Nice move, Albany Broadcasting Company!

Good night.

 

[clickz]

BWAHAHAHA..LMAO

> The removal of the arrogant troika is nearly complete with
> the resignation of Albany Broadcasting Companys production
> director and WAJZ Hip Hop wannabe.
>
> This dude was the assistant production guy who was promoted
> to Production Director, when the first of the arrogant WAJZ
> troika, ABC's Prod Director was canned late last year.
>
> God forbid, his majesty "The Bear" would do any production.
> Well, now he's a gonner. That's three. A troika.
>
> These guys would bust balls by assinging networks dubs to
> heritage personalities! It was beneath them to do dubs.
> Screw you! It's funny seeing a former WAJZ jock and waitress
> at a local Tavern being quoted in the Times Union. "JAMZ IS
> DEAD" yeah right! JAMZ is sounding better than ever!
>
> Nice move, Albany Broadcasting Company!
>
> Good night.

WOW,Are you sour or what? First, i am an ex-production assistant from ABC who left the company 4 years ago and am now the prod director of Radio-One St. Louis. How dare you insinuate that any of these three people are arrogant? Having known all these people personally, that statement is ludacris. Sugarbear is not only a great program director with family ethics in mind, but also a great freind. He taought me alot about the buisness, and helped get me where i am today. I was Creative Services Director for Wajz for a number of years, and trust me when i say, i like to go over the line on whats suitable for air, but Sugarbear always showed me a more positive way to put a spin on things. Now, onto the first of your insults. The resignation of the current prod director comes because believe it or not he moved on. Yup, thats right, straight to Miami. He interned under me when i was there, and i am extremely proud of his latest conquest. As far as giving "network Dubs" to heratige jocks, are you kidding me? That's all part of the job. What you think you should come in to get a full time paycheck for working your 4 hour shift? Jesus Christ, your in smalbany, if any jock has any aspirations of making something of themselves, they would know that even the smallest most trivial task could result in big things in the future. But the more you bitch and complain about it, the more expendable you become. And sorry that i might damage some ego's here, but does being a heratige jock in albany n.y. mean that your all that? Hardly. while it might be great to be known in market sixty whatever, theres no money there, no exposure , and with a few exceptions, some really low quality radio. and as far as sugarbear not doing any production, wtf are you talking about? god forbid that you get a clue. so here's three cheers from a large market production director who has staff that is begging for me to give them more work, to busting balls. the people i work with out here want to go somewhere and be somebody, and they know that hard work and determination is the only way to get them to the places they want to go. i applaude them for that, but as for you sir, go back to wherever you came from and stay there please, because it's a-holes like you that bring the industry standard down.
>

 

[valhallafred]

Re: BWAHAHAHA..LMAO

Hey clickz, it's too bad your mentor didn't help you with your spelling, but I digress. What are you two talking about? I may not quite understand, but it sounds like you're saying(one of you anyways) that assigning trivial duties like network dubs to the Marquee talent(s) is ok. It is not. Having been a production director in Albany, as well as many other markets, those duties are best suited for staff members who need more seasoning like part timers and interns. If you don't have either of them, give them to the night guy. If not that, do it yourself. I'm sorry, but I haven't spent more than a decade in this business so that I can wrap up my drive time shift and go do an hour or 2 of dubs. It has nothing to do with ego, it's called proper delegation of responsibility. I could be way off base here because I wasn't really sure what the hell you guys were ranting about. I happen to know ABC's former Prod/Creative services director, Dave Delaney, and when he was let go it was complete horse?&*#. He's one of the hardest working, most trustworthy dudes I've ever met. He got screwed pure and simple. Would I do some dubs if it absolutely had to get done, of course. When is the last time the Wolf did a dub? Mrozek? Not that these guys should be expected to do them, I'm just using them as examples. I know the Sugarbear's ouster has hit a nerve with many people, but get over it. It's done and overwith. He's moved on, so should you. This sort of thing happens everyday in radio, and sometimes it happens to really good people. It sucks, but it's a fact of life.

 

[clickz]

Re: BWAHAHAHA..LMAO

> Hey clickz, it's too bad your mentor didn't help you with
> your spelling, but I digress. What are you two talking
> about? I may not quite understand, but it sounds like
> you're saying(one of you anyways) that assigning trivial
> duties like network dubs to the Marquee talent(s) is ok. It
> is not. Having been a production director in Albany, as
> well as many other markets, those duties are best suited for
> staff members who need more seasoning like part timers and
> interns. If you don't have either of them, give them to the
> night guy. If not that, do it yourself. I'm sorry, but I
> haven't spent more than a decade in this business so that I
> can wrap up my drive time shift and go do an hour or 2 of
> dubs. It has nothing to do with ego, it's called proper
> delegation of responsibility. I could be way off base here
> because I wasn't really sure what the hell you guys were
> ranting about. I happen to know ABC's former Prod/Creative
> services director, Dave Delaney, and when he was let go it
> was complete horse?&*#. He's one of the hardest working,
> most trustworthy dudes I've ever met. He got screwed pure
> and simple. Would I do some dubs if it absolutely had to
> get done, of course. When is the last time the Wolf did a
> dub? Mrozek? Not that these guys should be expected to do
> them, I'm just using them as examples. I know the
> Sugarbear's ouster has hit a nerve with many people, but get
> over it. It's done and overwith. He's moved on, so should
> you. This sort of thing happens everyday in radio, and
> sometimes it happens to really good people. It sucks, but
> it's a fact of life.
>

Sorry about the typos, and i do agree with a number of things that you have said. dave delaneys release was a load of bs. he was my direct supervisor for 4 years and pretty much owe my commercial recording career to him. i have nothing but respect for dave. but i still disagree on the fact that certain people at any given station should be exempt from any kind of duties that are required by any other staff memeber. i personally input all the dubs at my station, and then find the best talent to produce or voice a full produce. but only under extreme circumstance do i take no for an answer.(i.e. conflict of intrest, sickness, etc.)what alot of people seem to forget is that yes, it seems that the radio industry is all about self progression, but being a team player will help in the pursuit of bigger things. i had to work my ass off to get where i am today. and sometimes people do get lucky and get the break that they want just on pure hosting skill. but why complain about doing an extra hour of work when your only putting in 30 hours a week on salary? why not help your peers out? when working at a large cluster such as abc, espescially when me and delaney were not only the production guys, but also in charge of continuity, and trafficking spots back and forth from glens falls, you need to expect that you can count on the airstaff of particular stations to do any kind of production needed. wehter that be dubs or full produced, whether it was chuck, chad, bear, cody,or pat ryan, everybody did there part to help out. do you remember tracey mixx? she was in charge of doing abc network spots for the joyner show. was she to big to recieve such a responsibility? but she tought so. what about silk md? he dropped the ball every night and got the prod dept. in a bunch of trouble because that dude would never do his assigned prod work. but he was one of the lucky ones that got a free pass to the majors.(kbls) sorry about all this long windeness, i guess my point is, if you like your job, just do it. you essentially are supposed to be a team player right? don't complain about it.

 

[bmprfg]

Re: BWAHAHAHA..LMAO

There's a simple rule that all need to remember and use...if it has to get done, do it now! Doesn't matter whether you're the AM Drive person or the night person or (are there still any?) overnight person. You do the production assigned to you, WHATEVER it is! Sure, some people (morning jocks) may have more to do, but if the Production Director is stuck, for whatever reason, anyone and everyone is capable. I agree about Dave, he was (is) a hell of a hard worker (I worked with him a short while while I had the Power at ABC), and he (and any good prod people) wouldn't give out assignments they wouldn't handle themselves. Matter of fact, I just finished doing my morning show, and before I start my Operations Manager duties, I went into production and dubbed some barter spots.....no ego bruising during this procedure.

 

[valhallafred]

Re: BWAHAHAHA..LMAO

> Sorry about the typos, and i do agree with a number of
> things that you have said. dave delaneys release was a load
> of bs. he was my direct supervisor for 4 years and pretty
> much owe my commercial recording career to him. i have
> nothing but respect for dave. but i still disagree on the
> fact that certain people at any given station should be
> exempt from any kind of duties that are required by any
> other staff memeber. i personally input all the dubs at my
> station, and then find the best talent to produce or voice a
> full produce. but only under extreme circumstance do i take
> no for an answer.(i.e. conflict of intrest, sickness,
> etc.)what alot of people seem to forget is that yes, it
> seems that the radio industry is all about self progression,
> but being a team player will help in the pursuit of bigger
> things. i had to work my ass off to get where i am today.
> and sometimes people do get lucky and get the break that
> they want just on pure hosting skill. but why complain
> about doing an extra hour of work when your only putting in
> 30 hours a week on salary? why not help your peers out?
> when working at a large cluster such as abc, espescially
> when me and delaney were not only the production guys, but
> also in charge of continuity, and trafficking spots back and
> forth from glens falls, you need to expect that you can
> count on the airstaff of particular stations to do any kind
> of production needed. wehter that be dubs or full produced,
> whether it was chuck, chad, bear, cody,or pat ryan,
> everybody did there part to help out. do you remember
> tracey mixx? she was in charge of doing abc network spots
> for the joyner show. was she to big to recieve such a
> responsibility? but she tought so. what about silk md? he
> dropped the ball every night and got the prod dept. in a
> bunch of trouble because that dude would never do his
> assigned prod work. but he was one of the lucky ones that
> got a free pass to the majors.(kbls) sorry about all this
> long windeness, i guess my point is, if you like your job,
> just do it. you essentially are supposed to be a team
> player right? don't complain about it.
>
If you worked with Dave for that long, then you must be a decent guy. I never understood why you guys were also the traffic/continuity dept. We've probably met. Don't assume that I only do an airshift. Nowadays we all wear multiple hats, so sticking around to do dubs can become an issue. Let's face it, the production people are generally the hardest working people in most radio stations because they're constantly working with sales and programming simultaneously. If production isn't busy then something is very wrong because that means you don't have spots going on the air or promotions in the works. It sounds like you had some people who simply weren't getting their assigned tasks done. If you leave something for someone to do and they just blow it off, or if you send spots to another location to be entered and it fails to get done, who takes responsibility? Clearly you had some infrastructure problems. I hope things are better for you in your current situation. ABC is a complete mess these days, be glad you're out. Keep working hard, good luck!

 

[clickz]

finally, an intelligent(sp?) discussion

> There's a simple rule that all need to remember and use...if
> it has to get done, do it now! Doesn't matter whether
> you're the AM Drive person or the night person or (are there
> still any?) overnight person. You do the production
> assigned to you, WHATEVER it is! Sure, some people (morning
> jocks) may have more to do, but if the Production Director
> is stuck, for whatever reason, anyone and everyone is
> capable. I agree about Dave, he was (is) a hell of a hard
> worker (I worked with him a short while while I had the
> Power at ABC), and he (and any good prod people) wouldn't
> give out assignments they wouldn't handle themselves.
> Matter of fact, I just finished doing my morning show, and
> before I start my Operations Manager duties, I went into
> production and dubbed some barter spots.....no ego bruising
> during this procedure.
>

thank you for your kind words. it is nice to see that there are radio people out there that actually know the grind and can relate or argue and opinion based on experience. i think that the key point here is that we have all worked hard to be where we are. we have all worked with great people and some not so great people. but whatever it took, we got the job done, no matter how much it sucked. dubs are dubs, and they are what you make of them. no matter what they got to go in. and i am proud that i can rely on my staff here if need to, to get this accomplished. funny thing about networks though, and this even seems strange to me, but my traffic director does all the network dubs here.

 

[motrin]

Re: BWAHAHAHA..LMAO

Vahallafred, you nailed it. It's about proper delegation of responsibilty.

Absolute power corupts. The AJZ clowns were in charge of production, and as part of that whole Hip-Hop thug mentality, they would assign busy-work (dubs) to marquee talent, just to bust balls. Pure and simple. They would joke about it.

The assistant production director at the time would spend most his day on WAJZ imaging. "Clickz" you can probably relate to that.

Most professional Production Directors don't stoop to this level. But at ABC, with these jokers, it was all about JAMZ, not the fact the FLY and 95 are carrying them. The arrogance evolved. It wasn't always that way.

 

[MTraxx]

Re: BWAHAHAHA..LMAO

> Vahallafred, you nailed it. It's about proper delegation of
> responsibilty.
>
> Absolute power corupts. The AJZ clowns were in charge of
> production, and as part of that whole Hip-Hop thug
> mentality, they would assign busy-work (dubs) to marquee
> talent, just to bust balls. Pure and simple. They would joke
> about it.
>
> The assistant production director at the time would spend
> most his day on WAJZ imaging. "Clickz" you can probably
> relate to that.
>
> Most professional Production Directors don't stoop to this
> level. But at ABC, with these jokers, it was all about JAMZ,
> not the fact the FLY and 95 are carrying them. The arrogance
> evolved. It wasn't always that way.
>

Motrin (AKA - Ex ABC Employee) . . . . you really are sounding like a complete a**. Do you even think before you type this BS??? I happen to know all 3 of the former employees of ABC that you are talking about. For starters, how can you even put down SugarBear?? He was named Urban PD of the year by S.I.N last year (yeah he must be a real big slacker . right). 2nd, Delaney had nothing to do with Jamz. Sure he was the production director of a cluster which included WAJZ, but his work was never focused on Jamz. He did imaging for B95 and spots for every station (hardly ever on Jamz). And the last Prod Director was the Imaging Director for Jamz, so of course he would spend a good amount of time on AJZ imaging. He also wrote, voiced and produced spots for virtually every station in the market, including TV, now he's in Miami (market 12). Delaney is now doing great at WMHT, and SugarBear will definitely bounce back on his feet. As for you, where are you right in your career?? Oh I know . . just another bitter Albany person with nothing better to do with their time then slander people on the Radio-Info board. Sounds like you're headed in the right direction. Congrats and good luck!!!

 

[clickz]

Re: BWAHAHAHA..LMAO

> Vahallafred, you nailed it. It's about proper delegation of
> responsibilty.
>
> Absolute power corupts. The AJZ clowns were in charge of
> production, and as part of that whole Hip-Hop thug
> mentality, they would assign busy-work (dubs) to marquee
> talent, just to bust balls. Pure and simple. They would joke
> about it.
>
> The assistant production director at the time would spend
> most his day on WAJZ imaging. "Clickz" you can probably
> relate to that.
>
> Most professional Production Directors don't stoop to this
> level. But at ABC, with these jokers, it was all about JAMZ,
> not the fact the FLY and 95 are carrying them. The arrogance
> evolved. It wasn't always that way.
>
righhhht.... because the production(thugs)only had one station to worry about. yes, i did spend alot of time on jamz imaging, but if in fact you did work there, you would have known that i stayed till about 8 oclock every night, finishing up with the days work. when you are an imaging director of a station that happens to be in a cluster, sure, you tend to have favortism(sp)of that particular station. but i also was imaging director of smooth jazz, and loved it. i went on every jazz cruise up and down the hudson. but the love of the job does'nt stop there. and if the production department was such thugs over there, tell me why i now work for an urban ac, delaney works for wmht, and steve works for a chr. wow, real thuggish. now i admit that i have not been back to albany for quite some time, and the only people i still talk to from abc are the three culprits, and occasionally chad, but i find it very hard to believe that the arrogance was turned to such a high level that they deserve to be called out on it. maybe what you saw as arrogance, was actually frustration that nobody wanted to be a team player. the main problem with abc when i was there was that everybody wanted to be a chief. and a full time airshift certinally did not give them the right to make themselves holier than thou. plain and simple, go to work, get the job done. radio is easy.