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There is a difference between mispelling and a typo. Only reason I pointed it out was the repeated mispelling. You will notice I spelled it correctly in the next sentence.

Now, ZAX, sounds like you are making the best of a bad situation. I know a young man in Winston-Salem who is totally blind but has a great job producing shows at the NPR station. They have labled the board in braile and he does a great job. I tried to hire him to produce for us but the computer wizzards couldn't make their interface work with Scott Studios of the day.

Listen, I don't want to demean your SBE affiliation nor any of your efforts to break through in the radio business. The knowledge you acquire from your relationship and the training of other things you do outside are important to building your skillset, but don't carry a lot of weight in the day to day world by themselves.

You haven't said much about your on air and production skills, but I assume you have a nice voice and some degree of creativity. If you lack skills in this area, work on them. Learn Audition or ProTools and learn it well. Experiement with the creativity.

Maybe you should chat with your current PD and tell him how you feel. I know how easy it is to overlook the talents of the newbie and to not recognize the advancement in skill level and talent. He must like you and appreciate your work. He did hire you a second time!
 
XTalker said:
There is a difference between mispelling and a typo. Only reason I pointed it out was the repeated mispelling. You will notice I spelled it correctly in the next sentence.

Now, ZAX, sounds like you are making the best of a bad situation. I know a young man in Winston-Salem who is totally blind but has a great job producing shows at the NPR station. They have labled the board in braile and he does a great job. I tried to hire him to produce for us but the computer wizzards couldn't make their interface work with Scott Studios of the day.

Listen, I don't want to demean your SBE affiliation nor any of your efforts to break through in the radio business. The knowledge you acquire from your relationship and the training of other things you do outside are important to building your skillset, but don't carry a lot of weight in the day to day world by themselves.

You haven't said much about your on air and production skills, but I assume you have a nice voice and some degree of creativity. If you lack skills in this area, work on them. Learn Audition or ProTools and learn it well. Experiement with the creativity.

Maybe you should chat with your current PD and tell him how you feel. I know how easy it is to overlook the talents of the newbie and to not recognize the advancement in skill level and talent. He must like you and appreciate your work. He did hire you a second time!
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Yes and I am trying the best I can. I can read regular print and all so there's no special arrangements that need to be done in that area. Yes I an quite adept at Audition and can do some things with it. And yes I do have a good voice. He knows of my desire to be live on air, however his thinking is the same that I mentioned in the first post that started all of this. So either I am not good enough, or he feels that I am somewhat of a threat to his position as PD. I right now have no desire to be PD, but would like to have him see that I am more than just a mere meter feeder.

Actually here's how I worked in radio I started August of 1986 at WEED and worked there off and on until June of 1992. I then left the business for a few years and then started where I am at now in August of 1997 until 2003 where I was (in my words) laid off for lack of work, but started back (under new ownership) in 2004.

BTW, you can find a picture of me at my profile here http://www.zaxradio.com/bios.php?id=31.
 
XTalker said:
There is a difference between mispelling and a typo. Only reason I pointed it out was the repeated mispelling. You will notice I spelled it correctly in the next sentence.
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Yeah, I kind of figured that. That's why I said I knew he misspelled the word earlier. And yes, I noticed that you spelled it correctly later in the sentence. I also noticed that you misspelled "misspell". It's still kind of funny.
 
::) You know the license deal is still got me "pissed off".. I remember having to go to DC in the 60's to get that frigging 3rd Endorsed and then lo and behold the GM said "We need you to get a First Phone to work 7-Midnight with a directional array"..OK, I manage to rustle up enough money to go through Dwain Glenn's License Mill in Sarasota, Fla.. and all was well for years..AND THEN>>Hell Ya ain't got to have any!!.. Back to the Subject..If I had been putting up with this same idiot PD for 10 years and had not results..I'd been outta there years ago...21 years in the biz?? HMMMM I think I'd look elsewhere..cause it just doesn't seem like ya gonna get rich doing this...REGARDS APE!
 
BIG APE is right on! Bring back the test! It would probably save some people their jobs.
 
XTalker said:
BIG APE is right on! Bring back the test! It would probably save some people their jobs.
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It would also make some that lack the skills to actually RUN a station out on the streets which in some cases would be good thing since I feel you really have to know what you are doing to be IN this business in the first place. I think it was wrong for the FCC to abandon the high standards they once had.
 
I don't think the return of license requirements would result in heavy unemployment. People would just take the test and get the license.

Of course, the reason the FCC dropped the requirement was because station owners could talk their way out of a fine by saying "well, you gave him a license – we just assumed that meant he knew the rules".

It was a matter of shifting the burden to the licensee.

Big Ape and I want it back because we wouldn't have to take the test over again!
 
That's right..No Test again..however, you ain't just gonna go and take the test for a General Class now and pass 'er unless you actually "do know what you're doing" Did I say that...
 
I had to remove myself from the list as ZAX Double J so please ignore that.
 
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