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jsalzone
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His final day will be Friday. Below is a post he made on the NY Radio Message Board that clarifes many rumors floating around since the announcement was made last week:
I appreciate all the kind words over the past week! I know amongst radio people it must seem odd that I'm leaving mornings at WCBS.
The story is pretty simple.
I picked up a digital camera 7 years ago, and found that I was pretty good at taking pictures. Always fascinated by the business world, I figured "Why not try shooting weddings?" So I built a little business. Digital was in its infancy, and I was among the first in the world to shoot a wedding with one of those giant bricks.
That's not why I'm leaving CBS.
At about the same time I shot my first wedding, I started an internet forum for wedding photographers so I could exchange information with other digital pioneers.
Fast forward 6 years, and my little website has become the premiere professional association for wedding photographers on the internet. We have 3,000 members worldwide. Last week, I was in Las Vegas running a convention for 600 of our members from the US, Canada, Australia, the UK, Finland, Germany, and ..well.. elsewhere.
Ironically, I stopped shooting weddings about a year and a half ago, because there was no time! To give you an idea of how chaotic my days have become, I've been setting-up a series of seminars in Canada for this summer, while simultaneously reaching an agreeement with a UK based organization to program part of their annual convention-- the largest of its kind in Europe. All while waking up at 2:30 am for my WCBS duties.
It recently became obvious that the success of the business affords me opportunity to (a)sleep in and (b) nurture this amazing organization. Going forward it's going to require a lot of travel and energy.
I usually don't post here, but I want to dispel some of the sillier notions presented over the past week. My favorite? That it's a shame after 15 years, one can't make enough money in radio, and has to resort to wedding photography.
Radio has been an amazing and personal experience for me, and I've found it tremendously rewarding.
I love WCBS, and am proud of my 15 years doing mornings there. Management has been tremendously supportive: Steve and Crys are wonderful people, I do intend to do fill-in work for the station, because they've asked me, and because you don't really ever get the radio bug out of your system.
My thanks for all the good wishes!
Jeff<P ID="signature">______________
Joe Salzone
News anchor
WNYG Radio</P>
I appreciate all the kind words over the past week! I know amongst radio people it must seem odd that I'm leaving mornings at WCBS.
The story is pretty simple.
I picked up a digital camera 7 years ago, and found that I was pretty good at taking pictures. Always fascinated by the business world, I figured "Why not try shooting weddings?" So I built a little business. Digital was in its infancy, and I was among the first in the world to shoot a wedding with one of those giant bricks.
That's not why I'm leaving CBS.
At about the same time I shot my first wedding, I started an internet forum for wedding photographers so I could exchange information with other digital pioneers.
Fast forward 6 years, and my little website has become the premiere professional association for wedding photographers on the internet. We have 3,000 members worldwide. Last week, I was in Las Vegas running a convention for 600 of our members from the US, Canada, Australia, the UK, Finland, Germany, and ..well.. elsewhere.
Ironically, I stopped shooting weddings about a year and a half ago, because there was no time! To give you an idea of how chaotic my days have become, I've been setting-up a series of seminars in Canada for this summer, while simultaneously reaching an agreeement with a UK based organization to program part of their annual convention-- the largest of its kind in Europe. All while waking up at 2:30 am for my WCBS duties.
It recently became obvious that the success of the business affords me opportunity to (a)sleep in and (b) nurture this amazing organization. Going forward it's going to require a lot of travel and energy.
I usually don't post here, but I want to dispel some of the sillier notions presented over the past week. My favorite? That it's a shame after 15 years, one can't make enough money in radio, and has to resort to wedding photography.
Radio has been an amazing and personal experience for me, and I've found it tremendously rewarding.
I love WCBS, and am proud of my 15 years doing mornings there. Management has been tremendously supportive: Steve and Crys are wonderful people, I do intend to do fill-in work for the station, because they've asked me, and because you don't really ever get the radio bug out of your system.
My thanks for all the good wishes!
Jeff<P ID="signature">______________
Joe Salzone
News anchor
WNYG Radio</P>