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Ken Brown explains his departure from WBEN garden show

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Ken Brown explains his departure from WBEN garden show

November 15, 2013 - 2:13 PM

By Alan Pergament

Ken Brown was surprised to read that he left the Saturday morning Home Garden Show on WBEN-AM after 24 years because of the workload.

Tim Wenger, the operations manager of all Entercom radio stations including WBEN, had given that explanation for Brown’s departure in an email.

"Ken resigned," wrote Wenger. "Just said it was getting to be too much for one hour a week."

Brown, a Christmas tree farmer for 30 years, implied that was a bit of a tall tale.

"I assure you my leaving had nothing to do with the work load,” Brown wrote in an email. "Recent cuts left my compensation less than it was 20 years ago. After 24 years of loyal Saturday morning attendance, the frustrations of dealing with corporate radio left me disappointed in the system.

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Brown wouldn't say it, but reading through the tea leaves it sounds like he realized that money doesn't grow on trees on local radio anymore and continuing the show just wasn't worth it.
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That's pretty funny...creative writing at the Buffalo News. :)

I know stations that don't pay their garden show guy anything. The guy does it for free to drive business to his store, where he sets the profit margin, and makes the real bucks. I'm sure if WBEN wants a garden show, they can make that deal pretty easily. Maybe even get someone who also brings a sponsor. Being on the radio is a platform. It's a way to advertise your primary business. Recording artists do radio for free to drive people to their shows and buy their music. Same with garden shows.
 
I was surprised he was paid anything. The Saturday afternoon mutual fund/financial/tax shows they say (I think) are all paid programming, and I just figured the morning shows were the same way.
 
How much could he have possibly been paid for that ONE hour a week, that a cut---ANY cut, would suddenly make it not worth doing? Seriously, what might the numbers look like?
 
Maybe its not actual cash he was paid. but he had 6 minutes he could barter-sell in that hour and the station reduced it to 4
 
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