KFRC - Good News

[John Mack Flanagan]

Wow! I never new so many people were interested in my "Pity Party"! I spoke to Sue Hall and Ben Fong Torres and everything involving the end of KFRC was a big misunderstanding. Seems there is love and respect for me after all. I feel like Charlie Brown after he kicked the ball. Thanks to each one of you who responded to my post. Believe me, it's nice to know someone cares. After the way KFRC went down, a person can only take so much. -John-

 

[andreajesus]

Wow! I never new so many people were interested in my "Pity Party"!

John,

you are SO LOVED by SO MANY for SO LONG...may success and blessings be the ONLY things that follow you from hereonin...

Andrea

 

[mort guffman]

Hooray! Corky - WE LOVE YOU! WE WANT YOU TO LIVE!!!!!!!

 

[Steve Jordan]

Hey John - you know how I feel about you - we went through ALL the changes there over the years together. You are truly one of the BEST talents in Bay Area Top 40 EVER - I know - I was there ! Take care - Steve Jordan

 

[DavidKaye]

you are SO LOVED by SO MANY for SO LONG...may success and blessings be the ONLY things that follow you from hereonin...

Andrea

I mean, heck, JMF I"m sure is a nice guy and he was a good DJ, but LOVED? Unless you've met someone how can you love them? You only know their image. I think those of us who've worked in the business have known DJs who were nice and personable on the air who were absolute dicks off-air, or unassuming DJs on-air who were fine, compassionate people off-air.

This adulation of DJs, talkshow hosts, movie stars, and other entertainers always bothered me because people are falling in love with images,n ot reality. I believe that reality can only come from day-to-day in-person interactions with people, not listening to voices people hear on the radio.

Okay, hate me, but I think I know what I'm talking about.

 

[Domino Rippy]

John Mac we love you and we all salute you ever afternoon at 4:45...

 

[DeadAudicy]

you are SO LOVED by SO MANY for SO LONG...may success and blessings be the ONLY things that follow you from hereonin...

Andrea

I mean, heck, JMF I"m sure is a nice guy and he was a good DJ, but LOVED? Unless you've met someone how can you love them? You only know their image. I think those of us who've worked in the business have known DJs who were nice and personable on the air who were absolute dicks off-air, or unassuming DJs on-air who were fine, compassionate people off-air.

This adulation of DJs, talkshow hosts, movie stars, and other entertainers always bothered me because people are falling in love with images,n ot reality. I believe that reality can only come from day-to-day in-person interactions with people, not listening to voices people hear on the radio.

Okay, hate me, but I think I know what I'm talking about.

Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and say the posts might be referring to a different love than the kind where you need to get to know the person.

 

[create]

Hooray! Corky - WE LOVE YOU! WE WANT YOU TO LIVE!!!!!!!

I am planning to write and direct a dramatic re-enactment of the Fong-Torres and Hall conversations using my collection of My Dinner With Andre action figures.

 

[ampmod]

Perhaps you should use the "WKRP" action figures, with Johnny Fever as John Mac and Jennifer Marlow as Sue Hall. I bet "Corky" can do a great imitation of Jennifer! Is this thread getting too esoteric?

 

[trish bell]

I am trying to navigate this posting from the beginning. I am not coming in as anonymous obviously, so I will carefully select my words.
It saddens me to see great Radio Vets dethroned. Whether you love or hate Radio-the talents have the deepest passion for their work. When we are blind sided by a managerial decision, it is devastating in so many ways. Yes our identity gets wrapped up in the profession, so to have the rug pulled out from under you takes away a HUGE part of ourselves. It takes awhile to move forward so let your radio pal vent.
I try to believe the cliche: when one door closes another opens....and count it as a major lesson in this journey called life.
I still yearn to be on radio fulltime, making great pay like in earlier years and working with a terrifc team....in the meantime, I am personally, thinking outside the box and wishing all my colleagues the best as they reinvent their lives.

 

[skyrocker]

...the talents have the deepest passion for their work...When we are blind sided by a managerial decision, it is devastating in so many ways. Yes our identity gets wrapped up in the profession, so to have the rug pulled out from under you takes away a HUGE part of ourselves.

Please notice the diplomacy used in this note as I carefully choose my wording:
I apologize for using outdated words and phrases. Those (stock-driven
management, corporate blind loyalty zombies, et al.) unfamiliar with the
terms are invited to look them up in the dictionary.

Thanks, John, Trish, for another example of the somber after effects of
shallow managerial decisions employed by these last generations of
incompetent upper management. [here, I refrained from calling corporate
managment "Bottom Line BottomFeeders," see? I'm learning.]

But you guys are professionals. Check your Pro Primers against mine and let's
see if we still share the same semantics:
Talent - something you are either born with or work to develop.
entertains compellingly. Great investment.
Passion - often referred to as charisma, character or personality;
unique quality, or gift, one cannot buy; it must be given. When
used in synch with Talent, best results follow.

Yep, we're on the same page. Now -- because your abilities weren't
recognized and you were treated poorly by the latest batch of (usually)
imported Yes Men doesn't mean your value has decreased. If anything, your
experience is more significant than ever. There's a lot of new media out
there and they'll benefit from your experience. Keep your eyes and ears open
and keep at it (perseverance furthers... good starting point: reenergize
belief in your self.)

And your true value, gushing and flowing within as always, will unfailingly
be with you, in whichever situation you find yourself, wherever you are. Like
it helped you through your radio adventures, it will bring you through these.

The blues are part of life, but knowing we share that Spark balances much
of the sadness for me.

 

[RadioStarOne]

Another Lunch bites the dust so to speak! Skyrocker you're on a roll...no pun intended, but if it fits!

 

[DavidKaye]

Yep, we're on the same page. Now -- because your abilities weren't
recognized and you were treated poorly by the latest batch of (usually)
imported Yes Men doesn't mean your value has decreased.

Yes, it DOES mean their value has decreased. It's time for folks here to own up to reality. It's a different world now. Vaudeville stars discovered that they couldn't use the same routine for 20 years in 200 cities anymore. Those who could change their acts and adapt to the movies and radio survived. Those who didn't left entertainment.

It does nobody any good to pretend that personality DJs have a place, let alone a valuable place. Sure, some of them do, just as there will always be a need for some blacksmiths. But the days of live personality DJs at every station have gone away and those days aren't coming back.

An article in yesterday's New York Times says that college students working at college radio stations don't even listen to their stations when they're not there! And as for streaming, the article pointed out that KALX in Berkeley, probably one of the most famous college stations, gets only about 50 online listeners, 100 on a good day.

So please, folks, think of other uses for your skills. You don't have value in today's radio world. Reality works well when you embrace it and go with it instead of fearing it.

 

[bobgowa]

Hiya, folks! Two things:

Thing one: John Mack, you da best - always been, always be; Nobody's "business decision" can change that. BTW, my son and I will NEVER forget the fun we had with you and Frank Terry out in Duncans Mills...

Thing two: Trish Bell & Skyrocker have a firm grasp on the reality of what's happening in radioland (excuse me, I mean, "Audio Content World"). It is what it is: Different. I'm still on the air every day, only now I'm an "outsource source" for local news in other markets. Not the same as before, but is that necessarily a bad thing?

The value of a DJ spending four hours in a booth may be diminished; Our value has not.

Thinking outside the box is how we'll survive this transition and thrive at the other end of it.

Gowa