As a former employee of Noalmark...I have to say something. The management team in El Dorado is top notch and I've never heard a bad word about Sandy. I thought it was childish and immature to take a pot shot about his body. Heck, I know very few veterans in radio that have a perfect body.
Sandy is a true veteran...one of those people who LOVE radio. They don't work for their own ego they work for the station. It's sad to say that these days most people are after something for themselves and not to improve the product they are marketing to clients and the audience. They could care less about either. Gone are the days where we actually served our clients and audience members. And, I for one, miss those days.
I for one applaud the incredible turn around that Sandy has made in El Dorado. Not only does he have faith in his employees...they have faith in him.
Sandy, you've only met me once, but I'm a bit of a tom boy...lemme know if you want me to take this fellow out back and open a can of whoop a** on him.
> > >Well, if motis-aperandie for Noalmark-El Dorado holds
> true
> > in this case, here's how I figure it will come down:
> >
> > 1. Buy the station.
> > 2. Run off all the local people (i.e. Dan Gregory and
> > Ken)who have been there for years, upsetting the locals.
> > (remember Bud Cross and J.B.?)
> > 3. Sales go down the toilet.
> > 4. See steps 1 thru 3. A one-way road to ruin with Sandy
>
> > Sanford at the wheel. The pillsbury dough boy rises
> > again!!!!
> >
>
>
> Hahahahaha....
>
> You're the kind of person I love on these boards. You have
> absolutely no idea what you are talking about, and yet, you
> refuse to let facts get in the way of your personal vengence
> crusade.
>
> Let's start off with the basics of where you are wrong...
>
> 1) Name an employee of Noalmark - El Dorado that was fired.
> Just one. One single employee. Please. (Here's a hint --
> You can't. Everyone who left during Sandy Sanford's time as
> GM has left of their own free will -- not under threat of
> being fired, disciplined or anything else... In almost every
> case, including the names you did mention, it comes down to
> ego and personalities who think that they are the only thing
> in radio and it will crumble without them.)
>
> 2) If the locals are upset, please explain last year's
> Arbitron numbers. (Here's another hint -- trends actually
> show MORE listeners than in previous years, and Noalmark
> absolutely dominated the list. If the locals were pissed,
> why would they not turn to a different set of stations?)
>
> 3) Since you have interjected that sales "go down the
> toilet" with Sandy Sanford in charge, you certainly won't
> mind posting yearly totals for, say, the past 5 years for
> Noalmark - El Dorado, right? Obviously, since you know how
> the sales are doing you must have some numbers to back up
> your statements, yes? Please provide evidence to support
> this claim (Here's hint number 3 -- Once again, you can't.
> Noalmark - El Dorado actually had it's 2nd best year ever
> last year for both sales and collections.)
>
> As a former and current employee of Sandy Sanford, I have to
> say that you guys never fail to amuse me. I'm curious... If
> Sandy is such a horrible, incompetent manager as you
> obvously think he is, why are both ratings and sales for
> Noalmark at one of the highest levels South Arkansas has
> ever seen (both proportionally and in actuality)? If Sandy
> is the death knell of the Noalmark bell, wouldn't the
> company be cutting back as opposed to expanding?
>
> Ya know, honestly, I think this kind of stuff is hilarious.
> I've known and worked with Sandy for about the past 10 years
> or so and we've listened to crap like that come and go.
> Sandy's busted his ass at stations where the building leaked
> when it rained and taken them to the top of their market.
> People love to take pot shots at people who are successful.
> The only time I've ever seen Sandy be "hard" on anyone or be
> somewhat of an ass is when they back him into a corner, and
> I have no problem with someone who is willing to fight, in a
> manner of speaking, when their back in against the wall.
>
> Is Sandy willing to let an employee sit around and play on
> the internet, reading Johnny Cash websites, watch
> television, and read the newspaper while others have to
> cover that person's work load? No. Is he a fair manager?
> Yes, and he fights for his employees.
>
> As far as your comment about the "doughboy" goes, have you
> seen Sandy lately? He's lost 70 pounds over the past year
> and a half or so. I wouldn't exactly say he's a doughboy
> nowdays.
>
> So, here's my question: If Sandy Sanford is the ultimate
> ruiner of stations he manages and gets rid of the only
> people worthy of opening a microphone, why is he still here
> and managing more stations than he started out managing
> while almost none of those who have left are even in radio
> anymore? If they were so great, why did someone not snatch
> them up?
>
> I eagerly await your response, arklaamfm, and please feel
> free to bring some supporting facts with you to accompany
> your clever, original, and well-thought-out brand of
> vitrolic humor.
>
> PS - It's modus operandi, Latin for "mode of operation".
> Great job on missing both words.
>
