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next steps for the folks at WCOJ....

G

gatsbyreturns

JT Morgan - This kid has talent, he'll land on his feet soon.

Gene Mitchell - This computer expert will continue his successful repair business, and teach at the local community college.

Ron McNeil - Retires.

Rob Henson - Returns to the automotive repair industry. "Good afternoon and thank you for calling Midas of Westtown, home of the $29.95 state inspection. This is Rob, how may I help you today?"

Love,
Gatsby
 
Wow, ouch, wow!

Even when I'm down.......

I guess it's all over for now. I'll just return to jiffy lube and do what I do best!

First advice!!!! Girls, I was on the radio for 14 years.. I did something right get over it. Oh and don't just tell me it was WCOJ, because when people you like were on the air there, you act like it was the Taj. (Read and comprehend some of your previous post.)

Second advice!!!!! Start using your radio names on this board. Now that I'm on the beach I can listen to YOUR show.......oh sorry.

I will never, for the life of me, figure out what I did to some of you ladies to make you so bitter that I can actually make you write about me this often (do a search, then....... go outdoors) but for whatever it's worth...(insert enlighting, sensitive, heartwarming thought here.)

For the rest:

Joe Thomas - Great guy, Good friend, top talent. Thanks for the call, it meant alot.
Ron McNeil - You will always be hip but don't break one.
JT Morgan - Feel free to tell everyone what an a** I really am. Talk to you tomorrow.
Art Marple - You hired me so I guess this is all your fault.
Pete Reinert - I will miss the Christmas cookies.
Mary Cantell - I hope all is well. God bless you. He's already gave me Veronica, Caleb, Elias and Aubrey.
Lloyd Roach - Without you and Smerconish, I would be the most hated guy here:)
Joe Harnett - Class act. Keep an eye on that boy. He might turn out like his father. By the way... got three yeses(?) from California. I guess they will hate me on that board soon enough.

The greatest part is that I had no aspirations to be in radio. Ever. No stories of my favorite jocks. No memories of late night, listening under the covers. No tales of family vacations, travel and the radio in the old buick. But I have been lucky enough to feed my family and enjoy myself while doing one of the greatest jobs ever. The worst part is, like most of you, I was seduced by the lovely siren called radio and bought into her charms. And eventhough I have learned that she is a cruel mistress.............she ain't that bad. California here I come.

Maybe.

Robert James Simon Peter Henson.

(Ain't that funny. I'm a Catholic. I guess my tidth may be a little light this week.)

Did I spell that right?
 
Henson's new work address:

JIFFY LUBE SERVICE CENTER #1158
15015 HESPERIAN BLVD
SAN LEANDRO, CA 94578-3511

"Don't say anything dirty!" (Oil is kind of dirty, no?)

Mazel tov!
 
Guys, say what you will about Henson and anyone else, but it's still sad when a community station disappears. Don't feel sorry for Henson, feel sorry for the state of our industry.
 
I feel sorry for Henson, for all the others,for the community, and yes for the state of our once-proud industry.
 
It is sad, but industries come and industries go. Thirty years ago some people good made a living fixing TV antennas. Twenty years ago some people made a good living booking travel arrangements. And ten years from now folks in the newspaper industry will bemoan a similar death.

The good news for Henson is that, 200 years from now, Jiffy Lube will still be around.

Question: When Henson performs the Signature Service 40-Point Check, will one "check" be tuning the car's radio to 1420 AM?

"I really like the service I receive at Jiffy Lube. But each time I leave the shop, my car radio is blaring a Christian sermon and salsa music."

Can I get an Amen? Ole!
 
Yo, what's with this Henson bashing sh-? C'mon, let's give a little professional recognition where it's due here. Anybody that works local, I mean really local community radio, day after day, year after year, and put's up with the revolving management at the likes of WCOJ, deserves to get credit and margins of recognition in several measures. Diligence, endurance, perseverance, tolerance. (Tolerance, that's the biggie). A resume that came over my desk with the WCOJ call letters and that type of work history endurance, is a resume that I am going to read, and a person I’m going to talk to further. That’s the type of recognizable, dependable employee a well-managed company is going to hire. Hey Henson, keep that in mind, and send out that resume to all the radio stations and production facilities you can get to. That’s a resume that will get a call back.
 
gatsbyreturns said:
Question: When Henson performs the Signature Service 40-Point Check, will one "check" be tuning the car's radio to 1420 AM?

"I really like the service I receive at Jiffy Lube. But each time I leave the shop, my car radio is blaring a Christian sermon and salsa music."

Can I get an Amen? Ole!
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WCOJ's signal will carry to San Leandro, CA? Must be that new IBOC technology...
 
Hey, Sam Lit. A fine and eloquent post. You bring much-needed class to this board.
 
Question: When Henson performs the Signature Service 40-Point Check, will one "check" be tuning the car's radio to 1420 AM?

"I really like the service I receive at Jiffy Lube. But each time I leave the shop, my car radio is blaring a Christian sermon and salsa music."

Can I get an Amen? Ole!

Gatsby... I tried to email you but it did not work for some reason. Your email address may not be working. I wanted to talk about Robert Henson off board. So I guess I'll say it on-line.

I'm old, I know it. you would think 30 years in radio would be enough to cure you...

I don't like personal attacks on people unless they are in person, face to face. Then you can have a back and forth. and a guy can think about your critique and consider it's value.

When I did something stupid on the air, Dean Tyler would reem my ass in person. I respected him for that. I respected and worked with Niagra, Moran, Clayton, Diamond Jim, Garland, McNeil, Crossan... I think the list goes on for hours. And Robert Henson was also in that group... and I really enjoyed working with him. I have a lot of respect for his talent. Thats not to say he didn't piss me off at times... he did. But he is a great guy. I would work with him again, is a NY second.

So Gatsby... I wish I could have talked to you. I would have liked to listen to you tell me what your peoblem with him is. I would like to do that in person. I would not take a shot at you on a board.

sorry for being so long winded. Robert is a good friend.


joe
 
Hmmm.... let's see..... now why is it that I'm not fond of Robert Henson?

Oh yes, I remember now. It's because he twice referred to my religion as a "gutter religion".

A nice guy, that Robert Henson is.
 
Wow!

You must have me confused with someone else or you are completly making that up in hopes to generate more hate against me. Or (scary) you believe this actually happened. Either way, good luck with that!

You know what they say about arguing on the internet.

Night, night for now. Got an early shift at the old JL.

RJH
 
Gutter religion? Robert would never say that about anyone's RELIGION! Perhaps about your mother's religion or HIS mother's religion, becayse I know Robert! Love you, man! All the best to you and Veronica and the "little childrens"!
 
Yanno, I look at this from two different perspectives:

1) I was in radio
2) Even out of radio, I've been the victim of having one's position eliminated.

It doesn't make it any better. Then, in this case, you have someone saying "ha ha, you lost your job and had to take one with less status" shows you how close-minded and truly evil some people can be. It's already bad enough that those affecteed are wondering how to make ends meet, especially if they are either the bread-winner or their former paycheck pays a majority of the bills. There are millions of Americans in this same predicament and for every position one applies for, you are up against 1,000s others all vying for that same posting. It can take an emotional toll on someone. Then, to have some yahoo on a message board poke fun at you for losing your job is just a jerk move. It's the old philosophy of "hooray for me and F you". Hopefully, this person will never be a victim of a layoff. It does damage to one's psyche.

So what if you have to take a job some might say is "beneath them"? That person is rather shallow and deserves to never have certain successes. You can only make up to a certain amount before unemployment compensation takes away from the measley amount they allow you, which is a mere fraction of what your previous salary was. Bottom line is bills need to be paid. And, if you had healthcare, well now you're on the hook for that and that can come out to about $500/month! Excuse me, but, unless you have plenty of money in reserve, who can afford that, even with UC and being spotted a certain amount from a part time gig that they allow you before you wind up classified as a partial recipient? Every penny counts!

Sure, the nature of this biz is some people are worth their weight in gold, others were those filed under "does not play well with others". Look, I don't know Robert (or Mary, for that matter) from Job (but I am familiar with their bodies of work) and I certainly do not have a dog in this fight, outside of a radio geek familiar with life in and out of radio and sharing a similar experience. If Mr. Henson needs to perform an oil change or two, he then needs to be APPLAUDED for trying to make it by so that his family has a roof over their heads and a hot meal on the table at the end of the day. He's doing SOMETHING.

On a final note: I know others who get the UC, then sit around on their asses all day, making the spouse go out into the trenches, while they sit around in their house dresses, sucking down bon bons, watching Springer. Then, if the spouse loses his job to a shutdown or something out of his control, the wife will stop talking to him or, even worse, convinces him that he's a lazy bum and files for divorce. But, that's another discussion for a different day....

So, here's to Gatsby and a hope he never has to be placed in a similar situation. But, if so, we find out about it so we can post our condolences here, in a public forum, just as he did for Mr. Henson.
 
A very eloquent post from Rocking Rob.

Many (certainly not all, but still far too many) "radio people" suffer from a complex which for a variety of reasons forces them to feel superior by tearing others down. Sure, this sort of thing happens among people of all trades and walks of life, but throw in the Terrestrial Radio Industry Patriot factor and it's even uglier.

True TRIPs believe working "in radio" is the pinnacle of self-actualization; they believe laypeople (often deemed "lesser" people) look up to them because they work in radio (this is specifically true of those on-air, and less of management types-- it's also less common among those working in spoken-word formats, I've also noticed, and believe it or not less common among major markets), and have convinced themselves that all people who don't work in radio wish they did. Because of this sickness, many "radio people" think working a non-radio job is "beneath them". Never mind comparisons of salary, job security, or the abilities to feed one's family and pay a mortgage or keep the lights on. Only when the diseased individual decides once and for all to leave radio permanently is it suddenly okay to take a position in another field.

In the two-and-a-half years of doing Radio Racket alone, I've conversed (off air) with numerous folks who share this mentality. I've talked with people who have been "on the beach" for over a year who have depleted their life savings or lost their homes because working a "non-radio" job was simply not an option.

I've seen $9.00/hour triple-digit-market "jocks" belittle mobile, club, and bar DJs who make in some cases more than $300.00/hour.

Only in radio.

(The average McDonald's manager probably makes more money than 85% of America's on-air radio talent. But that's irrelevant to most TRIPs.)

If Mr. Henson worked at a Jiffy Lube (and we don't even know whether or not that's really the truth anyway), I applaud him for doing whatever it takes to support his family despite having to perform tasks that aren't directly related to the talents he displayed to Chester County on his daily radio program.

Perhaps the irony in all of this is that the cowardly attacker here isn't even a "radio person" after all.

In between broadcast gigs I've worked in bookstores, ran a mall kiosk, delivered pizzas, sold lawn-care fertilizer, programmed cellphones, and sold burglar alarms among other things. And each time, I've had well-meaning and complimentary radio friends tell me I was "better than that" while they remained in many cases out-of-work. Some complained they couldn't find jobs. I'd ask where they were looking, and instead of Monster, CareerBuilder, and the want ads, they'd respond with things like All Access, R&R, etc.

I for one, respect a man who's willing to do whatever it takes to support his family more than someone who's going to stay on the "radio ship" because his reading a few liner cards is more important than doing something "beneath him".

There are some great men and women still working on-air in radio who are great at what they do, and have managed to be survivors-- earning a decent living and maintaining a fine lifestyle for their families. But for every one of those great guys and girls there's a physically-grown man chasing the radio rainbow for a few bucks an hour (sometimes for decades) thinking he's somehow better than mechanic working on his beaten-up car or the guy who works on his parents' house (where he likely maintains a bedroom).

Sam Lit had a great point earlier in this thread. Those who are in the now-rare position of having the ability to hire radio talent should like at a resume like Henson's and see that longevity at one station and have interest. They should see that a Joe Harnett or a Mary Cantell is suddenly available and pick up the phone (again, IF there's a gig-- which is the tough part). And they're not likely to want to reach out to a Gatsby and want that kind of negative energy on his or her team. That's for damn sure. Perhaps that's why Gatsby doesn't use his or her real name.

The end of WCOJ is sad, no doubt. But as most of us know, it's a scenario that's going to be repeated a lot in the coming few years. And if every time it happens there's someone to rip the casualties hours later, these boards are going to become pretty desolate places.

My best to all of you affected by the end of 'COJ, and I'm sure you'll all be busy soon.

Even if it doesn't involve radio.
 
George Brusstar said:
A very eloquent post from Rocking Rob.

The end of WCOJ is sad, no doubt. But as most of us know, it's a scenario that's going to be repeated a lot in the coming few years. And if every time it happens there's someone to rip the casualties hours later, these boards are going to become pretty desolate places.

My best to all of you affected by the end of 'COJ, and I'm sure you'll all be busy soon.

Even if it doesn't involve radio.
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Great points GB and, as you know, we've been on BOTH sides of this issue. I echo George's sentiments and, furthermore, encourage ANY of those affected to not be swayed by the words of this Pigeffer Gatsby. In fact, the hope is that you all land on your feet... preferably outside of radio where one could use his/her talents to make more money and give your families a true shot at that American Dream.
 
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