Except for a few nodding offs since 6 am on Tuesday August 4th I went to sleep yesterday afternoon after getting home from the station and slept until this morning (I only woke up for pages from the station, calls from friends and family, letting my four legged babies outside, and the termite company). I have read Radio Info over the last few years but I have never personally posted a comment. Today I feel I must however post. Yesterday morning in the 7am ( or perhaps 6, my time line is blurry) I received at the the radio station a call from Timmy. He said he saw the post that Michael had posted re: the death of my brother Britt, my Mama's first child.. Timmy wanted to express to my Mama, my brother Hart and me how sorry he was to hear of Britt's death...he had seen it on the Radio-Info board. To Michael, thanks for posting the sad news...to Charlie, thank you for your post, and to the others who I do not know who you are, thank you so much for acknowledging your condolences. I (and our family) so very much appreciate your kind words. I went on line this morning to see what Timmy saw on Radio Info and maybe because my emotions are so out of control right now I should not post this but I am going to do so. To all of you who know my family, thank you for being so kind and caring in our time of unbelievable grief. To the person who describes himself as South Florida Boy, shame on you!...for even mentioning my family at this time (and yes by saying “WOOF” is implying my family in many many ways)...and I know you are aware about our circumstance due to the posting from Michael on August 6th. How dare you put before my family (WOOF) a ultimatum re: non competes. Clay has his own reasons for non competes in his business and I respect that. As for WOOF, in my active participation at WOOF in right at 27 years we only had non-competes for only a short time during a station manager's short time at WOOF. My WOOF family (of whom I spend more time and share more emotions with than I do my blood family) is beside my Mama, Hart and me because they chose to, not because of corporate non competes. SHAME SHAME SHAME on you for bringing this sort of thing up at this time! WOOF is a family, by blood and by choice. We lead our day to day life, not in competition to “TRP”,as you refer to "Mr. South Florida Person” of which I see as Clay as a human being, not some moniker (TRP), we do are radio doing radio as it should be. WOOF is a family like I said, a family of blood and those who choose to be a part of it. We are not driven by competition, however we are driven by what RADIO is supposed to be...a place that our licensed community can turn to in good times and in bad. Again, maybe I should never have decided to “post” during my incredible time of emotions but I felt I must do so.
Leigh Simpson
