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QUESTION FOR ROBERT BASS

J

jrc1971

My daughter is a junior at Mesquite HS. She just lost her gig in the "Mighty Maroon Band", due to some issues with their director.
I'm trying to get her interested in doing the KEOM thing. With school about to start, I know it's doubtful she could get in there this year, but if she wanted to do it next year, I have a couple of questions, as I've been outta school for 17 years and my memory's not what it used to be:

1. Is it a "half-day" thing, like the co-op classes(auto mechanics, etc)?
2. How much "outside of the school day" time does it involve(evenings, weekends, etc., though I'm guessing you cover the evenings.. ;) ?)
3. How difficult is it to get a spot there? Does she need to get on some kind of waiting list or anything?
4. Did Dr. Griffin retire this year? Got my fingers crossed(just kidding!)

I had several friends back in the day that worked in the radio station, but it was still at WMHS back then....I'd have to guess with the move over to Motley it has to have changed up somewhat, as far as scheduling, etc.

Any awswers/help/advice you can offer would be much appreciated.

jrc
 
jrc,

You are correct that it is too late to accept new student DJ positions, for the 2007 - 2008 year. However, the good news is, auditions for the 2008 - 2009 school year, will start up in early January.

Your daughter would go through a routine audition process, which includes answering some simple questions, and recording a demo. The whole process can be completed right at the studio, during the audition.

We operate on the A - B day pattern in the MISD, so students usually come every other day, depending on their individual schedules.

There is some outside of classroom activity, but I'm not familiar with the details. Dr. G. can answer that one for you. :)

And no, he hasn't retired yet. ;)

R
 
jrc, let me ad my thoughts on this...this should be easy, and I am not kidding AT ALL! Robert doesn't know your kid, when she goes in to interview, have her throw the following in where she can:

1. big corporations are killing radio. I have passion for Radio and my goal is to return it to the glory of yester-year.
2. I think the gross overpayment of corporate broadcasting company ceo s is obcene and radio should be returned to THE PEOPLE.
3. Fidel, Mao and the like had it right, the airwaves should be run by the government because people can't be trusted in a free market.

Viva Mesquite!
 
Talktalk said:
jrc, let me ad my thoughts on this...this should be easy, and I am not kidding AT ALL! Robert doesn't know your kid, when she goes in to interview, have her throw the following in where she can:

1. big corporations are killing radio. I have passion for Radio and my goal is to return it to the glory of yester-year.
2. I think the gross overpayment of corporate broadcasting company ceo s is obcene and radio should be returned to THE PEOPLE.
3. Fidel, Mao and the like had it right, the airwaves should be run by the government because people can't be trusted in a free market.

Viva Mesquite!
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I can tell you right now what would happen. The interviewer would make a notation indicating jrc's daughter has a strong interest in radio.

R
 
Talktalk said:
my work here is done...
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What work? I don't see any work. :)

R
 
Talk-Talk .Jrc asked a prety good question and went to the source. iwould expect the same of you or anyone else to d othe same. Enough of the swipes at Robert ok? You have made your stance.
 
nope, not ok. I responded with a very realistic solution for his situation, to which, Robert acknowledged that it gave the guys kid a solid foot up.

sorry you don't like it. lighten up.
 
I am lightened up ,been lightened up. Now try to see the light,but clean your glasses first. C'est la vie
 
Talktalk said:
nope, not ok. I responded with a very realistic solution for his situation, to which, Robert acknowledged that it gave the guys kid a solid foot up.

sorry you don't like it. lighten up.
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Not necessarily. There are other factors that are considered, in addition to interest.

R
 
Hey Bass, why I sensing the rebirth of DE in the visage of TalkTalk? :-\
 
Well virus's do spread if you are not careful:) .Talk_Talk is a little out of line here in regards to Robert and KEOM.It's Interesting how many more praise KEOM more than they do a commercial station, and NO its not Robert tooting his own horn,it comes from many who work at other stations.
 
is there a point here? This little knitting circle is beginning to bore me. Don't worry about Robert, he gives as good as he gets. And who cares about KEOM? I LOVE disco, seriously LOVE disco...i even love hearing all the goofy chit chat, I enjoy the station as I am sure others do...but what is your point?
 
WOW...that got way more response than I had anticipated.

Thanks Robert, for the info. :)

...and thanks to everyone else, as well. I'll certainly take your various snippets of advice under, um...consideration. :D

jrc
 
Hi, jrc,
My son was a student dj at KEOM for 2 years. It helps when your daughter interviews with Dr. Griffin to show some sort of community involvement. My son was a board member of Keep Mesquite Beautiful and I think it helped him get a dj position. They are also required to have their own car (or available transportation) so that they can travel from their school to the studio and back during the school day. There wasn't too much that they had to do after school. I think he worked Taste and Trade one time and maybe the Rodeo Parade, but it was voluntary and not required. I hope this gives you a perspective from someone that's been there.
 
Re: Those "awful" things attributed to Robert...

I'd rather see someone come by with THAT attitude, no matter how unrealistic it may seem to be today, than to have someone there that's been through the schlocky world of ABS (or similar) and thinks all radio consists of is liner card reading, kissing management's a$$, and trying your best to fade in to the wallpaper so you'll be incognito when the book comes out. Oh, and thinking $15 an hour is top of the scale.

If I only thought of radio on its current terms and didn't care anything about its past, I probably wouldn't be in it. Exclusively on its current terms, it's no more special than a routine office job. But when I think about using the very same frequency that Bill Mack and Don Harris and Harold Taft once used, and when I walk around WFAA and stand where Jay Watson gave his report of the JFK assassination, or where Julie Benell's kitchen was, or where the "Dialing for Dollars" desk stood, I feel like I'm a tiny piece of that history, too...and it's that kind of stuff that makes the job feel special. Silly? That's just me, and no amount of voicetracking, bean-counting, consulting and corporate control can take that feeling away from me. It's just another reason to get up every morning and do the best job I can.
 
Do you really think things that Robert has said should be charecterized as 'awful things"?

Let's look at them again:
1. big corporations are killing radio. .
2. gross overpayment of corporate broadcasting company ceo s is obcene
3. the airwaves should be run by the government

Boil it down, and arent those positions that RB has taken? That big corporations are killing radio, that CEO's are overpaid, and that he'd repeal the Telecom act and rergulate the heck out of radio?

Sure TT went a little overboard, but what you see as awful I see as a pretty accurate, (if slightly hyperbolic) charecterization of Mr Bass...
 
Nah, I put "awful" in quotes to note my sarcasm...I happen to buy into the same beliefs as Robert, hence my other points. I'm just saying it's a dead argument to think that those 3 things will ever change, and that radio will ever return to what it once was. That's also why I said those things about how keeping some of that old spirit in mind can be a pleasant justification for staying in the biz today.
 
Robert has the passion for radio that has eroded or been lost by those who went from programming to sales. He has the spirit that made radio more than just fun,but a true voice in the community not its boardroom.
He longs for the creative style that once engulfed radio and actually made it enjoyable to listen to many hours not, just a few minutes( now days).Sad those days are gone thanks to those who only see a cash cow whose udders are shriveling up one by one. As the Kingston Trio once said and echoed by Peter,Paul and Mary.."when will they ever learn?'
 
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