Oh, it will get better. Just you wait. =)
> > > Whoa those heads are rollin!
> > >
> > > Has anyone else heard what I've heard?
> > >
> > > Looks like the new owners are starting to take out the
> > trash
> > > in Lubbock...
> > >
> >
> > That's the first I've heard about it...
> > Very interesting!
> >
> > What exactly have you heard?
> >
> The GM - Scott Harris - has resigned.
>
> With the pending change in ownership, that can only really
> mean one thing - the new owners decided they wanted someone
> else for the job.
>
> I can't say I blame them. In my opinion, the man has no
> leadership skills, and has a hard time seeing any kind of
> big picture. I've had more productive conversations with
> dogs than I ever had with him.
>
> Where do you start?
>
> Specifically, I tried to warn him on several occasions about
> the ramifications of dealing with concert promoter Scott
> Elkins (aka Hollywood Haze) who ultimately ended up giving
> The Beat a big black eye after last year's "Ice Cube"
> concert. (He failed to produce ANY advertised headliners at
> that show and was subsequently arrested and prosecuted in
> North Dakota and elsewhere for similar scams.)
>
> I tried explaining to him why 3 stopsets per hour on a
> rhythmic CHR are a very bad idea - and backed it up with
> lots of research - he decided to do it anyway, and obviously
> the station's ratings are going in the wrong direction.
>
> But most of all, when I was continually being met with a lot
> of grief from the OM twins about minutiae, I tried
> explaining to him that it was difficult for an live on-air
> PD/MD/imaging director to be loaded down continually with
> commercial production - in 2004, I produced over 70 spots -
> mostly club spots - which anyone knows take time. Aside
> from my PD duties, I also had to deal with the AudioVault's
> near weekly breakdowns, which ate up countless hours (or
> days/weeks if you strung them all together.) Of course,
> Scott offered no relief.
>
> Hell for radio guys is probably a Scott Harris managed radio
> station.
>
> But I'm sure none of that had anything to do with the new
> owner's decision - they just looked at the bottom line -
> understandably, it's never been where it should be while
> he's been running the show.
>
