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Ways to Get Fired

Bored Op said:
By the way, Jenny Woo... did you ever work for CC in Tallahassee? If you did, I know you and you know me.
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I left TLH and radio a few years before CC moved in. The chains didn't really get in until after '94 - the only one before that that I am aware of was the group out of Waterloo IA that owned WBGM. The Timms still owned WGLF and WANM when I left town. I worked at Gulf 104 in addition to my other sins ;D
 
Jenny Woo said:
Bored Op said:
By the way, Jenny Woo... did you ever work for CC in Tallahassee? If you did, I know you and you know me.
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I left TLH and radio a few years before CC moved in. The chains didn't really get in until after '94 - the only one before that that I am aware of was the group out of Waterloo IA that owned WBGM. The Timms still owned WGLF and WANM when I left town. I worked at Gulf 104 in addition to my other sins ;D
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I worked for Brodie at GLF in the mid 70's, back when it was the "Stereo Rock", at the time top 40 on FM was still something of a novelty. "I remember what a shock it was to hear my own voice in stereo after cutting my teeth at two class IV AM's. (Brownie points if you can guess which two...hint they're both still on the air) It was just a college part time gig. Ironically, I just threw out an aircheck that had me introing Rod Stewart's "Tonight's the Night" I shoulda made like Nixon and burned THAT top a long time ago....
 
Butters925 said:
Get caught having sex with the boss's 19yr old Daughter in the production room!
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If she was hot, then it was worth it! LOL
 
openly wish death upon members of management on the air... that one didn't go over so well. try writing that one on a termination slip... they didn't have the gumption to confront it. just send the problem down the yellow brick road...

a wise person once said, "if you haven't been fired in radio you aren't doing your job"... still trying to figure out if that's true or not.'
 
anyone that would wish death upon their own management on the air is too stupid to have any job
 
creative radio isn't a dying art form - it's already dead-hell in 5 years there won't be a radio info-everything is just bad news anymore
 
vtdude, Fret not and take a deep breath. The light is beginning to show dimly in the Eastern sky. This is the quiet of the morning just before sun breaks over the horizon, listen closely and you can hear the birds beginning to awake. Why my optimism? Look at CC and Cumulus and the other biggies, the trend is for privatization which means Wall Street is getting out of the business. ;D The new dawn will begin in the small and medium markets first because that is where they will first begin dumping. At that point individual/local ownership will operate with long term strength and community service in mind instead of only short term profits. Managers will want quality products instead of just worrying about this quarters bonus. Creativity will be back vt, just recline in the soft grass and watch the light begin to grow in the sky.

Then we who were displaced will be wearing the firings of the recent years as badges of honor though we care not for we will once again be too busy serving and creating through the medium which we so love.
 
That's a lovely thought BUT cheap programming came from small-time owners to start with. In the 80's it was music on big-ass reel-to-reels or network stuff. Now its satellite for those little guys.
To be competitive again terrestrial radio will have to reinvent itself. If I owned a station (and wanted to make money) it would be all personality talk, similar to WTKS Orlando, and I'd whore out (I mean that in the best way) my talent like nobody's business. I'd treat them better than salespeople and give them chances to earn the same kind of bonuses most stations limit to sales staff.
Everyone, from reception to the GM, would be eligible for book bonuses.
Just a part of my plan....
 
Jenny, keep planning. If Stewy's predictions were to happen and I hope they do then you'll be good to go.

Way to outlast some other folks but eventually get laid off. Work nights and weekends, and fly under the radar and do your job well so you don't even draw enough attention to get yelled at - then corporate sees you on paper and goes. "There's a salary we can slash..we didn't even know that person was there so we won't miss them"
 
Fly under the radar? It's the people in radio who do that and still get screwed. There's no such thing. The ones that complain the most at work and are the biggest pains in the $#%@&^%* are the ones corporate seems to keep.
 
vtdude said:
Fly under the radar? It's the people in radio who do that and still get screwed. There's no such thing. The ones that complain the most at work and are the biggest pains in the $#%@&^%* are the ones corporate seems to keep.
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Squeaky wheel gets the grease. ;)
 
In the words of the old Hee-Haw song:

Gloom, despair and agony on me,
Deep dark depression, excessive misery.
If it weren't for bad luck,
I'd have no luck at all,
Gloom, despair and agony on me!
 
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