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bostonmusicman
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Hes gone off the website and I can't find any link to his personal website or MySpace account.... Anybody know whats up? Dave Wellington strikes again?
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bostonmusicman
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LOL Very possible. BCN's weekend airstaff is very limited now as to what it used to be years back.
Well, what happened to me is a long story. First, I was dropped on my head as a kid (Which explains the choice in Careers, LOL!) almost 35 years ago to the day (B-day is on Sunday). Then, I went on to entertain the dozens for nearly 17 years. Now I am getting a tan. 
Anyway BostonMusicMan, here are the links www.mikesullivanradioguy.com www.myspace.com/sullyradio and e-mail is [email protected]
Anyway BostonMusicMan, here are the links www.mikesullivanradioguy.com www.myspace.com/sullyradio and e-mail is [email protected]
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bostonmusicman
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I bet he blacklisted somebody back in the 80s! Thats probably it! Sully, you were great and gave the weekends and overnights a good feel. I know you always answered the phones and just played great music. I know you'll be missed in Boston.. any shot you'll be landing on your feet here soon?
In a perfect world, One of the PDs or GMs in the area would go to my website, check out my airchecks and resume and have the wisdom, like Oedipus did, to hire a hack like me ;D and I'll be able to stay here.
But odds are I'll wind up having to move again. Mooseknuckle, Manitoba...HERE I COME!!!
(Note to any Canadians who might have taken offence to that. I love Hockey, Terrance and Phillip and RUSH! I Love Canada!) LOL!
But odds are I'll wind up having to move again. Mooseknuckle, Manitoba...HERE I COME!!!
(Note to any Canadians who might have taken offence to that. I love Hockey, Terrance and Phillip and RUSH! I Love Canada!) LOL!
Oh, and I forgot to say Thank You to BostonMusicMan for the compliment.
Thanks for listening!
Thanks for listening!
Sully - good luck in your next career. Having Oedipus on the resume is like that Tom Cruise (as attorney Mitch McDeer) line from THE FIRM:
"I have credentials from Bendini Lambert & Locke. Try putting that on your resume'".
Of course we don't mean to smear the impeccable reputation of the mobster lawfirm Bendini, Lambert & Locke by comparing them to Oedipus, but with Oedi's old boss Sumner Redstone dumping Mitch McDeer (Tom Cruise) as well as Oedi, well, we definitely feel bad for you - on your birthday no less - that you are in McDeer's shoes!
Good luck! I do know a Music Director in Kansas, but having spurned his affections, I don't think he will take my calls! You're on your own, kid! Good luck. 5 more years till Age Discrimination kicks in.
"I have credentials from Bendini Lambert & Locke. Try putting that on your resume'".
Of course we don't mean to smear the impeccable reputation of the mobster lawfirm Bendini, Lambert & Locke by comparing them to Oedipus, but with Oedi's old boss Sumner Redstone dumping Mitch McDeer (Tom Cruise) as well as Oedi, well, we definitely feel bad for you - on your birthday no less - that you are in McDeer's shoes!
Good luck! I do know a Music Director in Kansas, but having spurned his affections, I don't think he will take my calls! You're on your own, kid! Good luck. 5 more years till Age Discrimination kicks in.
Hey Varulven,
Thanks for the B-day and Well Wish. Does Age Discrimination really kick in when I turn 40? God I hope not, but I wouldn't mind the cheap movie tickets.
And I don't want to get into one of those things about Oedi, Paul, and others on my Resume. I Like them, They like me. We're friends and they like my work. If I knew you and you liked my work, you'd be on there as a reference. But, if who I know speaks louder than what I can bring to someone's station due to my experience, then it's their loss. I know, just as my references know, I can do a great job of whatever is asked of me. Because I have done it before and will do again.
I just hope it not asking if someone wants fries with that. ;D
Go Pats!
-Sully
Thanks for the B-day and Well Wish. Does Age Discrimination really kick in when I turn 40? God I hope not, but I wouldn't mind the cheap movie tickets.
And I don't want to get into one of those things about Oedi, Paul, and others on my Resume. I Like them, They like me. We're friends and they like my work. If I knew you and you liked my work, you'd be on there as a reference. But, if who I know speaks louder than what I can bring to someone's station due to my experience, then it's their loss. I know, just as my references know, I can do a great job of whatever is asked of me. Because I have done it before and will do again.
I just hope it not asking if someone wants fries with that. ;D
Go Pats!
-Sully
Sully, a sincere happy birthday. You know the Oedi references were tongue in cheek - just, thankfully, not his tongue in your cheek!
But unless you get legendary status a la Matty in the Morning or Charles Big Mattress, Age Discrimination at 40 in the media is a proven fact. Please find somewhere on the dial a brand new jock who started his career at 45 years of age? Or look at how difficult a "comeback" is for Ken Shelton - who I'm a fan of - who couldn't come back, and Wharfield who doesn't want to come back (Harv seems to have a real dislike for the business side of radio; Bill Smith at WZLX made him an offer he couldn't refuse back in the 1980s, but Harv's first reaction to the offer from WZLX was not to jump at the chance).
http://www.seniorjournal.com/NEWS/Politics/5-12-19-AgeDiscrimination.htm
● Middle-aged and older white male writers have joined women and minorities on the sidelines, as white men under 40 get most of the jobs writing for Hollywood’s television and film industry. In both feature film and television, older writers have seen their employment and earnings prospects decline relative to the opportunities available to younger writers.
● Advertising-media activity is largely based on age.
Discrimination in Marketing
● Marketing/advertising, even when directed to older persons, is not sensitive to their vision and hearing limitations (small font, many colors, little color contrast; on the phone, speaking too quickly, etc.).
● The “anti-aging” industry perpetuates a culture that views aging and the aging process as negative and undesirable. The U.S. market for anti-aging products and services in 2004 grew to $45. + billion. Growing at an annual rate of 9.%, this market will reach nearly $72 billion by 2009.
Good luck! Also keep in mind that the older a person gets, the smarter they get. It is much easier for a major record label to sweet-talk impressionable young teenagers into giving up their publishing. Independent labels, which generally help independent artists to keep the publishing or sub-publish, are often cast aside when the bigger labels offer bigger bucks. Yet if that act is "too old" - despite decent sales, the major label drops them in hopes of selling 3 million units of some yonger artists. Voila - many hit artists and older acts go back to the independent labels at that point. What speaks volumes about the integrity of many indies, the older acts have been through the mill; they know a good deal and a not so good deal, and they know when an independent label has much respect for their artistry - more respect than any major label is going to show them. But it is a shame when older radio personalities and recording artists are shunned by the suits with the big bucks.
It's pretty much the same in radio as it is in the record industry; you have to pay more for established talent who sometimes have agents and/or decent lawyers than you pay for kids fresh out of Emerson College. As one p.d. is alleged to have said to a now over-40 jock about 20 years ago: "It's not that this check is only $25.00. It's that You've Just Received your first check from W___" ( a station in between 103.3 and 105.7; paraphrasing a program director recently let go by CBS)
Now that that individual is no longer at the station you once worked for, his resume and financial needs won't let him accept $25.00 from a program director who used him when he was young, impressionable and desperate to get on radio. What does he do now? He can't go to Bradleys to bag or do checkout because they went out of business. Maybe he can open a Chinese Restaurant - Brad Lee's or something...but one thing is for sure, don't expect him to replace Toucher & Rich anytime soon. He was used and spit out by a 57 year old P.D. recently spit out from CBS himself.
As I said, good luck on your birthday. In an industry full of snakes and rats, young talent gets fleeced and older talent gets booted. Meanwhile the profits go up while the ratings go down. Of course at 45 one can always do what that guy from the Beatles tribute band did and become the WBCN Rock Lobster. Get in a big, hot leather Lobster Suit and stand in the sun and bake to get a $25.00 check from WBCN. File under: Now you've really got a face made for radio.
But unless you get legendary status a la Matty in the Morning or Charles Big Mattress, Age Discrimination at 40 in the media is a proven fact. Please find somewhere on the dial a brand new jock who started his career at 45 years of age? Or look at how difficult a "comeback" is for Ken Shelton - who I'm a fan of - who couldn't come back, and Wharfield who doesn't want to come back (Harv seems to have a real dislike for the business side of radio; Bill Smith at WZLX made him an offer he couldn't refuse back in the 1980s, but Harv's first reaction to the offer from WZLX was not to jump at the chance).
http://www.seniorjournal.com/NEWS/Politics/5-12-19-AgeDiscrimination.htm
● Middle-aged and older white male writers have joined women and minorities on the sidelines, as white men under 40 get most of the jobs writing for Hollywood’s television and film industry. In both feature film and television, older writers have seen their employment and earnings prospects decline relative to the opportunities available to younger writers.
● Advertising-media activity is largely based on age.
Discrimination in Marketing
● Marketing/advertising, even when directed to older persons, is not sensitive to their vision and hearing limitations (small font, many colors, little color contrast; on the phone, speaking too quickly, etc.).
● The “anti-aging” industry perpetuates a culture that views aging and the aging process as negative and undesirable. The U.S. market for anti-aging products and services in 2004 grew to $45. + billion. Growing at an annual rate of 9.%, this market will reach nearly $72 billion by 2009.
Good luck! Also keep in mind that the older a person gets, the smarter they get. It is much easier for a major record label to sweet-talk impressionable young teenagers into giving up their publishing. Independent labels, which generally help independent artists to keep the publishing or sub-publish, are often cast aside when the bigger labels offer bigger bucks. Yet if that act is "too old" - despite decent sales, the major label drops them in hopes of selling 3 million units of some yonger artists. Voila - many hit artists and older acts go back to the independent labels at that point. What speaks volumes about the integrity of many indies, the older acts have been through the mill; they know a good deal and a not so good deal, and they know when an independent label has much respect for their artistry - more respect than any major label is going to show them. But it is a shame when older radio personalities and recording artists are shunned by the suits with the big bucks.
It's pretty much the same in radio as it is in the record industry; you have to pay more for established talent who sometimes have agents and/or decent lawyers than you pay for kids fresh out of Emerson College. As one p.d. is alleged to have said to a now over-40 jock about 20 years ago: "It's not that this check is only $25.00. It's that You've Just Received your first check from W___" ( a station in between 103.3 and 105.7; paraphrasing a program director recently let go by CBS)
Now that that individual is no longer at the station you once worked for, his resume and financial needs won't let him accept $25.00 from a program director who used him when he was young, impressionable and desperate to get on radio. What does he do now? He can't go to Bradleys to bag or do checkout because they went out of business. Maybe he can open a Chinese Restaurant - Brad Lee's or something...but one thing is for sure, don't expect him to replace Toucher & Rich anytime soon. He was used and spit out by a 57 year old P.D. recently spit out from CBS himself.
As I said, good luck on your birthday. In an industry full of snakes and rats, young talent gets fleeced and older talent gets booted. Meanwhile the profits go up while the ratings go down. Of course at 45 one can always do what that guy from the Beatles tribute band did and become the WBCN Rock Lobster. Get in a big, hot leather Lobster Suit and stand in the sun and bake to get a $25.00 check from WBCN. File under: Now you've really got a face made for radio.
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TowerBuzz
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Being a long time lurker on the sidelines of the boards I have watched many topics morph into anything but the topic at hand. Sully and anyone else celebrating a birthday know that white males over 40 are no minority in the media and aren't suffering from discrimination. The jock staff at wzlx is almost entirely white males over 40 same for WODS and WROR the full timers. A station that's 12 to 24 or 18 to 34 it may pose a problem but that isnt discrimination it's a station that provides a product that is reflective of the audience it's pretty easy math.
Hey, Did I miss 5 Years in a Drunken Blackout???? Probably! But when did I turn 40? I'm 35. I want those 5 years of Non Age Discrimination back.
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mayermike
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It's ok Sully, the 5 years are waiting for you at the local watering hole. Hope you land another gig soon! Good Luck!
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