What The Snap

[Meepster]

Oh, Yeah Yummy! Send this thread to Entercom! ;D
I'll do it for you if you like!
Trust me...this is NOT the kind of "Buzz" you, I mean, Brad needs.
Out here in the real world are people who KNOW you had nothing to do with the Snap format.
We also know that "Director of Rhythm" is TOTALLY some made up crap!
We know you were given the playlist and imaging and total format for Snap.
They need someone to show the new folks what buttons to push and where the proper Rolodex is located...then you're toast.
All you, I mean, Brad has been doing for months is dubbing stuff into the computer.
As for respect from former co-workers...hahahahaha!
And...I do not hate you...I mean Brad.
In fact...even I am beginning to feel kind of sorry for you.
And, I'll echo some earlier remarks...
If you are Brad-you should be ashamed of yourself for the referecnes to your "Hot" fiance and for trying to wave her around this board like a prime cut of meat.
If your're NOT Brad..the wuss should show some stones and do something about you refering to her as such.
I guarantee I would...ask around!
You disgust me!-

 

[JustARadioFan]

I'VE GOT IT!!!!! After checking out Brad's myspace and viewing all those fine photos, I just KNOW Yummy is David Gest!! After all, David won't let just any ol' DJ sit in his lap..... ;D

 

[Tibbs4]

Hey Meepster? This post even has the Nashville connection laughing (and scared.) The city of Memphis isn't big enough
for you, Yum, Yuck and Brad (and his myspace site softporn site) --- whoever it is posting as Brad or his alter big-ego...
(word has it here that he invented radio, as well) thank you for the entertainment. I'll actually look at the Snap playlist
and make sure no one here plays any song from it to protect your institution...you guys need an Exorcist of Rhythm!

This is the weirdest post ever on RI --- and believe me, I have tried to start the wildest, but wow. Memphis wins this
round!

P.S. Is sensualist some kind of inflatable doll? Yum, I don't think you can marry "her" legally in this state, yet.

 

[Meepster]

They call you Tibbs? ;D

I'm glad our little thread has spread its good humor to other markets as well.
If you get a whacko like this one, here's one way to handle him/it.
This is without a doubt, the strangest thread I've been involved in.
Rarely does radio (in my vast experience) have a person like The "YUM" come along.
Brad or not, (Oh..it's SO Brad), it's someone with that rare combination of a little knowledge coupled with such total ignorance and misguided ego.
Just enough knowledge to pretend he's someone he's not, and enough ignorance to make this feeble an attempt to get himself a promotion.
It is the strangest thing I've seen.
They've promised him a night shift...how often have you seen the "architect" of a format (much less a PD with GM and Cluster programming skills) be relegated to a night shift?
Yet...Brad has convinced himself that David Fields and Entercom have huge plans for him and may actually choose him to be lead programmer or GM of a very expensive venture like the cluster Entercom now has in Memphis.
And people think "American Idol" contestants are dillusional.

I sure hope RI leaves this thread up. There are volumes to be learned in it radio-wise...and it's been a hoot!

Hey...does Nashville have any room for a programming genious with awesome numbers we can't find?
A format architect, if you will, that can destroy a radio station within one employment contract?
Someone , that despite repeated failures, can have an ego stronger than a locomotive and a wit faster than drying paint?
Look...up on the airwaves...it's Stern!...It's Rick Dees!...No, it's BradYUMDIALER! He's come to put our station out of its misery!

By the way, Justa...David Gest! Ha! That ranks up there with your "radio civilian" phrase.
Brad, Gest, and Yummy!???
The New Trinity?

Goodnight...and have a pleasant tomorrow!

 

[MikeBratton]

Its getting really bad around here. Now even Brad on his own Myspace page is all worked up over the fact that you all believe I am him. I wish I were. He has everything we all desire. The woman, the job and the most importantly the power to make SNAP a success. In the years I have tracked radio people, nobody has ever attarcted the response that Brad has. When I went to college for communications they told us how to deal with negative energy. Brad is a big boy, and he can deal with your hate. Infact it empowers him.

Professional disdain isn't "hate," Brad.

And does your girlfriend know that your alter-ego "desires" her?

Are you all afraid that he will beat your radio stations and create a bad situation for you all. Or is it that you're just unable to understand the intense dynamics of this market. Brad was nice to me, and he was always fair to the employees of the Buzz. He had a job to do and he did it. Why else would they promote him to the director of rhythm... and before any of you haters come on here and say ...oh thats not really the PD title and just a thing they made up for Brad, I have news for you. This title is going to take over the industry as the standard for a hybrid PD/OM. Again Entercom, and Brad breaking new ground. I dont care what you all think. Because Brad is going to win here and exit in SNAP! With ratings in one hand and his hot wife in an another.

"Director of Rhythm."



Ladies and gentlemen! Please, give it up for Soul Brother Number One, Mr. Dynamite, the Hardest Working Man in Show Business, Minister of The New New Super Heavy Funk, Mr. "Please Please Please," The Boss, The Godfather of Soul, and the Director of Rhythm--Brad Carson!

;D

Sorry... couldn't resist...

Nice to see you around, Matt. And Paul. And Kay, too! And Booker, since I can work these days any place I have broadband, and since my wife's company really wants us to relocate to Birmingham, we'll be on the move there in a month or so. Anybody want to buy a house? Or have any connections for me in B'ham?

I'm getting new business cards made up tomorrow--"Mike Bratton, Godfather of Rhythm!"

One, two, three, hey!

 

[robgrayson]

Hold on now. Let's not be so hasty. Don't hold Brad's youth against him. Take, for example, the case of Bob Pittman. He started as a DJ in Jackson, MS at age 15; by 18 he was PD at WPEZ, Pittsburgh; by 20, PD at NBC-O&O WMAQ, Chicago; by age 24, Bob was PD at WNBC, New York (he was NOT "Pig Vomit"). Then he went on to create MTV, and be CEO of Time Warner/AOL.
We may well be on the ground floor of greatness, and just not realize it. Rather than condemn, let's hitch our wagons to a rising star!
Meanwhile, back on earth, I can't imagine the GM of the Entercom cluster coming from "programming". Brad better grab a rate card and hit the streets if he wants the big office.

 

[MemphisLola]

I, personally, am not nor have I ever been an Entercom/Sinclair employee. I did enjoy sometime in other media here in Memphis...and now that I'm a regular 9-5'er , I'm just a media junkie. I have opinions about other people/situations in this market that are just as strong. So Brad shouldn't feel singled out or special. My point is that the likelyhood of Brad becoming GM of Entercom Memphis has about as much likelyhood of happening as Dave Cera being made GM of Channel 5! Just won't happen.

I agree with Rob on this one (and YUM himself). It's all about sales. The Suits are going to look at who can bring in the most money and who has the potential to motivate and bring in even more.

Brad didn't single-handedly kill the BUZZ, but he wasn't able to do anything with the sinking ship after Kramer was fired. To me, that shows that he still needs to hone his managerial skills...a little more experience and some time with a professional career coach would probably help... and lessons in conflict resolution...

And on another note...if I ever found out that someone other than my husband was calling me "a hottie" and "an amazing sensualist" in a public forum, I think I'd have to 1) wonder how the h3!! they knew that about me and 2) promptly look into a restraining order! And if it were my husband... I'd probably kick his @$$ too!

If I were Brad and his fiancee, I'd be embarrased by the whole thing. She is a very pretty girl, but doesn't need to be flashed around like a trophy! How demeaning. I'm sure YUM means well, but that part made me a little ill.... EEEWWWW!

Anyhow... I've thoroughly enjoyed this thread Almost makes me miss the drama of Memphis media...but only just a little!

 

[BookerT]

Hey Yum,

Guess who I talked to last night? David Fields. You are not the only one that has the ear of the Mr. Fields.

I informed him of this thread and he is not happy with you.

 

[Tibbs4]

See, you guys are all making sense...

And, for some reason, Yum Yuck is mysteriously absent...

Maybe he is in training as the next whacko astronaut,
Maybe he's taking NYC by storm today,
Maybe someone didn't show up for work at the drive-thru window

Just make sure he stays west of the Tennessee River.
I hear there is one job opening here in Nashville at a new station, WLOC Loco 108.2, send him on.

 

[littlebigradio]

the folks at Clear Channel and Citadel are also laughing at whoever is responsible for SNAP. They're hoping that they leave it just the way it is....just one less competior to worry about. I just wonder how the wife to be came to be an issue in this thread anyway. [EDIT]
[EDIT--vulgarity]

 

[MemphisLola]

The fiancee came up because our buddy YUM felt it was necessary to let us know that Brad has the hot woman that all of us (including the women) want. I think he was just stroking Brad's (his) ego.

I seriously feel ill every time I think about that girl being objectified like that... :-[

 

[Tibbs4]

The Nashville team wishes to revisit the Brad Carson softporn myspace site to verify the true essence of one aforementioned
wifey to be. I tried to find it in previous posts, but got to laughing so hard at Brad's alter ego that I missed it.
Could anyone get the link? Thanks, in advance.

This may get me kicked off the board, and I don't mean this as a stab at anyone's parents, but is someone's mommy
by any chance posting such glowing rhetoric about one's son? No normal "friend" would ever write such crapola
about another person of the same sex.

I'll now lay off posting to watch all the fun continue. It's your market, it's your fight. Someone save Brad!

 

[allbritton]

If I were Brad, I would respectfully request that YUMDIALER no longer post
on this thread. YUMDIALER is making Brad look like a box of Massengill.
Or, maybe that's already been established. However, I would hate to ruin
the fun for everyone...so keep posting! I always loved a good stoning!!

 

[radio_lurker]

YUM felt it was necessary to let us know that Brad has the hot woman that all of us (including the women) want. I think he was just stroking Brad's (his) ego.

I seriously feel ill every time I think about that girl being objectified like that... :-[

Ok, I can't hold back any longer. It is seriously disturbing to see someone measure their success by how attractive they think the woman is on YumBrad/notBrad's arm. I'm sure that display of maturity will only help YumBrad get one step closer to the GM job. ;D


and I couldn't stay away from his myspace page either. it was good for another chuckle or two.... The Director of Rhythm is now calling himself SNAP Carson, and his layout features cute little flying hearts. Moved me to tears...of laughter! Tibbs, here's the link:
www.myspace.com/brad941

 

[radio_lurker]

...but is someone's mommy by any chance posting such glowing rhetoric about one's son?

And if my mother called my fiance "an amazing sensualist", I'd be on the phone to my therapist thisfast! ;D

 

[Tibbs4]

Lurker: thanks for the link (I think)

Great come back on the sensualist comment. I hit the floor laughing. Truth is, I think most boys once tried
a similar line to our mom's to explain "she's not really the slut you think she is or I wish she'd be." To be
young and free again. Not.

 

[littlebigradio]

ok folks, we've given this wannabe radio mogul far more time and space than he deserves. Every time we post, we only serve to feed his ego. His world is a place I dare not wish to go. This is a perfect example of being a "legend in his own mind". Let's just get one final laugh at the expense of this poor misguided soul, take one final jab if you like, and move on to more substanative issues. 8 pages is a real waste of valuable cyberspace on this ninny.

 

[Meepster]

A WASTE! ???

How can you call an 8 page testament to the presence of insecure massive egos in the radio industry a waste? In this one post, Brad represents every massengill bag (thanks,matt) that we all have and will work with in this business.

It is a living example of how twisted one little man can become, and we've been able to watch as his overly healthy ego has battled with his reality-based professional insecurities to take over his every day behviour.

It has led to the creation of an alter ego, and we've seen the man objectify his fiance', try to actually convince other actual radio professionals of his skill and talent level far beyond theirs, and watched his total obsession with himself affect every day decisions in his real world.

It's a classic man vs. inner-self struggle and we're witnessing it from so close-we're being hit with the shrapnel. The fact that we've provided each other with comedic relief while watching it happen, only proves that the radio community-while being systematically devestated by corporations-still relates to one another in the same basic way as two teenaged part-timers with back-to-back airshifts share the excitement and fears as they experience the industry together for the first time.

Upon reflection, we can all benefit from the downward spiral of this individual...and if one big-headed A$$BAG can learn a little about how to interact with his fellow radio compdres...well...it's just all worth it.

Or...............

We simply have too much time on our hands AND we've finally had the opportunity to let at least one of these ego-driven, talent lacking suck ups know exactly how the rest of the people in the building are actually feeling about him.

If Brad were still just a 20 year old kid with natural insecurities and real potential-guys like us would most likely try to help and lead.

Instead we have a 30 year old Brad who is totally self-absorbed who is going above and beyond to convince people who KNOW better what a talented genious he is, and who tries to get himself a promotion using a forum like this.

He even opened it by trying to get us to agree with him about his skills and talent and post it for his superiors to read. My opinion came first-and he didn't like it-then his reaction to it set the stage for this entire thread.

We've learned what kind of person he is, and we all know they are a dime a dozen in the radio industry. We may never see a case this public again-but these guys are everywhere.

A waste?...No my friend.
This thread is a lesson.

If nothing else we've had some new phrases coined, and for the rest of our lives, when we meet we have contact with one of these people-the signs will be easier to spot.

This thread has made me more sure about my decision to stay out of radio...although, if the position of "Director of Sarcasm" opens up in a group near you...I might be coaxed into sending a resume.

It is time to let the thread die, though. And I had better get back to actual work.


hahahahaha! what a load!
Again...I'm cracking me up! ;D

 

[BookerT]

Dear Brad or Yum Or Brad's Mom or Brad's Girlfriend That Thinks Too Much Of Herself or Brad's Creepy Friend That Loves Brad's Girlfriend WAY Too Much,

Thank you for the great entertainment the past few days. If your radio station was this much fun, I would listen more often.

I look forward to your reign over the radio industry as it seems to be your destiny.

Please take the time to remember us little folks in Memphis when you load up the truck and move to Beverly (or New York).

Gomer says "Hey".

 

[MikeBratton]

"Hey" to Gomer.