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Which markets are union and wihch are not ?????

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hamster

Recently I was shocked to learn that the Denver television market is a part of the AFTRA union. Shocked as in the amount of job losses at the various Denver TV stations in recent years, forced retirements and so forth. Anyway it had me thinking as to which markets are union and which are not ??

For what its worth two of the radio stations I had worked for were union back in the 50s, 60s and much of the 70s but by the time the 80s and 90s rolled around they were no longer part of the union.
 
hamster said:
Recently I was shocked to learn that the Denver television market is a part of the AFTRA union. Shocked as in the amount of job losses at the various Denver TV stations in recent years, forced retirements and so forth. Anyway it had me thinking as to which markets are union and which are not ??

For what its worth two of the radio stations I had worked for were union back in the 50s, 60s and much of the 70s but by the time the 80s and 90s rolled around they were no longer part of the union.
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There are plenty of cases of markets that have some union and some non-union stations.
 
DavidEduardo said:


There are plenty of cases of markets that have some union and some non-union stations.
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Seattle was an AFTRA market for many decades, I think it fell apart sometime in the 90's. Not sure if TV is still under contract, but my educated guess is no. I do remember working in radio in Seattle in the 80's, and got paid a nice base, but also got paid for any spot that I recorded that aired outside my particular shift. (A definite holdover from days gone by, but a nice bonus!).
 
DavidEduardo said:


There are plenty of cases of markets that have some union and some non-union stations.
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Washington, DC is one such market. The "big guys" such as Iheart, CBS, NBC, Radio One and Sinclair are union shops but DC has several smaller stations ( mostly religious and ethic ) that are not. WTOP is union actually their Hilary Howard was head of the union for many years. Might still be.
 
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