Who is contracted and who is not????

[oktober]

Just out of curiosity.......is every on air personality who is local....contracted out or are some of them on a month to month lease so to speak????

 

[interndj]

> Just out of curiosity.......is every on air personality who
> is local....contracted out or are some of them on a month to
> month lease so to speak????
>

My opinion of who is contracted:

Fly - C&P, Brian, John, DScott. No to Christy Scott.

KISS - Robb Dawes, DJ, Mick.

WGY - All full timers.

 

[FredFlintsone]

> > Just out of curiosity.......is every on air personality
> who
> > is local....contracted out or are some of them on a month
> to
> > month lease so to speak????
> >
>
> My opinion of who is contracted:
>
> Fly - C&P, Brian, John, DScott. No to Christy Scott.
>
> KISS - Robb Dawes, DJ, Mick.
>
> WGY - All full timers.
>
In this market about the only ones who MAY be under contract are mornings, at least on the bigger stations.

You'd think you'd know ABC based on your love of FLY 92 but I can GUARANTEE you that NO ONE other than Candy and Potter and MAYBE John Foxx are under contract.
That is just the way that that company works.

Most everyone at WGNA and WGY are probably just due to carryover from previous company ownership.

The WOLF and co. and John Cooper at PYX
I'm willing to bet that Chuck and Kelly are the only on-air signed at B.
None, other than the syndicated morning show, at 103.9
None at the BUZZ
The PD at K-Lite
Jason Keller at Channel
Rob Dawes at Kiss
1/2 of the morning crew at WTRY..not Jamie
JR at WRCZ
Rob Ryan at JAMZ

Other than that everyone else is on their own...sorry..just the way the companies and this market shake out....

 

[Orator1]

"Contracted" in this market is not really all that applicable, unless dealng with Prime morning personalities (Wolf, Don Weeks). Their secondary players aren't generally under "contract".


Nearly EVERY station has jocks sign a "work agreement", geared to protect the employer and do little for employee; Short Version; "I agree to do this, this, and that for XXXX dollars. Employer can fire-at-will and I can quit at any time, but must agree not to work for competitor for XXX days" (usually 180). Pretty standard stuff. Of course it's usually written into agreement that employer can change the terms, increase duties, at any time. If you want to call that a "contact", that is what it is, technically.

There may be something in agreement-depending on daypart- about a "bonus" for reaching 1st, 2nd or 3rd place in the target demo. I believe a lot of employers leave that out of a written contract these days, making a verbal only agreement; i.e., Forget a Bonus.

Things have changed for jocks in this market; a LOT less money and bennies, not many free tickets, more duties, having to agree to much more crap than was usual in past. That may be why you hear so many "green" jocks; they work for a lot less $ and don't know any better.