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WKDF Afternoons part-time? Wow!

It wasn't that long ago that R&R used to publish something they called the "Leap of the Week". It would highlight someone who jumped from say Market #130 to Market #20. It was fun to read and made most of us want to work harder.

In the bizzaro-world of radio today, Cumulus is doing the same kind of thing. I can see the pitch now in trying to hire a new part-time afternoon drive talent....

"Yeah, I know it's only Nashville, but we're a great place to start. If you work hard and develop your chops, then in a couple of years, you too could end up in Clarksville. And if you have the inner-drive and talent, then who knows, you might even make it to a (gasp) UNRANKED MARKET!"
 
TheBigA said:
Radio456 said:
Again...a pretty sad state of the industry when a drive-time talent goes from market #48 down to market #501--presumably for more money and a full-time gig. :'( Will the insanity ever stop?
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Or presumably because he wants to keep his family in the Nashville area, and that's the nearest acceptable gig available.

I've seen people willingly take pay cuts to go to jobs that are better for their families. Or they're parked on a shelf somewhere convenient waiting for the next real opportunity to happen.

The real question is how long does Cumulus keep two country stations with two local staffs in Nashville?
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Along those lines....

http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/netgnomes/79538/is-cumulus-planning-a-national-country-brand/

It seems Cumulus is planning a national country format.
 
Reminds me of the days when many AM/FM/TV's had the same owners and someone might have two or more jobs (example-Keith Bilbrey DJ on WSM and TV weatherman on Channel 4's Ralph Emery show). Only with this the second job is not there, making it difficult for one to make a living doing this.
 
On the Union subject - Hostess. And many years ago up in Bowling Green the firestone employees went on strike for higher wages. They finally got their higher wages, a month before the factory was closed down.
 
PirateJohnny said:
On the Union subject - Hostess. And many years ago up in Bowling Green the firestone employees went on strike for higher wages. They finally got their higher wages, a month before the factory was closed down.
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The pros and cons of unionizing labor is always a "hot button topic" and I'm not sure pushing that button does anything for this particular thread. Did only the employees at Bowling Green go on strike... or did Firestone employees across the nation go on strike? If employees across the country went on strike, did they end of shutting down all the Firestone plants across the nation? The tire business in the last 10 to 20 years has undergone tremendous change. This is the kind of industrial job that is relatively easy to just ship overseas.

So what, if anything, did a strike in Bowling Green prove? What did a strike Bowling Green have to do with radio jobs in Nashville?

I get the idea you got an opportunity to grind a favorite axe, but I don't get the idea that your axe, though now quite sharp, tells us much about radio and the future of radio in Nashville.
 
I've been a member of both AFTRA and NABET, and in neither case did membership prevent people from losing jobs. All union membership gets you is collective bargaining, and the assurance that if you're fired, you'll be treated fairly and in accordance with the contract. But most southern states have "right to work" laws, that means workers aren't required to join unions. That hurts their ability to negotiate.
 
TheBigA said:
But most southern states have "right to work" laws, that means workers aren't required to join unions. That hurts their ability to negotiate.
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Just a quick clarification. It seems like a semantic difference, but it's a little more than that. "Right to work" doesn't mean workers aren't required to join unions. It means they don't have to compensate unions. Even most states that haven't enacted right to work prohibit so-called "closed shops." However, those who don't join the union are still required to contribute to the union in the amount of a union worker's dues.

Going back to the subject, I'm not sure how unionizing Cumulus Nashville would help much. Union shops have many of the same complaints non-union shops have, and I know of a few recent incidents of station employees decertifying their unions. KIRO in Seattle is probably the most notable recent example.
 
Wind said:
Sad. Saves on insurance and benefits.My guess is this person will work 6 days a week + production and come in right around 32 hours. What do you bet it's no more than $10.00 an hour? Again this is just sad.
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$10 would be great, this is a $7.25 job...
 
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