Why does everybody hate this guy so much?
So, the guy has to purchase his own airtime. So, the guy could never have worked in format radio at WIBG or WFIL. So what.
I don't know Ron very well, but I think I'm in a position to have empathy for him. If you've been around long enough, you know what pop music radio was prior to the Drake Years, post-1965. Drake placed all the emphasis on the music...more music. Prior to that, the records were things that the station put on until the jock got back.
WIBG believed that the music was secondary to Joe Niagara and Hy Lit...and for a time they were right. This is the world into which guys like RJ and Jerry Blavat were born...everything centered around the jock. If RJ is guilty of feeling that he is that important, I understand where he's coming from...whether I think it's justified or not...or whether you think it's justified or not. These guys never worked in the bigs...and between RJ and Blavat, The Geator got to succeed on his terms, eluding having to work on formula-formatted radio like the rest of us.
Jerry Blavat has purchased or bartered more than his share of airtime in his career. With the exception, I believe, of two stints at WEEZ, RJ has had to do this his entire career. Here's where my empathy for him kicks in.
I understand what it means to crack open a microphone and work on the air. I love cheesburgers. This is better. I love sex. This is better(sorry Dear). Recently I've gone back on the air on an FM in Florida, and cracking open a live microphone, which I hadn't done in many years, brings me more joy than anybody should be allowed to have. I never asked him, but I bet he loves working on the air...forget whatever skill level he does or does not have...or any disparity between how good and important he thinks he is, and how good or less good you think he is...so what if he's not strong enough to do this and get paid...when he goes we'll never have any connection to the bygone area of "star" disck jockeys.
Let's celebrate it, not denegrate it.
So, the guy has to purchase his own airtime. So, the guy could never have worked in format radio at WIBG or WFIL. So what.
I don't know Ron very well, but I think I'm in a position to have empathy for him. If you've been around long enough, you know what pop music radio was prior to the Drake Years, post-1965. Drake placed all the emphasis on the music...more music. Prior to that, the records were things that the station put on until the jock got back.
WIBG believed that the music was secondary to Joe Niagara and Hy Lit...and for a time they were right. This is the world into which guys like RJ and Jerry Blavat were born...everything centered around the jock. If RJ is guilty of feeling that he is that important, I understand where he's coming from...whether I think it's justified or not...or whether you think it's justified or not. These guys never worked in the bigs...and between RJ and Blavat, The Geator got to succeed on his terms, eluding having to work on formula-formatted radio like the rest of us.
Jerry Blavat has purchased or bartered more than his share of airtime in his career. With the exception, I believe, of two stints at WEEZ, RJ has had to do this his entire career. Here's where my empathy for him kicks in.
I understand what it means to crack open a microphone and work on the air. I love cheesburgers. This is better. I love sex. This is better(sorry Dear). Recently I've gone back on the air on an FM in Florida, and cracking open a live microphone, which I hadn't done in many years, brings me more joy than anybody should be allowed to have. I never asked him, but I bet he loves working on the air...forget whatever skill level he does or does not have...or any disparity between how good and important he thinks he is, and how good or less good you think he is...so what if he's not strong enough to do this and get paid...when he goes we'll never have any connection to the bygone area of "star" disck jockeys.
Let's celebrate it, not denegrate it.