Re(6): Local, Local, Local… Posted on June 27, 2021 at 07:13:34 AM by Dr Phil
A bit hypocritical, aren't you Jim? You claim I'm attacking radio people, as if you know any on the one hand, but then you attack me virtually every day on the other, mumbling something about success and failure and hurting their feelings about the job insecurity they all feel.
Ya do know that MOST people do get out of radio, voluntarily or otherwise-- mostly because the thrill is gone.
Veteran guys on the production side who've moved on, we all say the same thing....and you dont' really know shit about it because you're long gone out of it too!
Radio's gone full tilt Walmartization with all the consolidations. It's just another profit center for many investors who know little about radio nor care about it. Like Sam Walton's kids; they're not merchants like dad was.
Entrepreneurs' children rarely are driven like dad was. They just want dad's fortune. We've all seen it many times.
I bailed from radio to TV and then bailed from TV because I didn't want the gypsy life of moving from market to market when they were just getting out of high school and in college.
If you're divorced or single with no kids in school, that might be just fine.
But many with families do dig in in the biz or elsewhere, collect a paycheck year after year, pay off their mortgages, and retire to see their grandkids. That's hard to do for radio and TV talent to put in 50 years on the production side especially if they've been getting raises every couple years.
From all walks of life, the country's full of people who get laid off because companies don't want to pay us senior people for services they can get for half our salaries. Those jobs where ya work for 40 years at the same place are rare, especially in the media, and you know it, Jim! For most, ya either get promoted or ya get laid off.
There's a lot of deliberate turnover in broadcasting, especially for those with more than ten years experience.
Every few years, corporations lay off their middle level people, replacing them with cheaper ones a few months later who can do the jobs for much less.
The last time that happened to me, a PR friend where my kids were going to high school warmly said 'don't worry, there IS life after television.'
I've told you that before, years ago but you choose to repeat your own narrative just out of pure meanness and because you don't know.
Jeez what a broken record you are.
So to repeat again (exhale), I'd picked up IT skills and was never again out of work til I was old enough to get on the gumment teat!
Others stayed in. Ya know Ron Eric, of course from Doodah like I do from WHB. He ended up a W*O*L*D in Louisville for a time, if you even know what that is! It's all good, bud. I think he ended up being a pretty good PD but he dropped a hundred markets from Storz Miami! They're not failures, they're being flexible to changing industries.
So enough of your false narratives, Jim. Go relax and find a hobby besides internet stalking! If ya wanna talk about radio, then talk about radio. Otherwise, I'm going to have to start billing you for your therapy.
I think I even ended another session with you years ago... my wife's late father, a jet engine mechanic who made a good living, had a license tag on the front of his pickup, "The worst day fishing is better than the best day working."
I couldn't agree more! But I still come round to reminisce about the fun parts; were there any fun parts about buying radio time? Just askin.