Re(2): The Future of Radio Posted on November 22, 2024 at 05:10:00 PM by just sayin
Thanks I will have a decent Thanksgiving with family, but the thread creator was just jackin with me, it wasn't me..it was probably Jim, if he gets bored, he occasionally tries to draw me out with his imagination of what I'm thinking...so long as he tries to do my thinking instead of just asking ME what I think, he'll be comfortable with his own perceptions. He and I have never met but he does like to save my late night posts over the years.
I havent been in radio since,, um (thinking), abt since 1980 when I moved to TV in the same company that I was doing morning news, KARD-FM Wichita. I went upstairs to KARD-TV, soon renamed KSNW.TV. But I had worked mostly radio but some TV in 1972 at KAKE TV/Radio, and a year in radio in KC in 76. It was very corporate so I went back toa previous top40 AM station to be NewsDirector. IT was just a 4 man shop where I did mornings and straightman for the morning personality. It was fun but TV was way more fun.
Jim thinks I was some kind of traitor for leaving radio. Whatever, people who've worked both understand the attractivness of the prestige, reach, and opportunities of TV, especially if you can get out in the field and mix with events and newsmakers. I found it much more interesting that working in a studio reading and rewriting other people's reporting which is what radio usually is.
Most people who start out in radio don't stay but some are either not willing to move or have a good gig and stability. Everybody else, I think, wants more income to raise families.
It was mostly all good but in radio I did have my best time in American FOrces Radio...the Army mostly left us alone to do our own thing. They were into soldiering, and we were into radio. It was my volunteer job evenings, I was a communications specialist by day which is what they trained me for. The radio gig was for the fun of it, and the perks of living at the radio station and not at the battalion barracks with 250 other guys. That gig paid the bills, the radio deejay gig after hours was for fun and looked good on the resume when I got back to the world.
The only problem I had in this room was all the backstabbing, negative thinkers and limited future of the business. Radio companies tended to call the shots with staff except for their morning comic who drew most of the attention and best salaries. Theres a lot of similarity between radio people and theater performers. Listener feedback's more fun than feedback from radio people who work across the street, for sure! But I dont think KC's best talent logs in here, am I wrong? grin. Replies: