Wednesday, July 12, 2006
OFF THE AIR
I am done with radio.
I have decided to put my communications and management skills to better use. I hope to find time in the next couple of weeks or a month to explain my decision and everything surrounding it, but for now I have accepted a position outside my general field of experience...meaning, no radio.
I can't say much more beyond that for now, but through the miracle of networking and being the generally smart guy that I am, a person whom I am in very good standing with offered me a job today - catching me by complete surprise. After considering it for 48-hours, and researching my backup plans, I have accepted.
When it rains - it pours. I had two other solid offers for employment this week. Not the greatest employment, but something I know I could excel at and make a decent living as well. So it's been a rather hectic week of interviewing, second interviewing, negotiation, conferring, researching, balancing, etc.
Suffice to say, I am going to be in business with a person whom I respect, admire, and generally want to learn from in order to achieve my personal goals.
And the best part is, I'll make more money than I ever did in radio. It took me 12-years to make the kind of money that I will as a starting wage with this guy. I'm not trying to brag, but simply explain and reinforce the old adage...
Good things happen to good people...and good people do good things.
More soon, but for now I'll borrow a phrase from a great broadcaster:
"Good day..." - Paul Harvey.
I am done with radio.
I have decided to put my communications and management skills to better use. I hope to find time in the next couple of weeks or a month to explain my decision and everything surrounding it, but for now I have accepted a position outside my general field of experience...meaning, no radio.
I can't say much more beyond that for now, but through the miracle of networking and being the generally smart guy that I am, a person whom I am in very good standing with offered me a job today - catching me by complete surprise. After considering it for 48-hours, and researching my backup plans, I have accepted.
When it rains - it pours. I had two other solid offers for employment this week. Not the greatest employment, but something I know I could excel at and make a decent living as well. So it's been a rather hectic week of interviewing, second interviewing, negotiation, conferring, researching, balancing, etc.
Suffice to say, I am going to be in business with a person whom I respect, admire, and generally want to learn from in order to achieve my personal goals.
And the best part is, I'll make more money than I ever did in radio. It took me 12-years to make the kind of money that I will as a starting wage with this guy. I'm not trying to brag, but simply explain and reinforce the old adage...
Good things happen to good people...and good people do good things.
More soon, but for now I'll borrow a phrase from a great broadcaster:
"Good day..." - Paul Harvey.
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That's great news. I hope its in the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City area too. Congratulations on your new career.
Good Greg. Glad you found something. Glad you will be able to stay in Eastern Iowa, presumably. There really is no better place to raise a family. But I will miss hearing common sense coming out of my radio--it really doesn't happen enough.
Best of luck to you!
Best of luck to you!
Glad to hear you are staying in the area but I still miss you in the mornings!! My mind isn't as well exercised these days on my trip to work.
Let us know when you can tell what you are up to now!
Best wishes to you and your family
Let us know when you can tell what you are up to now!
Best wishes to you and your family
Miss having you alot on the radio, I have lost all track of current events sence your departure. I list to public radio now and listen to books on tape. At least when you were there I was more informed and it was very interesting. Sure am glad things are going your way now and for a better future at that. Marilyn
Greg: Your post a new comment links on your most recent posts don't work so I apologize that this is posted here.
Here is the latest posted on the Radio-Info boards. I think you are refering to the opening on WMT AM's morning site:
Eastern openings
« on: August 30, 2006, 05:46:04 pm »
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I see WMT is looking for another new morning show. Same for Q92.3 up in Waterloo. Who's leaving, who's next?
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« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2006, 09:25:16 pm »
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I wonder where Tom is going? He was still on the air this morning and is still on the website, when they dumped Greg Alan he was off the website the same day. I suspect Tom would be more at home on the FM side considering that format is his background. Don't think they'd bring Greg back or that he would even go back.
His replacement in South Carolina didn't last long either.
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« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2006, 10:48:37 pm »
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Where do you see this? And what's the connection with South Carolina all about? Fill us in, please...I'm missing something.
If true, that would make it sound to me like more of a problem elsewhere up the chain. Anybody should/could be coachable to some extent. That would be more of a problem with the PD in my mind.
WMT's 12+ numbers did not look good for Spring. They're meaningless, I know, but they're like a box office number for movies...and dropping as much as they did was a warning sign at least.
Again, if true...the numbers must be worse than that to let a new host go after 1 book in a 2 book a year market...
Maybe Leo Greco and Jim Doyne are teaming up and taking on the mornings.
/that's a joke btw
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« Reply #3 on: Yesterday at 12:05:31 am »
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Here is the jobsite
http://www.clearcareers.com/Jobs/JobDetail.aspx?JobPostingId=10024
was posted today.
As for the South Carolina thing, Greg's story is on his webblog www.gregalan.net.
Basically the station he was at in SC, as on air talent and PD (prior to WMT) , fired him and shifted gears from conservative talk to progressive talk.
His replacement on air and his replacement as PD along with, I believe, the GM were canned about 3-5 months later- along with the progressive talk (Air America). WSCC (was am WSC 730-now WSC FM 94.3) is back to broadcasting Rush, Glen Beck and Mike Savage.
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You don't have the WSC story quite right.
It had been an AM, that brought an FM in for a simulcast.
Later, the "WSC" brand stayed with the FM, while the AM went progressive. That experiment failed, and that AM has since left the Talk format entirely.
The FM - and therefore WSC, as it was maintained - never went progressive, never abandoned conservative-leaning talk.
There had just been the vision that a progressive station might succeed, thus giving them more inventory to sell and more money to make. Had the format worked, the revenue stream would be larger (yet overhead would be up minimally). But, like many places, it didn't.
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Thanks for the correction. Either way Greg's web site gives an interesting story of what happened with folks behind the scenes after he left.
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« Reply #6 on: Yesterday at 03:04:08 pm »
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If Tom Collins is out at WMT I feel bad for him. From what I understand he moved here from California and was here for one book. C'mon JJ give the guy a chance. It seems like it has been downhill for Tom since his Heyday on KSO in Des Moines as a breakfast flake on the Tom and Jerry Show. Let's face it with JJ's history over the past year with WMT AM/FM it looks bad for him also. The only reason WHO continues to be strong is because of Van and Joel's leadership. The further they can keep JJ away from Grand Avenue the better.
What is going on at Q 92.3? Is the goose's goose cooked? Did JC head back to Michigan? Come on Cory...fill us in.
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« Reply #7 on: Yesterday at 03:53:27 pm »
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I couldn't tell you what's happening. This is news to me.
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Quote from: withfrequency on Yesterday at 03:04:08 pm
Let's face it with JJ's history over the past year with WMT AM/FM it looks bad for him also.
WMT-FM is up 1.4 over the last year. The AM is down 0.4 Spring-to-Spring.
JJ will be fine.
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Here is the latest posted on the Radio-Info boards. I think you are refering to the opening on WMT AM's morning site:
Eastern openings
« on: August 30, 2006, 05:46:04 pm »
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I see WMT is looking for another new morning show. Same for Q92.3 up in Waterloo. Who's leaving, who's next?
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« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2006, 09:25:16 pm »
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I wonder where Tom is going? He was still on the air this morning and is still on the website, when they dumped Greg Alan he was off the website the same day. I suspect Tom would be more at home on the FM side considering that format is his background. Don't think they'd bring Greg back or that he would even go back.
His replacement in South Carolina didn't last long either.
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« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2006, 10:48:37 pm »
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Where do you see this? And what's the connection with South Carolina all about? Fill us in, please...I'm missing something.
If true, that would make it sound to me like more of a problem elsewhere up the chain. Anybody should/could be coachable to some extent. That would be more of a problem with the PD in my mind.
WMT's 12+ numbers did not look good for Spring. They're meaningless, I know, but they're like a box office number for movies...and dropping as much as they did was a warning sign at least.
Again, if true...the numbers must be worse than that to let a new host go after 1 book in a 2 book a year market...
Maybe Leo Greco and Jim Doyne are teaming up and taking on the mornings.
/that's a joke btw
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Re: Eastern openings
« Reply #3 on: Yesterday at 12:05:31 am »
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Here is the jobsite
http://www.clearcareers.com/Jobs/JobDetail.aspx?JobPostingId=10024
was posted today.
As for the South Carolina thing, Greg's story is on his webblog www.gregalan.net.
Basically the station he was at in SC, as on air talent and PD (prior to WMT) , fired him and shifted gears from conservative talk to progressive talk.
His replacement on air and his replacement as PD along with, I believe, the GM were canned about 3-5 months later- along with the progressive talk (Air America). WSCC (was am WSC 730-now WSC FM 94.3) is back to broadcasting Rush, Glen Beck and Mike Savage.
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Re: Eastern openings
« Reply #4 on: Yesterday at 06:05:26 am »
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You don't have the WSC story quite right.
It had been an AM, that brought an FM in for a simulcast.
Later, the "WSC" brand stayed with the FM, while the AM went progressive. That experiment failed, and that AM has since left the Talk format entirely.
The FM - and therefore WSC, as it was maintained - never went progressive, never abandoned conservative-leaning talk.
There had just been the vision that a progressive station might succeed, thus giving them more inventory to sell and more money to make. Had the format worked, the revenue stream would be larger (yet overhead would be up minimally). But, like many places, it didn't.
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« Reply #5 on: Yesterday at 09:37:43 am »
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Thanks for the correction. Either way Greg's web site gives an interesting story of what happened with folks behind the scenes after he left.
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« Reply #6 on: Yesterday at 03:04:08 pm »
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If Tom Collins is out at WMT I feel bad for him. From what I understand he moved here from California and was here for one book. C'mon JJ give the guy a chance. It seems like it has been downhill for Tom since his Heyday on KSO in Des Moines as a breakfast flake on the Tom and Jerry Show. Let's face it with JJ's history over the past year with WMT AM/FM it looks bad for him also. The only reason WHO continues to be strong is because of Van and Joel's leadership. The further they can keep JJ away from Grand Avenue the better.
What is going on at Q 92.3? Is the goose's goose cooked? Did JC head back to Michigan? Come on Cory...fill us in.
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« Reply #7 on: Yesterday at 03:53:27 pm »
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I couldn't tell you what's happening. This is news to me.
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Quote from: withfrequency on Yesterday at 03:04:08 pm
Let's face it with JJ's history over the past year with WMT AM/FM it looks bad for him also.
WMT-FM is up 1.4 over the last year. The AM is down 0.4 Spring-to-Spring.
JJ will be fine.
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