Subj : Re: Turntables and LPs
To   : Ogg
From : Brian Rogers
Date : Sat Aug 21 2021 10:06 am

Hello Ogg;

-=> Ogg wrote to Brian Rogers <=-

Og> Did you get out or get thrown out?  :/  There was a radical
Og> modernization of the local radio station in my town: Moose FM.
Og> End result, fewer radio hosts were needed. Local programming
Og> was scaled back. Jobs were lost.

I left the industry. Back in my day I was one of the top hosts in the regional
ratings... but I saw the writing on the wall and I didn't care for that type
of environment. Not being able to do things at the spur of the moment and
joke around with callers was just not fun. It's like giving a kid a candy
bar and then when he's half way through taking it away.

Og> I had a brief stint as tech operator (queing up the music and
Og> commercials) at the my university radio station. That was so
Og> much fun.  I never had the guts to host my own show, but there
Og> were a handful of hosts that just wanted someone to do the
Og> technical part for them. The turntables were awesome and solid
Og> performers.

Today they call that function a "producer". That's not that easy of a job
IF you also have to control when things start because if someone else is doing
the talking you sometimes aren't quite sure just when to start the next
element. I hated doing that. I prefer to run everything myself so I know how
the flow will be. One thing I was known for was having a tight board and being
well produced.

... Old preachers never die, they just ramble on, and on, and on, and on....
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