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March 15th 04, 02:52 AM

On 14 Mar 2004 17:16:27 GMT, (Foxsrus1) wrote:

Flew in from Chicago...for my "first thing in the morning appointment" and they
guy wouldn't see me...and didn't even have the courtesy to let me see someone
else. I was left hanging at the locked office door.
Didn't get my money back either.
So...what did I do wrong here...huh?

It sounds like your situation was different than the one detailed
earlier in this thread...again, assuming you had an actual
appointment.

In the case of the original poster and WARW, it appears - by his own
account - the program director told him she'd "love to talk to him"
but without any specific time or date. He took it upon HIMSELF to fly
to BWI and basically just dropped in. No wonder he wasn't given the
red carpet!

"I'd love to talk to you." Fine. Give me a time and a date, and I'll
be there! Coming out there without a firm appointment was his
problem, not the problem of WARW's PD or the station itself.

That's this business...I don't think you know it all.
Either that or you're another PBS dude working at my expense and spending most
of your time posting here against real broadcasting folks.

Mr. Howell is the well-awarded news director of a dominant commercial
station in Central California. Do a Google search on his name with
the acronym APTRA and you'll pick up a few of 'em.

Hey, there are whackjobs in this business, and some of them have
hiring responsibility. But the *usual* experience at reputable
broadcast outlets is far from what either of you describe.

Mike