Disabilities and jobs in broadcasting
John Higdon wrote:
Indeed! If you bring ANY technical skills to the party, by all means
give me a call when I'm back in the office on 4/26! Engineering types
have pretty much all jumped ship, but there ARE still stations that
appreciate good technical talent.
Meanwhile, there have been stations (even back in the glory days of radio)
when they wouldn't let you come in. I got this rude shock when I tried to
visit the then KBRG (now KITS). The DJ welcomed me but the op mgr was there
and she booted me out the door. "We are a business. We're not an amusement
park" (or words to that effect). I was devastated. It took me a long time to
work up the nerve to visit another station.
I was working on some computers over at KDIA/KDYA a couple years ago when a
guy came in and wanted The Tour. Well, two stations, you'd think there was a
lot to see. But, being an automated gospel music station on the one hand and
an automated block program station on the other, the guy was basically shown
what might be radio if only there were DJs around. He was shown the two empty
control rooms, the tech area where I was wiping the dirt and grime off a
computer's innards, and the the equipment rack.
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