Reflections of....
So I'm sitting here in my boxers, listening to various songs (I have WinAmp set on random) and thinking about the fact that I've been here over two months. Whoa! Where did the time go? I can't believe that it's been nearly that long yet. It feels like yesterday was the day I was kissing my mom and in tears because it finally sunk in that I was leaving home and that I wouldn't be back for a long time. Honestly, I never thought I'd have the guts to actually leave home, let alone take a job 12 hours away from home. But here I am, in Fort Wayne, bloggng from my apartment.
In the course of my music listening, somehow the theme song from China Beach is playing in my head (even though Blink 182 is currently playing through my spearkers). You know, the song that talks about "reflections of the way life used to be." Right now I'm thinking about the Neshoba County Fair (I can't really explain it, you'll just have to click here to read about it). This is the first time in many years that I haven't spent at least a day out there. I miss the rides, the food (can't beat a stickdog and lemonade from Lindsay's!), the horse races, the people... hell, I just miss the whole thing. It's truly a unique experience and nothing up here could ever come close. But I digress.
When I think of how my life used to be, I never imagined that I'd go from market number 285 to market number 103 in one swoop. Since you probably have no clue what I'm talking about, let me explain: There's a company called Arbitron (basically, they measure how popular radio stations are in a given area, or market) that ranks areas based on popluation. My old market, Meridian, Mississippi, ranked number 285 out of 287 rated markets. Fort Wayne ranks 103rd. So this was a major step up for me in radio terms. I always said that I wanted to go on to bigger and better things outside of Meridian but I never thought I'd actually be able to do it. But here I am, kickin' ass in the Fort!
Someone asked me what I want to do after I feel that my time in Fort Wayne has passed. Honestly, I haven't given it much thought. I mean, I'm having fun right now and I don't want to think about leaving because I have no intentions to leave anytime soon, you know? But if I had to say, I'd probably say that I wouldn't mind going on to do afternoons or nights in a top 50 market. Of course I'd want another programming opportunity (I was Music Director at my old station) and I'm hoping to get the chance at Assistant Program Director and/or Music Director here as well (I'm working hard for it so I really hope it happens!). But, again, I digress. I hear that our consultant is about to get a station in Detroit, which is a top 10 market. He also consults stations in Philadelphia, PA and in Tampa; those are also big markets. So maybe one of those markets could be the next stop. As for right now, though, all I'm going to worry about is working my ass off to earn my stripes and to help my station win.
It appears that I've just rambled on and on so I'm going to bed. Goodnight.
--Jonathan
In the course of my music listening, somehow the theme song from China Beach is playing in my head (even though Blink 182 is currently playing through my spearkers). You know, the song that talks about "reflections of the way life used to be." Right now I'm thinking about the Neshoba County Fair (I can't really explain it, you'll just have to click here to read about it). This is the first time in many years that I haven't spent at least a day out there. I miss the rides, the food (can't beat a stickdog and lemonade from Lindsay's!), the horse races, the people... hell, I just miss the whole thing. It's truly a unique experience and nothing up here could ever come close. But I digress.
When I think of how my life used to be, I never imagined that I'd go from market number 285 to market number 103 in one swoop. Since you probably have no clue what I'm talking about, let me explain: There's a company called Arbitron (basically, they measure how popular radio stations are in a given area, or market) that ranks areas based on popluation. My old market, Meridian, Mississippi, ranked number 285 out of 287 rated markets. Fort Wayne ranks 103rd. So this was a major step up for me in radio terms. I always said that I wanted to go on to bigger and better things outside of Meridian but I never thought I'd actually be able to do it. But here I am, kickin' ass in the Fort!
Someone asked me what I want to do after I feel that my time in Fort Wayne has passed. Honestly, I haven't given it much thought. I mean, I'm having fun right now and I don't want to think about leaving because I have no intentions to leave anytime soon, you know? But if I had to say, I'd probably say that I wouldn't mind going on to do afternoons or nights in a top 50 market. Of course I'd want another programming opportunity (I was Music Director at my old station) and I'm hoping to get the chance at Assistant Program Director and/or Music Director here as well (I'm working hard for it so I really hope it happens!). But, again, I digress. I hear that our consultant is about to get a station in Detroit, which is a top 10 market. He also consults stations in Philadelphia, PA and in Tampa; those are also big markets. So maybe one of those markets could be the next stop. As for right now, though, all I'm going to worry about is working my ass off to earn my stripes and to help my station win.
It appears that I've just rambled on and on so I'm going to bed. Goodnight.
--Jonathan
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