Same ish, different day
Well, it's been a while since I've posted anything on here about myself. Honestly, I haven't had a whole lot to say besides the usual day-to-day stuff. Nothing really extraordinary has been happening with me. For the most part it's been boring. Well, except for some things that I've been thinking about, pondering and otherwise mulling over. Frustration seems to be the word of the day... hell, maybe it's the word of my year.
My life has been the biggest soap opera lately. Most of it has to do with my professional life. Sometimes I get really frustrated by that whole situation. I don't want to get too specific because, Randy, I know you probably still read this. But, at the same time, if I don't vent I'm going to go insane.
Decisions, decisions...
Right, then.
Radio is a tough business to be in if you don't have skin like a rhino. So many things come at you, it's not even funny. A bad aircheck session with your PD and/or consultant, lsitener emails telling you that you suck, various other things that can throw you off your game can come at you. Thankfully I've had none of this (well, not much anyway) but it's other things. Sometimes it feels like I'm the only one who really gives a rats ass about the success or failure of my station. Take last night: Our sales department couldn't/didn't do something very easy: We should have had a fireworks viewing party at a nearby restaurant, bar or something of that nature. But we didn't. So I took it upon myself to take the van out to the parking lot of a shopping center and throw my own party out there. Lots of people showed up (and I'm not dumb enough to believe it was solely because of me) and I passed out some stickers and other things of that nature. But my point is, if it weren't for me there would have been nothing done on my station. That's too big of an event to just ignore. So many people saw our logo and impressions were made. It may sound like I'm taking all the credit for this but my point is I shouldn't have been the only one to take the initiative to do this. Hell, the only reason we have pictures from it on our website is beacuse I took MY digital camera.
It's that and some other things that have me upset. But I won't discuss them for fear of giving my competition too much information to use against me and/or my station. But I have talked to a couple of people about those things and the common response to it seems to be that I should seek other employment, possibly outside of radio. Do I really want to do that? I'm honestly not sure. Well, not really but I suppose it is an option. Heh, I have clue what I would/could do if I decided to take that route. Gotta love having an uber specialized degree (Broadcast Communications Technology).
I guess I've rambled and vented enough. To close, please enjoy the following picture I had taken of my last night. A lady bought me one of those light up pacifiers and I showed it off. Amber (a friend of a friend) seemed to really like it for some reason.
--Jonathan
My life has been the biggest soap opera lately. Most of it has to do with my professional life. Sometimes I get really frustrated by that whole situation. I don't want to get too specific because, Randy, I know you probably still read this. But, at the same time, if I don't vent I'm going to go insane.
Decisions, decisions...
Right, then.
Radio is a tough business to be in if you don't have skin like a rhino. So many things come at you, it's not even funny. A bad aircheck session with your PD and/or consultant, lsitener emails telling you that you suck, various other things that can throw you off your game can come at you. Thankfully I've had none of this (well, not much anyway) but it's other things. Sometimes it feels like I'm the only one who really gives a rats ass about the success or failure of my station. Take last night: Our sales department couldn't/didn't do something very easy: We should have had a fireworks viewing party at a nearby restaurant, bar or something of that nature. But we didn't. So I took it upon myself to take the van out to the parking lot of a shopping center and throw my own party out there. Lots of people showed up (and I'm not dumb enough to believe it was solely because of me) and I passed out some stickers and other things of that nature. But my point is, if it weren't for me there would have been nothing done on my station. That's too big of an event to just ignore. So many people saw our logo and impressions were made. It may sound like I'm taking all the credit for this but my point is I shouldn't have been the only one to take the initiative to do this. Hell, the only reason we have pictures from it on our website is beacuse I took MY digital camera.
It's that and some other things that have me upset. But I won't discuss them for fear of giving my competition too much information to use against me and/or my station. But I have talked to a couple of people about those things and the common response to it seems to be that I should seek other employment, possibly outside of radio. Do I really want to do that? I'm honestly not sure. Well, not really but I suppose it is an option. Heh, I have clue what I would/could do if I decided to take that route. Gotta love having an uber specialized degree (Broadcast Communications Technology).
I guess I've rambled and vented enough. To close, please enjoy the following picture I had taken of my last night. A lady bought me one of those light up pacifiers and I showed it off. Amber (a friend of a friend) seemed to really like it for some reason.
--Jonathan
posted by Jonathan at
7:30 PM
