[BC] Selective advertising

[Steve]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich Wood" <richwood at pobox.com>
To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] Selective advertising


> I did do New York for 20 years. It was wonderful. I've known Mike for
> a number of years and recall a wonderful lunch with him at a
> convention. It was very hard to tear myself away. Mike kept the WQXR
> format true its calling and made very subtle changes. While Mike
> might be known for Hot Hits, he's a great programmer. Most
> programming philosophies driven by listeners are almost universal.

He is indeed a great programmer. Is he still alive? He sounded OLD in 1988!!
Am I to assume you didn't like your West Coast tour? Then again, you did
L.A. and Dallas (as did I) so if you didn't like it I know why. :)

> The two big names at WFMT were Ray Nordstrand, General Manager, and
> Norm Pellegrini was the PD. The engineering staff was always top
> drawer. I would easily do Chicago. It's a wonderful city.

Yes. Norman Pellerini. Norm was a butt. I couldn't work for him. We'd tangle
and I wouldn't fit his nose-in-the-air sound. I hope he's enjoying
retirement. Wasn't there some ugliness surrounding his departure from WFMT?
No argument on their engineering.

As for East Coast cities I just don't like the cold weather. I had enough of
that in Seattle and Portland, not to mention my home town, and I wanted a
different, warmer climate. It's 70 degrees here today and I'm loving every
minute of it. Oh, yes, we have the humidity but we have air conditioning and
electricity hasn't quite become a mortgage payment so I'm thankful I own
this place outright.

Steve