Stable position...was Re: [BC] Rama Communications Buys ARadio Station

[Keith Hammond]

Mike McCarthy wrote:
 
> >Granted, while engineers don't go through the revolving doors
anywhere
> >nearly as often as any one else on a staff, it does occur.  I can
think
> of
> >only one other position within a station which can be just as stable
as
> >the engineers.  Anyone care to venture a guess?  I know people who
make
> >careers of this position at one station/cluster.



  It's certainly not owners. At one of the last corporate groups that I
worked for, we went through a foreclosure and two owners during the six
months before the new owners decided to let the crew from "existing
stations" handle everything.

  The last true "independent" station I engineered is now a Wal-Mart
Supercenter! Believe it or not, the property owner claims to have
generated substantially more money by selling the TX site to Wal-Mart.

  These two experiences are what pushed me into ownership. I figure
that, if I have to fire myself, I must be getting pretty bad! On the
other hand, I keep having trouble coming up with my retainer!


Keith Hammond
KBKH-FM
Shamrock, Texas