[BC] I'm looking for work....too

[Bill Croghan]

	Not withstanding Larry's very bad experience with our local
broadcasters here in Las Vegas, I've been here 7+ years now and find that a
great majority of the broadcasters in town are fine upstanding people, more
than willing to bend over backwards for their employees.  We have the usual
mix of big corporation stations, i.e. Clear Channel, CBS, Beasley, but a lot
of smaller ones as well.  My current Boss, Tony Bonnici is the best GM (and
VP) I've had in 42 years in the business.  One high profile GM in town is no
longer even in the state, (not his own choice) and at least two others have
turned over in recent years.  It ain't perfect, but it has it's draws.  My
guess is that Larry was way overqualified for the positions he applied for.
It wasn't Larry, but when one of the applicants for a part time remote setup
person opening I had, presents all the FCC filings for new stations and
shows up at the interview unwilling to talk about the job I was hiring, but
wanting to tell us what a great guy and how much he knew about radio
management and all the  things we were doing wrong,  he was put on the
bottom of the stack. 
	 Larry wouldn't do that, and he is good, and should have received
more polite treatment than he did, but don't write off LV because of his
experiences.  It's still the most exciting radio market in the world in my
opinion.
Bill Croghan CPBE WB?KSW
Chief Engineer, 
KOMP/KXPT/KENO/KBAD
Lotus Broadcasting
Las Vegas, NV
Email to loteng (at) lvradio.com
Phone 702-315-3030
Fax      702-876-6685




  

>-----Original Message-----
>From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net [mailto:broadcast-
>bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Douglas B. Pritchett
>Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 4:29 PM
>To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [BC] I'm looking for work....too
>
>I'm really glad I didn't move there when I had the chance. We stayed
>here and kids (and grandkids) moved back to the midwest..
>If you can't get simple courtesy let alone a job in field you are
>totally qualified for, I can't imagine doing anyting in LV except asking
>"do ya want fries with that".
>
>--
>Douglas B. Pritchett
>Fort Wayne, IN
>dpritchett1 at comcast.net
>
>
>Larry Fuss wrote:
>
>>Since selling my Mississippi stations and "retiring" to Las Vegas over two
>>years ago,
>>I've been intrigued enough to apply for two jobs locally, both in radio.
>In
>>both
>>cases, I never even got an acknowledgment from the stations.  I finally
>>managed to
>>get the GM of one to take my call, but he was rude and just brushed me
>off.
>>At the
>>other station, I was never able to talk to anyone but a lowly HR person,
>who
>>said
>>"we have your resume and somebody will get back to you."  Of course,
>nobody
>>ever
>>did.  In both cases, I was immensely qualified for the job, but they never
>>even
>>bothered to talk to me before hiring someone.
>>
>
>
>
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