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Re: [neradio] WPRO-FM



Pal, I'd KILL to get back on radio doing overnights!

And trust me...I'm COMFORTABLE stying up..I did it when I was still in 
the biz!


Scott Levison
z800525a@bc.seflin.org
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On Sat, 27 Mar 1999, SteveOrdinetz wrote:

> At 08:29 PM 3/26/99 -0500, Scott Levison wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >Automation..the enemy of ALL announcers!
> >
> >
> 
> 
> Not true.  It is a tool, like any other tool can be used as well as abused.
>  Let me guess, one of the shifts being automated is overnights.  Do you
> have any idea how hard it is to get/keep live jocks on overnites?  About 10
> years ago I did weekend overnites on a soft AC.  For the first time, I
> questioned whether I really wanted to do radio for a living....fighting to
> stay awake playing Carly, Whitney, Mariah, Phil, etc...no spot load, no one
> but drunks & insomniacs listening, wow, only 5 hours and 45 min left on my
> shift...ZZZZZZ. Is automating overnites any worse than doing what WBMX and
> others do...use a boardop who doesn't have a clue?  The only difference is
> that the automation is tighter and doesn't screw up as much.
> 

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