Re: Questions about radio announcers job ...

[RadioTony@aol.com]

Thanks for getting back to me about this. 
I knew that there had to be some racket to it.
Hey, if we could all raise ad money, we wouldn't need
to work for them! Hahahaha. 

In a message dated Sun, 24 Mar 2002 11:15:52 AM Eastern Standard Time, Eric Aiese <aiese@fas.harvard.edu> writes:

> I went to the Cameo informational meeting last summer...it's an interesting 
> setup.  The idea is (or was, at the time) essentially that they lease bulk 
> time on a number of AM and cable FM stations somewhere out west, and then 
> subcontract it out to members in 15-minute chunks per week.  The members 
> show up once a week, drop off a check, and produce said show in the Cameo 
> studios.  Then, the beauty is that you can make a fortune by selling 
> advertising in your show, they say.  They were extremely tight-lipped about 
> the affiliate info until after you paid the welcoming fee, so it's hard to 
> say how well you can market and sell a show from 3000 miles away.  Actually 
> it's easy to say.  But that wasn't part of the presentation.
> 
> Anyway, it seemed like a good, if expensive, way to learn a little about 
> broadcasting, or for a housewife to have a soapbox.  For anyone with 
> experience, not sure if it's worth much.   I guess I was a little 
> disappointed that the pitch was a little too perfect.  That is, even I 
> almost left there believing that I would be able to pick up a barter 
> account, getting free airfare and cars, in exchange for plugs on this crazy 
> station;   it didn't include anything mentioning the realities of selling 
> advertising.   But I guess the meeting worked well enough -- if they are 
> still in the Quincy offices 9 months later, that must be a good sign.
> 
> Eric
> 
> 
> >Do any of you know anything about a company called Camea/Camia 
> >Broadcasting in Quincy that is hiring part-time radio announcers? It's 
> >seems like a strange operation and I wondered if anyone had heard about them.