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Re: Hutch

At 08:51 AM 8/26/2002, Sean Smyth wrote:
>I agree with your premise Don, but when many of the smaller market stations
>are only hiring one full-timer and not providing any opportunities for
>young, aspiring DJs (or anyone else for that matter), where can
>fresh-out-of-college grads get a break? I'm not advocating throwing someone
>from WHRB right into the midday shift at, say, WBCN, but what else are
>20-somethings (of which I am one) to do to get a break in commercial radio?

Duh.  They don't.  That's been a truism for at least the past 5 years.  One 
could argue the past 15 years.

There is ZERO room for new talent in radio gigs that pay today.  And that 
will come and bite owners on the ass in 10 or 15 years when the current 
crop of pros dies or retires and there's no one to take their place.

It's a similar problem in radio engineering, although I suspect with that 
it will be even more severe and happen a little sooner.


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