Re: College radio talent

[Roy Lawrence <lawrencemedia@yahoo.com>]

I agree with Dan here - Portland is definitely an
entry level market. It doesn't have much good talent
in it anymore. 15 or 20 years ago this market was
thriving with top-shelf talent. There are about a
dozen people on the air in this market that I would
consider *real* good. Mainly, I blame this on radio
consolidation and the ridiculous wages this market
offers. You can't pay the bank or landlord with
peanuts, especially with the cost of living here in
Maine. I came back from down South about 2 years ago
and couldn't make ends meet there. The poverty level
was a joke.

Roy Lawrence


--- Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Tue, 27 Aug 2002 11:36:03 -0700 (PDT) Dan
> Billings
> <billingsdan@yahoo.com> writes:
> > My thoughts on going to school for broadcasting
> and
> > starting out in the business today:
> > 
> > 1.  There is still entry level jobs in markets
> like
> > Portland.  The pay sucks and you will start out
> > part-time, but if you can manage to hold another
> job
> > to pay the bills and you make yourself available
> to do
> > all the worse shifts, you will get plenty of
> valuable
> > experience.
> 
> I find it amazing that Portland has become a
> "beginngers" market,  back
> when I first got into radio Portland was where you
> hoped you could go
> after putting in a year or so in a market like
> Brattleboro.
> df


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