A dream of mine has been realized and a dream job has come to an end. As of 3/23/07, my on air career will end for good. We will have a public burial of my headphones, show prep and all of the paperwork I have accumulated over the years. All of the research from the consultancy, all of the music tests will either be buried or burned. IT ALL MUST GO!! At a certain point in a person's life, they realize that maybe they have left the business behind or the business has left them. I hit that point about three weeks ago. I missed being on on the air, I missed "the business". Well, I have found out that the "business" I missed no longer exists. I am not a liner card reader, I am much too old for that. I have realized that what I have to offer isn't what the radio companies are looking for. So, with that in mind, I am thrilled and overwhelmed to be added to the sales staff at KMOX. I will be trading in my headphones for a three piece suit and the marketing and promotional acumen that I have accrued will now come to fuition. I have given this business 31 years of love, I now hope to capitalize on that and make CBS and myself a great deal of money. It was an easy decision to make. I will be working again for Dave Ervin who fired me at Smooth jazz a few years ago. I have always liked Dave and did NOT burn that bridge. He had a vision of what he wanted and I was not a part of it. Pretty simple, but that's the business and I accepted it, didn't squawk about publicly and now some 4 1/2 years later, he is my boss again. This is a wonderful opportunity for me and my family. I will be writing the obituary of a career and recap everything. I really started to like Nashville and I know I hurt my friend Al Brock, but he also understands the magnitude of this incredible opportunity.
I am thrilled. I said it before but this time I mean it..when it comes to being on the air...I..am...done.
8 comments:
Thats a hard thing to read. I enjoy your air work very much. I know what you're saying... there isn't much left for us in this business - PDs don't want entertainment, they want a juke box. Unfortunately, that will (depending on the format, of course) be the death knell of radio. You can get 12 in a row from an ipod, but radio is about entertainment and localism. not liner cards. :(
Congratulations, Randy. I know you'll do well at KMOX. And it's your turn to use CBS's expense account to buy me lunch! lol!!
Can't wait to get ya back to town.
I sent you my comments in the post you had up earlier, but I'm not sure it made it to you, as the pos kinda disappeared...but the e-mail and the phone call were from the heart.
You're still the best.
Can I have all your notes and stuff??
I realized it long ago, Randy, and got into something else where I make twice the money and it doesn't break my heart when I look at what goes on around me.
I miss what was, but it is gone, just like most other things from when I was 20.
Get rich, bud. Have fun.
Give Big Al my best... he's one of the good guys...
Burnout
Whu?
As usual I'm a day late and a dollar short. I always figured if you hung in there, there would be hope for me someday, somehow, someway.
Good luck bro. Keep in touch.
ladymadonna77@yahoo.com
Wow, brings tears to my eyes......it's how we first met, and it's how I found you after 28 years! You in my opinion were always the BEST DJ the Quad Cities ever had to offer. I wish you the best of luck in all that you do. Please keep in touch once in awhile.
Take care,
Beth
bluesapphire1960@tampabay.rr.com
Good luck Randy. All my best to you and yours.
((HUGS))
I can't muster up anything but tears now, and I know you're looking and moving forward now with a smile and plenty of possibilities so...
((HUGS))
Welcome home, Randy.
Bonnie
What's up with the streaming? I heard WRQQ would start streaming today.........I WANT to hear your last show!!!!!!! Let me know.
Hugs,
Beth
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