tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670151701938676383.post6467565704238408113..comments2022-12-01T16:41:17.028-08:00Comments on THE DAILY BOSCO: Who Killed Independent Radio?Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06339981778764326451noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670151701938676383.post-33002951058086097612009-01-18T23:33:00.000-08:002009-01-18T23:33:00.000-08:00Dang, I'd love to buy that frequency. Never mind t...Dang, I'd love to buy that frequency. Never mind the walkin closet, I'd run it out of a live theatre. Wouldn't need to make money at either one at this point, I could just put on more and more shows. For as long as my repertory company was willing to produce shows at below card rates, and advertisers were willing to pay SOMETHING for the avails. I'll take a low power TV station too, maybe Channel 38, which comes in pretty good in LA County, and all these people would be getting sort of paid to have an opportunity to do these things for the sheer love of it all. . . .<BR/><BR/>But who am I kidding? This is America, NOBODY does aything out of the sheer love of it very long. Soon there would be individuals in AFTRA lobbying in every committee meeting to force "GAINS" (The word they would use) out of what my broadcasting efforts were paying, and it wouldn't matter that there was no money to pay out these raises. And others would go along. When the stations closed, the instigators would point the finger every which way but at themselves, which is where the blame would really rest. <BR/><BR/>Ad sales isn't as simple as people think, and a little station like this one has trouble retaining any rep who succeeds at selling; there's more money to be made elsewhere.<BR/><BR/>I never really listened to that station, I don't know if they were any good or not. But I'm sure, like most failed operators, they claim they were just too GOOD to make it in this world. But I'll tell you what. Having a career that has a foot in the entertainment world, I can tell you that while people are always saying they were just too eclectic AFTER they fail, they sure were claiming to be mainstream and commercial when they started. And the truth, in fact, is that they were only doing what they -personally - liked, and didn't much care how others might relate to it. And there is absolutely NO money in doing that.<BR/><BR/>It's rare to find someone like Jim Ladd. I don't really believe he loves every piece of music he plays. I DO believe he loves the idea of playing even something that he hates on the chance that you will hear it for the first time and get the chance to decide for yourself. Or you may already love it and he's giving you the unique opportunity to have it offered centerstage no matter how much everyone else hates it. To a guy like Jim Ladd, that is the true love of his job.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I think Jim Ladd should work at a station with a name like 'Indie 103.1.' But he wouldn't do it: The money wouldn't be there, and nobody does it for the sheer love of it very long.<BR/><BR/>Funny, though, I never got rich working. Investments are carrying me through as work has trailed off. And yeah, I wish I COULD go back to it, for the love of it all. <BR/><BR/>http://www.myspace.com/jimladd<BR/><BR/>(Was posting a MLK response as my AOL crashed, maybe I'll rewrite it later.)Doug Vehlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06073998529913314143noreply@blogger.com