Radio Jobs a plenty, Nation wide!

[Stormychuck]

I suppose the common complaint and the most viable one we read as of late is "Why can't I find a job in radio"?  Well now, let's put it all in prospective!  Simple, your not looking in all of the right little spots.

Let's chat about this,  I understand as a lot of us do, your out of a gig, your stuck in Orlando with no prospects and no one from any other local station is calling you or beating on your door wanting to put you on their station in some cushy-little time slot you want and for the bucks you seem to think you deserve, sound about right?  That's right....!  Meaning and simply put YOU are officially out-of-radio-work-in-Orlando.

Let's play the remember when game. Remember when you got your first start in radio?  For most it wasn't easy, beating on radio station door's, call's to the program director's etc, and each and everyone of us just starting out thought we we're good enough to work for the number #1 in town, you wanted it soooo bad you could taste it, and how many jobs you've lost thereafter, perhaps for some two many to count.

Granted a lot of y'all who worked Orlando radio for many years  just can't pick-up stick their suitcase's in their little [EDIT*] cars and take-off in search of your next radio gig, you've got the nice house, the pool, three kid's 2 dog's and the wife, (god bless her) who by the way most likely works for one of Orlando's high-end law firms or an even sweeter job working for the school-board bringing in all of the dollar's, but your still searching some three years later looking for that local radio job that will never materialize.

For those of you who are able to pick-up and chase the radio dream you'll find with a little research that there is a whole country full of little Mom and Pop radio stations in smaller towns just looking for talent like yours, granted not a lot of dollars but the radio stations and the radio work is out there if you want it that bad with security to boot, so if your willing to work in small and medium markets you too can be the big fish in a little pond as the saying go's. If you could pull it off maybe a move might be in order, do your homework, do your research, do it for old glory, or at best do it for peace of mind and chase your radio dream....   I assure you the radio work in all departments is available, so pack up and go get-em boy's and girl's....!

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[vadar]

Geez, what a goofy rant.   Yeah, inappropriate but also brings up some good points.   Radio has changed drastically over the years and getting a job in any line of work is challenging. 

It's ok Chucky we will be fine.  Thanks for the "encouragement."
 

[Earlyriser]

Just so you know, I HAVE been searching for work in much smaller markets-to no avail.

[nfladxer]

Just so you know, I HAVE been searching for work in much smaller markets-to no avail.

I know the feeling!  Unfortunately, in many cases, it seems on the air experience has little value to some programmers.  Over the past several months "On the Beach", I received one very nice rejection letter (Yes, an actual letter) from a smaller market PD, while I've gotten several email notes from much larger market PD's and OM's.  So, I've come to the conclusion that the smaller markets are intimitated be someone with more experience, a more professional sound, etc.  The key is to get "The Call", and, in reality, most of us would entertain that call from any size market!  All I'm looking for is a good stable position, with a professional organization that recognizes talent, and rewards hard work!   

[Stormychuck]

I knowww what was I thinking, my goodness, thanks to FM 100 Means Music for pointing out my lack of discretion by failing to complete the word properly in my hast of typing and leaving out "anese", your surely right the moderator's should hang me by my toes from the nearest yardarm. I would like to take this opportunity and thank you FM 100 means Music from the hearts of my bottom to what appears to me to be nothing more then your inability to play well with others and by bringing this issue to my and Radio-Info. Com's  much needed attention!  I'm hopeful you'll feel much better now.

 More to the point here's the scoop, after nearly 34 years playing the hit's from coast to coast literally, I made the jump from radio to/VO production, I now own my own production company complete with two other employees, so, I might be off-the-air, I'm not off-air and I do it from the comfort my own home nation wide.  

Example:  Three of our clients,   two in Arizona, Phoenix and Tucson and one in San Antonio, Texas all were looking for on air talents, 3 in Phoenix, 2 in Tucson and 2 in Texas, various formats, that's 7 people between 4 stations, (AM/FM) combo's so even if you cringe at the thought of living in Texas, let alone Arizona, these are just a few of the example's I come across while dealing with these clients a weekly or monthly basis, However, keep in mind I'm NOT in the talent placement business.  all of these were just recent.

As Mr. Vadar coined from my last post " What a goofy rant" maybe I just have a goofy way at looking at things, a little tongue-in-cheek satire never hurts, and offending anyone is not on my list of fun thing to do, enough said.

I felt it was necessary to toot my own horn so I could place and give you these example's, the last few are just a few that I come across all the time in my business, some stations always seem to be looking for somebody, a few we recently came across right here in the Southeast.

As I said before, do your research, so your homework, if your an on-air-music-talent don't be music prejudice, also keep in mind what I just posted here doesn't mean you'll find a gig, but, it's worth the try.  Especially good luck to Earlyriser he could use it.......                          

 

[Buzz Jackson]

--> "even if you cringe at the thought of living in Texas, let alone Arizona"

Arizona's not so bad.

[johnsummers]

Texas has been very good to me. Just started my 18th year at the same station....granted, I was demoted to part time for 21/2 years for budgetary reasons, but they re-instated me in February!! Summers are hot and the economy is good.

[vadar]

We miss you in O-town.   Big D treating you well.   

[FM 100 Means Music]

Stormychuck,

You come off as obnoxious in your two posts.  Just a reminder that voice over production isn't doing too hot right now either, three studios in Houston alone have closed in the last two years, and even the voice acting "power houses" in Vancouver are having problems.

You can still find yourself out on the streets with the rest of us, and considering how annoying your original post is, you wouldn't find too many sympathizers for you.

[vadar]

FM 100 says it best.   Chucky, your original post does not invoke sympathy.   While you have found success, many are still struggling for solid income, stable careers, etc...

I have some Humble pie in my garage refrigerator.   Why don't you stop by the radio ranch and take a big slice to go......