Ashville Saga

[lurkerjock]

What happened with the turnover of Bob Bolak at the Saga stations?

[mredindc]

Why does it seem as though Saga/Asheville, NC advertises for a PD for its AC station every 4-6 weeks?  Is the place toxic or what?

[secondchoice]

I had the same questions:

http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=197498.0

[nuffsaid]

Seems to me there is a constant "help wanted" sign out at these stations.  Right now they are looking for a General Manager and also a Program Director.  Ashville is a really nice place but not sure it is a good radio town.

[secondchoice]

I had the misfortune to work at the old 1350 Black Mountain in the early 1980's.  At that time the merchant / radio relationships were very "established" with little room for "outsiders".  That was before Walmart (if they have reached Asheville yet) decimated a lot of local merchants.  Most likely things have not gotten better.  If I ever hit the lottery, Asheville would be a nice to live and possibly have a station to "play" with, but I would hate to owe a bank a bunch of money and try to make it there.   

[eacalhoun1]

I had the misfortune to work at the old 1350 Black Mountain in the early 1980's.  At that time the merchant / radio relationships were very "established" with little room for "outsiders".  That was before Walmart (if they have reached Asheville yet) decimated a lot of local merchants.  Most likely things have not gotten better.  If I ever hit the lottery, Asheville would be a nice to live and possibly have a station to "play" with, but I would hate to owe a bank a bunch of money and try to make it there.   

Did you work at 1350 when it was WBMS or WONO? Didn't a guy named Larry McKay work there? He worked a longtime at WHIS/WHAJ in Bluefield, WV.

Eric

[nuffsaid]

Saga needs to look at broadcasters that have gotten their feet wet in the real broadcast world.  Seems to me the higher ups at Saga have a constant neon sign out front of the station.

[lurkerjock]

Did Bob leave on his own or was he fired? 

[secondchoice]

I had the misfortune to work at the old 1350 Black Mountain in the early 1980's.  At that time the merchant / radio relationships were very "established" with little room for "outsiders".  That was before Walmart (if they have reached Asheville yet) decimated a lot of local merchants.  Most likely things have not gotten better.  If I ever hit the lottery, Asheville would be a nice to live and possibly have a station to "play" with, but I would hate to owe a bank a bunch of money and try to make it there.   

Did you work at 1350 when it was WBMS or WONO? Didn't a guy named Larry McKay work there? He worked a longtime at WHIS/WHAJ in Bluefield, WV.

Eric

WBMS  At that time they were doing an AC format. 

[DoubleC]

wow what does the average pd make in Asheville