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"If you say you're going to do something and you start to do it, and people enjoy it or respect it or are entertained by it, people will step up and help you."
Allow me to be the first with the spam, maybe then people will see that it's done and move onto something else...
The Infamous Monty Python Spam Skit!
Scene: A cafe. One table is occupied by a group of Vikings wearing horned helmets. Whenever the word "spam" is repeated, they begin singing and/or chanting. A man and his wife enter. The man is played by Eric Idle, the wife is played by Graham Chapman (in drag), and the waitress is played by Terry Jones, also in drag.
Man: You sit here, dear.
Wife: All right.
Man: Morning!
Waitress: Morning!
Man: Well, what've you got?
Waitress: Well, there's egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg bacon and spam; egg bacon sausage and spam; spam bacon sausage and spam; spam egg spam spam bacon and spam; spam sausage spam spam bacon spam tomato and spam;
Vikings: Spam spam spam spam...
Waitress: ...spam spam spam egg and spam; spam spam spam spam spam spam baked beans spam spam spam...
Vikings: Spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam!
Waitress: ...or Lobster Thermidor a Crevette with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and spam.
Wife: Have you got anything without spam?
Waitress: Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.
Wife: I don't want ANY spam!
Man: Why can't she have egg bacon spam and sausage?
Wife: THAT'S got spam in it!
Man: Hasn't got as much spam in it as spam egg sausage and spam, has it?
Vikings: Spam spam spam spam... (Crescendo through next few lines...)
Wife: Could you do the egg bacon spam and sausage without the spam then?
Waitress: Urgghh!
Wife: What do you mean 'Urgghh'? I don't like spam!
Vikings: Lovely spam! Wonderful spam!
Waitress: Shut up!
Vikings: Lovely spam! Wonderful spam!
Waitress: Shut up! (Vikings stop) Bloody Vikings! You can't have egg bacon spam and sausage without the spam.
Wife: I don't like spam!
Man: Sshh, dear, don't cause a fuss. I'll have your spam. I love it. I'm having spam spam spam spam spam spam spam beaked beans spam spam spam and spam!
Vikings: Spam spam spam spam. Lovely spam! Wonderful spam!
Waitress: Shut up!! Baked beans are off.
Man: Well could I have her spam instead of the baked beans then?
Waitress: You mean spam spam spam spam spam spam... (but it is too late and the Vikings drown her words)
Vikings: (Singing elaborately...) Spam spam spam spam. Lovely spam! Wonderful spam! Spam spa-a-a-a-a-am spam spa-a-a-a-a-am spam. Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Spam spam spam spam!
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No-one knows what it's like, to be the sad man, behind blue eyes...
I just want to introduce myself and start a conversation in here.
Whose in radio? who wants to get into radio? who knows about radio?
And what's the best room in the forum? Got to ask that one.
I am thinking about going to back to school or changing careers. I might try a school alternative and jump right into Radio. SO, let me know who is in Radio or at least knows what my choices are.
I don't believe anyone here is currently involved in terrestrial radio. I know I used to be, but got out of it in the 90's. Deregulation has all but killed any diversity in terrestrial radio, and with satellite feeds being cheaper than paying a live jock (not to mention your satellite jock won't be gone to another market in 6 months), getting a live gig in terrestrial radio is a challenge. Advancing in it is an even bigger challenge. Don't expect to make a great living at it.
If I had the opportunity to get back into terrestrial radio today, I don't know that I'd take it.
You don't really need to go to school for broadcasting, but I recommend it. You'll learn things in broadcasting school that you'll likely only learn otherwise wasting time as an intern, riding the boards for canned shows. I know, I've been to school AND worked as an intern before that.
I wen to New England School of Broadcasting (New England School of Communications, now) in Bangor, Maine. They have a radio station on campus (yeah, most colleges do) but this one is run like an actual, commercial radio station. No random people doing their own thing. You answer to a Program Director, your music is selected by a Music Director. You'll learn announcing, production, copywriting, etc etc. I'm sure there are others, that's just the one *I* know.
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