Me, Her, the Boy and a Dog
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As I get ready to turn 35, I think back to my broadcasting career and realized that I started in radio when we still spun records and played carts. Then it was CDs and today everything is digital.
Once upon a time you actually had a DJ in a studio for a full show (4-6 hours). Today, you can pre-record an entire show in about an hour. Not only that, but radio pays nothing, which is why local radio is so bad. I was talking to a local sports radio station about doing a local show on a part-time basis, but their corporate policy is that part-timers ALL get paid minimum wage, which means I would have to work about eight hours at the station to equal what I make in one hour doing freelance work. No thanks.
I’m kind of sad to see radio go downhill, but it’s the evolution of the industry and it was inevitable.
