Diki and Hellboy are right. I know a couple of traditional "jocks" around here. Since consolidation and automation, they each work about 10 hours a week, part-time doing commercials and the banter that's played between pre-programmed tunes. They do a week-s worth of broadcast stuff (their "programs-20 hours playing time) and complete their commercial production in those 10 hours. They make a fraction of what they used to a few years ago.

Just for an eye opener, if you have access, go to a station run by Cumulus or other "biggie". The lack of live production and staffing is a shocker. The local staff, if any, is simply there to fill in the blanks left in the feed.


Russ (ex-old jazz jock) Lay




[This message has been edited by captain Russ (edited 07-15-2009).]