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> Opportunity! Wrote:
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> -----
> > From DCRTV:
> >
> > "Got Cash? Be DC Radio Talk Star - 3/12 - Want
> to
> > be a DC area morning radio star? Got a pile of
> > cash or know someone who does? You might want
> to
> > give Metro Radio talker WTNT, 730 AM/102.9 FM,
> a
> > call. According to station owner Bruce Houston,
> > WTNT "is a broker time station now." And it's
> > looking to replace the TRN-syndicated
> "America's
> > Morning News" show with someone who'll pay them
> -
> > and keep their own ad revenue. "WTNT would sell
> > the 6 AM to 9 AM time slot to a personality who
> > would produce his own show and do the selling,"
> > Houston tells DCRTV. Interested? Contact
> Houston
> > at
BruceAHouston@aol.com....."
> >
> > Someone tell LFF! Time's-a-wastin'!
>
> Didn't Greaseman do this for awhile? He was
> paying a radio station to broadcasthis show.....?
Let's imagine that call to Bruce Houston:
Rob(b): "Mr. Houston? Hold for Mr. O'Meara, please."
[Wipes the Cheetos dust off his fingers, hands phone to LFF.]
LFF: "Bruce? Mike O'Meara, radio legend here. I'm tanned, rested, and ready to return to my throne as the King of AM Drive."
[Listening.]
"Well, I've been doing this podcast."
[Listening.]
"Podcast."
[Listening.]
"Well, it's kind of like a radio show, but with fewer listeners. Listen, this 'pay for the time' thing doesn't work for a seasoned radio pro like me. Howzabout you GIVE me the time, and I'll throw you 20% of the advertising revenue?"
[Listening.]
"30%?"
[Listening.]
"60%?"
[Listening.]
"Bruce, I just don't think we're on the same page; really, for a guy who once got an interview to be the spring training announcer for the Red Sox, this is beneath me. Look, 75% of the ad revenue is the best I can do . . . hello? Hello?"