Subj : Re: Commercial Radio
To   : N1uro
From : Avon
Date : Sun Aug 29 2021 12:21:47

On 28 Aug 2021 at 07:55p, N1uro pondered and said...
 
 N1> -=> Avon wrote to N1uro <=-
 N1>  Av> You mean my commercial radio exp?
 N1> 
 N1> Yes sir. Were you on New Zealand radio? I'd love to hear an aircheck of
 N1> you on any commercial radio outside the states. 

Yep I worked on stations that were mostly Hot AC and CHR formats. I also did
some student radio (University) which is where I really found a passion for
the industry and was lucky enough to get some mid-dawn work when I would go
back home for semester and Christmas/New Year breaks. There was a start up FM
station running short term broadcasts for 6-8 weeks in my home town. It was
made up of ex Student Radio guys from the Uni I was attending. They were
chasing a full time commercial warrant to broadcast in what was (at the time)
a highly regulated industry and one largely dominated by government run
public broadcasting stations.

Long story short they got the warrant, I kept doing holiday work for them
on-air while finishing my studies. After another two years I finished uni and
sent out tapes and CV to all the stations in the country.

Got a few offers but turned a few down as they were more sales vs on-air or
(in one case) a station run in a way where it was clear the staff were
unhappy with management.

I ended up getting called up by a PD and asked to come to an interview for a
a station shifting from AM to FM and changing format from night talk to (what
was the first of it's kind at the time in NZ) a love song dedications format.

I got the job, moved to a new city and did that shift for around 2 years,
then moved to afternoons and did that for another 4 years.

I could go on :)

 N1> One station I would have loved to have worked for would have been the old
 N1> KWST - KWEST 106 around 1983. They had a fantastic line up, excellent 
 N1> production, and played good pop music. I think they gave up to KIIS too
 N1> soon. Their morning team of London and Engleman were hysterical!
 N1> Followed by Bobby Ocean and then Pat Garret. Great daytime line-up.

I run a LPFM now called Total FM, you can catch it at totalfm.nz ... mostly
80's and 90s music. I'm just getting back into doing some announcing in
recent weeks again, started recording hourly weathers that play TOH too.

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