{"id":1175,"date":"2009-07-28T00:05:03","date_gmt":"2009-07-28T07:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/?p=1175"},"modified":"2009-07-27T23:55:36","modified_gmt":"2009-07-28T06:55:36","slug":"radio-jerk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/radio-jerk\/","title":{"rendered":"RADIO CAREER STRATEGY: DON’T BE A JERK"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"radioA loyal reader writes:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“When I first arrived in this market nine years ago, the only gig I could find was weekend overnights. I gladly took it to get my foot in the door. The morning guy was an industry veteran, very well known for garnering substantial numbers. The times I filled in for other people and ran into the morning man, he treated me like something he had dragged in on his shoe. Very rude, very condescending.<\/p>\n

“Now, nine years later, I’m the Operations Manager of a different station. I have an extremely rare full-time opening on my staff. Guess who’s applied for it?<\/p>\n

“It’s a situation as old as radio itself, but you CANNOT be rude or snotty to ANYONE in this business. The person who’s doing the garbage shift may be the person you’ll be sending an aircheck and resume to in a few years!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Years ago I received a similar report from Jay Meyers,<\/strong><\/span> as I recounted in my book, PERSONALITY RADIO:<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

“In 1975 I was a novice jock, looking for work. I called up this program director at a small station in Chester, Pennsylvania. He said, ‘Yeah, I have a weekend opening. Meet me at the station at 10:00 on Saturday morning.’<\/p>\n

“It was about an hour-and-a-half drive for me. I got there at 10:00 and waited. 10:15…10:30….Finally he arrived at 10:45. One of the jocks there said, ‘This guy is here to see you.’<\/p>\n

“The PD looked at me blankly and said, ‘What do you want?’ I said, ‘I’m Jay Meyers, and you told me to come at 10:00 this morning for an interview.’<\/p>\n

“He said, ‘Oh, I changed my mind. I can’t see you now.’ And he walked away.<\/p>\n

“Years passed. I ended up as Program Director at WFIL\/Philadelphia in 1983. My second day on the job I got this 12-page resume and letter: ‘I’m this long-time Philadelphia air personality, I hear you may be going oldies, and I want to be involved in it, I’d be great for you, etc.’<\/p>\n

“I read through the resume, and when I came to the part where it said, ‘1975: Program Director, WEEX\/Chester,’ it suddenly clicked. It was the very same guy!<\/p>\n

“I wrote him a letter that said, ‘In 1975, when you were program director at WEEX and I was just a beginning jock, you had me drive out to your station to meet you, but when I got there you wouldn’t give me the time of day.<\/p>\n

“‘Well, guess what!’<\/p>\n

“And I put it in an envelope with his resume and mailed the entire package back to him.<\/p>\n

“So sometimes it’s true: What goes around comes around.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A loyal reader writes: “When I first arrived in this market nine years ago, the only gig I could find was weekend overnights. I gladly took it to get my foot in the door. The morning guy was an industry veteran, very well known for garnering substantial numbers. The times I filled in for other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1175","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"yoast_head":"\nRADIO CAREER STRATEGY: DON'T BE A JERK - DAN O\u2019DAY TALKS ABOUT RADIO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/radio-jerk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RADIO CAREER STRATEGY: DON'T BE A JERK - DAN O\u2019DAY TALKS ABOUT RADIO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A loyal reader writes: “When I first arrived in this market nine years ago, the only gig I could find was weekend overnights. I gladly took it to get my foot in the door. The morning guy was an industry veteran, very well known for garnering substantial numbers. The times I filled in for other […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/radio-jerk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"DAN O\u2019DAY TALKS ABOUT RADIO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DanODayRadio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-07-28T07:05:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/JerkFinger-.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dan O'Day\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Dan_ODay\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Dan_ODay\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dan O'Day\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/07\\\/radio-jerk\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/07\\\/radio-jerk\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dan O'Day\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/afe504342187ed9676675802d9c9b19c\"},\"headline\":\"RADIO CAREER STRATEGY: DON’T BE A JERK\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-07-28T07:05:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/07\\\/radio-jerk\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":453,\"commentCount\":19,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/07\\\/radio-jerk\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2009\\\/07\\\/JerkFinger-.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/07\\\/radio-jerk\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/07\\\/radio-jerk\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/07\\\/radio-jerk\\\/\",\"name\":\"RADIO CAREER STRATEGY: DON'T BE A JERK - DAN O\u2019DAY TALKS ABOUT RADIO\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/07\\\/radio-jerk\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/07\\\/radio-jerk\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2009\\\/07\\\/JerkFinger-.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-07-28T07:05:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/afe504342187ed9676675802d9c9b19c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/07\\\/radio-jerk\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/07\\\/radio-jerk\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/07\\\/radio-jerk\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2009\\\/07\\\/JerkFinger-.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2009\\\/07\\\/JerkFinger-.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/07\\\/radio-jerk\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"RADIO CAREER STRATEGY: DON’T BE A JERK\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"DAN O\u2019DAY TALKS ABOUT RADIO\",\"description\":\"Straight talk about radio programming, radio advertising, radio production...Well, you get the idea.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/afe504342187ed9676675802d9c9b19c\",\"name\":\"Dan O'Day\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danoday.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/assistant\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"RADIO CAREER STRATEGY: DON'T BE A JERK - DAN O\u2019DAY TALKS ABOUT RADIO","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/radio-jerk\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"RADIO CAREER STRATEGY: DON'T BE A JERK - DAN O\u2019DAY TALKS ABOUT RADIO","og_description":"A loyal reader writes: “When I first arrived in this market nine years ago, the only gig I could find was weekend overnights. I gladly took it to get my foot in the door. The morning guy was an industry veteran, very well known for garnering substantial numbers. The times I filled in for other […]","og_url":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/radio-jerk\/","og_site_name":"DAN O\u2019DAY TALKS ABOUT RADIO","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DanODayRadio","article_published_time":"2009-07-28T07:05:03+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/JerkFinger-.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Dan O'Day","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Dan_ODay","twitter_site":"@Dan_ODay","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dan O'Day","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/radio-jerk\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/radio-jerk\/"},"author":{"name":"Dan O'Day","@id":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/afe504342187ed9676675802d9c9b19c"},"headline":"RADIO CAREER STRATEGY: DON’T BE A JERK","datePublished":"2009-07-28T07:05:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/radio-jerk\/"},"wordCount":453,"commentCount":19,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/radio-jerk\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/JerkFinger-.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/radio-jerk\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/radio-jerk\/","url":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/radio-jerk\/","name":"RADIO CAREER STRATEGY: DON'T BE A JERK - DAN O\u2019DAY TALKS ABOUT RADIO","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/radio-jerk\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/radio-jerk\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/JerkFinger-.jpg","datePublished":"2009-07-28T07:05:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/afe504342187ed9676675802d9c9b19c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/radio-jerk\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/radio-jerk\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/radio-jerk\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/JerkFinger-.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/JerkFinger-.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/radio-jerk\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"RADIO CAREER STRATEGY: DON’T BE A JERK"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/","name":"DAN O\u2019DAY TALKS ABOUT RADIO","description":"Straight talk about radio programming, radio advertising, radio production...Well, you get the idea.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/afe504342187ed9676675802d9c9b19c","name":"Dan O'Day","url":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/author\/assistant\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1175"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1184,"href":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175\/revisions\/1184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}