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Hi everyone,
This marks the beginning of a new day in my lifetime.
As some of you may know I have been trying to get
in radio for a very long time. After attending a radio
broadcasting school in 1987 I have been trying to get
on the air. Believe me I have tried just about everything.
From sending demo tapes to many radio stations to even
offering to work for free. Just so I could get in the door
somewhere. The last attempt I made was about three
weeks ago. I sent a letter to the program directors of
Kvi, Ktth, Kiro and Kkol. I made this offer to all of them.
I have an idea for a talk show that I know will be a sure
fire hit. In fact I am so sure that it will be I will work
the first thirty days for free. If it turns out not to be
the hit I know it will be then I will walk away and that
will be the end of it. Don’t be alarmed I was paraphrasing
what I actually said. Be that as it is to date I have gotten
no response.
Rewind to a little over two years ago,a person I had just
met told me I had a great voice. Now over the last thirty years
many people have said that to me. Some were people I
knew and some that were complete strangers. However
no one in the broadcasting industry had ever said that
to me. That is up until about 2 years ago when this person
who had been a twenty five year veteran of the broadcast
media in Seattle told me that I did. Coming from a person
of this caliber it humbled me to the core.
So I knew I couldn’t give up the dream of having my own
show. This person went on to tell me about another Seattle
broadcast veteran who while not having a radio show of his
own anymore. Had a very successful radio entity that I
would be a good fit for. So a few days later I made the
decision to call this person. We talked for about an hour
that day about something other than radio. In the middle
of the conversation I brought up the idea of working with him
He said nothing at all. So I moved on thinking that would
be the end of it. Fast forward to six months ago a
counselor I was seeing new I had been unemployed for
almost five years. In an attempt to help me get a job
suggested that I talk to that same person again about
radio work. My thought was I had nothing to lose by trying
again.
My first attempt to contact him was through email. I
simply stated that I had an idea for a radio show that
I wanted to run by him and also talk about working with
him in his radio entity. Well three weeks went by and I
heard nothing. So I decided to call him up and try to
discuss radio with him. We had about a seven minute
conversation that day. It was apparent from the beginning
of our chat that he was trying to get rid of me. He said
some things that really bothered me. I will just give you
one example. He said that as far as working for his radio
entity that they don’t do audition’s and that unless your a
famous person we wouldn’t hire you anyway. He also said that
if I had a dime for every guy that told me people said to him all the
time that he has a great radio voice that I would be a rich man. After
saying these things he realized what he did and remarked I have just
discouraged you and didn’t mean to do that. I don’t think he meant to
discourage me either. I just think he wasn’t interested in helping me out
and didn’t want to be bothered with it.
Believe it or not this man did me a favor that day. After thinking about a little
while I realized three things. 1. If I was going to make it in radio I would with
help from God have to do it myself. Because no one was going to help me.
2. If someone ever came to me for help and I was in a position to do something
to help them out that I would never turn my back on them. Its what God would do
and I certainly wouldn’t want them to feel like I do now. 3. To that end God has inspired
me to start an organization called the No Turning Back Foundation. The idea being
that we all need mentors in life to help us do what we love to do the most. No matter what
it is there will be someone who is willing help to point us in the right direction.
Now I know this will be a big undertaking to be involved in. That’s OK anything
worth doing isn’t meant to be easy. I have already started laying the ground
work in putting this together. There are some very exciting times ahead.
As I look at the King County Republican party today. Its a sinking ship and getting worse
all the time. It was a difficult decision not too run for county chairperson but it was
the right thing to do. God did not want me to do it because my family
comes first. I hope everyone understands that this was not an easy thing for me to talk
about. After a lot of prayer and soul searching I decided it needed to be said.
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