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Originally Posted by sawdustjoint
I wonder how much Lieberman makes? 120k or less?
Oh, he doesn't make half that. May even be about 1/4th of that.
People WAY overestimate how much money can be made in radio. I remember Howard's press conference when his show got picked up in Cincinnati, he was chatting on air with the program director of the Cincy station. Guy said he was PD *and* working a DJ shift. Howard said, "Great, two paychecks!" The guy laughed. Howard was shocked. "What? You're working two jobs! You must be making, what, $60k year?"
"Not even close to that," was the answer.
Howard took this opportunity to warn the audience, "Don't go into radio! There's no money here!"
EDIT TO ADD: When I worked in the sportsbook in Vegas, we "brokered" an hour of airtime M-F from a small radio station WAAAAAAY up the dial. You can do it, too. For a small fee, you get an hour of airtime, and you can do a show about anything you want--poker, gardening, whatever. You can sell the ad time, or run your own ads. All the ads on this show were for the casino. The station will even help you produce and record your commercials.
Well, we hired two guys to co-host this call-in extravaganza. Want to know how much they were paid? $0. We paid them in buffet comps. Seriously. They literally would work for food. Oh, they were terrible at what they did, but they were clearly experienced, too.
When people hear my voice on a microphone (like when I'm running a poker tourney or whatever), they often tell me, "You should go into radio!"
If they only knew.
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Originally Posted by midas
If you are that confident bring your Mom or Sister! Then you can play Its just Wrong and Win Fred's Money at the same time!
"Confident" may not be the right word. I'd make the line about pick'em. Maybe make Fred a small favorite, out of deference to his experience with the game and LM's point about performing under pressure.
But giving Fred a run for his money puts me miles ahead of just about everyone who has ever gone on there to play the game.
Last edited by youtalkfunny; 12-06-2012 at 03:52 PM.