November 4, 2022
Election time often presents hard choices in life, what are some hard choices you’ve encountered in life?
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Jagger, KCHZ: When it comes time to make a move for the benefit of your career. It’s tough because it’s not just a job change, it’s a lifestyle change. Rick Vaughn, KENZ: Relocating a family a few times.
Valentine, WBHT: Every night, should I watch one more TV show or go to bed? Chris Michaels, FM100: Taking risks in my professional career. Two big ones that come to mind is the first time leaving my hometown of Jacksonville, FL to take on a full-time job in Greenville, NC. That decision changed my life and opened a lot of doors. The next hard decision was leaving what we built in Greenville, NC to take my first programming job at WABB in Mobile, AL. Kobe, WURV: Back in 2003 I had to decide which road to go down, programming or being a jock. I chose the path to be a PD. In 2021 I had same decision, but this time I took a leap on myself passing up a great PD job to be a morning show host. I feel I made the right decision both times. |
Drew Heyman, WHYI: Radio is 24/7 so choosing and knowing that balance between work and family can be a challenging choice at times.
Jonathan Shuford, WRVW: Any time you’re making a decision to move across the country for a job, it’s a pretty hard decision and one that all of us in this business has made multiple times. Toughest one for me was leaving my first radio job at WABB in Mobile. A town I went to college in, great legendary station, I knew everyone, was the king of the mountain there…that was very difficult. Mike O’Donnell, WKRZ: The hardest choices of all for me, and it’s an ongoing challenge, is balancing career and family. I’m always thinking about that. Adam Rivers, WKCI: I’ve been fairly lucky where I haven’t really had that many to speak of, honestly.
Buster Satterfield, WIOQ: Should I stay and work in a market I love, or take another job in another market I love? Lee Abrams, mediavisions: The go/no decisions when flying in challenging weather. Terminating nice people who are unfortunately incompetent. Any move to another city…among others. Matt Johnson, WPLW: When there are career opportunities at this point, because my kids are high school age, it’s very difficult to weigh those choices and figure out what’s best for the overall family. Fish, WKRZ: Choose your battles. I think it’s very relevant for today. |
Guy Zapoleon, Zapoleon Consulting: I was blessed to work for wonderful people my entire career and while it was always scary to leave your job to advance your career, most of my decisions were easy. The most difficult decision was going into consulting and leaving Nationwide Communications. I was told I could consult the 8 Nationwide stations for a small fee which would keep me afloat. But I had a non-compete for those markets and those 8 stations would occupy all my time. So I chose to leave even though my first year was tough until I was hired at my first two clients WBMX and WAPE in year 2. Also, I could have remained at Nationwide but a few years later Jacor bought us and everyone was replaced. So, I made the right decision.
Kevin Kash, WWEG: I lived apart from my family for nearly a year while I re-established my radio career after the 2008 recession. On a positive note, the experience made us stronger as a family. |
Tommy Chuck, WFLZ: There have been several hard decisions I’ve had to make on job changes that may have been very good for my career, but not so good for my family. I always want to remember that no amount of success in the office can justify failure in the home. I’m glad that the decisions I have made so far in my career put me on a path to Tampa Bay where my family really enjoys all aspects of life!
Rich Davis, KDWB: Without being too specific, for me nothing harder than some of the decisions you have to make regarding your children as they grow up. You always want the best for them!
Mike Miller, iHeartMedia: For Halloween, do I post my own Spirit Halloween costume meme or let everyone else? At Dinner, do I order the largest steak possible or be smart and order the 2nd to largest steak. I have hard decisions every day of my life! Lol
Dom Theodore, Radio Animal Media Strategies: Hardest choice for me was to stay full time in corporate radio or go off on my own. I chose the latter, and that has made all the difference.Next Week’s Question Of The Week:
Tom Brady may have stayed in the NFL a little too long, who or what else has stayed around too long?
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