As of, oh, some time in the very near future, Entercom will own and operate Portland stations KWJJ and KOTK, country and talk formatted outfits respectively. (Don’t worry, it’s not a secret anymore. The press release is out there for the world to see. The part of the world that gives a crap about radio business news, anyway.)
Hooray. Yippee. Yee-haw. Boy howdy. I get to work for a country station now. Well, don’t that just beat all, y’all?
But wait, it gets better. From all I’ve heard, several parts of this blessed union are going to make my job… entertaining. For one thing, they appear not to have a dedicated computer technician. For another, the plan is to move the two new acquisitions into our building. Even better, they want to do it without leasing additional space. That’s right, we’re going to try packing two more stations’ worth of people and equipment into our existing digs. Incredible. And, I hope, utterly impossible. The best thing that could happen would be some facility expansion.
As difficult as this may end up being for me, I can only imagine what the people down at what used to be Fisher Broadcasting’s Portland stations are thinking this evening. They found out the same time we did, right before closing time today.
If any of those fine folks stumble across this website: Guys and gals, my worries are just as much for your sake as for my own. Welcome to the Entercom family, and I’ll do my damnedest to make sure that the transition is as painless as possible. Just don’t be surprised if I’m a bit snappish from time to time. People in my line of work stress a lot. It comes with the territory.
Think of it as being like the stress of, for instance, finding out your stations just got new owners. Each and every day.
