Please share my shows and subscribe... CLASSIC JIM FERGUSSON!!! - AIR PRESSURE - JIM FERGUSSON'S RADIO STORY... 1974... LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY... WHAS RADIO... JIM FERGUSSON STARS IN THIS SEGMENT OF JIM'S RADIO STORY!!!... THE PRESSURE OF BEING "ON THE AIR" TAKES ITS TOLL!!!... YOU LIVE SECOND BY SECOND WHEN YOUR A JOCK ON THE AIR... YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING THAT GOES OUT ON THE AIR!!!... IF A MACHINE JAMS... DEAD AIR!!!... IF A LISTENER ON A PHONE-IN DECIDES IT WOULD BE FUNNY TO SAY ONE OF THOSE "BANNED" WORDS... IF YOUR LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ON A 7 SECOND DELAY... WHAT'S THE CLEANEST WAY TO EDIT IT OUT!!!... PRESSURES OF THIS TYPE ON A DAY IN AND DAY OUT BASIS... TAKE THEIR TOLL!!!... I STILL WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT EVEN TO THIS DAY... BEING UNDER SIEGE FROM THIS PROBLEM OR THAT RELATING TO BEING ON THE AIR... MOST OF THEM INVOLVE "DEAD AIR" ONE OF THE MAJOR PRESSURES OF BEING "ON THE AIR!!!"... IN THIS SEGMENT OF "JIM FERGUSSON'S RADIO STORY"... THIS AIRCHECK TAKES YOU BACK!!! More... Additional... YOU KNOW... THEY SAY IF YOU LIVE LONG ENOUGH... YOU WILL SEE ABOUT EVERYTHING!!!... HOWEVER... SOME THINGS ARE BEYOND BELIEF!!!... RADIO AND BROADCASTING HAS OCCUPIED A LARGE PART OF MY LIFE... FROM A SIX YEAR OLD KID... TILL TODAY (2015)... IT IS ON THE ONE HAND A "JOB"... BUT ON THE OTHER HAND... IT IS A WAY OF LIFE!!!... RADIO HAS GIVEN "ME" A PRETTY GOOD LIFE!!!... AND BECAUSE OF THAT I AM VERY PROTECTIVE OF IT!!!... I HOPE THAT WHEN I LEAVE THIS EARTH... RADIO WILL BE IN AS GOOD A SHAPE AS WHEN I STARTED MY CAREER!!!... BUT I AM VERY DOUBTFUL THAT WILL BE THE CASE!!!... THROUGH THE YEARS... RADIO ALLOWED ME TO BE CREATIVE!!!... RADIO SAID TO ME... "WHAT EVER YOU CAN IMAGINE... HERE IS THE PLACE FOR IT!!!"... UNFORTUNATELY TODAY THERE IS VERY LITTLE ROOM FOR CREATIVITY!!!... ONE COMPANY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO GOBBLE UP A LARGE PORTION OF THE RADIO INDUSTRY!!!... AND INSTEAD OF HONORING AND TAKING PRIDE IN RADIO'S PAST WITH ALL IT'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS... IT HAS TREATED IT WITH DISDAIN... AND CORPORATE GREED... BRINGING THE WHOLE INDUSTRY TO THE VERGE OF DISASTER!!!... IT'S CORPORATE INITIALS ARE "C.C."... I CALL IT "THE CRAP COMPANY!!!"... THEY CALL IT "CLEAR CHANNEL"... THE AUDACITY!!!... TO CHOOSE A CORPORATE NAME THAT USED TO MEAN ONE OF THE HIGHEST HONORS A BROADCAST RADIO STATION COULD ACHIEVE!!!... IN MY DAY "CLEAR CHANNEL" MEANT A STATION HAD BEEN GRANTED THE POWER TO BE A CLEAR "VOICE" ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY!!!... IT WAS NOT JUST THE VOICE OF A CITY... NOR A STATE... BUT A VOICE FOR MILLIONS!!!... WHEN I WENT TO WORK FOR WHAS RADIO IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY... WHAS HAD ALREADY BEEN A "REAL" CLEAR CHANNEL VOICE FOR MANY YEARS!!!... IN ADDITION TO HAVING THE PHYSICAL POWER OF 50,000 WATTS... IT'S "ON AIR" DIRECTION WAS ONE OF SERVICE!!!... SERVICE TO IT'S COMMUNITY AND TO IT'S COUNTRY!!!... AN OBLIGATION TO BE A VOICE OF TRUTH AND INFORMATION... AND THEY HONORED THAT OBLIGATION... THEN ALONG CAME A PREDATOR COMPANY... LET ME REFER TO IT AS "C.C."...THE CRAP COMPANY... ALIAS "CLEAR CHANNEL!!!"...WHICH HAS NOW PUT OVER 1,200 RADIO STATIONS IN PERIL!!!... THIS "CRAP COMPANY" WAS ALLOWED TO COME INTO A TOWN AND TAKE OVER ALMOST EVERY RADIO STATION IN THAT TOWN!!!... IF A TOWN HAD EIGHT RADIO STATIONS... THEY WOULD TAKE OVER SEVEN!!!... IN MY DAY A COMPANY COULD ONLY OWN SEVEN IN TOTAL!!!... NOT OVER 1,200!!!... YES 1,200!!! AND THEIR ALL IN TROUBLE!!!! THIS CLEAR CHANNEL "LEACH" HAS BLED THE LIFE BLOOD RIGHT OUT OF THE RADIO INDUSTRY!!!... AND THEN WHEN PEOPLE STARTED REALIZING WHAT WAS GOING ON... THIS CRAP COMPANY SIMPLY CHANGES IT'S NAME FROM CLEAR CHANNEL... TO "I-HEART" RADIO!!!... WHEN THE CRAP CATCHES UP WITH YOU... YOU JUST CHANGE YOUR NAME!!! THERE SHOULD BE A CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVuFhi-Ht1Q THIS SEGMENT IS PART OF JIM'S RADIO STORY... WHERE WE CELEBRATE A 5O YEAR CAREER IN COMMERCIAL BROADCASTING!!!... FOR THE WHOLE STORY VISIT US AT... null (CO-PRODUCER TERESA FERGUSSON) SUBSCRIBE!!!..............SUBSCRIBE!!!.............SUBSCRIBE!!! JIM FERGUSSON: I HOPE THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF "RADIO STORY" WILL SERVE AS AN INSPIRATION TO ALL. "RADIO STORY" ILLUSTRATES THE POINT... THAT YOU CAN ACHIEVE ALL THINGS DREAMED... BY HARD WORK... AND BEING PREPARED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE BREAKS... AND IN SOME CASES CREATE YOUR OWN BREAKS... FINALLY... "RADIO STORY" IS A CELEBRATION OF BROADCASTING IN GENERAL... LET'S HEAR IT FOR RADIO!!! SINCE ALL OUR VIDEOS ON "RADIO STORY" DEAL WITH THE EDUCATION AND ENLIGHTENMENT OF POTENTIAL RADIO BROADCASTERS THROUGH THE USE OF ACTUAL RADIO PRODUCTION EXAMPLES... WE RECOGNIZE FROM TIME TO TIME THERE MAY BE ISSUES... Copyright Disclaimer... Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976.