Man, this TV business just sucks!

[Tom Snyder]

See the blurb about Kimberly Kane's termination at WTMJ in Tim C's column today:

"I am at peace with TMJ4's decision not to renew my contract," she said. "What stings is how it happened. A quick, 'We're changing direction.' And then, 'I want you to leave. Now.' "

Those of us who have been in the Radio and TV business know how typical it is. It might be like this in other businesses, but sometimes it seems like the Media tries to outdo each other for the coldness with which it lets people go...  The running joke is... don't ever go on vacation or go into the hospital. The unemployment lines are full of radio and TV guys who did, and got fired by phone while away on vacation or in a hospital bed.

[bradsmainsite]

Sometimes in life these turn out to be the best things that could have happened
to you!

It seems like when we are comfortable where we are at its hard to change, but when forced to we get irritated enough to do what we really want to do in life!!

Go Kimberely now is your chance to do what you really want to do and not have to look over your shoulder constantly!

[Tom Snyder]

You won't get an argument from me that there aren't millions of stories (including my own) where getting fired was the best thing to ever happen.  

But that still doesn't ever give the guys that are doing the firing any right to be heartless scum. They're not aware of the fact that they are potentially catapulting you to future greatness elsewhere, so they're not feeling any pride in being an agent of positive change. There's no noblity to their action.  They simply have a need to make it perfectly clear that they have the power and you don't, and so they still have a job, and you don't.   :OnAir:

[Joseph S]

Good luck to her. Nice hear someone doesn't care to tell us "The bird flu will eat your kids for breakfast, more at 10."

[bradsmainsite]

Tom,

There is NO DOUBT in what you say because its all about them, However that being said what goes around will come around and it will because someone no matter who you are always has to answer to someone thats when they will
find out they really are just like everyone else when they are on the outside looking in.

Wow was that profound anyway, they have to be able to sleep at night for their
actions not me!  I was not making excuses for them in anyway because what they
did was just plain wrong! :mad:   I was just trying to look at the bright side of things for her and say that they do not have control over what SHE can do for herself now that she is FREE of them!

They only way they can control is if you let them.