Back In The Saddle Again!

 We've all heard it before. Many broadcasters
complain about the way their business is run.
 The hours can be terrible. You work a lot
of holidays. Often they get assignments that
are unpleasant.
  When you hear those kinds of things you're
tempted to tell them to get into something
else!
  But you're just as likely to hear the reply
...'What? Get out and leave show
business?!'
 You never really leave the business
even if the business has left you!
 That was the case with me when my
station decided to drop local news.
  Almost immediately I started to
volunteer at the area's public
access station to keep one foot in the
door.
  Some other area broadcast
veterans are getting 'back in the
saddle.'
  Dave Kuharchik never totally left
the field. The former WYOU
weather forecaster did some part time
work on the air in Harrisburg while
doing some teaching as well.
  Dave has returned to the area at
WBRE where he will co-host a new
Public Affairs program that begins
in  September. Till then he'll be
doing some weather reports on the
station.
  Frank Andrews is back too!
  He and his wife Gabrielle have
started a Saturday morning 'talk
show' on 94.3FM "The Talker."
  Gabrielle was a reporter with
WYOU.
  In Frank's case he comes 'full
circle' in a sense because his first
job in broadcasting was at WCDL
in Carbondale. 94.3 used to be
WCDL-FM.
  Getting back in broadcasting is
a lot like getting back in the saddle.
  But that saddle is on a bucking bronco!
  The business is ever changing
and not always for the better.
   Just about the time you get use to
a format, an anchor or reporter, or
the look of a TV News set a
consultant comes in and tells the
bosses they've got to change things
to build their audience.
  Of course the first thing that happens
when they change is losing the
audience that already have.
  Those constant changes are what
make broadcasting such a revolving
door of talent!
  If the Titanic had as many anchors
as I've seen come and go it could never
have left port!
  It's nice to know that some of the
people we liked to hear or watch 'way
back when' are still 'riding the range.'
  Others have found new homes off
the air. But you  might be surprised at
the number of listeners or viewers who
always ask...'what ever happened to
so-and-so."
  I get that a lot!
 People in the restaurants or the
supermarkets who will give me a glance
and say..." I know you. What's your name?"
 I usually remember. And I never get tired of
it. It's nice to know that somebody noticed
even if they're not really sure with whom
they're speaking.
  I can almost picture myself riding off
into the sunset and hearing people say
"There goes whats his name!"
  Then again they always knew who the
masked man was!
  See you "Kimosabe" and may all your
NEWS be good!