As the celebrations surrounding Austereo veteran Lee Simon for reaching 40 years in radio last week rivaled that afforded a winning contestant on Survivor, it occurred to me that such a milestone may be more difficult to achieve in radio than in many other industries. Apart from careers such as rodeo clown or suicide bomber, most other jobs in, say, banking, health care or teaching seem far more stable than those in radio. Do you feel that way? Or are you relatively comfortable with the level of job security that Radio provides?
Either way, is radio different to other industries? Why do people leave radio? Are they more often pushed than choose to leave of their own accord?
There is a few of us out there that have survived this industry!
Lee Simon's run is just AMAZING and kudos to you m8
I reckon if u make it thru 10 yrs these days it should be recognised as
a milestone
A mate of mine said to me years ago (hi Rob Colligan)that the industry needs
to train the new blood and establish a framework similar to apprenticeships in
other trades.
The more we ignite the passion and show younger people that this is showbiz the
better off we'll be