Wayddaminit... GM Tony Renda?
If that's who I think it is, when I knew him he was Tony Renda Jr., son of the owner of WSHH-FM. I believe he and his sister now own/control the family business, which includes WSHH and several other stations in town and out of state... including FL.
Little snot. For a long while, during my time as a weekend/overnight board op there, I had the shift after his. He always claimed that "Otto" the automation system was broken or malfunctioning, so he "had" to run the board by hand (translation: He wanted to be a real DJ, not just play tapes). First thing I'd do is put Otto back online... which irritated him (because I was indirectly catching him in a lie) and getting him into some hot water with his dad.
The other major stunt he pulled... the station had a 'trade' deal with one of the pizza shops, trading air time for free food for meetings and such. Well, one day, I get a phone call at home (as did many of the other board ops, I found out later). Seems that someone had been ordering food on the weekends & used up the balance. Of course, since it was 'unauthorized', whomever it was would get canned. The culprit? Jr. He didn't get canned.
He also would tell callers that the next guy (ie, me) would play their requests. Not only would he not tell me, but the music was all on 2 hour tapes, that we had to play in a specific order. No requests possible. Which he knew. Of course, when the callers would complain to management during the week, somehow this was all my fault...
There were other things, but those are three two most detailed that came to mind.
Suffice to say, he is the LAST person who should be passing judgement on the antics of on-air staff. Especially over DHMO.
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