Reply #10: Here's the first post that started it all . . . "what a dilemma"

[mistertrickster]

from Misanthrope (June 11)
...I work in public radio as an announcer. I arrived at the station today to find a directive that we are to announce an hourly notice about Reagan's death, the nat'l day of mourning on Friday, and where listeners can go for blow-by-blow coverage. While we are at least foregoing NPR's coverage of Friday's events, we have been instructed to program a "reflective, respectful piece by an American composer" into each hour of our programming on Friday to honor the departed criminal.

I don't want to do it. Were it syndicated coverage, or something coming in via satellite, I would just let it play and mind my own business. However, when an announcer programs his show, the selections he chooses are as much part of "who he is" as his voice. I think it's hypocritical for me to act as if I'm respecting someone I loathed.

So, I'm left with several choices, among which are: ignore the directive altogether; program the shortest possible "memorial" piece (down to 10 or 15 seconds, if possible); program upbeat music; program things that focus in some fashion on minorities and the rest of Reagan's unwanted citizenry; program things whose titles stress negative images about character; or any combination of the above.

Anyone know of any public radio stations in the civilized world that needs a good jazz deejay?

On edit--in the ensuing discussion, the post-er revealed enough information that a lurking FReeper narc-ed him out to the post-er's boss. He was immediately fired without any kind of discussion.

The FReeper's name by the way was "FreedomFlynnie"--real name Lawrence Harrison "Lane" Flynn who graduated from Vanderbilt University in 2004, engineering and is a proud alumnus of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. He also appears to be a pilot and a member of a Porsche club.

As you can see, our POS lurker is a real charity case.