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Wow- There is a lot of class in this discussion. Shouldn't you two (Tony and Derek) be beyond personal slams on the internet, being that you are both the oldest people in this discussion.
First off- Tony, I have talked to you in detail about the situation you are talking about, and frankly I am very offended that you would bring that bullshit up on this article. But if that's what you need to pander to, go ahead and start spreading rumors.
Derek-Post production is when you do work AFTER production, hence-POST. Reality tv is the shit that you see on TV that they claim to not be scripted i.e. Real World, Cops and several other shows. If you need an explanation for anything else please email me and I will get back to you as soon as possible. Email is short for Electronic Mail, which has become a popular medium for sending information from one computer to another.
If anyone would like to begin personally slamming or spreading rumors about me or anyone else who dedicated numerous hours of volunteer work at the station, please email me at brock@northsouth.tv I would love to chat with you about it, because you are both being childish and it's very disappointing.
Tony if you want to take personal shots at me I advise you to call me at the number I gave to you last night when I talked with you and told you how much I respected your opinion.
Stay Classy Guys,
_Brock
PS I would love to sit here and explain myself even more- i.e. what I did at the station, but now I am just bothered by the immaturity and I won't waste my time explaining myself, those who worked with me at the station knew I did more than just "Show Up". I knew it was only a matter of time before it got ugly.
Me too Michael- Im in post production-Reality TV. WHAT WHAT
pwn'd
Well its good to see that we aren't alone in thinking maybe they should talk to a couple students down at the station along with Benny.
Sincerely Yours,
Derek- Before you lavish me with your insight like I think you are about to do, be aware that my relationship with Benny has nothing to do with my gripe with this and past articles.
:No referenc'd
There you have it.:
Have what?
PS- The photo of Benny by himself with the sad face really adds to the article-Its unfortunate that you were panned to the left and managed to keep students out of the photo.
"BTW, Benny got me my first gig in Promotions at 100.3 The River, so I'm not sure why I still like him."
That's awesome that he gave you a reference, must have been really nice.
No referenc'd
Play nice-
We don't need to start blasting each other or the time we put in at the station- Bottom line is, we all put in time at the station, whether it be 2-3 hours a week or 20-30 hours a week. We all did it, as volunteers.
Some of us would have liked a little recognition for our work and others wouldn't. People are different. It doesn't kill anyone to not get recognition, but it gets kinda old when every write up about the station is solely about Benny and his struggle to keep WUTK in working order. Bottom line is (for the 5th time), students DO WORK at the station. Benny did a TON of work and I do not doubt that he kept it afloat at times, but Benny did NOT run that station single handedly. It was a joint effort. If you don't believe me, shoot me an email and I can lay out the chain of work with the names of those who did the work in great detail (for those who were there during my time).
XOXO
PS- I wanna thank everyone for keeping me busy at work :)
"One good thing about music, When it hits, you feel no pain. So hit me with Music, BRUTALIZE me with music"
"I do a 2 hour show once a week, cut a spot, occasionally do some VT and some emcee work"
I think the post above makes the posts below null and void.
"I don't recall seeing students around the station near as much as you two were there."
"It was pretty much you and Grider and I can only think of a couple of other students that ever put in close to the amount of time you two did."
It's hard to see people that put in hours at the station when you are there for two hours a week.
BUT-let's not split hairs on how much time people spent down at the station. The ONLY point I was trying to make with my original post is that students bust their ass and get no recognition. Is it really that ridiculous to ask for a little bit of recognition when the place you help operate gets a huge article written about it? If it is, then I'm just a silly little boy.
As far as the countless amounts of tickets to concerts we worked for- Those tickets came from promoters. Benny also gave us tickets which was great and I told him how much I appreciated it every time we got them. We also got VIP passes to the Roo' that was awesome too. Myself, Jay, Wade, Julie, Whiggs and Chris One also paid close to 1000 dollars out of our pockets (Because of lack of funding) to go to New York in hopes of winning a national award given to the station.
I don't wanna take away from the main point that the article is trying to make, WUTK NEEDS funding. It's a great experience and it won't be around forever, especially if it has to scrape the bucket for funding.
Love,
At no part in my response did I take anything away from Benny. I even mentioned the "tremendous amount of time and work he put in at the station", but you can turn this into a student (me particularly) vs. Benny all you want.
The only thing I am responding to is that fact that students get no love from Metropulse or any other local media outlets when it comes to WUTK.
So gripe all you want about how many more hours Benny puts in than anyone else at the station, then take a step back and realize the one difference between the time Benny puts in down there and the time the students put in down there is that ONE gets paid and the others don't.
In response to Tony Farina's response, everyone down there gathered a lot from working at the station. My experience was great. I was taught many things from Benny, I was also taught many things from Michael Grieder, Jay Lewis, Tony Farina and several other people down there. I wouldn't take it back for the world, it was an all around great experience and I don't disagree that the station wouldn't be there without Benny, but when you have dozens of students putting in hours at the station and 2 or 3 putting in upwards of 30 hours a week at the station, they should get some recognition as well.
So warp it all you want into taking away from Benny's work down there, that's just not the case. The students bust their asses down at the station and get no articles written about them, face time in MetroPulse or any kind of Monetary reward for their hard work and Benny gets it on a regular basis.
It's just nice, as a person who puts in a lot of time at the station for free to get some sort of reward outside of experience. It doesn't make you an Ego maniac to want to be mentioned in an article about the radio station you spend your free time helping win Best Of MetroPulse 3 years in a row. If you are gonna mention Benny why not mention his underlings who, believe it or not, help the station A LOT.
Also- It's the best radio station in town. It's good to see that it's getting the recognition it deserves.
PS- This is my only gripe with MP- Besides this issue, you guys are by far my favorite local paper! Keep up the good work.
Once again Metro Pulse has given Benny Smith all the credit for work done at the station. While working for him I realized he puts in a tremendous amount of work at the station, but what you fail to realize or acknowledge is that there are other people down at the station who bust their butts on a daily basis and get no recognition at all.
How about Jay Lewis, who was nominated for two awards at the College MEDIA Journal awards? He worked at the station for 3 years, dedicating hours upon hours at the station to keep it running a long with Benny and several other people, no mention of anyone but Benny.
It's a college/independent/student ran station. Give Benny props, but don't fail to mention the people that make it possible for Benny to keep his job. If you think that Benny is the only reason that WUTK is operational and very successful you are either willfully ignorant or you just haven't done your research.
So please, next time you decide to do a story on WUTK, don't fail to mention the "little" people who help keep the station running and winning awards. Because it is a COLLEGE station and its employees are 99.99% COLLEGE STUDENTS, if you don't believe that, call the promoters that send all their music and schwagg to the station and ask them who they talk to on a daily basis. I can tell you right now, it's students.
So please do some research and make sure you let Knoxville know that the best station in town isn't run by one person, It's ran by a great group of people/students.
Ex-WUTK Music Director
