Leaping Lazards

I’m sooooo surprised that this has happened!

Mapleton Communications, LLC. borrowed from the Lazard Group to buy a bunch of crap radio stations that they should never have purchased, and now, are having trouble paying it back to Lazard, who now appears to have controlling interest in the company!

Some listeners out there think this might be a good thing…that maybe Lazard knows more about running radio stations than Mapleton does!

Lazard is in the business of making money, for themselves and for others…and they are very good at it. I’m sure they have no interest in the day to day operations of Mapleton and it’s fabulous radio empire! (I mean, they left Adam in charge didn't they?...) However, if Lazard does decide they want to be hands-on, if they do decide they want to get jiggy with it, if they decide they want their money back anytime soon, they would be more likely to cut and hack away at the stations, and so, I do not have a very good feeling about all of this.

Why didn’t Mapleton just spend a little of their own money to fix up and maintain and promote the stations they already owned? Wouldn’t that have been a lot cheaper? It certainly would have been more beneficial to them and to us and to you the listeners.

I think this quote from one of my earlier blogs (originally found on the KPIG website) explains it pretty well…

“I think the problem with our corporate masters and, indeed, with most corporate masters, is that they have dollar signs burned into their eyeballs…which blinds them and causes them to make mistakes…the more money, the bigger the mistakes…mistakes that hurt people, including themselves!!

This morning on the porch of my fortress of solitude, I came across these verses in Ecclesiastes Chapter 5 (yes, that’s the Old Testament!) that made me shake my head and chuckle:

Whoever loves money never has money enough;

whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income.

I have seen a grievous evil under the sun:

wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,

or wealth lost through some misfortune,

Naked a man comes from his mother's womb,

and as he comes, so he departs.

He takes nothing from his labor

that he can carry in his hand.”



Ralphie

Damn Right!

From one of the radio industry magazines.

I believe this is from 2000.

I look at this photo and I think what a difference 9 years makes...Pig has gone through some staff changes since then...some went willingly, some left disgruntled (there's nothing worse when you're a Pig) and of course, Laura Ellen died.

I've been missing Laura alot lately...we could really use her strength now more than ever to keep us goofey music playing misfits in line, as well as our suit wearing corporate masters.

It's hard to say who she yelled at more!

Ralphie

I Thought They Worshiped Cats!

I was watching a show on the History Channel and the mystery of the Sphinx was revealed....turns out it was a Wiener Dog!

It all makes sense now!

Ralphie

Nothing Better To Do?

These blogs are intended for the entertainment of the KPIG listeners (and anyone else with far too much time on their hands!)

It doesn't mean that you will be entertained...it just means that it's my intent!

Ralphie

My First Blog

Actual photograph of my first blog!

I was writing about the cruelty of being forced to eat creamed spinach, and the injustice of early bedtime!

Two things that I'm still not very fond of!!

Ralphie

Something In The Way Of An Apology

I guess the blog page on the KPIG website is no more…it has ceased to be…it is an ex-blog page…I know it says “Temporarily Unavailable”, but I think we all know that Adam Nathanson shut it down.

Was it something I said?!

I must admit, I feel bad… Maybe if I were to say “I’m sorry” that would help.

I’m not very good at this, but here goes….

(ahem..throat clearing)

Adam,

I’m sorry!

I’m sorry you don't seem very qualified to do your job; and that it appears that the only reason you have this job at all is because your Dad owns the company….I’m sorry that you have to micro-manage every aspect of the company to the point where none of the qualified people you hired have time to do their jobs because you are constantly pestering them with phone calls and emails.

I’m sorry you can’t seem to follow your own philosophy or the 10 standards you call “The Mapleton Way”, which you proudly display on the company’s website:

The Mapleton Way

10) Be innovative, be creative, be flexible

9) Help build a better local community

8) The truth is the best policy

7) Fight complacency - past successes are not for resting on but for building upon

6) Admit your mistakes and learn

5) Be logical and explore all the options

4) Believe in your abilities; if you think you can do it - you can do it

3) Act with honesty and integrity or don't act

2) Treat others as you would like to be treated

1) Customers come first... think of them and you will always win... your audience, advertisers and staff

I'm sorry, but, I've highlighted some of the ones I think need improvement.....I do want to help!

Seriously, though…I feel really, really bad...I mean reeeeaaally awful...I mean you have no idea how much it’s tearing me up inside that I can’t think of one nice thing to say about your management techniques...

I'm sorry...I told you I wasn’t very good at this!

Ralphie

THIS JUST IN....

......Michael Jackson is still dead!