MY TV JOURNEY

My program schedule was set.  The cable companies were set.  TV Guide was printing our schedule - but I soon found that “programming” was a job that nevers ends.  And so was my commute from Central NJ to the shore.  I was running out of my personal gas by the end of the week and driving even with the low gas prices of the 1980's was killing my family budget.  Our show-biz neophyte owner stopped asking me, “What About?”.  A bit of startup success apparently give him the idea that he was a TV pro. (with 6 months of arms-length work).  He started to compare us with the Philadelphia U’s that years of survival in the 4th major market and staffs that dwarfed our minimal crew.  He now called me with - “We have to have!”  I would consult with Bob, my immediate boss and he would say - do it and find the extra budget.  I would leave is office shaking my head. My next task - create a weekend newscast withe the skeleton weekend crew!!!  And I d...