[joe-frank-list] Fwd: KCRW idea: End of year thoughts about joe

[Bill Milosz]

Yeah I'm sure that NOBODY made much money from the show.  

My guestimate of $200,000 includes paying a little to the producer (Joe), "guest artists" like Larry etc., engineers, production, distribution and a tiny bit of marketing.  MAYBE it could be done for less, it all depends how many people need to be paid and how much. People with professional-level skills, be they artistic or technical, need to be paid for their time.  

There is a LOT of work to be done to produce an hour of radio.  WAY more than most listeners realize.  And given his advanced age ( ha ha ha) Joe would need quite a bit of GOOD help producing and editing etc.   It's a matter of energy and time.  Without good staff, it would be too personally demanding and Joe would be well advised to avoid it, for health reasons.

There is a certain amount of "free" labor in Public Radio like interns and volunteers, but coordinating these types is a job in itself- and there tends to be a lot of turnover and burn out among volunteers and interns and they often need training etc. etc. so this "resource" has only a limited ability to help with production costs.



-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Frank <Joe at joefrank.com>
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Had to chime in --

While at KCRW Joe was paid a very (very) small fraction of this amount to produce new shows each week. 
(He quite often personally paid actors / musicians, and more to produce the kind of work he wanted)  

Bill Milosz wrote: 
(snip) 
  A weekly hour long program like Joe's has got to cost around $200,000 a year or more.



-----Original Message-----
From: mandy willingham <willingh at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Sat, Dec 26, 2009 5:15 pm
Subject: Re: [joe-frank-list] KCRW idea: End of year thoughts about joe


I like your suggestion, but give how harshly he was treated by KCRW, would Joe even want to return to KRCW? What about a bi-weekly program on KPCC or KXLU?

To: joe-frank-list at armory.com
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:10:34 -0500
From: billmilosz at aol.com
Subject: Re: [joe-frank-list] KCRW idea: End of year thoughts about joe


I would like to hear Joe Frank back supported by some institution producing new material.  I'm sure that, given the state of his health, he wouldn't be interested in the grueling routine of producing an hour of original radio every week.  But perhaps he would be interested in doing a weekly mix of older material with new shows added in when he can make them.
 
The idea of a letter writing campaign to promote this would of course depend on HIS INTEREST in getting back to KCRW.
 
The success of such a campaign depends, in large part, on the current state of internal politics at KCRW. Anyone know any insiders there at KCRW who can give us a readout of the landscape over there?
 



 
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Lee <bobl at 1amsoftware.com>
To: joe-frank-list at armory.com
Sent: Sat, Dec 26, 2009 10:57 am
Subject: [joe-frank-list] End of year thoughts about joe


First I think I need to apologize to Joe or whoever it was in his office who alerted me that my posting on my blog of one of Joes works would not be a good idea.  As everyone can see I removed the posting within minutes of the notice of offence.    
It has never been my idea to rip off Joe in anyway I only hope somehow with efforts from  a group such as this and other to promote Joe and his work for years to come.    
 
That being said, a comment was brought up over on Facebook about Ruth Seymour retiring, and someone thought it would be a good time to consider a litter writing campaign to the nice people over at KCRW to politely request Joe takes his rightful spot back on the airways.   

Anyone have a suggestion for a good show to listen to.   ?  there are just so many, and need a Joe fix.. someone got to have an idea, somewhere out there.   
 
Best wishes and happy thought to all for the new year.   
 
 
Bob Lee  
http://blog.1amsoftware.com 

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