Comments on: Dear Radio. Please Stop It.

By: john miller

john miller — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:28:29 +0000

I had a friend who was a talented and creative as could be and through a variety of changes is now “on the bench”. He’s doing voice work and getting along but people who knew Mike loved Mike. “Mike at the mic” was as good as they come. When he had a good bye remote it was extended and there was people waiting to say farewell after 3 hours. “Penny wise and pound foolish” fits perfectly!

By: Brad

Brad — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:29:06 +0000

Here here, Tim. I was blessed to know Kent, and work side by side with him. While he was writing and voicing amazing radio spots, I was fortunate enough to spend some time with him showing him some tricks that I had learned along the way with production.

To this day, I’ve not met even a handful of people who can begin to compete with the level of sheer talent that Kent has. I miss radio dearly, because I’ve been gone long enough to bring back the romance in my own mind. But more than that, I miss working daily with people like Kent, Ryan, Juli and Tim. When you meet someone who, just by having a daily conversation with you, can challenge your view of something; when you meet the people who can drive you beyond your self-imposed limits simply by how they see the world, that’s a truly special thing.

Cheers, Kent Zimmer. Maybe one day someone with the provisions you deserve will realize your talent. But even if not, the Red Bull customers of your world are about to be turned on their ears.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:24:14 +0000

Classy, Juli. Very classy.

@Sad: Sorry. It’s an understatement to say I feel your pain.

By: Juli

Juli — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:56:36 +0000

My thoughts exactly. Wow….you are sooo right on. Never have I met anyone like Kent Zimmer…and, I feel we hadn’t even had a chance to tap into that incrediable mind he has. Alot of business and organizations are too consumed with the mighty dollar to STOP and pay attention to “who” is helping them reach their corporate goals. Oh, goals are important…money keeps the doors open and the lights on…but you must take care of your “brilliant”…dedicated…employees. Yes, anyone can give the time and temp…tell folks to come out and buy a car, but it takes someone really special to reach out and “know” the listeners and be their friend. Radio had lost a great friend………

By: sad radio person

sad radio person — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:30:37 +0000

I’m surprised no one has commented on this yet. I just got tears in my eyes. Thank you for saying what shouldn’t even have to be said. It’s time someone did. Doesn’t make much sense how this whole radio thing works, does it? Radio is a talent and Kent is as good as it gets…but people have to eat. I would never suggest a young person to get into radio because of this stuff right here. You can have talent coming out of your ears, but unless you want to sell commercials for the station that you are the face of or move all over the country from large market to large market, you’re probably not going to be able to buy groceries. So sad.