Low Power FM For Dummies

Chapter 12

Forming the Band: Building Your Crew

IN THIS CHAPTER

Putting together your backstage crew

Training your staff and volunteers

Making sure your staff know their responsibilities

Of all the things I write about in this book, nothing, simply nothing, is more important than the crew of individuals that are steering your ship. A few motivated volunteers can navigate through the stormiest of seas but one Jonah can sink the entire ship. I have learned, the hardest ways, that although your station must be open to the community, it must be protective of itself.

As you recruit new members, as important as it is to seek talent in hidden places, it is equally important to get to know your volunteers before letting them in too deep. You see, an FM frequency is a powerful thing. It is a great responsibility and you must be able to hold on to it without letting it drive you mad. If this is sounding a little like a passage from the Lord of the Rings, I assure you, it is! Your life as the operator of a LPFM radio station will be full of adventures you never imagined from your comfortable ...