After stints as assistant music director and music director, he became station manager in the fall of 1999. The legacy of the station had been lost. I think we had a lot of problems with that in the last five years, but not too much this last year. Last summer was a turning point. The station was off the air for about nine hours a day, according to Paddock.
Some people have the philosophy that anything on the air is better than nothing.
Last summer, I disagreed with that philosophy. I wanted my people to be knowledgeable on the air. We decided to work hard on training and get people who learned WUSC policies and FCC policies. The point wasn't to make it hard, the point was to improve quality. Our draw for DJs wasn't that large last fall, but when we were on the air, we sounded strong and more people wanted to be a part of it.