Monday Memo – December 21, 2015

Site staff,

MONDAY MEMO
TO: ALL STAFF
FROM: KATHLEEN
DATE: 21 DECEMBER 2015

HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY, HEALTHY AND SUCCESSFUL 2016!
This is the last Monday Memo for 2015 and we’ll be back on 4 January 2016.  This has been a year of growth and many changes that go along with it.  You’ve been an amazing Team and I want to thank you again for your efforts on behalf of our Stations in 2015 and look forward to working with you in 2016 as we and our Stations continue to grow and develop new products!

WELCOME ABOARD TO


Percy Fields joined our Master Control/Engineering Team last week.  Percy has an Associates of Applied Science from Wor-Wic Community College where he was a Dean’s List Honoree and a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, graduating with honors.  He also studied Business Management.  Percy has also worked as a chef at the Salisbury Courtyard/Marriott, Break Time Sports Grill and Pub and Flavors of Italy.  Please join me in welcoming him to our Team.


Eric Walston has joined our Team in Master Control/Engineering as a part time Master Control Operator.  Eric has ten years of experience in the film and television industry as well as a  good working knowledge of computers.  In addition, he has editing skills.  He has a B.S. in Film and Television production from Full Sail University in Winterpark, FL.  Please join me in welcoming Eric to our Team.

RENOVATIONS UPDATE

While the contracted work crews did not exactly show up on the timeline as described in my Friday memo, the painters and flooring crews did work around each other over the weekend with only minor incidents.  The new color looks great on the walls and compliments the flooring quite well.  I know we are all anxious to get back into our “normal” (let’s not lose sight of what that is) work areas and that should happen over the next couple of days.

A special shout-out to John who headed the Muscle Team of furniture movers (Greg, Brian and Will) and Teri Monahan who was a One Woman Coordinator on an “Errors and Omissions Patrol”.

We have an assortment of large posters that you can put in your work area, if you wish.  PLEASE DO NOT TAPE OR THUMBTACK ANYTHING TO THE WALL.  We have a selection of repurposed poster frames and Drew will be glad to install them at a uniform height when you  are ready for that.  Ditto for shelves, white boards and/or bulletin boards.

And, again, a thank you to all who kept your cool and worked as efficiently as possible midst the unavoidable chaos of a complete renovation.

MORE SPECIAL THANKS TO

  • Kiyana who covered for Emily for her Bell Ringing shift (and)
  • Caterine who covered for Julian for his shift
  • Drew Prouse who came in Saturday to supply a key to the editing suite after the painters managed to lock themselves out
  • To the Engineering Team who scrambled all last week to try to fix a problem that wasn’t really ours.
  • Teri Monahan who was in all Saturday morning to assist with work crew painting/flooring issues

BROADCASTERS ON VACATION:  This week and next are full of vacationing broadcasters.  The following information should be helpful in knowing who’s here and who isn’t:

  • Phil Comeaux is off today
  • Sarah Truitt, Jaisol Martinez, Brian Bonsteel and Jaime Roberts will be off all week
  • Julie Duer will be off Tuesday and Wednesday
  • Leanne Guyette, Emily Lampa, Lindsy Adkins and Jobina Fortson will be off Wednesday through Friday
  • Don Gaul, Jamie Heater, John Ebert and Elaine Haggerty and Jeff Smith will be off all day and I will be leaving early (about 2:30) on Thursday
  • Chris Scalice, Terri Mahoney and David Caldwell will be off Thursday and Friday
  • Greg Guidone will be off Thursday through Sunday
  • Ken Evans will be off Thursday through next Monday
  • Greg LaFrance will be off Thursday through 2 January
  • Shamara Smith will be off Christmas Day through New Year’s Day
  • Lili Zheng will be off Saturday and Sunday

NEXT WEEK

  • Charles Roberts and Allen Vickers will be off next Monday
  • Teri Monahan and Lenita Wesson will be off next Monday and Tuesday
  • Daniel Johnson will be off next Monday through Wednesday
  • Jaime Roberts will be off next Monday through Thursday
  • Asia Johnson will be off next Monday through New Year’s day
  • Quinn Prunty will be off next Tuesday and Wednesday
  • Jamie Heater and Jeff Smith will be off next Thursday
  • Emily Lampa, David Caldwell, Chris Scalice and Jobina Fortson will be off next Thursday through New Year’s Day
  • Michelle Mackonochie will be off 3 January (Sunday a week)

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS:

  • Jamale Stevenson celebrated 14 December (and)
  • John Ebert will be celebrating on 29 December

ANNIVERSARIES:

Natalie Changlin celebrated her first year with us on 15 December

ENGINEERING SCHEDULE THIS WEEK

  • Jeff and Drew are Early Guys
  • Bill is Late Guy

Next week

  • Jeff and Bill are Early Guys
  • Drew is Late Guy

SIGNAL UPDATE:  The struggle with our signal issue which took up so much time last week, appears to have originated at the signal collection point (not under our control), which is why our satellite customers were receiving intermittently garbled signals.  Our signal tested clean, so there was nothing more we could do on our end.  So far as we know, they got the problem fixed around noon on Friday.  If you know of someone receiving our signal via satellite, please check with them to see if the signal issue has been corrected.  If they are still having issues, ask them to flip to another channel which is not ours (such as public television) and then flip back to us.  This should cause a re-set which should clear up the problem.  If this does not work, please report it to the engineers or to me.  Thanks for your assistance in this critical customer service issue.

ABC HAS A BUNCH OF HOLIDAY SPECIALS OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS:

  • Tonight, we have finales of “The Great Christmas Light Fight” (8-10) and “The Great Holiday Baking Show” (10-11)
  • Tomorrow from 9 – 11PM = “The Year:  2015”
  • Thursday at 8 = “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (R)
  • Thursday at 9 = “It’s Your 50th Christmas, Charlie Brown” (R)
  • Thursday at 10 = “The Great Christmas Light Fight” (R)
  • Friday at 8 = “CMA Country Christmas ” (R)
  • Monday, 12/28
    • 8PM = “Happy New Year, Charlie Brown”
    • 9PM = “Rudolph’s Shiny New Year”
  • Thursday, 12/31
    • 8PM = “Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest”
    • 11:30 = “Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest”

DELMARVA’S CW3 HAS TWO HOLIDAY SPECIALS THIS WEEK

  • Thursday at 8 = “Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol
  • Friday at 8 = “iHeart Radio Jingle Ball”

“OLDIES BUT GOODIES” HOLIDAY SHOWS ON ME-TV INCLUDE
 

  • Tonight at 8 = The Donna Reed Show:  “A Very Merry Christmas”
  • Tonight at 9:30 = Our Miss Brooks:  “The Magic Tree”
  • Tuesday at 9 = Wonder Woman:  “The Deadly Toys”
  • Wednesday at 9 = Laverne & Shirley:  “Christmas Eve at the Booby Hatch”
  • Wednesday at 9:30 = Happy Days:  “Christmas Time”
  • Thursday at 9 = The Honeymooners:  “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas”
  • Thursday at 9:30 = Odd Couple:  “Scrooge Gets an Oscar”
  • Friday 11AM – 1PM = MeTV Holiday Special:  “A Dream for Christmas”
  • Friday at 9 = The Andy Griffith Show:  “Christmas Story”
  • Friday at 9:30 = Mama’s Family:  “Santa Mama”

Me-TV has a lot of Holiday themed shows throughout the day and some shows are shifting, so if you are a fan of the memorabilia Holiday specials, check your listings for time verifications.

STATION FREEBIES:  Congratulations to Travon Miles, winner of the “Arrow” T-shirt and the “Flash” football.  The new Station Freebie is a goodie bag from Gordy’s Tiger Mart.  The drawing will be Monday morning, 1.4.16 and the winner will be announced in that day’s Monday Memo.  Note:  there will be only one signup sheet and it will be on the downstairs bulletin board by the time clock.

BIG DEALS FOR THIS WEEK INCLUDE

  • Today = Atlantic Tactical Firearms in Salisbury ($50 voucher for $25)
  • Tomorrow = Choptank Bowling in Cambridge ($20 voucher for $10)
  • Wednesday = Defibo’s in Bethany Beach ($30 voucher for $15)
  • Thursday = 2J’sBBQ in Salisbury ($20 voucher for $10)
  • Friday = Christmas, so no Big Deals

SPECIAL DAYS COMING UP INCLUDE

  • Today is “Humbug Day” and winter begins (perhaps there is a connection)
  • Thursday is Christmas Eve
  • Friday is Christmas
  • Saturday is “Boxing Day” (Canada) and “National Whiners Day” (please don’t)
  • Next Monday is recognized as the 70th Anniversary of the Pledge of Allegiance
  • Next Thursday is “Make up Your Mind Day” and New Year’s Eve
  • Next Friday is New Year’s Day

WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO IMMEDIATE OPENINGS

  • Studio Technician (part time):  see Josh Lynch
  • Sports Reporter (entry level, full time):  see Sarah Truitt
  • Photographer (full time):  see Josh Lynch

In-house applicants should make their interests known at their earliest convenience.  47ABC, Delmarva’s CW3 and Me-TV:  An Equal Opportunity Employer.
That’s it for this Monday Memo.  Make it a great week!

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