Monday Memo – November 2, 2015

Site staff,

MONDAY MEMO
TO: ALL STAFF
FROM: KATHLEEN
DATE: 2 NOVEMBER 2015

OUT IN THE COMMUNITY

Account Executive and Salisbury volunteer firefighter Rob Strobel participated in the Ocean City 911 Memorial Stair Climb this past weekend.  It is an event used to honor the 343 Firefighters who lost their lives on September 11, 2001, as well as raise funds for the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.  This is done by climbing the equivalent of the same number of stories of the World Trade Towers, 110 stories, as well as having each individual fallen Firefighter honored by a climber in the event.  Each climber donates $30 and Rob climbed fully loaded with his turnout gear.  A full gear climb is actually voluntary, but Rob, being the tough guy that he is, didn’t take the easy way out!  In addition to full gear, Rob sliced 15 minutes from last year’s total time.  The project raised a little over $35,000.  Rob is shown here with Jay Jester, event organizer, just after the “Blessing of the Helmets”.  

  • Last Thursday, Lenita Wesson spoke to a class at Salisbury University.  The class is designed to introduce students to those “soft” skills for which employers tend to look and is one of the first courses students take upon admittance to the Perdue School of Business.  Lenita spoke on negotiating, workplace do’s and don’t’s, time and stress management, communicating with your boss, social skills and professionalism in cyberspace.
  • Thursday evening, John, Teri and Phil will represent the station at the MCE/ Palmer Gillis Entrepreneurship banquet.
  • Friday at noon, Phil, Teri and Kurt will represent us at the Kent County Tourism Awards Banquet.
  • Friday at noon, I will represent us at the Awards banquet for the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore.
  • If you are working with an organization that is sponsoring a food or clothing drive for a specific day (can’t do on-going events), send the particulars over to me  and I’ll put the information into rotation on our Community Service Food Drive schedule.

THE VOLUNTEER LIST for Bell Ringers for Salvation Army has been completed.  Special thanks to the Sales and News Departments who fully staffed the openings.  A list has been sent to all Department Heads who will send out reminders a few days prior to the event.

UPDATE ON LOBBY RENOVATIONS:  

  • The final touch ups on the floor surface for the lobby/front offices have been completed.
  • We are still awaiting quotes from painting and hand rail vendors who were in last week.
  • Michael Donofrio, commercial design consultant, will be in Thursday morning to evaluate our needs and work up proposed color, furniture and accessories to finish off the lobby area.

THE OFFICIAL STATION 2016 HOLIDAYS have been posted on the Station Bulletin Boards, FYI.

SPECIALS ON 47 ABC THIS WEEK INCLUDE

  • Tonight at 10 is “Countdown to the CMA Awards: Country’s Greatest Crossover Hits”
  • Wednesday, starting at 8PM, is “The 49th Annual CMA Awards”
  • Friday at 10, 20/20 will have a special feature on “Lost Relatives”

THIS IS THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF THE NIELSEN NOVEMBER SWEEPS PERIOD.  This 4-week period is a key time in our broadcast year and, as always, I appreciate your continued attention to detail as we work to bring the best possible viewing experience to our audiences.  

BIG DEALS:

  • Today = Go Fish in Rehoboth Beach ($20 voucher for only $10)
  • Tomorrow = Atlantic Tactical in Salisbury ($50 voucher for $25)
  • Wednesday = Choptank Bowling in Cambridge ($20 voucher for $10)
  • Thursday = Paul’s Pizza in Salisbury ($20 voucher for $10)
  • Friday = Breckenridge Paintball in Vienna ($40 voucher for $20)

NOVEMBER IS

  • National Native American Heritage Month
  • National Inspirational Role Model Month
  • National Adoption Month

SPECIAL DAYS THIS WEEK INCLUDE

  • Today is the 95th anniversary of the first scheduled radio broadcast (1920)
  • Today is also All Souls Day
  • Today is “Job Action Day”
  • Tomorrow is “Cliché Day”
  • Tomorrow is General Election Day
  • Thursday is “National Men Make Dinner Day”
  • Friday is the 40th Anniversary of the television premiere of Good Morning America
  • Sunday is “National Parents as Teachers Day”

WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE IMMEDIATE OPENINGS

  • Account Executive Trainee (full time):  see Teri Monahan
  • Technical Director/Studio Technician/Editor (full time):  see Josh Lynch
  • Master Control Operation (part time/fill in):  see Ken Evans

In-house applicants should make their interests known at their earliest convenience.  47ABC, Delmarva’s CW3 and Me-TV:  An Equal Opportunity Employer.

REMINDERS

  • Tonight, many of you will see a significant difference during your commute home due to time change.  Rural drivers can expect to see more deer actively moving about.  Be careful.  They make dreadful hood ornaments.
  • Tomorrow is election day in Salisbury.  If you are a registered resident, I encourage you to exercise your right to vote.
  • Wednesday, the Weather Team will do a special long-term weather forecast for our region.
  • Wednesday, “our” Wawa (next to the Salvation Army Story on Route 13) will be closed for technology upgrades

That’s it for this Monday Memo.  Make it a great week!

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