Far from Cincinnati
If you've never heard of WKRP in Cincinnati, the title of this blog will make absolutely no sense to you. This is a quick explanation to get the ball rolling with this blog.
For those who don't want to click the wikipedia link above - WKRP in Cincinnati was a sitcom from the late 70's based in a fictional radio station. Herb was a pretty slick radio salesman. Well, he was in his own mind anyway. In truth, he bumbled through in loud polyester suits and more than boorish manners - never landing the big accounts and more importantly never helping his clients achieve advertising success in radio.
Despite the fact that I'm pretty sure I dress better, as soon as I got my job at XM105 the jokes started. I don't know if this happens in every radio account executive's house, but as soon as I took the position the jokes started. I was now Herb Tarluk.
When it came time for me to create this blog to go along with Easy Results with Radio - My name is not Herb immediately became a front runner for names. Herb being the antithesis of what a professional radio salesperson wants to be, it just made sense to me.
And now, without further ado....enjoy the rest of the blog!
For those who don't want to click the wikipedia link above - WKRP in Cincinnati was a sitcom from the late 70's based in a fictional radio station. Herb was a pretty slick radio salesman. Well, he was in his own mind anyway. In truth, he bumbled through in loud polyester suits and more than boorish manners - never landing the big accounts and more importantly never helping his clients achieve advertising success in radio.
Despite the fact that I'm pretty sure I dress better, as soon as I got my job at XM105 the jokes started. I don't know if this happens in every radio account executive's house, but as soon as I took the position the jokes started. I was now Herb Tarluk.
When it came time for me to create this blog to go along with Easy Results with Radio - My name is not Herb immediately became a front runner for names. Herb being the antithesis of what a professional radio salesperson wants to be, it just made sense to me.
And now, without further ado....enjoy the rest of the blog!
posted by Patrysha at 7:51 AM
3 Comments:
Welcome back to the online world! Good to see you at the MM forum too, I'm just so busy I haven't had time to say hi until now.
Take care,
Melody
I use to own a shirt that said "my names not herb" I never knew what it meant, as I searched it's meaning online you are the only site related. Does it mean something more than from the radioshow? I owned the shirt as a kid in the early eighties
Hypo - Thanks for visiting. This is kind of a dead blog now. I left radio a while ago to get back into marketing and promotions directly for small businesses.
In any case, I am not sure if that shirt was related to WKRP. I was only 8 in 1980. It could've been a reference to marijuana too. The timing does fit for WKRP since it was the early 80's and the show was on in the late 70's.
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