Ruth Meyer - She Will Be Missed - Walter Sabo - MediaBizBloggers

She was a very very unusual person She was from the Midwest a good Catholic girl with a bawdy laugh She had no quotsignaturequot ego she didn39t ask for credit and was never a driver or pusher She coaxed joked teased and made you feel good You did what she wanted because she knew her audience and you wanted her to be happy Ruth showed her ambition through her ideas not her will Her ideas were nonstop often brilliant and often crazy and that39s why I loved her I had the privilege at ABC of having her and Rick Sklar report to me at the same time History would reveal that to be a significant alignment it wasn39t apparent at the time They were both in the wrong jobs two Jaguar engines stuck in a Chevy But those of us who worked with them were indeed fortunate A front row seat to the master classRuth Meyer loved loved loved great on air personalities She talked about them like a 14 year old fan and treated them like gold As a result they treated her as their leaderRemember she was managing the Jets and Yankees combined Her lineup wasn39t just at WMCA but at WHN WNEW AM and the NBC and ABC Radio networksWhen I was looking for a job after college she was the first person who met with me I was nervous sitting there in the lobby of WMCA I wanted a tour but dared not ask She did not have a job but gave me something more respect She spent time with me talked to me answered my questions and gave me confidence for the next interviewI thank her for helping me learn how to greet the kid visiting for a first job and properly applaud the million dollar onair talentShe was a true inventor of Top40 Inventors in radio are rare and to be coveted She says she was taught the format directly by Todd Storz quotIt was all Toddquot she always said But it wasn39tYou might want to follow this link and consider helping some of the people who helped Ruth httpwwwbroadcastersfoundationcomdonationsphpformmembershipPS That Good Guy smiley logo She designed itamp160Walter Sabo is the Founder and Creator of the business concept He is an experienced leader of new organizations and is currently CEO of Hitviews Walter can be reached at walterhitviewscomMediaBizBloggers is an openthought leadership blog platform for media marketing and advertising professionals companies and organizations To contribute contact Jackmediadvisorygroupcom The opinions expressed in MediaBizBloggerscom are not those of Media Advisory Group its employees or other MediaBizBloggerscom contributors Media Advisory Group accepts no responsibility for the views of MediaBizBloggers authors

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