The pay may not have been great but the perks were outstanding. In those days (60s-70s)there were regional airlines that liked to trade tickets for advertising. Central Airlines comes to mind along with Frontier and Trans Texas. Central was great because it flew in to Fayetteville. It had several other Arkansas stops and connections in St Louis and I think even Chicago. Also, hotels were easy to find trades with in any city. You could listen to a radio station and often tell where there staff had been traveling. Wind Jammer Cruises were also big on trades. Movie theaters often gave passes or traded for ticket giveaways.
When I moved to Pine Bluff to manage KCLA, one of the great perks was a permanent family pass to any of the Commonwealth Theaters.
When you get out of the broadcast business the perks and backstage passes are sometimes what you miss the most.
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