Balthazar Crindy's first job was listening for and recording ad placements for proof of play using his fathers Vietnam War-era HAM radio equipment and reel-to-reel recording setup.
Radio stations must "prove" to their ad-buyers that ads played at certain times and completely, but sometimes outsource the effort for these recordings and indexing. It's a low-wage, low-effort job that radio stations contract out, and Crindy's father helped make the connections necessary.
Young Balthazar one night was nodding to sleep when his finger slipped. The radio station was an unusual one, and he was still recording. Instead of music, a distant female voice was monotonously repeating number sequences in Spanish. He copied down the numbers, and the next day asked his high school Spanish teacher about them, who couldn't make any sense of them. Then he asked his math teacher, a Cuban immigrant and a beloved teacher and mentor to many at the school, if he had any idea what it could be. The teacher, Mr Castor, quickly dismissed Crindy's notes and appeared quite uninterested.
Radio stations must "prove" to their ad-buyers that ads played at certain times and completely, but sometimes outsource the effort for these recordings and indexing. It's a low-wage, low-effort job that radio stations contract out, and Crindy's father helped make the connections necessary.
Young Balthazar one night was nodding to sleep when his finger slipped. The radio station was an unusual one, and he was still recording. Instead of music, a distant female voice was monotonously repeating number sequences in Spanish. He copied down the numbers, and the next day asked his high school Spanish teacher about them, who couldn't make any sense of them. Then he asked his math teacher, a Cuban immigrant and a beloved teacher and mentor to many at the school, if he had any idea what it could be. The teacher, Mr Castor, quickly dismissed Crindy's notes and appeared quite uninterested.
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