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kyleP
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My girlfriend and her mother went to the Winchester Food Lion recently, well I should say one of the Winchester Food Lions since that town has how many? 5?
Anyway, when they went to the check out they noticed the woman at the register looked familiar. They noticed that on her nameplate was the name "Jenny". Leaving the store still thinking "..damn..she looks familiar", it was only on the way home that it dawned upon them..Jenny Lynn from Q102 !!
At first I didn't believe it when they told me, so I went to www.svrtv.net and sure enough, it says that Jenny Lynn was "last reported" working at a local grocery store.
Interesting that ten years ago she was the most popular dj on the air in the entire region, yet ten years later she is working at a Food Lion. My girlfriend went on about "how the mighty has fallen". I disagree with that, at least Jenny is working !! Sadly I have met a number of former radio announcers over the years who rather live on unemployement and file bankruptcy while they between radio jobs rather than to dare work at a job that is non-broadcast related.
After saying that, I do wonder though consider how popular Jenny was back then, I am still surprised that WZRV Oldies 95.3 hasn't put her on the radio there since after all her husband Randy Woodward works there plus the GM is Mike O'Dell who at one time ( and for many years ) was Q102's GM.
If not WZRV, wonder why no one else picked her up for their staffs? I know she went to the now defunct Apple Country 104.9/105.5 but was let go when those stations went classic rock ( myself I think she would do just fine playing classic rock ).
Was she fired from Q102 or did she leave on her own terms? Over the years I heard both. I do know that Q102 went through some major changes among its staff when Jenny was their PD unlike her husband Randy, when he was PD, Q102 had the most stable airstaff around. They Had Wendy Robbins and Kevin Fox, both were on Q102 for years and years but when Jenny became PD, it seemed like overnight both were gone.
My uncle back in the mid 1990's used to work for the Frederick County ( Virginia ) Sheriffs Department and I remember him telling me about the many of times they were called out to Q102 ( back when they were located west of Winchester ) to handle what he called "stupid issues" such as the announcer who was so upset that his airshift was replaced by syndication that he was throwing crap around the building, destroying a desk in the process or when two jocks got into a fist fight in the parking lot over who got more airtime on Q102.
Then at one of their Best Ribs in the Valley contests which Q102 sponsored, there was an incident where someone on the Q staff got into a fight with someone at another radio station ( WINC ? )because they decided to attend a Q102 event.
There were many more of these stories my uncle was telling me, so many of them in fact that it had got to a point where they received a call from Q102 it was like "..here we go again !!".
All of this happened during Jenny's days as PD. Neither he or I are in no way in saying that Jenny Lynn had anything to do with these incidents, could be a simple case of not finding a quality ( normal ) airstaff, but it does make me wonder that maybe these stories which I am sure were told at the other stations in the market and even among the business community in general, is a big reason why Jenny isn't on the radio today.
Anyway, when they went to the check out they noticed the woman at the register looked familiar. They noticed that on her nameplate was the name "Jenny". Leaving the store still thinking "..damn..she looks familiar", it was only on the way home that it dawned upon them..Jenny Lynn from Q102 !!
At first I didn't believe it when they told me, so I went to www.svrtv.net and sure enough, it says that Jenny Lynn was "last reported" working at a local grocery store.
Interesting that ten years ago she was the most popular dj on the air in the entire region, yet ten years later she is working at a Food Lion. My girlfriend went on about "how the mighty has fallen". I disagree with that, at least Jenny is working !! Sadly I have met a number of former radio announcers over the years who rather live on unemployement and file bankruptcy while they between radio jobs rather than to dare work at a job that is non-broadcast related.
After saying that, I do wonder though consider how popular Jenny was back then, I am still surprised that WZRV Oldies 95.3 hasn't put her on the radio there since after all her husband Randy Woodward works there plus the GM is Mike O'Dell who at one time ( and for many years ) was Q102's GM.
If not WZRV, wonder why no one else picked her up for their staffs? I know she went to the now defunct Apple Country 104.9/105.5 but was let go when those stations went classic rock ( myself I think she would do just fine playing classic rock ).
Was she fired from Q102 or did she leave on her own terms? Over the years I heard both. I do know that Q102 went through some major changes among its staff when Jenny was their PD unlike her husband Randy, when he was PD, Q102 had the most stable airstaff around. They Had Wendy Robbins and Kevin Fox, both were on Q102 for years and years but when Jenny became PD, it seemed like overnight both were gone.
My uncle back in the mid 1990's used to work for the Frederick County ( Virginia ) Sheriffs Department and I remember him telling me about the many of times they were called out to Q102 ( back when they were located west of Winchester ) to handle what he called "stupid issues" such as the announcer who was so upset that his airshift was replaced by syndication that he was throwing crap around the building, destroying a desk in the process or when two jocks got into a fist fight in the parking lot over who got more airtime on Q102.
Then at one of their Best Ribs in the Valley contests which Q102 sponsored, there was an incident where someone on the Q staff got into a fight with someone at another radio station ( WINC ? )because they decided to attend a Q102 event.
There were many more of these stories my uncle was telling me, so many of them in fact that it had got to a point where they received a call from Q102 it was like "..here we go again !!".
All of this happened during Jenny's days as PD. Neither he or I are in no way in saying that Jenny Lynn had anything to do with these incidents, could be a simple case of not finding a quality ( normal ) airstaff, but it does make me wonder that maybe these stories which I am sure were told at the other stations in the market and even among the business community in general, is a big reason why Jenny isn't on the radio today.
