MILLIONAIRE BENEFACTOR QUESTION FOR DAN: Dan!!!!! I need HELP!!!! Here is the deal, I am a rookie, 4 years total in radio, 1 year full-time night jock on a country station in a tiny (but rated) market. Now I have a millionaire that wants to buy a station, and he wants me to be the GM. But I don’t know the first thing about actually being a GM!!!!! I can’t let an opportunity like this pass me up! I, however, am a 22-year old female who knows only what I’ve been exposed to. I am confident that I can do this with the right guidance. My question to you is, "Where do I find that guidance?" I’ve had two years of RTF at a state college and frankly what they taught had nothing to do with REAL RADIO!! Please help me get off on the right foot. DAN REPLIES: With all due respect to your millionaire friend, I would have to guess that in this case you’re being exposed to either: A) A flake B) A fraud C) A fool A flake would talk sincerely of doing such a thing, only subsequently to disappear on the idea (usually because it would turn out he doesn’t have the money). A fraud would simply lie to you about it, for pathetic reasons of his own. A fool would actually buy a business for a million dollars and insist that a 22-year old with very little experience manage it. Of course, you didn’t ask for my opinion on that; you asked for sources for guidance on how to manage a radio station. You’ll find a number of good management-related items in our WHOLE O CATALOGUE. The National Association of Broadcasters (http://www.nab.org) also has a bunch of publications that you might find helpful.