his new CD role,<\/a> Byrne says \u201cI think in life generally, when things aren\u2019t going so well for you, you\u2019ve got to look beyond that.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cThings usually happen for a reason. Even if, at the time, it doesn\u2019t appear to be that way.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut in this case, it\u2019s absolutely worked out for the best.\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s radio for you.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs they say, once it\u2019s in your blood, it\u2019s in your blood.\u201d<\/p>\n
Byrne says he has long admired the Capital Radio Network from afar.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s an exciting time to be joining the company, particularly with Rick (Lenarcic) at the helm now and some really interesting projects in the pipeline \u2013 which I can\u2019t go into \u2013 but I\u2019m really pumped.\u201d<\/p>\n
Byrne previously worked with Lenarcic at both SCA and Grant Broadcasters.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got a lot of time for Rick as a CEO. He\u2019s somebody who really understands regional radio better than most, and I think for that reason alone this job was a very attractive proposition.\u201d<\/p>\n
Byrne has certainly been put through the radio wringer.<\/p>\n
Less than two years ago, the industry was left shaking its collective head when \u2013 mere days after steering Sydney\u2019s WSFM to #1 in the ratings \u2013 his position as Content Director was made redundant.<\/p>\n
No-one could blame him for feeling a little bitter and twisted.<\/p>\n
But that\u2019s not the way he rolls.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt just doesn\u2019t make any sense to be bitter,\u201d Byrne says.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been around long enough to know that decisions are always made for a reason. They\u2019re generally made for business reasons. It\u2019s rarely personal. Even if at the time it might feel it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve said this so many times \u2026 this is a cottage industry, with not a great deal of people who can do these roles well, but also, not many of these roles. So I think you just have to accept that sometimes time isn\u2019t on your side, or things don\u2019t work out for whatever reason.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShake yourself off, move on \u2026 and try to be a good human about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Byrne laughs hard as he adds \u201cLeaving somewhere and setting fire to the bridge as you go, I tend to find is fairly short-sighted and counter-intuitive.\u201d<\/p>\n
He now looks forward to seeing what life has to offer in the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a whole new world to explore around the Canberra region, along with the broader Capital Network into the Snowy Mountains as well,\u201d he enthuses.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a mad snow skier. Which reminds me \u2026 I really need to speak to the Blyton guys about getting some free lift tickets to Charlotte Pass.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat better be part of the deal!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gavin Flanagan and Mike Byrne at CRN. Image: LinkedIn. In radio, things rarely work out the way we…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":894863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[33024,64,63,270163,463976,134,290385,230804,136,463977,230808,230854],"class_list":["post-894862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-arn","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-capital-radio-network","tag-crn","tag-entertainment","tag-gavin-flanagan","tag-mike-byrne","tag-music","tag-rick-lenarcic","tag-super-radio-network","tag-wsfm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=894862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/894863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=894862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=894862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=894862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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