Bøger af Larry W Gamble

The radio business in 1988 is an exciting and challenging environment.Larry Gamble, dazed by the romance of broadcasting, invests his family's savings in a "make-or-break" venture becoming the sole owner of a radio station serving a diverse mountain community in central California.It is the start of a 25-year love affair that will see him make many friends and develop a loyal and passionate family of listeners.Like all relationships, however, it is not without its problems, and Gamble soon finds himself battling the bureaucracy while having to meet the challenges of a continually evolving broadcasting world.The long hours and never-ending worry begin to change Gamble's optimistic attitude and affect his physical health, and he reluctantly decides that perhaps it's time to move on.When there is a sudden upturn in the economy, he makes the heart-wrenching decision to begin the painful separation process.But will the sale ever go through, that is the million-dollar question?

Gamble repeatedly challenges fate in this compelling memoir. At the age of nineteen, an early marriage ends because of infidelity. He suddenly discovers himself on a dark country road, frightened to death with the possibility of his imminent demise, but reason prevails. He moves on. After graduating from college, he and his new wife, move to Madrid, Spain. Shortly after a trip to view the Czechoslovakian insurrection of 1968, he is later escorted across Moscow's Red Square in the middle of the night by a Soviet Air Force jet pilot. Gamble contracts life-threatening amoebic dysentery and must return to the United States. Fully recuperated, he becomes a college professor. After serving academic appointments at two different schools, he opts out for a new and competitive career in business. Gamble discovers the ladder to success is steep. He loses his job, and with it, self- confidence. Frustration shrouds the middle ages of his life. Finally, he decides to risk everything on one last venture. Buying out his partner in a radio station, he undertakes a nearly impossible task to change his luck. As people and events challenge his ambition and vision of the future, will Gamble survive the inevitable? Visit Larry's website: larrywgamble.com