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Hmm I just got a FB private message from a friend who likes Morgan's show--"is Morgan gone?"
Thought I read the virus is cutting deep at iHR, Cumulus etc and they have to borrow more...making cuts?
Thought I read the virus is cutting deep at iHR, Cumulus etc and they have to borrow more...making cuts?
I don't know about WBZ and Morgan per se, but it appears that most all stations are limiting the number of people in their buildings and facilities. Not allowing anyone who doesn't have to be there. I think most stations are forbidding the weekend staffs so that they keep the number of people entering/exiting the building, to a minimum.
Now the question remains, what will radio look like after this is all over. Will part-timers be welcomed back? Will the amount of voice-tracking continue?
It depends on if radio recovers, if listening recovers, and advertising recovers.
If you're doing a talk show from home, how do you do it without call screening, a multi-line phone system, and phone patch?
We kind of did a show like that on WMWM Thu night for two hours--Bootleg Broadcasts with Shawn, who set up a CleanFeed and gave us the address. About 6 or 7 of us did it, mostly from our laptops but I did it from my
smartphone (using headphones of course) and I actually may have sounded the best even with a fairly cheap phone. Shawn played music and we talked amongst ourselves then when it was time for a talk break he put us
up. Our staffers were in Rockport, Boxford, Beverly, Malden, Salem, and down on the South Shore. Not the same studio but we did a show. He also had us do a remote from a deli in Marblehead the past 3 years (Festivus)
with a laptop. In all cases he tapped into station's computer. We are automation otherwise. (No phone calls on that remote though.)
smartphone (using headphones of course) and I actually may have sounded the best even with a fairly cheap phone. Shawn played music and we talked amongst ourselves then when it was time for a talk break he put us
up. Our staffers were in Rockport, Boxford, Beverly, Malden, Salem, and down on the South Shore. Not the same studio but we did a show. He also had us do a remote from a deli in Marblehead the past 3 years (Festivus)
with a laptop. In all cases he tapped into station's computer. We are automation otherwise. (No phone calls on that remote though.)
Limiting the number of staffers at the station could be the reason why he was not on the air and why both BX and RKO are running an announcement on air that says portions of the following program have been prerecorded. I was not aware that this was a requirement.
Being talked about in the thread about the "WBZ Hourly ID". In it, Eli said:
>>This is a long standing regulation that a lot of stations seemed to have forgotten about in recent decades, but it looks like enforcement is being brought back.
Even before the virus you had the loss of Bradley Jay's show overnight weeknights. A previously recorded newscast repeated for several hours with only the traffic being live.
Salem Media had to pay a $50k fine:
https://www.broadcastlawblog.com/20...-seems-to-be-live-fcc-sends-a-50000-reminder/
>>Did you know that the FCC has a rule that requires that a broadcaster notify its audience that a program has been pre-recorded when the program “creates the impression” that it is live? ...The FCC began its investigation as a listener complained to the FCC that the program could not be live as the host had died before the program was broadcast
Yes, you can have a newscast with a bunch of recorded actualities being played back. But when 98 per cent of it sounds like a live newscast, but it isn't...
>>Don’t re-run a talk show when the host is on vacation without mentioning that the program was recorded at an earlier date.
WTKK: "This is a Radio Rewind of the Jay Severin show. No phone calls please."
Public Radio International's Whad Ya Know: "This is a rebroadcast of a previous live program. No phone calls please, but save that call for another time."
>>This is a long standing regulation that a lot of stations seemed to have forgotten about in recent decades, but it looks like enforcement is being brought back.
Even before the virus you had the loss of Bradley Jay's show overnight weeknights. A previously recorded newscast repeated for several hours with only the traffic being live.
Salem Media had to pay a $50k fine:
https://www.broadcastlawblog.com/20...-seems-to-be-live-fcc-sends-a-50000-reminder/
>>Did you know that the FCC has a rule that requires that a broadcaster notify its audience that a program has been pre-recorded when the program “creates the impression” that it is live? ...The FCC began its investigation as a listener complained to the FCC that the program could not be live as the host had died before the program was broadcast
Yes, you can have a newscast with a bunch of recorded actualities being played back. But when 98 per cent of it sounds like a live newscast, but it isn't...
>>Don’t re-run a talk show when the host is on vacation without mentioning that the program was recorded at an earlier date.
WTKK: "This is a Radio Rewind of the Jay Severin show. No phone calls please."
Public Radio International's Whad Ya Know: "This is a rebroadcast of a previous live program. No phone calls please, but save that call for another time."
The Salem situation was very blatant. The show in question had the word "Live" in the title. "Heathline Live"
BTW most of the listener calls you hear on music stations have been recorded. Some have been edited.
When you hear American Top 40 on the weekends, it's pre-recorded. So far, no disclaimers.
AT40: a music show instead of news, talk, comedy-quiz etc...the line about "appearing live" but maybe people may
figure some music shows are pre recorded. The "call in" segments on music shows like a country or pop station airing requests...that, they do get away with despite no disclaimer.But
again music vs news...
figure some music shows are pre recorded. The "call in" segments on music shows like a country or pop station airing requests...that, they do get away with despite no disclaimer.But
again music vs news...
You want more? The west coast edition of all network evening news shows are recorded. That includes NPR's All Things Considered. They may update if something happens. Lately, with the white house briefings running past 6:30, they've updated them a lot. It's in the talent contract that the anchors must be available for updates.
I haven't heard Rae's show maybe he's been doing it from home?
Anyway, BZ overnight is worthless unless you want to catch Jack Hart's traffic on 3's. Maybe Morgan returns, though likely not?
It was a dreadfully inopportune time to get rid of Bradley Jay with an election 9 months away in the middle of the worst health crisis in a century.
Anyway, BZ overnight is worthless unless you want to catch Jack Hart's traffic on 3's. Maybe Morgan returns, though likely not?
It was a dreadfully inopportune time to get rid of Bradley Jay with an election 9 months away in the middle of the worst health crisis in a century.
Yes it was poor timing. A lot of people home, staying up late looking to talk about current events and that would have possibly gotten more people interested in the station. Maybe even some of the high school and college students not going to school. I was in middle school when I got interested in talk radio. A general interest type show like Jay Talking - Extension 55 with John Otto on WGR, Buffalo, that filled a few evening hours on what was mostly an AC music station.
Seems that advertising is imploding in the industry, though, so all bets are off. Stations going dark at least temporarily, etc. This could turn into a big radio shakeout.
I believe Dan Rae has a home setup he using now.
The speed at which the collapse of advertising is affecting all commercial media is stunning. We are less than 3 weeks into this crisis and already we've seen mass layoffs in radio, print, TV; radio stations and newspapers not just slashing staff but, in some cases, shutting down. I don't think any TV stations have pulled the plug yet. Could that happen soon or is television on sound enough financial footing that it can withstand a month or more of ad starvation by just laying everyone off but engineers and running occasional syndicated programming amid a sea of life-sustaining infomercials?
RadioInsight tweet: "Word of more layoffs and furloughs across the radio industry are coming rapidly today.
Lots of part-timers, promotions & marketing, and sales assistants furloughed at iHeartMedia clusters. Part-timers cut at Entercom. Word of two employees laid off per Saga cluster. On and on."
Lots of part-timers, promotions & marketing, and sales assistants furloughed at iHeartMedia clusters. Part-timers cut at Entercom. Word of two employees laid off per Saga cluster. On and on."
AllAccess.com posted the memo to iHeart employees about furloughs and cuts:
https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/...tmedia-announces-90-day-furloughs-for-some-em
https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/...tmedia-announces-90-day-furloughs-for-some-em
On the Fans of Morgan FB group it was said that Morgan does not own a computer but does have a twitter account and he passed along the word (perhaps by a phone call to a friend) that he is not doing the show because of the stay-away-from-the-workplace order.He asked his fans not to bombard WBZ with calls or emails about him.
It was said he also has been prevented from doing his trivia night appearances due to the virus.Some of his fans said "he could do the show from home via phone".Hmm.I guess WBZ would have to use a board op and/or call screener at the studios.If he has a smartphone he could do something like clean feed.No
computer.But again, the memo on furloughs...
iHeart, Saga, Entercom, Townsquare and other companies have had to take various actions due to the virus and a
downturn in advertising.
It was said he also has been prevented from doing his trivia night appearances due to the virus.Some of his fans said "he could do the show from home via phone".Hmm.I guess WBZ would have to use a board op and/or call screener at the studios.If he has a smartphone he could do something like clean feed.No
computer.But again, the memo on furloughs...
iHeart, Saga, Entercom, Townsquare and other companies have had to take various actions due to the virus and a
downturn in advertising.
That would sound terrible.
Why doesn't he own a computer? Does he chop his own wood and grow his own food too?
Some people are like that.No smartphone, no computer, no TV
(Billy Bulger). I don't know if people at his trivia shows (now on hold) cheat via smartphones.
In the WMRE 1510 days around '86 when he did multiple question contests (High Five)--"I don't want people rumning to their Leonard Maltins" (the paperback movie guide) to find the answer.You should know this." He asked one caller, "Did you call Norm Nathan (on WBZ) to try to get the answer?"
Morgan's site is most likely done by a friend or relative--he doesn't like to do ticky-ticky (typing on Net) has been said.
(Billy Bulger). I don't know if people at his trivia shows (now on hold) cheat via smartphones.
In the WMRE 1510 days around '86 when he did multiple question contests (High Five)--"I don't want people rumning to their Leonard Maltins" (the paperback movie guide) to find the answer.You should know this." He asked one caller, "Did you call Norm Nathan (on WBZ) to try to get the answer?"
Morgan's site is most likely done by a friend or relative--he doesn't like to do ticky-ticky (typing on Net) has been said.
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