95-1 in Albuq. sucks

[icycool7227]

95-1 KSYU or ABQ or whatever it is just doesn't sound as good as the Party in Las Vegas. The music isn't as current and little voice over jingles between the songs. I don't know how this station is faring but it stinks as a rhythmic AC. There aren't really many live jocks on it either - would not be suprised if this changed format anytime soon.

 

[hornet61]

Don't fall for this .......it's a put on.

 

[ABQRADIO]

I wish people would quit using the word "sucks". You hear it all the time on broadcast radio and television, and it just sounds cheesy and lowlife. Come on, everyone, lets raise the bar a notch here and on the air.

 

[GridLeakBias]

I wish people would quit using the word "sucks". You hear it all the time on broadcast radio and television, and it just sounds cheesy and lowlife. Come on, everyone, lets raise the bar a notch here and on the air.

I agree.

The intransitive verb "suck" is sometimes considered vulgar or improper. Originally, it was a mild insult, as in putting someone down by saying, “Go suck an egg.” Then its use and meaning decayed and degenerated into the sexual “blow/suck” usage termed "Dirty English", to the point of becoming a socially unacceptable vulgarism. In some circles the term ranks a little higher than the “f-bomb” in crude language, but not by a whole lot.

Am I a prude? No, not even close. I’m of the opinion that toilet language should remain in the locker room and not on the public airwaves.

 

[icycool7227]

Well sorry. I would like to know if anyone else thinks this station is not very outstanding.

 

[DoubleC]

Imus & Stern have Made a Few Hundred Million Saying The Word Sucks...My Question What would you choose
Say the Word Sucks and Make 100million or be proper and Make $7.50 an hour What would you choose. This is a survey. I have never said the word Sucks on The air in 28 years

 

[pbf1]

There aren't really many live jocks on it either - would not be suprised if this changed format anytime soon.

The absence of live jocks ceased to have relevance to any format change well over a decade ago...

 

[icycool7227]

Maybe you can answer me this. How is it that one listener can't change anything about a radio station or make it better? There's just no control over bad music being played I tell ya and that's frustrating.

 

[ABQRADIO]

I actually like the station - music is pretty good, with only occasional train wrecks, and the tracking is also pretty well done, without a lot of jock bla bla bla. Even the imaging is pretty good! The commercial load is also less than the stunning extra-long, extended commercial supersets you hear on some of the other Clear Channel stations

 

[Radio Pro]

Maybe you can answer me this. How is it that one listener can't change anything about a radio station or make it better? There's just no control over bad music being played I tell ya and that's frustrating.

My only answer is...you're using your perception of music being "wrong".
I would imagine the tests prove that the music is in the ballpark.
Scheduling of music would account for "trainwrecks".

If you were successful in changing the music to suit you, then certainly someone
else would have the same argument as you.

Put yourself in a programmers mindset in this scenario..
What would you do?

 

[GridLeakBias]

Imus & Stern have Made a Few Hundred Million Saying The Word Sucks...My Question What would you choose
Say the Word Sucks and Make 100million or be proper and Make $7.50 an hour What would you choose. This is a survey. I have never said the word Sucks on The air in 28 years

CC, your reply begs the question, “what would I choose?” Primarily, the question would more properly be posed as, “Is money and celebrity more valued [by you] than your personal standards?”

If we are to narrow the playing field to radio and behind-the-mic personalities, one can point to numerous shock-jocks who have drawn audience and ratings and followings with prolific use of gutter language, sexual innuendo and personal insults. And one can find no fault with this genre of jocks – if their on-air personalities do not violate their personal values and judgments, I say, more power to them.

At the same time, one can find multiple personalities with long and successful careers whose credibility and following, and success if you will, was based more upon their ability to reach out to their audience with a charming and pleasing personal voice, a voice which made the listener feel comfortable, as though the voice was speaking directly (and only) to the listener. One prolific example off the top of my head would be Paul Harvey, but there are many others.

And finally, there are those on-air talents who fit neither of these definitions, but lie somewhere in between and with varying degrees of success.

To get back to your “survey” question, my personal viewpoint is this: be yourself and stand by your values, whatever they may be. If money and fame is your goal, then by all means, reach for the stars. On the other hand, if going for the gold means violating your moral values and standards, I would recommend holding to that in which you believe. Money can’t buy peace at mind.

Disclaimer: None of the above is meant to be judgmental or disparaging in any way, merely a personal observation intended to provoke thoughtful intercourse.

 

[ABQRADIO]

Thoughtful intercourse?

 

[GridLeakBias]

Thoughtful intercourse?

in⋅ter⋅course – noun:
1. dealings or communication between individuals, groups, countries, etc.
2. interchange of thoughts, feelings, etc.

 

[ABQRADIO]

Well taken.

Also, Discourse: n.
Verbal expression in speech or writing.
Verbal exchange; conversation.
A formal, lengthy discussion of a subject, either written or spoken.
Archaic. The process or power of reasoning.

v., -coursed, -cours·ing, -cours·es. (dĭ-skôrs', -skōrs')

v.intr.
To speak or write formally and at length. See synonyms at speak.
To engage in conversation or discussion; converse.
v.tr. Archaic
To narrate or discuss.

A tip of the hat to you, Mr. Bias, and all those present possesing greater than public school level language skills!

 

[GridLeakBias]

Well taken.

Also, Discourse: n.
Verbal expression in speech or writing.
Verbal exchange; conversation.
A formal, lengthy discussion of a subject, either written or spoken.
Archaic. The process or power of reasoning.

v., -coursed, -cours·ing, -cours·es. (dĭ-skôrs', -skōrs')

v.intr.
To speak or write formally and at length. See synonyms at speak.
To engage in conversation or discussion; converse.
v.tr. Archaic
To narrate or discuss.

A tip of the hat to you, Mr. Bias, and all those present possesing greater than public school level language skills!

Thank you, ABQ, for offering up an excellent alternative in nouns. Your selection may have been more appropriate in my disclaimer in that “discourse” does not leave room for misinterpretation, as in sexual connotation.

The English language is very beautiful when used in its proper terms, as in Keating, Poe, Buckley, and so many others.

Merry Christmas to you and yours.
GLB…