Jeez though you can't blame us for thinking back to a time when radio was fun to listen to, or even work in. If you go back and listen to airchecks from the time period of the 50-70 year olds that are supossedly complaining, well know wonder! What fun those airchecks were from the 60's, 70's and even the 80's. Those guys were making excitement. Radio has not sounded that fun in well over a decade, and it's not improving. Well at least to my ears anyway. Oh sure I hear a few things from time to time that peaks the ears, even current T-40 is cookie cutter for the most part, the creativity needs to start there. Musically terrestrial radio has become cookie cutter as well, why is it you can scan the FM band and hear Classic Rock or some version of it wrapped up in a pretty name change, all over the place, there are at least four outlets that all play it. I like those artists, but there are other artists who's songs don't get played anymore or the artists or groups themselves don't even get airplay. Now on some Sirus, & XM stations I've enjoyed their specialty formats. I enjoy the 60's, 70's formats that they have, they sound fun. They are playing deeper from a musical standpoint, jock wise, there are some that impress. The legend boss jocks that have found their way on have been cool, Greg Brady ( Barry Williams) while he's no boss jock by any means at least wraps himself around the 70's format, and it's not bad. I would say that maybe that's the medium to flock to but, because it's sattelite and everyone everywhere can get the same channels, there isn't a big need for jocks, since the ones they have are either the cream of the crop or novelty TV stars. No big demand there.
I don't hide the fact that I miss the classic days of T-40 from the 60's, 70's, & even the 80's. I've mentioned it in many other posts. I don't want to become a cynical angry radio guy, I just keep hoping that terrestrial radio may become fun again, until then I'll just do my radio gig and hope I get the chance to do it again sometime soon and if I can make some comfortable money at it, I've hit "Solid Gold my fellow babies" (Dr. Johnny Fever)
