970WFLA asleep again ???

[NewsStud]

Plus, DXing is a blast, and I don't care how advanced the internet gets, I'll never tire of medium wave DXing...

But, to capitalize on your earlier point, the programming sucks I'm sure you mean the conservative bent, but I mean it's overall homogenization and lack of locality. What point is there in DX'ing the same syndicated fare you get on your local station?

I enjoy Rush. I don't need to sit outside with a small transistor radio, pointing the antenna through trees while raising one leg just to hear him on a station six states away. I have iheartradio for that. Or tunein. Or radio.com.

I'm sorta sad to say that. I used to enjoy DX'ing. It's just lost its allure now. The stream to your portable device is much clearer than staticky distance radio. Technology makes the world shrink, and hearing signals from across the nation or the globe is sadly no longer impressive to younger people.

(I also used to use a shortwave receiver to pick up BBC. But it comes through my smartphone now. I think I can even get the in-country signals. I don't just have to listen to World Service.)

 

[Mike_Serio]

Oh please, I'm 28 years old. I've been working in this business for about 9 years. I'm definitely not some old fuddy-duddy. I know the only thing wrong with this business is the people making programming decisions. There's nothing wrong with the medium.

Cedric... You've seen this firsthand. "The Programming Department" doesn't make make "programming" decisions any longer. The 2012 Programing Department is simply there to execute the promises made by the sales manager and his sales department who are at the end of a gun pointed at them by ownership. Do you think ANY programmer in his right mind would allow some of this bull$hit to pass through the transmitters? Seven minute commercial breaks... mind numbing studio and hotline sponsorships... unit after unit of horribly written and produced commercials. I'm looking at one hour on today's program log with 15:33 of commercial content! What REAL programmer would EVER subject his listeners to that? Yet it happens, and it's never enough to satisfy these greedy bastards who overpaid for these stations! The fact is, the position of Program Director is meaningless today.

The next time there is some emergency, instead of calling a program director or news director, immediately call the sales manager and let him/her know that there is a chance to make money...THEN we will be allowed to tell listeners that something has happened.

 

[Studio20]

Oh please, I'm 28 years old. I've been working in this business for about 9 years. I'm definitely not some old fuddy-duddy. I know the only thing wrong with this business is the people making programming decisions. There's nothing wrong with the medium.

Cedric... You've seen this firsthand. "The Programming Department" doesn't make make "programming" decisions any longer. The 2012 Programing Department is simply there to execute the promises made by the sales manager and his sales department who are at the end of a gun pointed at them by ownership. Do you think ANY programmer in his right mind would allow some of this bull$hit to pass through the transmitters? Seven minute commercial breaks... mind numbing studio and hotline sponsorships... unit after unit of horribly written and produced commercials. I'm looking at one hour on today's program log with 15:33 of commercial content! What REAL programmer would EVER subject his listeners to that? Yet it happens, and it's never enough to satisfy these greedy bastards who overpaid for these stations! The fact is, the position of Program Director is meaningless today.

The next time there is some emergency, instead of calling a program director or news director, immediately call the sales manager and let him/her know that there is a chance to make money...THEN we will be allowed to tell listeners that something has happened.

This rant sponsored by "Dammitol", the calming medicine you take at the top of the hour, 20 and 40 past to keep you sane.

 

[badjef]

Oh please, I'm 28 years old. I've been working in this business for about 9 years. I'm definitely not some old fuddy-duddy. I know the only thing wrong with this business is the people making programming decisions. There's nothing wrong with the medium.

Cedric... You've seen this firsthand. "The Programming Department" doesn't make make "programming" decisions any longer. The 2012 Programing Department is simply there to execute the promises made by the sales manager and his sales department who are at the end of a gun pointed at them by ownership. Do you think ANY programmer in his right mind would allow some of this bull$hit to pass through the transmitters? Seven minute commercial breaks... mind numbing studio and hotline sponsorships... unit after unit of horribly written and produced commercials. I'm looking at one hour on today's program log with 15:33 of commercial content! What REAL programmer would EVER subject his listeners to that? Yet it happens, and it's never enough to satisfy these greedy bastards who overpaid for these stations! The fact is, the position of Program Director is meaningless today.

The next time there is some emergency, instead of calling a program director or news director, immediately call the sales manager and let him/her know that there is a chance to make money...THEN we will be allowed to tell listeners that something has happened.

This rant sponsored by "Dammitol", the calming medicine you take at the top of the hour, 20 and 40 past to keep you sane.

I'm hooked, Give it to me, NOW!

Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!