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A CHALLENGE: Write something GOOD about radio.
- Thread starter Steve Eberhart
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1Letterman
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I still love and remember the old "I Saw It On The Radio" campaign that Stan Freberg did for the industry.
Steve Eberhart said:
LOL! You will need a lot more than this thread to counter so much negativity, my friend, but I admire you for sticking your neck out and trying.
Something good about radio?
The most obvious is that it stretches the imagination. Let's all thank Stan Freberg for pointing that out in the 1960's. Words mean things and can take you places. I honestly enjoy listening to the Rangers and Cowboys on the radio. I like the pictures Eric Nadel and Brad Sham paint for me with their words.
I'm writing this on Friday and in today's DMN sports section they list at least a dozen or so high school football radio broadcasts that'll be heard on stations in the metro. Most of these broadcasts are produced by independent entities who are buying the time to get them on the air. Sure, the quality of the coverage varies from slick to suck, but even if it is micro-casting, it's providing a service. And for someone willing to take the risk, hopefully it makes some money too.
There are only a couple that qualify but what about the experts that are on the air locally that provide useful and reasonably entertaining weekend programming. Neal Sperry is the most obvious. Sure he buys time for his show, but his advertiser and listener response easily vouch for his knowledge business ethics. I don't know if I'd go as far as putting Jerry Reynolds or Ed Wallace or some of the home improvement guys on Neal's level but they sure beat infomercials for diet supplements and bad financial advice!
We still have classical-fine arts programming on the radio here.
You're more than likely to still hear station imaging or promotion that's reasonably creative. The "bible" of that genre, the monthly "Radio and Production" magazine is published locally. Even in the uber-bottom line world the business is in today, it's amazing what you can do with voice, music, effects and creativity in 5, 10 or 15 seconds. Or less.
The industry paid tribute to Tom Merriman last month. If you don't know about companies like TM Productions or PAMS, you don't know a thing about Dallas and radio. Today TM Studios, Jam, Tony Griffin Productions and others still carry the torch.
I "borrow" my board handle from a product the company once marketed, and they've been bought and sold a bunch (including this past week!). But we should tip our hats to the folks on Buckner Blvd. at Continental Electronics. They were producing "heavy metal" long before it became a lyric in a Steppenwolf song. Let's not forget Marti Electronics and Autogram either. Oh yeah, they're long gone, but I'll tip my hat to the home of the 1st phone on Inwood Road, Elkins Institute.
(Elkins-that could be cool thread on the engineering board!)
And I'm willing to bet we have all made at least one great friendship working in the biz here in DFW. And as they say. that's "priceless."
The most obvious is that it stretches the imagination. Let's all thank Stan Freberg for pointing that out in the 1960's. Words mean things and can take you places. I honestly enjoy listening to the Rangers and Cowboys on the radio. I like the pictures Eric Nadel and Brad Sham paint for me with their words.
I'm writing this on Friday and in today's DMN sports section they list at least a dozen or so high school football radio broadcasts that'll be heard on stations in the metro. Most of these broadcasts are produced by independent entities who are buying the time to get them on the air. Sure, the quality of the coverage varies from slick to suck, but even if it is micro-casting, it's providing a service. And for someone willing to take the risk, hopefully it makes some money too.
There are only a couple that qualify but what about the experts that are on the air locally that provide useful and reasonably entertaining weekend programming. Neal Sperry is the most obvious. Sure he buys time for his show, but his advertiser and listener response easily vouch for his knowledge business ethics. I don't know if I'd go as far as putting Jerry Reynolds or Ed Wallace or some of the home improvement guys on Neal's level but they sure beat infomercials for diet supplements and bad financial advice!
We still have classical-fine arts programming on the radio here.
You're more than likely to still hear station imaging or promotion that's reasonably creative. The "bible" of that genre, the monthly "Radio and Production" magazine is published locally. Even in the uber-bottom line world the business is in today, it's amazing what you can do with voice, music, effects and creativity in 5, 10 or 15 seconds. Or less.
The industry paid tribute to Tom Merriman last month. If you don't know about companies like TM Productions or PAMS, you don't know a thing about Dallas and radio. Today TM Studios, Jam, Tony Griffin Productions and others still carry the torch.
I "borrow" my board handle from a product the company once marketed, and they've been bought and sold a bunch (including this past week!). But we should tip our hats to the folks on Buckner Blvd. at Continental Electronics. They were producing "heavy metal" long before it became a lyric in a Steppenwolf song. Let's not forget Marti Electronics and Autogram either. Oh yeah, they're long gone, but I'll tip my hat to the home of the 1st phone on Inwood Road, Elkins Institute.
(Elkins-that could be cool thread on the engineering board!)
And I'm willing to bet we have all made at least one great friendship working in the biz here in DFW. And as they say. that's "priceless."
Sorry if your feelings were hurt yesterday, Steve. But frankly, you and a select few remind me of the band playing on the deck of the Titanic as it goes down.
Oh, better yet, Kevin Bacon from Animal House, the last scene..."Remain calm, all is well".
I thought about what you wrote yesterday, I went to sleep last night, feeling goo. Wished for a pony...woke up, nope, no pony for Bongo.
I realized, wishing for things isn't enough. If you want change, you have to demand it... Like my main man Charelton said, "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take it anymore".
Radio sucks right now, oh but here is something positive, it doesn't suck any worse here....HEY, I DID IT, A POSITIVE ABOUT RADIO IN DALLAS...We don't suck more!
Oh, better yet, Kevin Bacon from Animal House, the last scene..."Remain calm, all is well".
I thought about what you wrote yesterday, I went to sleep last night, feeling goo. Wished for a pony...woke up, nope, no pony for Bongo.
I realized, wishing for things isn't enough. If you want change, you have to demand it... Like my main man Charelton said, "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take it anymore".
Radio sucks right now, oh but here is something positive, it doesn't suck any worse here....HEY, I DID IT, A POSITIVE ABOUT RADIO IN DALLAS...We don't suck more!
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1Letterman
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returnofbongo said:
Glad to hear you're "feeling goo."
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johnsummers
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I always listen to "Wheels" with Ed Wallace.....makes my Saturday!
Bongo, YOU ROCK, agree completely. Thought it was funny... I have read that people like imaging, a car show and some other minor things. Nobody has said anything is really ground breaking...
All right. This is sort of an eclectic list, but here's what I like on local radio right now . . .
Hal Jay and company on WBAP
Wheels with Ed Wallace on KLIF
Saturday and Sunday afternoon blocks of Christian music on KVTT
BaDD Radio on The Ticket
"Why Today Doesn't Suck" at 3:00 PM on The Ticket
Music on KLUV, KEOM, and Platinum
Classic country on 1190, until they switched to the CNN feed
Hal Jay and company on WBAP
Wheels with Ed Wallace on KLIF
Saturday and Sunday afternoon blocks of Christian music on KVTT
BaDD Radio on The Ticket
"Why Today Doesn't Suck" at 3:00 PM on The Ticket
Music on KLUV, KEOM, and Platinum
Classic country on 1190, until they switched to the CNN feed
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ButtnPushr
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If you call in to Big Dick Hunter and you can make a valid point while being articulate, you can win a prize!!
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FREE stuff is always good!!
My wife and I took a road trip a couple of weeks ago. Listened to small and medium market stations in Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and Tennessee.
You get an earful of that, and you will be thankful for the kind of radio you have in Dallas and in Houston where I live. *But I have maintained we have done a good job of it here.
One thing I shared with my GM and PD when we got back was the lack of human element. I can get past voice tracking in a lot of cases due to market conditions and the fact that we have failed or refused as an industry to create a farm club if you will; but to hear nothing but music, spots and the occasional jingle was all too prevelant for my taste.
I want to hear a person-period.
We did hear a great morning show in Little Rock on "The Edge" and the stations that have been bought by GAP sound like they want to win.
By the way, where in Tyler are you working Jack Schell? When did Steve buy KGAF? When did I become so out of the loop? Why am I up at 4:35am on a Saturday?
You get an earful of that, and you will be thankful for the kind of radio you have in Dallas and in Houston where I live. *But I have maintained we have done a good job of it here.
One thing I shared with my GM and PD when we got back was the lack of human element. I can get past voice tracking in a lot of cases due to market conditions and the fact that we have failed or refused as an industry to create a farm club if you will; but to hear nothing but music, spots and the occasional jingle was all too prevelant for my taste.
I want to hear a person-period.
We did hear a great morning show in Little Rock on "The Edge" and the stations that have been bought by GAP sound like they want to win.
By the way, where in Tyler are you working Jack Schell? When did Steve buy KGAF? When did I become so out of the loop? Why am I up at 4:35am on a Saturday?
317C50KW said:
I have listened to some old airchecks of KVIL back in the late 70s and early 80s. All this talk about how radio sounded better then is just NOSTALGIA.
Most breaks i heard were very short and liner oriented. A few phone calls. Even the contest weren't all that big all the time. Heard a break where Cat Simon is promoting 538.00 in the KVIL Peoples Choice. KVIL today sounds just as good as it ever did. While the ratings may not be there doesn't mean there a bad station. I would venture to guess 20-30 more stations are on the air today as compared to 1977. Yes there is alot of voice tracking, automation, and bad jocks but there is still many good sounding stations.
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