On Friday at 6pm, a CCR song began and then all of a sudden "Action" Jackson's introduction for his Top 6 at 6 cut in over the music, followed by just a little of a call-in-to-win announcement. Maybe everything is pre-recorded so that mistakes can be corrected and/or it's just easier not to do it live. After the CCR song was done, then the aforementioned was played properly.
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A little too much Action from Jackson
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That's all about Smear Channel...Two weeks ago they were jumping the songs to speed them up to run more ad time. I thought it was a tech glitch. Maybe it was. It happened around 4 am 3 mornings straight. Sounded like a skipping record. This country has turned into the old Soviet Union. We have to listen to what the government allows. Radio Moscow= Smear Channel.
you don't speed up records for more air time. You'd only add about :04-:11 seconds an hour.
You speed up records so they sound more upbeat. In a competitive situation a station sounds "more upbeat" with pitched up records.
This practice started in the 50's and 60's.
You speed up records so they sound more upbeat. In a competitive situation a station sounds "more upbeat" with pitched up records.
This practice started in the 50's and 60's.
VODood said:
Doesn't that ruin the musical integrity of the song? (I am sensitive to musical pitch, and I don't like how songs on WMJI are pitched higher than what they should be, except during non-local programming like Tom Kent's show and "Rewind", when nearly all of the songs are at the correct musical pitch. The station has been doing this since 2001, I think.)
I don't believe it compromises the intregrity. Most people can't even tell 1.5%. Gives the music just enough energy/pop. It's been done that way since the 60s. Most grew up with pitched music.
WMJI has pitched the music since the early 90s. Most oldies/classic hits stations do. In fact, I bet most CHR's do as well.
WMJI has pitched the music since the early 90s. Most oldies/classic hits stations do. In fact, I bet most CHR's do as well.
I understand why the practice is done. Whether I like it or not, and I don't, I have to accept it.
Lighten up, Jim.... or buy an iPod.Jim4Rock said:
Sono was probably being sarcastic...but, he's right: buy an MP3. They're pretty inexpensive.
I bought one about 5 or 6 years ago and have over time been adding songs to it (I have about 2,000 from various music styles).
When I do turn the radio on, it's for sportstalk, occassionally talk (I like WKBN 570 in Youngstown and WJR in Detroit), or some NPR programming (Car Talk, Morning Edition, All Things Considered), or Indians baseball games (love Tom & Jim's play-by-play).
Every few months I force myself to check out 96.5 and 104.1 to see if they have anything current I might like (rarely find much....I guess I'm showing my age...LOL)...but, do keep sampling them from time to time.
Music stations non-current songs tend to be the same 200-400 over and over and over again any way, and I already have the older songs I like on my MP3, so why listen to radio for music?
I bought one about 5 or 6 years ago and have over time been adding songs to it (I have about 2,000 from various music styles).
When I do turn the radio on, it's for sportstalk, occassionally talk (I like WKBN 570 in Youngstown and WJR in Detroit), or some NPR programming (Car Talk, Morning Edition, All Things Considered), or Indians baseball games (love Tom & Jim's play-by-play).
Every few months I force myself to check out 96.5 and 104.1 to see if they have anything current I might like (rarely find much....I guess I'm showing my age...LOL)...but, do keep sampling them from time to time.
Music stations non-current songs tend to be the same 200-400 over and over and over again any way, and I already have the older songs I like on my MP3, so why listen to radio for music?
Tim how else does a musician make any money off of album sales if it wasn't for music on the radio. You hear the music ...You like it...You go buy it...Radio was always about the music especially when FM came around. WMMS played music 24/7 ..Now it is senseless talk and 4 hours of the same tunes daily with a few Indians and Browns games thrown in..So sad. 
Jim4Rock said:Tim how else does a musician make any money off of album sales if it wasn't for music on the radio. You hear the music ...You like it...You go buy it...Radio was always about the music especially when FM came around. WMMS played music 24/7 ..Now it is senseless talk and 4 hours of the same tunes daily with a few Indians and Browns games thrown in..So sad.
It's more than "a few" Indians and Browns games. WMMS is essentially the FM flagship for both teams, and throwing in a handful of Cavs games, 100.7 will now broadcast about 180 games per year.
In a few years, you're gonna be talking about the days when WMMS would at least play some music during the day (even if it was repetitive).
The reason I listen to an MP3 player isn't that I don't want to hear new music...it's that radio doesn't play much new music or a wider variety of older music. I think that's a shame for the public and musicians everywhere.
I often think that if these big corporations controlled hundreds and hundreds of radio stations and there were only 4 or 5 record companies back in the 60's and 70's as it is today...would great artists like the Beatles, Stones, Led Zep, and many others....would they ever have been discovered and played? Think how much the world would've missed out on.
I often think that if these big corporations controlled hundreds and hundreds of radio stations and there were only 4 or 5 record companies back in the 60's and 70's as it is today...would great artists like the Beatles, Stones, Led Zep, and many others....would they ever have been discovered and played? Think how much the world would've missed out on.
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