AM Stations firing it up tonight? Message from FCC Monitor Powell Way!

[Evangelist]

After reading the rants by Scott, I make the following observations:

(1) Get the guy a dictionary.
(2) KRLA is in Glendale, CA and another LA-area station had the call letters before that.
(3) Buddy and Chris have never claimed to be "radio gods." They're just guys with a passion for broadcasting
and have inarguably done well at it and know what they're talking about.
(4) I do not believe the Jud Collins story. Having met Mr. Collins a few times, he doesn't strike me as the type.
Nor did I believe Scott's claims that Ted Johnson and his father went around threatening people as a way
of getting at WMRO.
(5) Those rants make the best argument against Arbor Mist. I'll stick with Ripple.

 

[Evangelist]

And another thing, Buddy Sadler & Chris Romer are NOT the gods of Radio. Most of you make them remind me of dudes like Jud Collins and how he ran his mouth to Van Irwin Jr.

I guess Chris and I have been properly chastised and now know how the Philistines felt when they were attacked with the jawbone of an ass.

I don't know about chastised, but I agree with the jawbone part.

 

[Tibbs4]

Anybody remember or have any copies of the old Al White Motors / Benny Garrick phone pranks? If no one remembers or knows this, I can elaborate on them later...

This post leaves me to believe THIS has all the makings of one of the funniest (and well-censored) phone prank-a-thons ever... perhaps even beating the legendary (all near-God-like) pre-mentioned boys down of Manchester, TN of which I am slightly rewriting in jest here:


Chris:What's the number, Scott?
Scott:Gotta pencil?
Chris: Yes.
Scott: BR-549...
Chris: (not printable, due to language and violence)



(Buddy the jawbone comment is THE funniest line ever posted on RI...congrats. And it was 11 PM when you wrote it??? You are da man!)

 

[radiorob2.0]

This thread reminds me of an old saying, now considered not PC:

Arguing on the internet is like participating in the Special Olympics. Even if you win, you're still (Word that starts with the letter "R" and now considered not-PC)".

 

[Evangelist]

This thread reminds me of an old saying, now considered not PC:

Arguing on the internet is like participating in the Special Olympics. Even if you win, you're still (Word that starts with the letter "R" and now considered not-PC)".

You've a point but Scottwmro's tales of everyone out to get him are just a little over the top, thus putting his adversaries at a distinct advantage.

 

[radiorob2.0]

This thread reminds me of an old saying, now considered not PC:

Arguing on the internet is like participating in the Special Olympics. Even if you win, you're still (Word that starts with the letter "R" and now considered not-PC)".

You've a point but Scottwmro's tales of everyone out to get him are just a little over the top, thus putting his adversaries at a distinct advantage.

In the words of Dr. Johnny Fever, "Paranoia is a good way of thinking when everyone is out to get you."

 

[firepoint525]

I would post a response, but everyone here has already said everything I would have said, and better than I could have said it anyway.

But I will say the following:

1) How many people in Nashville have even heard of WNAH, or even know that it exists? So Van Irwin is operating in virtual anonymity! If he's making a decent, honest living, great! But for crying out loud, WNAH's studios are on MUSIC ROW, yet the most traffic they get is from the touristy types who wander in there during CMA Music Fest (formerly FanFair) and expect to find their favorite stars hanging out there! :

2) Scott's messages are little more than free advertising for WMRO. He has said before that he is leaving this board, but he somehow always manages to find his way back! I am NOT going to go all the way to Gallatin to try to find Scott to tell him to his face what I want to say! : I live 50 miles from Gallatin, and have better things to do with my time! Aside from that, I've only been there once or twice in the 16 years I have lived in Middle Tennessee, so I don't exactly know my way around Gallatin! : :

 

[romer979fm]

I always like to use movie quotes...and have one that pretty much wraps up the
out-of-control comments on the board lately:

from "War Games"...the W.O.P.R. computer nearly launches WWIII...then realizes
"what a strange game: the only winning move is not to play".

 

[bub]

I take the attitude of Van Irwin Jr, ignore all of you, follow the FCC tech rules, and just make the money that I can, and to hell with you outsiders.

Are you sure that's Mr. Irwin's attitude? If it is, for a Christian formatted station like WNAH (If I'm guessing the format correctly), that's one heck of an attitude.

 

[Hillbillicus]

Why is this thread not on the Tennessee board?

 

[Tibbs4]

Because WMRO doesn't cover all of Tennessee, yet?

 

[Hillbillicus]

Metropolitan Nashville annexed Gallatin? Damn... I need to read the Tennessean more often.

 

[Don78]

Maybe Radio-info needs a Gallatin board or a WMRO board.

 

[yorkie9]

Maybe Radio-info needs a Gallatin board or a WMRO board.

We have that board - it's called "Take it Outside". That's where most WMRO related threads end up!

 

[Evangelist]

After reading the rants by Scott, I make the following observations:

(1) Get the guy a dictionary.
(2) KRLA is in Glendale, CA and another LA-area station had the call letters before that.
(3) Buddy and Chris have never claimed to be "radio gods." They're just guys with a passion for broadcasting
and have inarguably done well at it and know what they're talking about.
(4) I do not believe the Jud Collins story. Having met Mr. Collins a few times, he doesn't strike me as the type.
Nor did I believe Scott's claims that WNSR and Jeff Kolb were out to get WMRO.
(5) Those rants make the best argument against Arbor Mist. I'll stick with Ripple.

I have to make one correction on this--scottwmro said it was Jeff Kolb's father claiming Jeff owned WNSR--not Ted Johnson and his father. It was in a time where scottwmor, known then as ROCKO11, was making crazy claims about WNSR as were others.

I am pleased to correct the record.

 

[firepoint525]

Some interesting discussion on this thread once it got to this page.

I should clarify a few things:

1)  Gallatin is in the Nashville SMSA, so a discussion of Gallatin radio is fine on the Nashville board, just so long as rinky-dink AM stations there don't become the only topic we discuss here!    However, Russellville-Logan County, Kentucky, is NOT part of the greater Nashville SMSA, no matter how much Scott might want you to believe it!  Just because an outside station's signal reaches into the outer ranges of our SMSA doesn't mean that those of us who live at the opposite end of the SMSA give a damn about listening to them!  :

But (and there's always a "but" there, isn't there?  ;D)

2)  Discussion of high school football play-by-play is of extremely limited interest to the average Nashvillian.  How many radio stations can you name within metro Nashville/Davidson County that actually carry high school football?  I can't think of a one!  High school football (and basketball, too, for that matter) is the domain of small-town stations, in which nearly all their listenership (listening area) is made up of boosters and supporters of the local high school in the same town!  If you are a station in a big city, and you want to cover high school football, the first question you ask yourself is, "which team do I cover?"  The most obvious answer might be the school closest to your transmitter or studio, but even then, you still risk reaching listeners who might not be interested in following the team whose broadcasts you decide to carry!  Even though your signal may only reach a few miles at night, the geographical area in which students are zoned to any given school is likely to be even smaller than your station's night-time coverage area.

If you're a small-town station, your night-time AM signal might be strong enough to cover the high school in your town.  However, if you're covering a county-wide high school's team, you might want to consider covering them over your FM station.

 

[Tibbs4]

FTLOG, why? How much more can we endure?


Maybe we should ALL convince Gallatin to have a pre-game pep rally and FCC petition drive to revoke the license of
any AM station that has been mentioned on RI more than 1 billion times. Buddy, you could cover this as your
first ass-ignment at W$%^ and be sure to turn up the power to nuclear reactor levels for the world and all
other planets to hear. Buttin could play it through his vintage 1973 tape recorder on W().()

Please, we are all begging -- when will the officials finally call this game over??? ;D

 

[deltas69]

Gallatin is in the Nashville SMSA..i'm sure i will show my technical ignorance here..but what does this stand for ? i take it ..the term means stations outside nashville proper that can be heard inside davidson county ? as for local football..yes local stations have carried the gridiron exploits of various homegrown teams, mostly as tape delayed the next morning since nightime was an illusive dream for most AM stations in years past..when we bought WFMG in 1971 and started broadcasting Gallatin games live, we recieved calls from all over the signal area from listeners who became green wave fans because they could not hear their own teams live on friday nights..and we had a battle with gallatin high itself as several school personel said we would destroy attendence since fans could stay home and listen..didn't happen, fans flocked to the stadium, transister radios glued to their ears to hear bill buntin broadcast the games..had pretty much the same reaction when the local cable company started taping the games during the eighties and replaying them after the game friday nights and again satuday..but the fans still showed up in droves..but all in all..yes football on the high school level is decidedly local, and small town..no way ANY station in nashville would try to follow any given team..although i do see a "game of the week" featuring a metro area team telecast on cable weekly..i used to get so pi$$ed having to kill the music to broadcast a ball game every friday night..but looking back..glad i was there to experience everything radio had to offer at that moment...hell..i'd do the Shell Dinner Hour again if i could throw a ballgame on after..i was having a great time..just didn't know it at the time..

 

[firepoint525]

Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area. Nashville-Davidson County and all the counties that border it (and this includes Dickson County) are part of the Nashville SMSA. Montgomery County and Christian County, Kentucky are the Clarksville-Hopkinsville SMSA. I believe Jackson-Madison County is also an SMSA. A city must have a certain population to qualify as an SMSA.

 

[deltas69]

ok..thanks.so...this is the info used to put a figure on how many potential listeners are in a given market area..i had it backwards i guess..not how many outlying stations get into nashville..but how many NASHVILLE stations get to the burbs..and potential listeners..