Who is currently the best DJ in Muncie?
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Best in Muncie
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ginkgotree
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is this another plug for Backyard Broadcasting?
Steve Lindell does ok ... but there really isn't much
to choose from with everyone working for Backyard
in Muncie/Daleville...unless you want to include NPR
too. Define "best"
Steve Lindell does ok ... but there really isn't much
to choose from with everyone working for Backyard
in Muncie/Daleville...unless you want to include NPR
too. Define "best"
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CChase
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I would have to agree with "ginkgotree." There isn't much to choose from in the Muncie-Marion market. Kim Morris and Steve Lindell would have to be my top two pics from the Barnyard cluster, which has seen its quality of airstaff plummet over the past year or so... I would also like to throw Shane Goad into the mix. He does a great job with the "Drive Home" on Citadel's WMDH.
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ChrisCarter1977
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What about Brownie on WERK? I always liked brownie on air.
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CChase
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Yea... I forgot about Brownie! Great guy and broadcaster! Plus he's old... that makes him a legend in Muncie! haha
ALL the DJs in Muncie suck harder than an industrial strength Hoover.
There's an internet. iPods with car adapters. Podcasts galore. Why would anyone listen to Muncie radio?
There's an internet. iPods with car adapters. Podcasts galore. Why would anyone listen to Muncie radio?
I lived in Muncie and remember great radio in the days of Super Shirk. Some good guys
came out of there.
came out of there.
It's been about--what?--THIRTY SOME YEARS since Shirk left WERK?
That's a long time to wait for something worth listening to.
I don't think Tom Hammond was sick. I think he preferred the great hereafter to sitting next to Lindell and listening to him every morning.
That's a long time to wait for something worth listening to.
I don't think Tom Hammond was sick. I think he preferred the great hereafter to sitting next to Lindell and listening to him every morning.
"Best" certainly wasn't what I thought when listening to 1340 AM's broadcast of the Cincinnati Reds Tuesday night. No local commercials or legal ID's throughout the 2nd game of the doubleheader, just dead air. Nice job!
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kirkiefan
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Flying-Dutchman said:
Met the super one when he operated WXLW and being a daredevil. He did some really super liners for WMVR in Sidney,Ohio and WDOH in Delphos,Ohio in the early 70s along with some radio spots for the IHRA circuit. (I hear he was a freind of Ted Jones who managed WMVR ..and later WDOH at that time.)
"990 WERK" was a station I wished I had a break at,...but my voice was way too nasal at the time...with an Ed Johnson(ABN)-like buckeye accent to boot..but man did WERK rock! Marvelous Mark McClure,Paul Mendenhall and Chad Hunt were there in the 70s.I met them but I never had a kerosene cat's chance let alone a Ball State BA degree to get pulled in there..It wasn't the good Lord's will for me...and I didn't have the pipes.
They used a late 60s PAMS package before switching to JAM's "Priority One" jingles (with the on air elements) which made that 250 watt directional daytimer sound like a million!
Will never understand why the towers got trashed by that guy who owned it in the 90s.
Granted Muncie radio was for the most part boring to mildly fair. But 990 WERK stood out and gave WLBC-FM a run for its kick butt signal and Drake automation tapes. There were stations far worse than those in Muncie at the time...and there were many.
kirkiefan said:
Kind of curious, but what's a "Buckeye accent"? My mom's from Cincy, but I really never noticed anything different from the way she talks and when someone on Indy's East Side talks...
...aside from the fact she ennunciates her "i-n-gs".
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kirkiefan
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That's what I was told when I worked in the buisiness as a young person...was told my voice was nasal and when I pulled my old airchecks out of mothballs and listening to them one day..I thought I sounded like a teenage Ed Johnson.
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Keith Kidd
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I highly doubt you didn't get a break at WERK Radio because your voice was nasal. You didn't get a break more than likely because you didn't know someone who knew someone else that could get you on the air. From what I remember, WERK had a long list of nasal DJ's. BIG John Erwin sounded like he had both of his legs crammed up his nostrils while he was on the air.
Some of the best and most remembered DJ's didn't have the "perfect voice". They had a unique delivery and let their voice work for them. Because of that we remember them as having perfect voices along with their personalities. But if you go back and listen to them again, you'll hear it wasn't altogether the voice, it was who they were.
- Keith
Some of the best and most remembered DJ's didn't have the "perfect voice". They had a unique delivery and let their voice work for them. Because of that we remember them as having perfect voices along with their personalities. But if you go back and listen to them again, you'll hear it wasn't altogether the voice, it was who they were.
- Keith
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kirkiefan
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LOL!
I remember him going " John Errrrr-win..OneofthemenatWERK!" when he did a live remote outcue. Originally he was WERK's cheif newsman before the previous morning man quit and took off to parts unknown. Brad Byrd with Nila Wells and Lee Kelso were also there in that little news studio.
"Marvelous Mark" McClure had the best on air voice there.
Chris Connnor who did mornings at WNAP was definitive nasal.
I remember him going " John Errrrr-win..OneofthemenatWERK!" when he did a live remote outcue. Originally he was WERK's cheif newsman before the previous morning man quit and took off to parts unknown. Brad Byrd with Nila Wells and Lee Kelso were also there in that little news studio.
"Marvelous Mark" McClure had the best on air voice there.
Chris Connnor who did mornings at WNAP was definitive nasal.
The aforementioned big bag of nothing Steve Lindell is highly nasal and unfunny. A deadly combination. Killed Tom Hammond.
The same Brad Byrd who is now lead anchor at WEHT/Evansville (ABC 25)?
Wasn't there a time when WERK had a contemporary Christian music format?
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Keith Kidd
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Yes, around '86, '87, somewhere in that timeframe. I was in radio class four years earlier with a guy that ended up working at WERK when they were with that format. Said his name was Terry Coffee on the air so I'm assuming it was the same guy, sounded like him.
Poor little feller, in high school some seniors found out in Geometry class that Terry’s head would fit perfectly in that small hole of a toilet in one of the schools restrooms. After testing, it was found the seniors were correct. They were very smart that year.
When I was senior, I was also in the radio program with Sophomore Tom Hammond. Sorry, don't have any stories to tell about him. Didn't know him well. Seemed like a nice guy though. The only thing I remember about him was that he never failed to wave and say hi when passing me in the hall, and that he walked fast.
Well, that's it. That's my totally useless information for the day.
GrumpyJumptooth, did you work for Lindell in the past or something?
- Keith
Poor little feller, in high school some seniors found out in Geometry class that Terry’s head would fit perfectly in that small hole of a toilet in one of the schools restrooms. After testing, it was found the seniors were correct. They were very smart that year.
When I was senior, I was also in the radio program with Sophomore Tom Hammond. Sorry, don't have any stories to tell about him. Didn't know him well. Seemed like a nice guy though. The only thing I remember about him was that he never failed to wave and say hi when passing me in the hall, and that he walked fast.
Well, that's it. That's my totally useless information for the day.
GrumpyJumptooth, did you work for Lindell in the past or something?
- Keith
WOKZ-FM (KZ 105) went on the air for the first time in January of 1986. Shortly thereafter the station purchased WERK and turned it into Faith 99, an AM Contemporary Christian Music station.
I've never worked for Steve Lindell. Just had the misfortune of living in Muncie and having to hear what passes for radio. WORST I'VE HEARD ANYWHERE.
And, Steve's lack of any germ of on-air talent is dwarfed by his backstabbing abilities toward Jeff Weller, who defended Steve and kept him on the air in the face of an entire community and a fleet of clients recognizing him for the hack he is.
Again, I can't think of a single market the guy could get a job.
Oh, yes, and it's a VERY WELL KNOWN PRIVATE JOKE in the restaurant business (particularly amongst tradeout clients) that Steve Lindell has never once tipped. Common practice in the biz to at least throw down at dollar when visiting a tradeout client. Lindell? I've been to lunch with him around 100 times and he's never once done this.
Which is kind of sad, when all eight to ten people at the table all have a private joke--everyone gets to watch Lindell fail to tip a dollar for a free $15 meal.
He's a scumbag. But what's worse is that he's ruining radio for a whole part of the world.
I've never worked for Steve Lindell. Just had the misfortune of living in Muncie and having to hear what passes for radio. WORST I'VE HEARD ANYWHERE.
And, Steve's lack of any germ of on-air talent is dwarfed by his backstabbing abilities toward Jeff Weller, who defended Steve and kept him on the air in the face of an entire community and a fleet of clients recognizing him for the hack he is.
Again, I can't think of a single market the guy could get a job.
Oh, yes, and it's a VERY WELL KNOWN PRIVATE JOKE in the restaurant business (particularly amongst tradeout clients) that Steve Lindell has never once tipped. Common practice in the biz to at least throw down at dollar when visiting a tradeout client. Lindell? I've been to lunch with him around 100 times and he's never once done this.
Which is kind of sad, when all eight to ten people at the table all have a private joke--everyone gets to watch Lindell fail to tip a dollar for a free $15 meal.
He's a scumbag. But what's worse is that he's ruining radio for a whole part of the world.
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Keith Kidd
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Yeah, I remember KZ 105. Let's see if I can name a few of the jocks: Randy Robinson, Drew Carey, Magan Hunt....that's about it. That’s all I can muster for now. I also remember KZ had a newscaster by the name of Mike Davis. WOW to that. Worst sound since John Erwin.
Where are they now? Well, Randy Robinson I believe works for Rutter media, Drew Carey is the program coordinator for the Bob & Tom show, and Magan hunt... well I have no idea what happened to her. I think she finally heard one too many of Mike Davis's newscast and quit the business for good.
About Steve Lindell, I had a recent run in with him concerning a show of mine that he was wanting to air on the weekends at WLBC. He did nothing but run me in circles for a few months and then just stopped communications altogether. Barry Drake must think a lot of this guy, but I have a feeling those two are about the same people. I don't know that for sure but I got that impression.
About what passes for radio here in Muncie, I'll say this; just because a company buys up radio stations and corners a market doesn't mean they have everything in the bag. It's easy to get higher ratings when you're competing against a tree stump. You still have overall listenership in the area to worry about. A large amount of loyal listeners is not just gonna be handed over to you. You have to entertain to achieve that kind of sucsess. In my opinion that is not happening here, and hasn't happened here in years.
- Keith
Where are they now? Well, Randy Robinson I believe works for Rutter media, Drew Carey is the program coordinator for the Bob & Tom show, and Magan hunt... well I have no idea what happened to her. I think she finally heard one too many of Mike Davis's newscast and quit the business for good.
About Steve Lindell, I had a recent run in with him concerning a show of mine that he was wanting to air on the weekends at WLBC. He did nothing but run me in circles for a few months and then just stopped communications altogether. Barry Drake must think a lot of this guy, but I have a feeling those two are about the same people. I don't know that for sure but I got that impression.
About what passes for radio here in Muncie, I'll say this; just because a company buys up radio stations and corners a market doesn't mean they have everything in the bag. It's easy to get higher ratings when you're competing against a tree stump. You still have overall listenership in the area to worry about. A large amount of loyal listeners is not just gonna be handed over to you. You have to entertain to achieve that kind of sucsess. In my opinion that is not happening here, and hasn't happened here in years.
- Keith
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