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Beth Adams and other staff axed at WHAM

[quoteHa! You want fries with that? No, that's not what I meant. Although the thought is making me hungry. ][/quote]

Its A Shame :( I was giving the benefit to clarify your statement. That ain't gonna happen again. If I wanted a Wendy's drive-thru response......I would go to Wendys (duh)

Why do you have to be an ass?

HDBG
 
And now this reasonable thread is going to be "taken outside" :-[

Sorry folks

HDBG
 
I've had to do it both ways, with and without someone running the board. I say there is no reason, even on a morning show, to have someone not on the air, running things. I prefer doing it myself, that is what talent is about.
 
TheBigA said:
heydaybegone said:
I was giving the benefit to clarify your statement.
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I thought you were kidding. Combo means a DJ who runs his own board.
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Honestly I only knew the term 'cause of certain classic 'KB jocks tossing it around.

From the late '70's forward, most all of us playing music have worked "combo". Having started in small market radio in the early 70's, combo is all I've known.

On the other hand, I think you can argue as records and reel tapes evolved into carts, then CD's and now a hard drive...why do you need a board-op today?

To me, checking Facebook/Twitter/texting should be no different than looking at the printed show prep for the next relevant thing to talk about. I may have something good planned and then blow it out of the water because a killer comment came up on Twitter that fits even better for that break.

Gotta be proficient both on-air and on-line. I don't think anyone's suggesting we be working on more intricate matters such as website content while on-air - although when a breaking story occurs - we get it on air, FB/Twitter and on our website with a simple post and maybe a link to the original story...all within minutes. And everything promotes each other thing, like an endless circle.

A, yes it's true that some CBS cuts have not, and may never be, restored. As much as I'd like to see live overnights back coast-to-coast, those days are probably over. Some music stations may not get their 7-Mid jocks back, others are. Some of the spoken word programming is recycled in overnight hours.
 
Big A ...thanks!!
I was just trying to clarify that you meant board-op/talent "combo".
That said..I'm not sure I see the connection between that & e-mail (except that the "ego/pro" jock not doing combo won't lift a finger ;D)

All's good (except the industry)

HDBG
 
heydaybegone said:
That said..I'm not sure I see the connection between that & e-mail (except that the "ego/pro" jock not doing combo won't lift a finger ;D)
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I've encountered a lot of what my grandmother calls "fuddy duddies" in radio. Folks who are resistant to new technology and change.

But there are also a lot of "ego/pros," as you call them, for whom having an engineer is something they demand because they can.

On the other hand, John Gambling, who has the ability to make demands, runs his own board and answers his own email.
 
Sorry to hear about Beth and many others who were shown the door this week by Clear Channel (and Cumulus.) Lots of talent on the beach. It's far too crowded.
 
Here in Pittsburgh, the 8000-pound gorilla of Classic Rock stations...the one to which all other CC stations in said cluster bow (BigA, you know the one), still has a live overnight show.

I'm told he's been doing overnights there since 1972. I don't know for sure because in 1972 I was living in Brattleboro, VT and dx'ing 'KB's BobMcCrea and Casey Pietrowski when I wanted overnight entertainment...but a close friend who'd be in a position to know is emphatic.

If CC cuts there or further at the 8000-lb gorilla...then I'd assume no job security anywhere within that company. Unless your name is Seacrest...or Zapoleon...
 
"Oh the humanity" --- at least with the Hindenberg...they never saw it coming.

That can't be said in these situations. :(
 
For quite a while I have refused to support WHAM at any time of day, regardless of merit, in protest at the station filling so much of its schedule with the ugliness of Limbaugh, Hannity, Savage and Beck. And I have felt twinges of guilt because when I used to listen, its breakfast-time programming wasn't bad.

Now the guilt is gone. So farewell, WHAM; I won't be back until you clean up your act.
 
There's plenty more where you came from. When it's all said and done, they really don't care. No offense, personally. It's just the way these corporate guys think. They know what you want more than you know what you want. Call it a Steve Jobs complex.
 
Gee, it's almost like some people want to kill off broadcast radio so the bandwidth could be used for other purposes, isn't it?
 
SirRoxalot said:
Gee, it's almost like some people want to kill off broadcast radio so the bandwidth could be used for other purposes, isn't it?
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Like what? Not really much else one can do with it. It's why the FCC doesn't care about it any more.
 
Really? You don't think that the FM band would be capable of carrying data fast enough for full service data, audio, and video? Even the AM band would certainly be fast enough for text messaging, chat, and voice services.
 
SirRoxalot said:
Really? You don't think that the FM band would be capable of carrying data fast enough for full service data, audio, and video? Even the AM band would certainly be fast enough for text messaging, chat, and voice services.
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I think that if there was a way to better monetize AM, the FCC would be auctioning it off like they are other parts of the spectrum.

Some FM stations use their SCAs this way. But it's really not a big money maker.
 
They can't do that without significant changes to communications law. I suspect that even the NAB would oppose that.
 
SirRoxalot said:
They can't do that without significant changes to communications law. I suspect that even the NAB would oppose that.
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So then your original post on this point would be moot.
 
No, the point is that there are major broadcasting companies who have expressed the idea that traditional broadcast is too expensive, and that programming should move to the Internet so they don't have to maintain towers, transmitters, and their accompanying real estate. This makes the assumption that everyone will have broadband access, or that the FCC will allow those without broadband access to go unserved.
 
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