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It seems to me with some good cause people are hyper critical of his show which has proved to be an afternoon ratings success. I don't usually agree with hime but on this topic I must say he has a point, but then again I guess we live in a society that loves to pick on anyone who shows even a little bit of success.
> He's got his teeth in, and is shaking us like a ragdoll.
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> He's got his teeth in, and is shaking us like a ragdoll.
>
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> It seems to me with some good cause people are hyper
> critical of his show which has proved to be an afternoon
> ratings success. I don't usually agree with hime but on this
> topic I must say he has a point, but then again I guess we
> live in a society that loves to pick on anyone who shows
> even a little bit of success.
>
> > He's got his teeth in, and is shaking us like a ragdoll.
> >
>
Here's the thing: BJ hit it on the head today. He said that radio is "a delivery system for advertisers". Bingo! Commercial radio does right by its customers, which are of course the businesses that buy ad time. Never mind the listeners--they aren't the customers. Content is vetted only on its capacity to *hold the listeners' attention*. It has nothing to do with what the people want. It's what the *advertisers* want.
Commercial radio is owned by the businesses. Hence the WASTELAND that exists up and down the dial in this culture. Unless you like really REALLY stupid, dumbed-down, lowest common denominator, shock-value drivel (BJ's show=prime example), you're just out of luck. Entertainment, provocation of thought, even laughter, are simply not priorities. They just want to hold your attention, even if the way you listen is akin to the way you'd stare at a traffic accident.<P ID="signature">______________
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> critical of his show which has proved to be an afternoon
> ratings success. I don't usually agree with hime but on this
> topic I must say he has a point, but then again I guess we
> live in a society that loves to pick on anyone who shows
> even a little bit of success.
>
> > He's got his teeth in, and is shaking us like a ragdoll.
> >
>
Here's the thing: BJ hit it on the head today. He said that radio is "a delivery system for advertisers". Bingo! Commercial radio does right by its customers, which are of course the businesses that buy ad time. Never mind the listeners--they aren't the customers. Content is vetted only on its capacity to *hold the listeners' attention*. It has nothing to do with what the people want. It's what the *advertisers* want.
Commercial radio is owned by the businesses. Hence the WASTELAND that exists up and down the dial in this culture. Unless you like really REALLY stupid, dumbed-down, lowest common denominator, shock-value drivel (BJ's show=prime example), you're just out of luck. Entertainment, provocation of thought, even laughter, are simply not priorities. They just want to hold your attention, even if the way you listen is akin to the way you'd stare at a traffic accident.<P ID="signature">______________
I love radio...</P>
I can't speak for anyone here but me, but I don't pick on BJ because he has shown even a little bit of success. I would have bad things to say about his show if he had only 20 listeners.
> It seems to me with some good cause people are hyper
> critical of his show which has proved to be an afternoon
> ratings success. I don't usually agree with hime but on this
> topic I must say he has a point, but then again I guess we
> live in a society that loves to pick on anyone who shows
> even a little bit of success.
> It seems to me with some good cause people are hyper
> critical of his show which has proved to be an afternoon
> ratings success. I don't usually agree with hime but on this
> topic I must say he has a point, but then again I guess we
> live in a society that loves to pick on anyone who shows
> even a little bit of success.
> Here's the thing: BJ hit it on the head today. He said
> that radio is "a delivery system for advertisers". Bingo!
CORRECTION: BJ spewed back a mouthful of Tom Leykis's bile about how radio is a delivery system for advertisers, blah-blah-blah, ad-nasseum. BJ has never had anything original to say nor an original or creative way to say it. Radio should be about so much more than this. PEOPLE... turn this boob off. Spend the 10-2:00 weekday hours doing something productive. Like poking moose turds into your ear holes.
> that radio is "a delivery system for advertisers". Bingo!
CORRECTION: BJ spewed back a mouthful of Tom Leykis's bile about how radio is a delivery system for advertisers, blah-blah-blah, ad-nasseum. BJ has never had anything original to say nor an original or creative way to say it. Radio should be about so much more than this. PEOPLE... turn this boob off. Spend the 10-2:00 weekday hours doing something productive. Like poking moose turds into your ear holes.
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> > Here's the thing: BJ hit it on the head today. He said
> > that radio is "a delivery system for advertisers". Bingo!
>
>
> CORRECTION: BJ spewed back a mouthful of Tom Leykis's bile
> about how radio is a delivery system for advertisers,
> blah-blah-blah, ad-nasseum. BJ has never had anything
> original to say nor an original or creative way to say it.
> Radio should be about so much more than this. PEOPLE... turn
> this boob off. Spend the 10-2:00 weekday hours doing
> something productive. Like poking moose turds into your ear
> holes.
>
Well....whether the statement originated with Leykis or BJ or whoever, it's still TRUE. Listeners are not the customers in commercial radio. Hence the sub-par programs.
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> > that radio is "a delivery system for advertisers". Bingo!
>
>
> CORRECTION: BJ spewed back a mouthful of Tom Leykis's bile
> about how radio is a delivery system for advertisers,
> blah-blah-blah, ad-nasseum. BJ has never had anything
> original to say nor an original or creative way to say it.
> Radio should be about so much more than this. PEOPLE... turn
> this boob off. Spend the 10-2:00 weekday hours doing
> something productive. Like poking moose turds into your ear
> holes.
>
Well....whether the statement originated with Leykis or BJ or whoever, it's still TRUE. Listeners are not the customers in commercial radio. Hence the sub-par programs.
<P ID="signature">______________
I love radio...</P>
> > Well....whether the statement originated with Leykis or BJ
>
> > or whoever, it's still TRUE. Listeners are not the
> > customers in commercial radio. Hence the sub-par
> programs.
> >
>
> which 's supposed to be the whole point of public radio,
> right?
Most public radio is pretty damn good once you get away from the stuffy NPR crap to what KEXP. KGRG, KSER and CBC Radio runs sometimes.)
Problem with public radio sometimes is the lack of market exposure that the biggest commercial stations get. They can't advertise themselves, which should be changed like other rules have been changed to suit commercial radio. Why should it not work the other way?
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"Never keep up with the Jones's. Drag them down to your level" - Quentin Crisp
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>
> > or whoever, it's still TRUE. Listeners are not the
> > customers in commercial radio. Hence the sub-par
> programs.
> >
>
> which 's supposed to be the whole point of public radio,
> right?
Most public radio is pretty damn good once you get away from the stuffy NPR crap to what KEXP. KGRG, KSER and CBC Radio runs sometimes.)
Problem with public radio sometimes is the lack of market exposure that the biggest commercial stations get. They can't advertise themselves, which should be changed like other rules have been changed to suit commercial radio. Why should it not work the other way?
>
<P ID="signature">______________
"Never keep up with the Jones's. Drag them down to your level" - Quentin Crisp
[email protected]
</P>
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BusyBuzz
Guest
Because then some guys in suits would not be making a six or seven digit salary, and they would be forced to have real jobs and live like the rest of us try to do on a daily basis. As long as there are people willing to pay top dollar to be heard, there is always going to be people who will accept that money to see that they are heard. Short of regulating advertising revenue for all stations you can't change a thing
> Problem with public radio sometimes is the lack of market
> exposure that the biggest commercial stations get. They
> can't advertise themselves, which should be changed like
> other rules have been changed to suit commercial radio. Why
> should it not work the other way?
> >
>
> Problem with public radio sometimes is the lack of market
> exposure that the biggest commercial stations get. They
> can't advertise themselves, which should be changed like
> other rules have been changed to suit commercial radio. Why
> should it not work the other way?
> >
>
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msgbored
Guest
> > Well....whether the statement originated with Leykis or BJ
>
> > or whoever, it's still TRUE. Listeners are not the
> > customers in commercial radio. Hence the sub-par
> programs.
> >
>
> which 's supposed to be the whole point of public radio,
> right?
Heh-heh....good call. NPR is worlds better than commercial, but it's far from perfect.
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I love radio...</P>
>
> > or whoever, it's still TRUE. Listeners are not the
> > customers in commercial radio. Hence the sub-par
> programs.
> >
>
> which 's supposed to be the whole point of public radio,
> right?
Heh-heh....good call. NPR is worlds better than commercial, but it's far from perfect.
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I love radio...</P>
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