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Country in Pittsburgh...

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youngabe89

What's your favorite country station here in the 'Burgh? Y108? Froggy 98.3? Froggy 95.5? I know Froggy 95 is out of Johnstown, PA but it comes in without problem clear in Monroeville and on some parts of I-376 so that applies in some cases. Personally my favorite is good old Y108! I love their 'localness" if you know what I mean. Their little jingles stick in my head all the time, sometimes more than songs! ;D
 
I live in Monroeville also and agree that froggy 95.5 does come in clear, which I would say is my favorite country station as well.
 
It's hard to have a favorite country music station when you don't really like country music and almost never listen to it.
 
y108 has some great liners.I know whenever they mention they are going to play something from the 80s or something they always say something like "Because you still wear that Pirates' cap with the Stargell Stars" or "Trying to answer the age-old question- what car was better, Kitt or The General Lee?"Let me tell you something- I really, really enjoy those!
 
Yes I love their liners! "From Mars to Apollo and all the planets in between..."That is what I like about Y108...their lines and localness about the station. I like the variety of country music they play as well. Also, when you call the station, it seems like they actually play your request and have the caller on air! I love the guest DJs for the Top 8 at 8!
 
When do you folks find the time to sample every station on the air? Do you listen to each one for five minutes at a time, then move on to check out the others? It always amazed me how radio professionals who are presumably spending a major chunk of their day doing their own shows, and another major part of the day prepping for their air shifts manage to know what every other station in town is broadcasting. How can you form a valid, informed opinion on a station's total sound if you don't have enough time in the day to spend any significant amount of time listening to it? I'm not attempting to challenge anyone with this post. I sincerely want to know how such an evaluation can be made without spending at least a few hours listening to a station.
 
??? This was a simple question topic and now it has to turn into some technical "Who knows best?" post. It was a simple question for general discussion...I did not post this thread to perform a proper scientific survey of the country music station choice in Pittsburgh! Geez... ::)
 
"I did not post this thread to perform a proper scientific survey of the country music station choice in Pittsburgh!"What did you expect? Most radio professionals don't enjoy listening to the radio, it's their job. Radio professionals look at radio the way gynecologists look at what they look at all day -- as something to study, measure and understand. Not as something to enjoy. And radio enthusiasts like me are finding it increasingly difficult to enjoy radio as well, for different reasons.
 
I would enture a guess that what was expected was that those people on this board that happen to listen to country music on the radio and frequent this board would post why they preferred one station over another, whether that be music selection, djs, jingles etc. While I can't speak for everyone who posts here and is in radio, I will say that the idea that radio people hate radio seems ridiculous on its face. While I don't frequent the music stations, I am more of a talk fan myself (since the demise of WXXP many moons ago), I like listening to talk stations just to see what everyone else is gabbing about, how the shows are put together, what is working, what isn't, who is getting the best guests, who can put on an entertaing show, etc. If anything, I try to not listen to too much radio for fear that I will end up stealing someone elses bits more than a general disdain of the industry. But maybe I am the only one.
 
"I will say that the idea that radio people hate radio seems ridiculous"I agree. The difference between "don't enjoy" and "hate" is enormous. "Don't enjoy" means that listening to the radio isn't simply fun, it's work. "Hate" means one has a strong antipathy towards something, to the point where one would avoid it. I don't see how anyone could take a statement that most radio professionals "don't enjoy listening" to the radio and read it as meaning that radio professionals "hate" radio. Where did that come from? As for where I got the impression that most radio professionals don't enjoy listening to the radio, those people I know who are radio professionals are so deeply into the minutiae of jingles, imaging, and other factors that they can't just sit back and enjoy listening. They've trained themselves to always analyze all the components and as such can't simply enjoy the overall experience. Some people call that being unable to see the forest for all the trees.
 
Radio_Realist said:
As for where I got the impression that most radio professionals don't enjoy listening to the radio, those people I know who are radio professionals are so deeply into the minutiae of jingles, imaging, and other factors that they can't just sit back and enjoy listening. They've trained themselves to always analyze all the components and as such can't simply enjoy the overall experience. Some people call that being unable to see the forest for all the trees.
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THERE'S NOTHING TO ENJOY!​
It used to be that one could be analytical and actually enjoy what they were hearing, but there's nothing interesting, compelling, exciting, etc. anymore to keep a radio "professional" from tuning out after checking out the imaging, or whatever.
 
There are some people and/or stations that I enjoy listening to, it's just that I like to listen for all parts of the broadcast, not just content or station imaging but rather the entire package.
 
"It used to be that one could be analytical and actually enjoy what they were hearing, but there's nothing interesting, compelling, exciting, etc. anymore to keep a radio "professional" from tuning out after checking out the imaging, or whatever."It strikes me that the whole no longer exceeds the sum of its parts. Hell, it doesn't even equal the sum of its parts. Each programming element seems to be done with extreme care. The jingles, the sequencing of just the right songs, based on the best analytical testing, everything that goes into radio programming is there. But there's no heart, no soul, no spark, no zest, no life. And I'll bet that everyone who works in radio who will reply to this will comment on the fact that I no longer work in radio, but none will offer any sort of a rebuttal challenging what I've said as wrong by offering proof that there are some Pittsburgh stations who do have heart, soul, spark, zest or life and then will point to some regional AM daytimer that doesn't even register on the ratings.
 
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