Everything is so bad on this board....what's good?

[metroneck]

I read multpile posts about how bad DFW radio sucks, how the station owners should loose their license, the clusters are decaying, there is no new talent, the content is stale, and the good ol days are gone.

My question is simple "who (is anyone) is doing it right?"

 

[dfaulkner]

I hear lots of good stuff on:
WBAP
KRLD
KSKY
KGVL
KLUV
KSCS
Also listen to & enjoy some things on:
KLIF
KERA
KGAF
KAAM
KTFW
KEOM
& probably a few more that I'm not thinking of at the moment.

 

[RADIO TRUTH]

It's all comparative. If you are old enough to remember all of the 1960s radio stations who had personalties who were bigger than life and could actually entertain, who debuted cutting edge music during the 1960s, the most creative era in the history of music, you will think that all of today's radio sucks and is a big joke.

If you don't remember that era and have no point of comparison, you might think that today's lame excuse for radio is acceptable.

If you lived your life on a desert island and all you ate was roots and berries, you would like roots and berries. If you
got a chance to eat a steak or chicken, your prospective might change.

Current radio=roots and berries

 

[Triple Fake Jerry]

It's hard to suck on radio when you're voice tracking and you just hit the delete button when you screw up.

 

[RADIO TRUTH]

Voice tracking=no personality=sucking

 

[outlaw2448]

I read multpile posts about how bad DFW radio sucks, how the station owners should loose their license, the clusters are decaying, there is no new talent, the content is stale, and the good ol days are gone.

My question is simple "who (is anyone) is doing it right?"

Everyone can be doing it right, no one could be doing it right. The only person that truly has answer to the question you asked is you. I could give you the choices I like, someone else could come along say no that guy is wrong they all suck here is what I think is good, and so on and so on.

If you like the content then that's all that matters, if you don't like the content then you probably won't listen to it anymore.

 

[Stretch]

Well, for me, the only entities that do it right are the music only channels on Direct TV, which seems to be 95% of what I use the TV for and which will disappear from my house soon (another thread for another board) and satellite radio. No 10 minute commercial blocks, at least to anything I listen to and a much better variety of programming. Sorry terrestrial radio but its your own fault. To paraphrase Shakesphere, "What nourishes me also consumes me".

 

[DFW_Radio_2000]

Well, for me, the only entities that do it right are the music only channels on Direct TV, which seems to be 95% of what I use the TV for and which will disappear from my house soon (another thread for another board) and satellite radio. No 10 minute commercial blocks, at least to anything I listen to and a much better variety of programming. Sorry terrestrial radio but its your own fault. To paraphrase Shakesphere, "What nourishes me also consumes me".

With satellite radio or the music channels on tv (which are usually part of the upper packages), you pay for the previlidge of no commercial or smaller stop sets.

Terrestrial radio, free radio, you're getting commercials so they can pay bills to stay on-air. It's always been that way.

So knowing that, can we really blame them?

We can't complain about the business model of a free product...We either deal with it or pay for the alternative.

 

[OHTBGH]

Content is very much a problem. Especially the weekends. Nothing but financial shows one behind the other. Both Saturday and Sunday the same shows. And they are all buying time across different stations. Some of them are not even live. They just play the same show over and over.

If I have to hear that guy one more time talking about "Investor Peace" I'm gonna hurl!

Crikey I'd rather listen to Air America than hearing these guys trying to top each other!

Thanks God for 1400 KGVL though!

-BGH

 

[flashback]

comercials are no problem to me i am accustomed to them on radio.it is the dulling down of the playlists and the lack of personality disc jockys that bother me about radio.also the lack of interesting local shows ands the overuse of syndicated shows.those factors and the total lack of real people because of automated radio bother me.

its not nearly as much fun to listern to radio any more.

 

[Drucifer]

Well, for me, the only entities that do it right are the music only channels on Direct TV, which seems to be 95% of what I use the TV for and which will disappear from my house soon (another thread for another board) and satellite radio. No 10 minute commercial blocks, at least to anything I listen to and a much better variety of programming. Sorry terrestrial radio but its your own fault. To paraphrase Shakesphere, "What nourishes me also consumes me".

We can't complain about the business model of a free product...We either deal with it or pay for the alternative.

Not exactly. The business model is questionable at best and people have fled terrestrial radio for the internet, ipods and satellite. When radio is SO bad that people will PAY for something else...something is terribly wrong. Jukeboxes belong in bars not on the airwaves.

 

[DFW_Radio_2000]

Well, for me, the only entities that do it right are the music only channels on Direct TV, which seems to be 95% of what I use the TV for and which will disappear from my house soon (another thread for another board) and satellite radio. No 10 minute commercial blocks, at least to anything I listen to and a much better variety of programming. Sorry terrestrial radio but its your own fault. To paraphrase Shakesphere, "What nourishes me also consumes me".

We can't complain about the business model of a free product...We either deal with it or pay for the alternative.

Not exactly. The business model is questionable at best and people have fled terrestrial radio for the internet, ipods and satellite. When radio is SO bad that people will PAY for something else...something is terribly wrong. Jukeboxes belong in bars not on the airwaves.

Agreed something is wrong, but it's not the commercial breaks...it's the content. The business has changed, but that's because they would rather pay a kid from promotions $8.50 an hour to voice track than pay someone who is talented to entertain.

But that's a problem that has generated over the last half decade...the commercial breaks have always been there. If the talent is fantastic and top notch, we'd overlook or forgive longer stop sets, no?

But if you only listen to jack fm allday and leave to pay for satellite radio and only listen to a commercial free 80's music station, then you don't care for the talent (which is the problem). You only care about the commercials. Which is why I say you can't complain about commercials on free radio - That's how they're able to stay free.

But yes, with so many options out there to compete with radio, they have to start bringing in better talent or people will say, "why the (profane) should I listen to crappy talent/voice tracking and get 20 minutes of commercial an hour when I can plug my iPod in and get good music without all the crap?!" Or maybe it's too late and peeps already think that!?

 

[Drucifer]

Well, for me, the only entities that do it right are the music only channels on Direct TV, which seems to be 95% of what I use the TV for and which will disappear from my house soon (another thread for another board) and satellite radio. No 10 minute commercial blocks, at least to anything I listen to and a much better variety of programming. Sorry terrestrial radio but its your own fault. To paraphrase Shakesphere, "What nourishes me also consumes me".

We can't complain about the business model of a free product...We either deal with it or pay for the alternative.

We are on the same page. It's the talent. I would imagine that radio will, eventually, return to what made it great. I hope I am alive to see hear it happen.

 

[Stretch]

I have absolutely no problem paying for a good, listenable, quality product that doesn't bore me with mindless prattle or the same ten song playlist or other kinds of real bad programming intruped every 7 minutes by 7 minutes of commercials. Really, does anybody actually listen to commercials on such a massive scale? Doesn't everybody just punch up something else to listen to or do something else during these breaks or just lose track of what you were listening to when you switched and not tune in again, just asking ??? ??? Never had a problem when a commercial break was two minutes then back to the program, Then, you mostly kept tuned during the break, maybe even paid attention to the spots and then presto, the program resumed but now, no way in hell will I'm staying with that when the programming, for the most part, isn't worth the wait. I'm getting rid of satellite TV for the same reasons, dumbed down programming and commercial fatigue. Just not worth the price although I'll miss some of the music only programming.

 

[Bob E. Nelson]

My question is simple "who (is anyone) is doing it right?"

I am primarily a news and talk listener (mostly WBAP, KTCK and KRLD). When I do venture from that comfort zone to music, the stations that I think are doing a good job are KKXT, KLNO and KKDA-AM.

I like those three because the music is fresh to me. Having been on the air for a number of years in various formats, music from the CHR, AC and country genres are just burnt to a crisp for me. Maybe because I never worked in anything like the three music stations I cited, those stations offer a different style that appeals to me.

 

[DFW_Radio_2000]

I have absolutely no problem paying for a good, listenable, quality product that doesn't bore me with mindless prattle or the same ten song playlist or other kinds of real bad programming intruped every 7 minutes by 7 minutes of commercials. Really, does anybody actually listen to commercials on such a massive scale? Doesn't everybody just punch up something else to listen to or do something else during these breaks or just lose track of what you were listening to when you switched and not tune in again, just asking ??? ??? Never had a problem when a commercial break was two minutes then back to the program, Then, you mostly kept tuned during the break, maybe even paid attention to the spots and then presto, the program resumed but now, no way in hell will I'm staying with that when the programming, for the most part, isn't worth the wait. I'm getting rid of satellite TV for the same reasons, dumbed down programming and commercial fatigue. Just not worth the price although I'll miss some of the music only programming.

I know somebody here in Dallas that mixes in funny fake commercials in the middle of a few breaks to see if anyone catches them or if people are still tuned in during the break they have something to laugh at while waiting.

My favorite is the "blonde star spot"...a chick presses her on-star button to get help because she locked herself in her car and the keys are on the outside of it.

I'd say the name but everytime I do someone says I'm beating their drum again...can't help it, their friends of mine and do a talk show on the weekend that is live, local and not a pay to play.

 

[Drucifer]

An internet station on LIVE365 called WLF Orlando that is using JAM jingles, voice-overs and sounds HOT! Yeah...INTERNET and NO I am not affiliated with it!

 

[DFW_Radio_2000]

An internet station on LIVE365 called WLF Orlando that is using JAM jingles, voice-overs and sounds HOT! Yeah...INTERNET and NO I am not affiliated with it!

What's the spot load like on live365? Is it commercial free or do they play a couple of sponsor related ads every now and then?

I usually go with pandora or tune-in radio for my streaming and they're pretty light...but I forgot about 365.

 

[Drucifer]

I have not listened long enough to give an honest answer to the spot load. I listened to this station, heard some comedy bits, sweepers and stuff...sounded good.

 

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