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It just amazes me how many people on this particular board know so much about the Wilmington market and have so much to say. Like calling people out, getting their feelings hurt because the truth hurt and then back peddle to get out of what was said.

Lets face it all stations have issues some more noticeable than others.

If anyone of you can fix what is wrong with the stations you mention then I suggest you get some money buy the ones that you talk about and fix them. If you can't do that... I suggest you contact the stations and let them know exactly what you heard so they can fix the problem(s)

But I guess that would be asking too much of anyone on this board. :-\
 
At least two of us have been Operations Managers, PDs and Chief Engineers at radio stations. Almost all the posters you see on the Wilmington board have worked in radio, Wilmington and otherwise, for many years. Our posters include current radio people, employed by great stations. My radio career started in 1967 and continued until the Fall of 2000.

So we know what we are talking about (to some extent, anyway!). And I for one know many of the Delaware posters. All great people and true radio professionals.
 
Point taken but, don't you think instead of complaining about it on here that you could shoot an e-mail or call the stations and let them know what is going on if they are unaware their issues? (I'm hoping they do know what is going on if something is wrong)
 
As I said earlier, if you don't call a station during the normal business hours, you'll not get a live person on the phone. The problems usually happen AFTER that when they've emptied the building for the night. Even at WDEL/WSTW there isn't an option to get the WSTW jock in their extensive phone menu (apparently it isn't needed as the WSTW jock has some sort of alarm that goes off in his headset telling he/she that WDEL is in trouble). Same at WILM/WWTX/WRDX's building near New Castle. Once those folks leave for the day, there's no communicating with a live person. It is what it is. Obviously, as both I and DX mentioned on another thread here that WILM was silent from about 6:15-till at least after 7pm Wednesday night. It is what it is. It's not like the old days when someone was always there and you could call the station and get someone.

Given how Chris Carl from WDEL bristles any time one of us here makes mention of a problem we heard on WDEL, how receptive do you think he'd be getting a phone message from one of us complaining about some problem that occurred over the weekend- by then its old news he's either already dealt with or doesn't want to hear about after the fact (I've tried to call him numerous times during the work day including once this week. Only once (not this week) did I get him and not his answering machine - which is understandable as he has other duties than just sitting at his desk, but makes my point).

Chris probably knows many of us as former radio folks, you'd think he'd be glad that someone that has experience in radio was giving him a head's up about a problem. Again, we're friends of their respective stations.

OK, I hope that answers corporate radio's issues with all of us here. Let's put this dead horse to rest.
 
Most stations have silence sensors, they can be set for anywhere from 30 seconds and up, when no audio is sensed, usually a light goes off on the light board showing what's wrong. As an example in Salisbury at WSCL-WSDL-WDDE they have a light board in the studio, one light for WSDL audio off, one for AP Bulletin, one for EAS, one for NPR Bulletin. Light goes off, and the person goes down the hall to see what's up.
 
Of course, if no one is in the building, who sees the light? No one!
 
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