videokilledtheradiostar said:
Isn't it amazing how LW has been throwing out those corny one liners for close to 30 years? And in virtually the same time slot???? The radio gods at DRC Must love him!
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Isn't it amazing how LW has been throwing out those corny one liners for close to 30 years? And in virtually the same time slot???? The radio gods at DRC Must love him!
videokilledtheradiostar said:
"Hello, muuuuuusic lovers. It's Larry Wells, my mother's favorite disc jockey!"
"That's Marvin and Tammi, If I Could Build My Whole World Around You ... imagine how many trips to Home Depot that would take!"
"The DRC-FM Monster Bash is just around the corner, so don't forget to join us -- Why? Are we coming apart?"
"Love somebody!"
Got to admit, there's a certain comforting stability to the DRC-FM midday shift. It sure would sound strange to hear some other voice, with some other shtick, in that time slot after all these years. Apparently, the audience still likes him and he's done nothing to embarrass management ih his quarter-century at the station, so why would you want Buckley to dump him?
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Isn't it amazing how LW has been throwing out those corny one liners for close to 30 years? And in virtually the same time slot???? The radio gods at DRC Must love him!
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Actually it's the listeners who love him and the ratings prove that. Seriously, what have you got against the people at DRC-FM? Judging from your recent posts, quite a bit. I wonder what it could be... let me guess...you were once a board op and couldn't get any further in your career due to your lack of being able to impress management with your vast radio knowledge and experience...so you walked (or were fired) and now you're bitter...?
Isn't it amazing how LW has been throwing out those corny one liners for close to 30 years? And in virtually the same time slot???? The radio gods at DRC Must love him!
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Actually it's the listeners who love him and the ratings prove that. Seriously, what have you got against the people at DRC-FM? Judging from your recent posts, quite a bit. I wonder what it could be... let me guess...you were once a board op and couldn't get any further in your career due to your lack of being able to impress management with your vast radio knowledge and experience...so you walked (or were fired) and now you're bitter...?
drc-fm fan said:
Only that Buckley mgt would not own up to programming technical errors and needed a fall guy and forced my resignation after five years. So yeah, I have no respect for them. Period!
"Hello, muuuuuusic lovers. It's Larry Wells, my mother's favorite disc jockey!"
"That's Marvin and Tammi, If I Could Build My Whole World Around You ... imagine how many trips to Home Depot that would take!"
"The DRC-FM Monster Bash is just around the corner, so don't forget to join us -- Why? Are we coming apart?"
"Love somebody!"
The station has tolerated his sarcastic drivel over the years because he gets modest ratings and comes with a cheap price tag.
Instead of these local radio and tv stations allowing talent to Krazy glue their butts to chairs, they should give new talent a chance for a fresh start. But some things will never change in this habitual state. :
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"That's Marvin and Tammi, If I Could Build My Whole World Around You ... imagine how many trips to Home Depot that would take!"
"The DRC-FM Monster Bash is just around the corner, so don't forget to join us -- Why? Are we coming apart?"
"Love somebody!"
The station has tolerated his sarcastic drivel over the years because he gets modest ratings and comes with a cheap price tag.
Instead of these local radio and tv stations allowing talent to Krazy glue their butts to chairs, they should give new talent a chance for a fresh start. But some things will never change in this habitual state. :
:Only that Buckley mgt would not own up to programming technical errors and needed a fall guy and forced my resignation after five years. So yeah, I have no respect for them. Period!
So we have these have these nasty posts to look forward to from now until eternity, Mr. Holiday? Jeeze, enough is enough already! Get over it! You've made your point.
So we have these have these nasty posts to look forward to from now until eternity, Mr. Holiday? Jeeze, enough is enough already! Get over it! You've made your point.
2 good points, especially concerning stability which there is not nearly enough of in radio. In regards to other voices, I've heard Mike Stevens fill in and thought he did a great job. Same thing with Chris Ryan, who always sounds great.
Truthfully though, regardless of why Larry has remained in the fold for so long, congrats to him. While he may not be up to everyones liking, he has managed to find longevity in a business that has become a revolving door for many a radio vet. He has survived corporate radio. You gotta respect that.
FlatTop said:
My point is that where is new talent supposed cut their teeth in local radio if certain people don't step aside?
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Video, they are supposed to start on weekends and overnights like we all did back in the day. Then we move up. Unfortunately, no one is grooming anyone anymore. They have VT'ing for overnights and weekends so there is no "bench." Where would any great baseball team be without it's bench? Imagine if the World Series was played with a pitching machine instead of a live pitcher. It would be so boring. The human element is gone. That's what's happened to radio and the lack of a bench. Overnight person used to become the night guy, the night guy would become the PM Drive guy, PD would do middays, and the PM Drive guy sometimes became the morning guy. When the business stopped developing talent, it stopped developing talent. Now, don't hold it against the guy with the steady shift, especially when you're mad at the company for what they did and the guy who has the shift wasn't involved. We've all had our brushed with A-holes who have done us wrong and made us the scapegoats, but you have to get over it (eventually) and not hold it against the whole kit and kaboodle. That doesn't mean you shouldn't have an opinion about the jocks' show, but keep them separate. You have some great points and opinions on these boards, but sometimes you come off bitter with a bit of vengeance. I'm happy for you that you have succeeded not only in radio, but also outside the business. You're a smart person.
But sometimes your great points and observations lose their credibility when you taint them with bitterness. I am not here to flame anyone...it's just my opinion and you can obviously take it with a rain of salt. Thanks.
But sometimes your great points and observations lose their credibility when you taint them with bitterness. I am not here to flame anyone...it's just my opinion and you can obviously take it with a rain of salt. Thanks.
I know all the people at DRC and "Video." If you've been in the business for any length of time, there are bumps in the road. If we dwell on everything that went wrong, we'd be bitter people indeed. Time takes care of these things if you'll only let them go. Larry and Floyd definitely don't deserve these digs. When you look at what some people do for a living, hey I'm having a blast!
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SallysPizza: It also goes beyond the bench. A decent amount of small "mom and pop" stations do the same thing as the corporates with VT'ing and automation off the bird, hence, there's no "minor league farm system" to develop talent as well. So, rhetorically speaking, where would any great baseball organization be without a farm system?SallysPizza said:
We've all had our brushed with A-holes who have done us wrong and made us the scapegoats, but you have to get over it (eventually) and not hold it against the whole kit and kaboodle. That doesn't mean you shouldn't have an opinion about the jocks' show, but keep them separate. You have some great points and opinions on these boards, but sometimes you come off bitter with a bit of vengeance. I'm happy for you that you have succeeded not only in radio, but also outside the business. You're a smart person.
But sometimes your great points and observations lose their credibility when you taint them with bitterness. I am not here to flame anyone...it's just my opinion and you can obviously take it with a rain of salt. Thanks.
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I am outside of radio because in order to eat and have a halfway decent lifestyle a respectable income is required. Working 70 hours a week including 30 on weekends for an average paycheck wasn't going to cut it.
The ride was fun and but eventually you have to get off. Radio has become way too corporate. It's all about the bottom line and nothing more.
But sometimes your great points and observations lose their credibility when you taint them with bitterness. I am not here to flame anyone...it's just my opinion and you can obviously take it with a rain of salt. Thanks.
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I am outside of radio because in order to eat and have a halfway decent lifestyle a respectable income is required. Working 70 hours a week including 30 on weekends for an average paycheck wasn't going to cut it.
The ride was fun and but eventually you have to get off. Radio has become way too corporate. It's all about the bottom line and nothing more.
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SallysPizza
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Video, I'm with you. Bankers are running the biz now, not the people who are passionate about it. they're pandering to Wall Street, and look how that's going for them. Privatizing (sp?) would be better for the business. Greater Media pays better than others and they MAKE money and they hold onto their people longer. That is a generalization and I speak for them on the whole. I worked for them part-time years ago and they even treated part-timers well.
Bub, you're right about the farm system, which is the point I was trying to get across. They are trying to compete with the corporate guys in their markets and may be forced to do some of the same. I still blame it on corporate greed. The mom and pops are getting killed in so many markets because companies will low-ball clients on rates just to get them on, which the little guys can't always do. They have to make up the difference in other ways and they always go to Programming first to cut.
Bub, you're right about the farm system, which is the point I was trying to get across. They are trying to compete with the corporate guys in their markets and may be forced to do some of the same. I still blame it on corporate greed. The mom and pops are getting killed in so many markets because companies will low-ball clients on rates just to get them on, which the little guys can't always do. They have to make up the difference in other ways and they always go to Programming first to cut.
Case in point DRC laying off Doug Taylor and a few others for economic reasons. Timing is everything and Mr. Floyd Wright knows a thing or two about that. ;DSallysPizza said:
videokilledtheradiostar said:
Reminds me of a couple of years ago, with John Saville showing up as a weekender and fill-in jock, then being moved into the morning show a few months later when Mike Stevens was let go.
Buckley has been known to do company-wide layoffs when the overall economy takes a hit. Floyd will probably be VT'd middays, which must be why they moved Larry to keep afternoon drive live leading into traffic, etc. I was part of a cutback a few months after 9/11. Doug's brief departure for Kix 97.9 in 1996 opened up the evening slot, which I did for almost six years. I had just seen Doug at the Big E and got the impression that something was in the works after a total run of nearly 19 years on the Big D. It's still a tough break, but I'm sure he'll do what he has to do. He had the Big D sound, and was generally a good sport through most of the ups and downs of WDRC's oldies/classic hits era.
GlennO said:
I don't know about that. I heard Rob Ray read a promo this afternoon about the "free lunch for your office" deal, and he specifically said that Floyd would be announcing the winners during his show. There's also the lunchtime requests hour at noon to take care of.
I know DRC has been VT'd overnights for years, but are there other VT'd shifts as well? Those weekend shifts that the weekday DJs have to pull, maybe? Have they ever been VT'd in any weekday daypart other than overnight?
CTListener said:
VT'ing is still very feasible with a winner announcement and a few requests. Winners are drawn in advance and requests are recorded anyway. Believe me, you generally don't want to hear unedited live request calls! Larry's been a midday fixture there for decades and Floyd's been in Hartford PM drive close to 20 years, so VT'd middays with a part-timer may explain moving Larry and not putting Floyd in drive. This is an economy move, after all. To the listener, voice tracks are usually perceived as live, assuming they think about it at all. Hey, most listeners think the talent is picking each song as they go. If programmed and executed well - and if there's a live body still in the building to double check or look in on it - a VT'd shift can sound pretty good. It also helps having someone in the market who can keep it current with some local touches. I hope live radio doesn't disappear, but it's often viewed as a luxury in these technology-focused, cost-cutting times.
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ken gilbert
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VT'ing is still very feasible with a winner announcement and a few requests. Winners are drawn in advance and requests are recorded anyway. Believe me, you generally don't want to hear unedited live request calls! Larry's been a midday fixture there for decades and Floyd's been in Hartford PM drive close to 20 years, so VT'd middays with a part-timer may explain moving Larry and not putting Floyd in drive. This is an economy move, after all. To the listener, voice tracks are usually perceived as live, assuming they think about it at all. Hey, most listeners think the talent is picking each song as they go. If programmed and executed well - and if there's a live body still in the building to double check or look in on it - a VT'd shift can sound pretty good. It also helps having someone in the market who can keep it current with some local touches. I hope live radio doesn't disappear, but it's often viewed as a luxury in these technology-focused, cost-cutting times.
Well said GlennO
I worked there from 1980 through 90 & those were the GOOD years!
Well said GlennO
I worked there from 1980 through 90 & those were the GOOD years!
I listened to Floyd's midday show most of the day, and there is no doubt that he is VT'd. It's not a knock on Floyd, but it really was one of the most generic tracked shows you'll ever hear. Perhaps its difficult to have someone who has been live for most of his career to suddenly "record the show, but make it sound live". The question still remains, why not track Larry and keep Doug Taylor. Just my opinoin, but Doug was a better fit for the shift. Larry is..well, you know, just read the other posts. He may be his mothers favorite dj, but he is far from mine. That will be 2 shifts that I will avoiding now.
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