Has radio voice tracking ruined local radio

[Dj mr fresh]

Has radio voice tracking ruined local radio

 

[TheBigA]

Has radio voice tracking ruined local radio

It depends on who does it. Like anything, it's a tool. Has digital recording ruined music? You can argue either way.

Has the microwave ruined cooking? Has the automobile ruined transportation? So much better when we rode horses,

At one time, radio stations didn't play recorded music. They had live musicians. Was that better?

I think the better question is: Has the internet ruined local radio. I'd say the answer is yes.

The fact is it's here. It's been done in one way or another since the 1930s. The current digital technology goes back to 1993. So it's nothing new.

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

taps foot, rolls eyes.. this question has been asked how many times in how many different ways in how many different forums?

Some would say it has ruined radio without a doubt and you won't convince them otherwise

You wont get that from me. It allows me to have 7 to 7 1/2 hour work days. Have the week between Xmas and New Years off, it allows me to cover non life thratening breaking news on 4 stations at once.

It allows me to cover events when im not near a studio (I have a mic, associated gear, cables, connectors and a laptop im goign to put together a to go back with so i can do things from the park or wherever i happen to be if news breaks.

 

[AM-FM-DXer]

Paul, are you saying that your work day would be much longer than 7 to 7.5 hours if you did not have VT technology?

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

Are you saying that your work day would be much longer than 7 to 7.5 hours if you did not have VT technology?

I work 7am to 230pm ish most days.. id start later and be working till 7pm if i had to be live.. and id likely be doing 9 hour days .. but a few of the functions of my current job require me to be in studio at 7 and 8am so it'd be a partially split working day too which is never fun

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

Not necessarily Voice tracking didn’t ruin music radio but companies like Iheart and Audacy argue we have to protect their apps and promote their podcasts because their core audience went there. Also we had some similar discussions on the radio side about this. TV similar answers in their case it’s to go after people who watch via TV apps for on demand content.

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Are there any major stations that DON'T do voice-tracking and are 100% live?

Just curious about this, as I don't have much inside knowledge of the industry in recent years. I've expressed my feelings about this elsewhere but wonder if anyone in charge actually feels the same way and persists with live DJs. I will say that one thing that this killed off was putting...

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[SomeRadioGuy]

This is like 5 or 6 breaks from my show today that I just did. Th people who are proponents of live radio24/7 say this would be better delivered and mroe effective when done lve