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Herald Op-Ed Bemoans Lack of Local Talk Radio
- Thread starter smedge2006
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smedge2006 said:
AMEN! I blame Clear Channel!
The days of Neil Rogers, Jerry Witchner, Bill Calder, Al Rantel, Alan Burke and a slew of other great talk show hosts that filtered through here will never be duplicated. South Florida talk radio as we knew it is gone. Local talk radio is gone. Syndication and the all mighty dollar has taken over for companies like Clear Channel, Cox and others. It's not all Clear Channels fault. It's the industries fault for allowing it to happen. :-\
Stewart Elliot what a great point, the local big boy's are gone, Neil Rodger's, Al Rantel, Bill Calder, I'm not sure if Sandy Payton had a place, WNWS/WIOD/WQAM just a couple of great Miami news/talk radio stations, these guy's were the talented great's and knew how to get the job done, they've fallen by the wayside.
Can one blame it all on the BIG three "C'S"? Clear, Cox, and CBS, perhaps, but one thing is for sure they're pin-stripped suit-wearing pencil necked little radio geek's fresh out of broadcast school have about as much radio talent programming South Florida radio stations in as much of the talent's of a Florida Tree Frog. Clue-less they just won't get it...
With all of the talented South Florida radio people out of work, one's who have lived their entire lives
working for the most part in South Florida Radio, who really get-it, the BIG three "C'S" hire outside, bring in what they consider programming "Hot-shots" from up-north to program South Florida Radio Station's when in fact these programmer's have no experience in South Florida Radio other then when maybe at one time or another they had taken a vacation here in Florida with wife and kid's, sat on the beach, drank Margarita's, got drunk, twirled their toe's in the sand, threw-up and that about cover's they're extent of anything South Florida, and those are the facts....
These people have been hired to program your South Florida radio stations, can you imagine.......?
Can one blame it all on the BIG three "C'S"? Clear, Cox, and CBS, perhaps, but one thing is for sure they're pin-stripped suit-wearing pencil necked little radio geek's fresh out of broadcast school have about as much radio talent programming South Florida radio stations in as much of the talent's of a Florida Tree Frog. Clue-less they just won't get it...
With all of the talented South Florida radio people out of work, one's who have lived their entire lives
working for the most part in South Florida Radio, who really get-it, the BIG three "C'S" hire outside, bring in what they consider programming "Hot-shots" from up-north to program South Florida Radio Station's when in fact these programmer's have no experience in South Florida Radio other then when maybe at one time or another they had taken a vacation here in Florida with wife and kid's, sat on the beach, drank Margarita's, got drunk, twirled their toe's in the sand, threw-up and that about cover's they're extent of anything South Florida, and those are the facts....
These people have been hired to program your South Florida radio stations, can you imagine.......?
This business of 'they aren't from here, they're imported from "the north",therefore they don't know what they're doing' argument is so silly, especially when one considers that a most of South Florida's population comes from somewhere else, dare I say...much of it from "the north."
Where did some of the greats of South Florida radio come from...Neil Rogers (the north), Steve Kane (the north), Jim Mandich (the north), Sonny Fox (the north), Bill Tanner (the north), Rick Shaw (the north), Lite Fm's PD Rob Sidney (how many straight number one books has he had?...yep. the north)...I could go on and on....in fact, I think one of the few locals who have done well here is Paul Castronovo, but judging from the crap that gets heaped on him from the junior PD's on this board, you wouldn't know he's had the kind of success that many of you will only be able to fantasize about.
MAYBE some of you are frustrated that those "Hot-shots" from up-north have not seen fit to hire you, and it's only natural that you place the blame on them, and not you. Instead, why don't you perform an attitude self-check and stop embarrassing yourselves with your jingo-istic nonsense. It's possible to be an ineffectual "radio suit" born and bred in south Florida just as likely as you can be an ineffectual "radio suit" from "the north."
Class dismissed.
Where did some of the greats of South Florida radio come from...Neil Rogers (the north), Steve Kane (the north), Jim Mandich (the north), Sonny Fox (the north), Bill Tanner (the north), Rick Shaw (the north), Lite Fm's PD Rob Sidney (how many straight number one books has he had?...yep. the north)...I could go on and on....in fact, I think one of the few locals who have done well here is Paul Castronovo, but judging from the crap that gets heaped on him from the junior PD's on this board, you wouldn't know he's had the kind of success that many of you will only be able to fantasize about.
MAYBE some of you are frustrated that those "Hot-shots" from up-north have not seen fit to hire you, and it's only natural that you place the blame on them, and not you. Instead, why don't you perform an attitude self-check and stop embarrassing yourselves with your jingo-istic nonsense. It's possible to be an ineffectual "radio suit" born and bred in south Florida just as likely as you can be an ineffectual "radio suit" from "the north."
Class dismissed.
Local talk radio is non-existent in NYC, the #1 market. The same market where much of South Florida's current radio audince comes from! 
It's a shame there's no local talk in this town any more (with the exception of the truly awful Jimmy Cefalo show on WIOD). Actually, there is local talk, but it's online at www.sofloradio.com. Why James Crystal doesn't just pick up the whole lineup and put it on one of its sticks is beyond me. Someone needs to talk to Hilliard!
fmboi said:
Amen! The whole line up is diverse AND local. It couldn't be that hard to port it over to terrestrial.
fmboi said:
...Through his interpreter, of course. And that's if they find him. 8)
It's true that South Florida talk radio en ingles used to be outstanding, even into the early '90s. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 changed all that and much, much more. The same deplorable state of the industry exists everywhere, regardless of market size or how good it was before the bean counters were given free reign. It ain't just Miami-Fort Lauderdale and "the Palm Beaches."
OFF TOPIC: The phrase "the Palm Beaches" has always struck me as weird. There ain't no such animal. West Palm, Royal Palm, North Palm, South Palm and Palm Beach are completely different municipalities. I think Channel 34 started that crap 'way back when they were a CBS affiliate ("Fort Pierce, Stuart and the Palm Beaches").
Schuyler said:
Perhaps the term "The Palm Beaches" was derived from the fact that these municipalities mentioned are geographically located in Palm Beach County as opposed to the city of Palm Beach; Hence "The Palm Beaches". Additionally, each community is a beach community and contains the word "Palm" in each respective community name. Collectively these communities may be construed in the plural as "Beaches".
The term, I think, is a somewhat descriptive way to address many of the municipalities of Palm Beach County. As you pointed out, there are several municipalities that have the "Palm Beach" nomenclature.
On the other hand, some of X-102.3 and B-106.3's identifiers allude to, for example, "Palm Beach's Adult Mix." Such phrasing sounds like only the town of Palm Beach is being referenced. I think the identifiers refer to the County, not the relatively small town of Palm Beach.
On the other hand, some of X-102.3 and B-106.3's identifiers allude to, for example, "Palm Beach's Adult Mix." Such phrasing sounds like only the town of Palm Beach is being referenced. I think the identifiers refer to the County, not the relatively small town of Palm Beach.
When I used to visit South Florida, most FM stations used to market themselves, "From the Palm Beaches to The Keys". All that told me was that the station had a 100 kW signal!
Currently, I think that only WKIS uses the "Palm Beaches to the Keys" slogan. In the past, WIRK has used it. One of the best of the past was when the late WOVV used, "Serving the Palm Beaches, the Treasure Coast, the Bahamas, and a teeny bit of the Bermuda Triangle." Does anyone know if WOVV's signal (now WLDI's signal) actually reaches Freeport? It certainly does not reach Nassau.
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