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I am soooooooooo borred

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guidorocca

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Let's talk about RADIO...the jocks the imaging the events...WHO CARES ABOUT A XMTR...!!!!
Who is a kick a## jock in CT ? Who has a GREAT morning show? Who is a total hack? Who is doin something we haven't heard in a while?
C'mon people....Let's talk about GREAT RADIO!!
Content, Bits, Comments are welcome.....NO LOGO, or TXING! or WHAT HAPPEND TO, or booooooorrig stuff for the common man
thank you
 
> WHO CARES ABOUT A XMTR...!!!!

I do. So does a lot of other people.
In fact if it wasn't for the proper working transmitter, there would be no kick a-- jocks, no imaging, no nothing.
So while the little technical talk that does exist here, it's all important to the stuff you seek...
 
> > WHO CARES ABOUT A XMTR...!!!!
>
> I do. So does a lot of other people.
> In fact if it wasn't for the proper working transmitter,
> there would be no kick a-- jocks, no imaging, no nothing.
> So while the little technical talk that does exist here,
> it's all important to the stuff you seek...
>
If the hot jocks didn't have the "tools" (processing, special effects, finally tuned transmitter and an engineer who cares...the hot jocks wouldn't sound so hot no matter what they do. There's a lot of talent out there that wouldn't know a transmitter if it fell on them.
 
Eh. I do get bored with the overwhelmingly technically geeky nature of the CT board. Much more interesting in my old home of Philadelphia. People swear at each other and stuff ;)
 
> > WHO CARES ABOUT A XMTR...!!!!
>
> I do. So does a lot of other people.
> In fact if it wasn't for the proper working transmitter,
> there would be no kick a-- jocks, no imaging, no nothing.
> So while the little technical talk that does exist here,
> it's all important to the stuff you seek...
>


I do also (just chiming in)
 
The board reflects the market

The board is boring because the market is boring. CT has no kick a## jocks. There are no GREAT morning shows. Nobody's doing anything new or innovative.

XMTRs and tower heights are more interesting than anything else in the CT market...and that's the sad, bad news.
 
Re: The board reflects the market

> The board is boring because the market is boring. CT has no
> kick a## jocks. There are no GREAT morning shows. Nobody's
> doing anything new or innovative.
>
> XMTRs and tower heights are more interesting than anything
> else in the CT market...and that's the sad, bad news.
>

...could that have to do with us being so close to much bigger markets? NY, Boston, Philadelphia?

Though, Mike McGowan is back from Boston.
 
Re: The board reflects the market

> > The board is boring because the market is boring. CT has
> no
> > kick a## jocks. There are no GREAT morning shows.
> Nobody's
> > doing anything new or innovative.
> >
> > XMTRs and tower heights are more interesting than anything
>
> > else in the CT market...and that's the sad, bad news.
> >
>
> ...could that have to do with us being so close to much
> bigger markets? NY, Boston, Philadelphia?
>
> Though, Mike McGowan is back from Boston.

Radio in general has become a parody of itself. No one wants to take a chance to exhibit anything considered personality based. The feeling seems to be that if you attempt something out of the mandated script, you become a liability to the company and away you go. Face it CT, isnt exactly the market known for breaking new talent. As KMS stated, we are sandwiched between 2 big players in the game, New York and Boston, so we tend to have the radio "filler" image. I do commend the stations that have retained the local image so far. Even though I am not a regular listener to either of these 2 stations, DRC and CCC are 2 that come to mind as having thier integrity intact for the time being. But even with that being said, the formats of these 2 stations are musically wide open, most of the talent are woefully inept.
 
Re: The board reflects the market

"Though, Mike McGowan is back from Boston"


Nice move, Leave Boston for a seat on the titanic
 
Re: The board reflects the market

Are you kidding? Connecticut used to be one of the hotter markets for up and coming talent, as late as the 90's. Hartford and New Haven were considered the minor leagues for New York and Boston. Quite a few CT personalities went on to the big leagues. Just a few examples off the top of my head....remember Kid Valentine? He worked at TIC-FM and Q-105 way back in the day and is a Connecticut native. He does afternoons at KIIS/Los Angeles. How about Logan, aka Hollywood Joe Torrone, who did afternoons at WKSS and later was a personality at Z-100 and K-Rock in New York under Steve Kingston. Then there was AJ Hammer, who got his start at I-98 and went on to work at WPLJ in New York and later at VH-1. You may not remember Brian Lapis on the radio, but he's another Connecticut guy who worked at WKSS and later did nights at Q-102 in Philly. He now does weather for Channel 22 in Springfield. Then there's Al Levine, who toiled at TIC-FM and Q-105 for many years and also did work in Boston at WJMN. He's been at WBLI/Long Island for awhile now (a top 20 market.) And we all know about McGowan. I'll agree that there's not a lot of top talent working in Hartford/New Haven right now, but that's due to consoliation and automation, not due to lack of talent in Connecticut.

Plus don't forget that one Howard Stern put his time in at WCCC 25 years ago...

Mike Thomas

> Face it CT, isnt exactly the market
> known for breaking new talent. As KMS stated, we are
> sandwiched between 2 big players in the game, New York and
> Boston, so we tend to have the radio "filler" image. I do
> commend the stations that have retained the local image so
> far. Even though I am not a regular listener to either of
> these 2 stations, DRC and CCC are 2 that come to mind as
> having thier integrity intact for the time being. But even
> with that being said, the formats of these 2 stations are
> musically wide open, most of the talent are woefully inept.
 
Re: The board reflects the market

This was my point though, a lot of talen starts here, but goes on to bigger and better things/markets.

> Are you kidding? Connecticut used to be one of the hotter
> markets for up and coming talent, as late as the 90's.
> Hartford and New Haven were considered the minor leagues for
> New York and Boston. Quite a few CT personalities went on
> to the big leagues. Just a few examples off the top of my
> head....remember Kid Valentine? He worked at TIC-FM and
> Q-105 way back in the day and is a Connecticut native. He
> does afternoons at KIIS/Los Angeles. How about Logan, aka
> Hollywood Joe Torrone, who did afternoons at WKSS and later
> was a personality at Z-100 and K-Rock in New York under
> Steve Kingston. Then there was AJ Hammer, who got his start
> at I-98 and went on to work at WPLJ in New York and later at
> VH-1. You may not remember Brian Lapis on the radio, but
> he's another Connecticut guy who worked at WKSS and later
> did nights at Q-102 in Philly. He now does weather for
> Channel 22 in Springfield. Then there's Al Levine, who
> toiled at TIC-FM and Q-105 for many years and also did work
> in Boston at WJMN. He's been at WBLI/Long Island for awhile
> now (a top 20 market.) And we all know about McGowan. I'll
> agree that there's not a lot of top talent working in
> Hartford/New Haven right now, but that's due to consoliation
> and automation, not due to lack of talent in Connecticut.
>
> Plus don't forget that one Howard Stern put his time in at
> WCCC 25 years ago...
>
> Mike Thomas
>
> > Face it CT, isnt exactly the market
> > known for breaking new talent. As KMS stated, we are
> > sandwiched between 2 big players in the game, New York and
>
> > Boston, so we tend to have the radio "filler" image. I do
> > commend the stations that have retained the local image so
>
> > far. Even though I am not a regular listener to either of
> > these 2 stations, DRC and CCC are 2 that come to mind as
> > having thier integrity intact for the time being. But even
>
> > with that being said, the formats of these 2 stations are
> > musically wide open, most of the talent are woefully
> inept.
>
 
Re: The board reflects the market

I actually agree with both posts. Growing up in CT in the 70's and 80's I found radio to be fun to listen to and anything but boring. I enjoyed it enough, that I decided early on its what i wanted to pursue. True there were many jocks during that time that stood out for making the medium sound fresh. We still get listeners at promotions that talk about Stoneman, and he hasn't been on the station since the 70's. But I also agree that now the focus is on music and not the "persona". I think most of us have seen the drastic change over the last 5-7 years and realize that we have 2 choices. Conform to the regimen or get out of the business. That thought process makes for safe radio, and takes away the "stand out" factor among announcers. I am lucky enough to have gotten into this 18 years ago, when radio wasn't only thought of as a business. I cant tell you the number of times I have said to some of our part timers, new to the business, "you have no clue what it was like". I feel like the old timer spinning yarns about the wackos on the phone when I was working overnights or relating some other tale of how it used to be. Hell, at this point I still have a job, so it could be worse..right??




Are you kidding? Connecticut used to be one of the hotter
> markets for up and coming talent, as late as the 90's.
> Hartford and New Haven were considered the minor leagues for
> New York and Boston. Quite a few CT personalities went on
> to the big leagues. Just a few examples off the top of my
> head....remember Kid Valentine? He worked at TIC-FM and
> Q-105 way back in the day and is a Connecticut native. He
> does afternoons at KIIS/Los Angeles. How about Logan, aka
> Hollywood Joe Torrone, who did afternoons at WKSS and later
> was a personality at Z-100 and K-Rock in New York under
> Steve Kingston. Then there was AJ Hammer, who got his start
> at I-98 and went on to work at WPLJ in New York and later at
> VH-1. You may not remember Brian Lapis on the radio, but
> he's another Connecticut guy who worked at WKSS and later
> did nights at Q-102 in Philly. He now does weather for
> Channel 22 in Springfield. Then there's Al Levine, who
> toiled at TIC-FM and Q-105 for many years and also did work
> in Boston at WJMN. He's been at WBLI/Long Island for awhile
> now (a top 20 market.) And we all know about McGowan. I'll
> agree that there's not a lot of top talent working in
> Hartford/New Haven right now, but that's due to consoliation
> and automation, not due to lack of talent in Connecticut.
>
> Plus don't forget that one Howard Stern put his time in at
> WCCC 25 years ago...
>
> Mike Thomas
>
> > Face it CT, isnt exactly the market
> > known for breaking new talent. As KMS stated, we are
> > sandwiched between 2 big players in the game, New York and
>
> > Boston, so we tend to have the radio "filler" image. I do
> > commend the stations that have retained the local image so
>
> > far. Even though I am not a regular listener to either of
> > these 2 stations, DRC and CCC are 2 that come to mind as
> > having thier integrity intact for the time being. But even
>
> > with that being said, the formats of these 2 stations are
> > musically wide open, most of the talent are woefully
> inept.
>
 
Re: The board reflects the market

> > The board is boring because the market is boring. CT has
> no
> > kick a## jocks. There are no GREAT morning shows.
> Nobody's
> > doing anything new or innovative.
> >
> > XMTRs and tower heights are more interesting than anything
>
> > else in the CT market...and that's the sad, bad news.
> >
>
> ...could that have to do with us being so close to much
> bigger markets? NY, Boston, Philadelphia?
>
> Though, Mike McGowan is back from Boston.
>

Being close to the big markets used to be a big advantage. We had hip radio just like New York and Boston. Hartford was cutting edge.

But now, the big companies treat us like a small town and our radio is so dull, just like anywhere, USA. It's not a good impression for people passing through!
 
Re: The board reflects the market

You people just don't get it. Just because -almost- everyone frequenting this board is central Connecticut-based, doesn't mean the entire state is saturated with boring cookie-cutter radio. There is more to radio in Connecticut than hip-hop, ethnic, and an extremely watered-down DRC-FM.

Down here in Fairfield county, we have this great thing called WRKI-I-95, which has an interactive, intellegent, and irreverently funny morning show. We have WREF, which while running the automated True Oldies Channel format, nevertheless plays actual OLDIES, some of which cannot be heard anywhere else on the dial. We also have access to a plethora of stations on Long Island, and granted most of them are just as lousy, but WLNG comes to mind.

The market is what the corporate machine makes it. Go ahead. Do something about it. I, and many others, will applaud you if you can. As Bob would say: "I doubt it!"

-A

> > > The board is boring because the market is boring. CT
> has
> > no
> > > kick a## jocks. There are no GREAT morning shows.
> > Nobody's
> > > doing anything new or innovative.
> > >
> > > XMTRs and tower heights are more interesting than
> anything
> >
> > > else in the CT market...and that's the sad, bad news.
> > >
> >
> > ...could that have to do with us being so close to much
> > bigger markets? NY, Boston, Philadelphia?
> >
> > Though, Mike McGowan is back from Boston.
>
> Radio in general has become a parody of itself. No one wants
> to take a chance to exhibit anything considered personality
> based. The feeling seems to be that if you attempt something
> out of the mandated script, you become a liability to the
> company and away you go. Face it CT, isnt exactly the market
> known for breaking new talent. As KMS stated, we are
> sandwiched between 2 big players in the game, New York and
> Boston, so we tend to have the radio "filler" image. I do
> commend the stations that have retained the local image so
> far. Even though I am not a regular listener to either of
> these 2 stations, DRC and CCC are 2 that come to mind as
> having thier integrity intact for the time being. But even
> with that being said, the formats of these 2 stations are
> musically wide open, most of the talent are woefully inept.
>
<P ID="signature">______________
"...How can you be deaf, with ears like that??"</P>
 
Re: The board reflects the market

"Hollywood" Joe "Mama" Terrone (I believe he's from Middletown) also worked at WTIC-FM in the early 1990s. He would also have gigs in New Orleans (WEZB-FM "B 97") and Philadelphia (WIOQ-FM "Q-102").

AJ Hammer was the night jock for WTIC-FM from 1989 (taking Mike West's position) to, I think, 1992. You can see him today on CNN Headline News.
 
Re: The board reflects the market

> "Hollywood" Joe "Mama" Terrone (I believe he's from
> Middletown) also worked at WTIC-FM in the early 1990s. He
> would also have gigs in New Orleans (WEZB-FM "B 97") and
> Philadelphia (WIOQ-FM "Q-102").
>
Joe Mamma has done alot in Philly including damn near every shift on MIX 95.7 before it flipped to BEN.
 
Re: The board reflects the market

> You people just don't get it. Just because -almost- everyone
> frequenting this board is central Connecticut-based, doesn't
> mean the entire state is saturated with boring cookie-cutter
> radio. There is more to radio in Connecticut than hip-hop,
> ethnic, and an extremely watered-down DRC-FM.
>
> Down here in Fairfield county, we have this great thing
> called WRKI-I-95, which has an interactive, intellegent, and
> irreverently funny morning show. We have WREF, which while
> running the automated True Oldies Channel format,
> nevertheless plays actual OLDIES, some of which cannot be
> heard anywhere else on the dial. We also have access to a
> plethora of stations on Long Island, and granted most of
> them are just as lousy, but WLNG comes to mind.
>
> The market is what the corporate machine makes it. Go ahead.
> Do something about it. I, and many others, will applaud you
> if you can. As Bob would say: "I doubt it!"
>
> -A
>
> > > > The board is boring because the market is boring. CT
> > has
> > > no
> > > > kick a## jocks. There are no GREAT morning shows.
> > > Nobody's
> > > > doing anything new or innovative.
> > > >
> > > > XMTRs and tower heights are more interesting than
> > anything
> > >
> > > > else in the CT market...and that's the sad, bad news.
> > > >
> > >
> > > ...could that have to do with us being so close to much
> > > bigger markets? NY, Boston, Philadelphia?
> > >
> > > Though, Mike McGowan is back from Boston.
> >
> > Radio in general has become a parody of itself. No one
> wants
> > to take a chance to exhibit anything considered
> personality
> > based. The feeling seems to be that if you attempt
> something
> > out of the mandated script, you become a liability to the
> > company and away you go. Face it CT, isnt exactly the
> market
> > known for breaking new talent. As KMS stated, we are
> > sandwiched between 2 big players in the game, New York and
>
> > Boston, so we tend to have the radio "filler" image. I do
> > commend the stations that have retained the local image so
>
> > far. Even though I am not a regular listener to either of
> > these 2 stations, DRC and CCC are 2 that come to mind as
> > having thier integrity intact for the time being. But even
>
> > with that being said, the formats of these 2 stations are
> > musically wide open, most of the talent are woefully
> inept.
> >
>


You have something called I-95? You get Long Island stations? Well, I-95 comes in fine in Hartford, as does a few Long Island stations. Nothing to write home about. I'd take NYC radio or even Boston radio here though, not because it's great quality, but because it's better quality. Still, when at home or at work, I listen to European stations online. When driving or elsewhere, iPod. There is a point where you just shut the radio off because nothing appeals to you. I love radio, I dream of having a great station around here. I like new music, indie music, dance music. But I can't wait forever.
 
Re: The board reflects the market

> "Though, Mike McGowan is back from Boston"
>
>
> Nice move, Leave Boston for a seat on the titanic
>
another example: stick on the radio at q102... #1 night jock in philly... weekends at z100... then to hartford after a short unemployment stint.

is ct becoming the new home for washed up has beens and good jocks that get fired for acting stupid?
 
Re: The board reflects the market?

Leave it to posters here, whether or not they've ever been in radio, to paint Connecticut as this terrible sounding backwater for radio careers. I notice this inferiority complex on the Providence board at times, but let's get some perspective. Radio jobs in any market have always meant a high probability of getting a few pink slips along the way, and ratings or talent often have little to do with the circumstances. There are also legendary stations that have kept up the tradition while some people have managed to make a living in CT without making the move to Boston or NYC.

Hartford is still market #50, and many of the Hartford signals reach well beyond the Arbitron metro area within earshot of millions of people from Fairfield to Springfield. Some stations in Southern Connecticut also cover a lucrative chunk of the Northeast. All in all, many stations have done their homework and keep listeners as reasonably happy as they've ever been. You reflect a market when you go out and research it, and not depend on what the minority (radio or music active enthusiasts) have to say on a chat board or request line. It's not all rosy... it's tough work, but a sample of the dial in Vegas, Birmingham, Cincinnati or other comparable markets may bring an appreciation of what Connecticut radio has going for it.

> > "Though, Mike McGowan is back from Boston"
> >
> >
> > Nice move, Leave Boston for a seat on the titanic
> >
> another example: stick on the radio at q102... #1 night jock
> in philly... weekends at z100... then to hartford after a
> short unemployment stint.
>
> is ct becoming the new home for washed up has beens and good
> jocks that get fired for acting stupid?
>
 
Re: The board reflects the market

> Are you kidding? Connecticut used to be one of the hotter
> markets for up and coming talent, as late as the 90's.
> Hartford and New Haven were considered the minor leagues for
> New York and Boston. Quite a few CT personalities went on
> to the big leagues.

Don't forget Glenn Beck...now nationally syndicated talk host did AM drive for years on KC101.
 
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