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ITS 9:45PM AND ITS MY TURN TO RANT

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OHara

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Between Black Channel and Racist One, 7 Anglo formatted stations in the last 10 years have been destroyed. Will we see the bleeding heart, politically influenced media, force GM to flip MMR to Jamacian, MGK to Asian and Ben to Mexican, then CBS can make YSP South American and Beasley can convert XTU to Country/Soul/Blues. This way the Anglo sound can be abolished from the radio dial, its want these liberals want. These one-sided fools who think they are great posters on this board, still do not understand it, why not Caucasian ethnic full timers, can you dig it. There are many Hispanics and they deserve a language in their native tongue, I hear it day after day, BULL...who are they. Like I said a million times, what about the other peoples, just like Hillary, Lieberman and all the other Democrats, you stray off topic and won't answer the original question. Hispanics do not deserve their own language and music, if the other peoples don't have one. How come I don't hear your balling about too much Rock on the dial now, if it were the other way around, I would bet you will be yelling and crying to your mommies, "there is too much rock and not enough dance, rap/hip hop, urban waaaaaaaa. You don't understand the language or know the music, but you continue to pick up for the so-called underdog. Look in the mirror, I guess when you see your skin tone in the morning, you must cry and cry. I hope CC did not do this to pacify the We*B*** cluster manager, they would not put any other white ethnic music on the air. To you Kevin, Hack, Sf and the other morons on here that don't like my speil, you can all kiss my Irish American @$$. Don't bother to correct my diction or spelling, I am too hot to give a damn. AND FOR THE LAST TIME, I AM NOT FISHING, TROLLING, AN NOT RUN WITH SCISSORS, CLASSIC COUNTRY, I AM JIMMY "IRISH" OHARA, NOT IN RADIO BUT HATE THE SAD SHAPE ITS IN.....
 
Re: ITS 9PM AND ITS MY TURN TO RANT

>At 10PM - how about a Xanax?

Leave him alone...he is part of a dying breed. He fought in 'Nam...and was spat upon by the Jane Fonda types who now run our press and government.

As Sean would say, "He's a great American!" Just a different type of American as many others in 2006.

OK, he sounds ignorant and angry to many, but it wasn't too long ago that his views represented the mainstream.

Many of our late grandparents of the WWII era to whom we look with great admiration would have thought the same way as O'Hara does today.

If one follows the news and seeks the truth, there is plenty about which to be angry here in America.
 
Thank you my good friend, you know exactly where I am coming from. Now if the 150+Million Democrats in this country, can feel that way, I would have it made.... :D

Bottom Line: If certain groups can have their formats, why can't others, its a simple logical statement, why do people have a hard time understanding and accepting it.

Why format change: Rodriquez = Hispanic = not a supporter of Anglo music = change to: what else. Problem, you put certain people in high decision making positions and you foul up the trend. Solution, replace by un-bias people and what is hot is on the air = Rock.
But politically correct suits want to look good so they kiss minority butt like they did tonight at the affair, I heard it was sickening. Bottom line, Mr. R. wanted and ordered this format and the suits blew up a good format on 104.5 to pacify this guy and not be labled, you know what... Kiss up big guys.
 
Wow. I wish they wouldn't keep computers at the old folks home. It just makes the invalids cranky at the whippersnappers and their fancy cars and computers dagum it.

There is plenty to be angry about in America... but you two take and apco25 have been taking it to levels unneccassary on a radio message board. It's utterly reprehensible and deplorable.
 
It means get rid of the treasonist first. There in our way.
 
And he went Lasalle?...he had to major in Political Science.
 
Incorrect again oh one of incredibly wrong assumptions:

To clarify I'm not a spiky hair jewelry wearing pierced guy. I don't drink starbucks coffee. I didn't go to community college (except to take a bartending course.). I have a degree in Communication: Mass Media with an equivelant of a minor in Education and 3 credits shy of a minor in History.

Anything else you'd like to be wrong about?
 
OHara said:
These one-sided fools who think they are great posters on this board, still do not understand it, why not Caucasian ethnic full timers, can you dig it.
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There are SEVERAL Caucasian ethnic full-timers on the air in Philly:

1. WXTU, 92.5 FM. What can be whiter than country music?

2. WKDN, 106.9 FM. Practically all of the preachers on that station are white Anglo-Saxon Protestants.

3. WPHT, 1210 AM. Most, if not all, of the talk show hosts on this station are white and very conservative.

4. WTMR, 800 AM. The same comments I made about WKDN also apply to this station.

5. WMMR, 93.3 FM. Most of the "classic rock" artists are as white as the driven snow.

6. WMGK, 102.9 FM. "Classic rock lite" and as white as a blizzard in Antarctica.

7. WRTI, 90.1 FM. (Only from 6 AM to 6 PM Monday-Saturday and 3-6 PM on Sunday) Native to Europe, classical music is as Caucasian ethnic as you can get. I'm sure you can forgive them for occasionally playing the "Cuban Overture" by George Gershwin.

Also, the music on adult contemporary stations such as B101 (WBEB) is pure white bread and mayonnaise, even if they do mix in an occasional black or Hispanic artist (Luther Vandross, Gloria Estefan, John Secada, etc.). Now...tune your radio to one of those stations, take a Quaalude or Valium, and CHILL OUT.

If you want REAL Caucasian ethnic programming, you are a little late. WTEL used to air programs in German, Italian, Polish, and Ukrainian (all Caucasian ethnic groups; since the Caucasus Mountains run through the northern part of Ukraine, what could possibly be more Caucasian than that?); WPEN-FM (now WMGK) used to have a German program on Sunday mornings, and WFMZ (now WLEV) in Allentown had a German-language program on Saturday evenings done by yours truly.
 
O'Hara, please don't brag about the fact that you're Irish. [EDIT] I know this might come as a bit of a shock, but democrats are not trying to take away rock radio. If you want to really know who's responsible, take a look in the mirror. (I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that you're a conservative.) The conservative philosophy is to support big business. Big business pushed to have the ownership rules relaxed which gave birth to the media monopolies that dominate the business today. The lack of competition has meant that the big companies keep competition within a given format to a minimum, and put different formats on the air in the place of the second or third rock station that you'd like to hear. So who's responsible for the lack of rock stations? You are. Shocking I know, so give it a little time to sink in. Hurts, doesn't it?

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k2pg said:
There are SEVERAL Caucasian ethnic full-timers on the air in Philly:

1. WXTU, 92.5 FM. What can be whiter than country music?

2. WKDN, 106.9 FM. Practically all of the preachers on that station are white Anglo-Saxon Protestants.

3. WPHT, 1210 AM. Most, if not all, of the talk show hosts on this station are white and very conservative.

4. WTMR, 800 AM. The same comments I made about WKDN also apply to this station.

5. WMMR, 93.3 FM. Most of the "classic rock" artists are as white as the driven snow.

6. WMGK, 102.9 FM. "Classic rock lite" and as white as a blizzard in Antarctica.

7. WRTI, 90.1 FM. (Only from 6 AM to 6 PM Monday-Saturday and 3-6 PM on Sunday) Native to Europe, classical music is as Caucasian ethnic as you can get. I'm sure you can forgive them for occasionally playing the "Cuban Overture" by George Gershwin.

Also, the music on adult contemporary stations such as B101 (WBEB) is pure white bread and mayonnaise, even if they do mix in an occasional black or Hispanic artist (Luther Vandross, Gloria Estefan, John Secada, etc.). Now...tune your radio to one of those stations, take a Quaalude or Valium, and CHILL OUT.

If you want REAL Caucasian ethnic programming, you are a little late. WTEL used to air programs in German, Italian, Polish, and Ukrainian (all Caucasian ethnic groups; since the Caucasus Mountains run through the northern part of Ukraine, what could possibly be more Caucasian than that?); WPEN-FM (now WMGK) used to have a German program on Sunday mornings, and WFMZ (now WLEV) in Allentown had a German-language program on Saturday evenings done by yours truly.
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The Whitest stations ever are:

1. WFLN. European composers. No African influence at all.

2. Standards WPEN. Some early rag time and jazz influence on tin pan alley composers and on big composers and arrangers, but thoroughly bleached out for white folks.

3. WHYY-FM Weekend folk music, mostly celtic and bluegrass influence. Now moved to WXPN which does have African music in other dayparts.

4. WXTU Not the whitest by far. Country music heavily influenced by R&B.

5. Religious radio. Here again, any decent White Bible thumber copies Black preachers. Say Amen.

6. WIP. White guys talking about sports. No play by play (the players are mostly Black). Just White guys talking about them.
 
O'Hara...like a cart without a cue tone. I wonder if he calls to complain when his local rock outlet plays "Oyo Como Va".
 
O'Hara: I think it needs to be said that most rock bands of today support a liberal point of view. Note that all the bands listed below have indicated a political leaning, either through song or interview.

Liberal rock bands: Pearl Jam, R.E.M., Green Day, Mudvayne, Disturbed, and the vast majority of bands from the punk and metal genres.

Conservative rock bands: Kid Rock, 3 Doors Down, Fuel, Chevelle ... that's about it.

There are several bands out there with members that are either libertarian or nonclassified that have made anti-conservative remarks to the press (in particular, about President Dubya) - Tool is chief among them. I would have more for you, but I haven't done a whole ton of research. I do know that everything listed here is true, and I have seen reports confirming the band member's opinions.

You do have to realize that Dubya is probably hurting rock music more than the people you describe. He is pushing a pro-censorship agenda that gives even more power and influence to the FCC - Rock and Rap are the two genres that will be most affected by this. If it were up to him, every station would probably be either Christian or Country, the genres that most conservatives I know are big fans of.

That said, this shouldn't be turned into an issue of race or politics. Most programmers are looking at WMMR and WYSP and saying "Philly has two Rock stations" even though MMR is all safe mainstream Rock and YSP is only part-time Rock. I think you should put just as much blame on CBS/Infinity for the lack of a true full-time Active Rock / Alternative station. There's no doubt in my mind that if YSP were to become a full time Hot Talk/Sports station, someone would have jumped on the format - yes, even Radio One, Clear Channel or Beasley.
 
Believe me SC, I know these liberal bands support many minority causes, Rage and Bad Religion come to mind first. They support that cop killer Mumia, especially Rage, they are so ignorant of the true facts. [EDIT], we would see what he would of done then, he is a real piece of garbage. Also, many of these bands support Black issues, its funny that I never heard one Rap band supporting anything White. I no longer listen to the ACE, after I heard a Rage song played last week....Milkman stopped all Rage music on MMR and received a statement from the FOP to play Audio Slave, good move. That is why I stick with the Heavy Metal and Goth bands, they are not so easily swayed and don't buy the "poor us" hype.

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OHara said:
Believe me SC, I know these liberal bands support many minority causes, Rage and Bad Religion come to mind first. They support that cop killer Mumia, especially Rage, they are so ignorant of the true facts. [EDIT] we would see what he would of done then, he is a real piece of garbage. Also, many of these bands support Black issues, its funny that I never heard one Rap band supporting anything White. I no longer listen to the ACE, after I heard a Rage song played last week....Milkman stopped all Rage music on MMR and received a statement from the FOP to play Audio Slave, good move. That is why I stick with the Heavy Metal and Goth bands, they are not so easily swayed and don't buy the "poor us" hype.
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O'Hara: Is your reason for disliking Rage Against The Machine due to their political activism for liberal causes?

Radio stations and programmers do not make selections based on their political preferences. I don't think anyone at 102.7 The Ace is trying to recruit people to the Democratic Party - they're playing RATM because it fits in with the general edgy Active Rock / Alternative vibe of the station and because they have 3 Platinum-selling albums. Hell, I would rather hear Rage than the played out Green Day and Coldplay who are played to death on every damn radio station that I receive in Ocean County, NJ (for the record, I'm an Independent).

As far as the radio business in general is concerned: As hotline joe mentioned, we have the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to blame for the reason why large media conglomerates are now allowed to operate large clusters of radio stations within a market. I wasn't following politics back then as much, so I'm not sure if party affiliation had any bearing on the vote.

With a smaller amount of companies competing, everyone is afraid that launching a station with a particular format will hurt an existing station of theirs. For instance: In Ocean County, we really need an Active Rocker, but Press Communications decided to launch a Country station instead (which we already have) for fear that it would take ratings from its light Alternative station, G Rock Radio. Millennium Radio Group will never launch an Active Rock or Alternative because they think it will take listeners away from its Classic Rocker 105.7 The Hawk. Greater Media won't either thanks to the presence of its Heritage Rocker, 95.9 The Rat (which puts a poor signal into much of Ocean County). These three companies control just about every major FM in Monmouth/Ocean - hence the reason why there's so much format overlap and so many format holes. What you're seeing now in Philly is the same thing on a larger scale, only it's not as bad because there are more companies in the market.

This is the real reason why both Philly and New York City do not have an Active Rocker or Alternative station - programmers are placing the blame on the format instead of themselves.

WXRK (K-Rock) in NYC was a very poorly programmed station from 1998 through its demise (for the last few years, the PD was a person who worked exclusively with the CHR format before signing on!), and CBS/Infinity foolishly attributes its low ratings to their belief that "People don't want to hear Rock in NTC". The same holds true for Y-100 - they started playing it way too safe, and listeners tuned out. If we want to hear lots of safe music and repetition, we have "hit music" stations for that. If you're going to run a successful Alternative or Active Rocker, you have to play more than just hits - play a wide selection of currents and a lot of deeper cuts that can't be heard elsewhere. Access1 is doing just that with The Ace - if only other stations would follow suit.
 
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"Between Black Channel and Racist One, 7 Anglo formatted stations in the last 10 years have been destroyed."

Who cares? You want them to survive, buy the products they promote. Go to the remotes...

"Will we see the bleeding heart, politically influenced media, force GM to flip MMR to Jamacian, MGK to Asian and Ben to Mexican, then CBS can make YSP South American and Beasley can convert XTU to Country/Soul/Blues. This way the Anglo sound can be abolished from the radio dial, its want these liberals want. These one-sided fools who think they are great posters on this board, still do not understand it, why not Caucasian ethnic full timers, can you dig it. There are many Hispanics and they deserve a language in their native tongue, I hear it day after day, BULL...who are they. Like I said a million times, what about the other peoples, just like Hillary, Lieberman and all the other Democrats, you stray off topic and won't answer the original question. Hispanics do not deserve their own language and music, if the other peoples don't have one."

Screw the libs, this is about making money. This country is based on Adam Smith's economic theory. Read it, learn it, become rich.


"How come I don't hear your balling about too much Rock on the dial now, if it were the other way around, I would bet you will be yelling and crying to your mommies, "there is too much rock and not enough dance, rap/hip hop, urban waaaaaaaa. You don't understand the language or know the music, but you continue to pick up for the so-called underdog. Look in the mirror, I guess when you see your skin tone in the morning, you must cry and cry."

I am a hispanic that listens to Hard Rock, I want more Rockers... Alt, Active, College, AAA, Classic, Hard Classic. It does not mean I, or you, have to sound like a Klansman.

"I hope CC did not do this to pacify the [*EDIT] cluster manager, they would not put any other white ethnic music on the air. To you Kevin, Hack, Sf and the other [**EDIT] on here that don't like my speil, you can all kiss my Irish American @$$. Don't bother to correct my diction or spelling, I am too hot to give a damn. AND FOR THE LAST TIME, I AM NOT FISHING, TROLLING, AN NOT RUN WITH SCISSORS, CLASSIC COUNTRY, I AM JIMMY "IRISH" OHARA, NOT IN RADIO BUT HATE THE SAD SHAPE ITS IN.....[*EDIT]"

Youre rant is old, babe. I am serious about Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations." It is available for $5 at Amazon. Enjoy.

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[**EDIT-namecalling]
 
The other groups of people (Asian, Irish, etc) just listen to regular English/American format stations.

Many Hispanics do the same, but there format happens to be very popular.

So the radio companies are racist if they don't play polka music 24/7/365?

Come on. Move on with life, please.

And for the record, I'm Irish too, but nothing like you.
 
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