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Jack Morton passes away

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LITTLEBOYBLUE

Pardon the esoteric title...but seems the only thing we're allowed to discuss on this board anymore is signal quality.

The signal strength of the station known as K-"Jack Morton" has, sadly been altered to 0dbu. Excellent influence on the other signals in the market, and a brilliant computer that ran that amazing operation.


And now...we can initiate the stopwatch as to how quickly this post gets banished to a section where no one will ever see it.
 
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LITTLEBOYBLUE said:
Pardon the esoteric title...but seems the only thing we're allowed to discuss on this board anymore is signal quality.

The signal strength of the station known as K-"Jack Morton" has, sadly been altered to 0dbu. Excellent influence on the other signals in the market, and a brilliant computer that ran that amazing operation.


And now...we can initiate the stopwatch as to how quickly this post gets banished to a section where no one will ever see it.
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I was noticing "KJM"'s signal challenges when they briefly went oldies about 6 years ago....
 
LITTLEBOYBLUE said:
Pardon the esoteric title...but seems the only thing we're allowed to discuss on this board anymore is signal quality.

The signal strength of the station known as K-"Jack Morton" has, sadly been altered to 0dbu. Excellent influence on the other signals in the market, and a brilliant computer that ran that amazing operation.


And now...we can initiate the stopwatch as to how quickly this post gets banished to a section where no one will ever see it.
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I set the clock at less than 24 hours from now as this is a poorly disguised obit. Give it up, Eric.
 
Even if I get one day where people can see it ... I'm good.
If RD wants to have a really stupid taxonomy for their content...I can't fix stoooopid.
 
My frustration is splitting stuff up so much that it becomes cumbersome to check-in and see what's up. A person who does in a specific market will be of interest to the followers you have in that market. If newsworthy events get moved and banished to sections where the content usually is not checked (granted there IS a notification for a couple days) ... then it's not worth sharing, reading, etc. People who die in "X" market are newsworthy. Television events that happen in the market are newsworthy; but it's now set up that we have to hunt for that stuff.

Other than those issues (which are the only places we seem to keep tangling), I'm very happy and appreciative of the work you do. Granted, we have our share of know-it-all trolls, and I can't change that. But after a while it gets frustrating that some topics get "protection" ... others get moved. When you factor in the ones that are contested involve the death of people I was very close to; there is a high emotional factor in there too.


Market-centric taxonomy is worth a look, though. If people hate television topics, they can bypass that thread. People in radio tell listeners "just turn it off" all the time!!!
 
LITTLEBOYBLUE said:
My frustration is splitting stuff up so much that it becomes cumbersome to check-in and see what's up. A person who does in a specific market will be of interest to the followers you have in that market. If newsworthy events get moved and banished to sections where the content usually is not checked (granted there IS a notification for a couple days) ... then it's not worth sharing, reading, etc. People who die in "X" market are newsworthy. Television events that happen in the market are newsworthy; but it's now set up that we have to hunt for that stuff.

Other than those issues (which are the only places we seem to keep tangling), I'm very happy and appreciative of the work you do. Granted, we have our share of know-it-all trolls, and I can't change that. But after a while it gets frustrating that some topics get "protection" ... others get moved. When you factor in the ones that are contested involve the death of people I was very close to; there is a high emotional factor in there too.


Market-centric taxonomy is worth a look, though. If people hate television topics, they can bypass that thread. People in radio tell listeners "just turn it off" all the time!!!
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I am one who worked in Seattle for many years at a station where the aforementioned was a star. I would not have heard about this unless this post was here. FWIT.
 
LITTLEBOYBLUE said:
My frustration is splitting stuff up so much that it becomes cumbersome to check-in and see what's up. A person who does in a specific market will be of interest to the followers you have in that market. If newsworthy events get moved and banished to sections where the content usually is not checked (granted there IS a notification for a couple days) ... then it's not worth sharing, reading, etc. People who die in "X" market are newsworthy. Television events that happen in the market are newsworthy; but it's now set up that we have to hunt for that stuff.
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I don't agree. (Of course)

The title at the top of this forum is "Discuss radio in Seattle-Tacoma, Washington, Nielsen rated radio market 13.". Not TV. Not people who died.

It's bad enough that practically every thread here veers OT after about 5 posts. Adding more OT topics isn't what's needed.

A question for Frank: if someone posts something in the TV or memorial forums, would you allow a link to be put up here so people know "what's going on"?
 
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I don't agree. (Of course)

The title at the top of this forum is "Discuss radio in Seattle-Tacoma, Washington, Nielsen rated radio market 13.". Not TV. Not people who died.

It's bad enough that practically every thread here veers OT after about 5 posts. Adding more OT topics isn't what's needed.

A question for Frank: if someone posts something in the TV or memorial forums, would you allow a link to be put up here so people know "what's going on"?
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And my follow-up question would be: If this forum is about Seattle radio discussion, why should those who have influenced listeners in the past be excluded from a thread about Seattle radio? So what if they are dead? Most here are not.
 
Considering the current hot topic on the National Radio section is: "Does anybody else find Meghan Trainor horribly annoying?", nothing else here surprises me.
 
I have no problem with posting an obit in two places. I generally move the obits to the IN MEMORIAM section and leave a forwarding link in place for one week. If you'd rather, I can merely copy the obit so that it appears in both places.
In defense of moving the obits, many (if not most) on-air personalities have worked in multiple markets. Why tie the obit to only one market?
 
Excellent point. Thank you for being open. I apologize for being harsh .... too many years of dealing with tech co-workers who drove me nuts. Not fair of me to project that on you.
 
frankberry said:
I have no problem with posting an obit in two places. I generally move the obits to the IN MEMORIAM section and leave a forwarding link in place for one week. If you'd rather, I can merely copy the obit so that it appears in both places.
In defense of moving the obits, many (if not most) on-air personalities have worked in multiple markets. Why tie the obit to only one market?
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If this is an open forum to suggestions, I'd like to add my two cents.

Good call on the multiple forums for obits. Seatownmedia hits the bulls-eye with his/her observation and question about influencers in this market, especially considering how many DX and "good old times" contributions are made to and kept on this board. If there is an insistence to have a strict segregation about radio and the people who made it great, dead or alive, then there should be sub-forums on DX reports, call letter history and other minutia.

This is not a First Amendment issue, and it's your right to do whatever you want. It is appreciated that you allow the obits to co-exist.

With that, can we give this thread a proper title by re-titling the thread and properly acknowledge the passing of a Seattle radio great in Jack Morton?
 
frankberry said:
In defense of moving the obits, many (if not most) on-air personalities have worked in multiple markets. Why tie the obit to only one market?
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That's true - but in the case of obits usually posted here, they're for people who generally worked most of their career in this market. I like the current system - move the obit, put up a forwarding link. Maybe leave it for a couple of weeks?

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If there is an insistence to have a strict segregation about radio and the people who made it great, dead or alive, then there should be sub-forums on DX reports, call letter history and other minutia.
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You mean the existing forums that nobody here uses?
 
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With that, can we give this thread a proper title by re-titling the thread and properly acknowledge the passing of a Seattle radio great in Jack Morton?
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I have been unable to find an obit for Jack Morton. Does anyone have any information?

Thanks,
Frank
 
Back to the topic at hand: Morton. He was a witty man with a smooth sound, and parlayed that into one of the more memorable careers in Seattle radio. His passing certainly deserves attention. So far the Seattle Times hasn't mentioned it.
 
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