Jarret Brown interview

[drpickle]

Jarret Brown's inetrview with Christy Jefferson at the Musikfest FestPlatz was award winning. Absolutley phenomenal!

 

[Interstate 78]

i heard WGPA's coverage of musicfest and it was nothing short of amazing. jarret brown. steve capwell. they all did amazing. no station covers musicfest like WGPA.

 

[DoneDrinkingKoolAid]

Nobody CARES about Musikfest!

Musikfest has alienated the locals years ago when they became overly commercialized. Now, we could debate the 'need' for a festival such as Musikfest to take on commercial sponsors to keep the event operating; but the locals have been turned off of this event as a result. Granted, some will visit. Most will not. Those that do visit Musikfest will complain about the event after the fact.

Musikfest has become a premiere event for tourism. Tremendous numbers of people from Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Northeast PA, the Poconos, New Jersey, and State College migrate to the performances annually at Musikfest.

My spend valuable resources on an event that alienates locals and attracts the vast majorities of attendees from outside of the market?

 

[drpickle]

There are some issues about Musikfest. Adjustments need to be made. But, good times can be still be had there. listening to the coverage on the radio which included interviews with performers both local and national was educational to the listener.

 

[drpickle]

The Locals who are totally turned off by the Festival are stick in the muds anyway. Who needs them? Time has passed them by. They are obsolete! They are irrelevant!

 

[DoneDrinkingKoolAid]

They are the stick in the muds!?!?!

The people turned off by the excuse for an open air beer festival are the educated, high-income earning individuals in our communities. So what we're saying is who needs these people in the Lehigh Valley. That's not backward at all! (sarcasm)

The day for Musikfest as an open-air, free festival have come and gone. Should the festival take on a gated venue with a smaller and more intimate setting, the gate revenues shall alleviate the need to whore the festival out to corporate greed. When this happens, the true spirit of Musikfest shall be rekindled and the festival that the locals at one time knew and loved shall be returned to the people of the Lehigh Valley.

Until this happens, Musikfest shall remain a general tourist festival catering to out of town guests with only limited attendance from those in the Lehigh Valley.

 

[TODDMAYOR]

i think it is great there is a "local" station in tuned to its community bravo..wgpa and jarret. he is a great person and his station deserves kudos.

 

[edarmsttrong]

The Locals who are totally turned off by the Festival are stick in the muds anyway. Who needs them? Time has passed them by. They are obsolete! They are irrelevant!

Sorry, but your 'irrelevant' locals are your core listening audience. If you really think your listeners are 'obsolete', you obviously work at an AM station...

 

[reptimania]

does no one get how much revenue musikfest brings into the community??? and are we that dumb that we can't realize how good that is for the community whether the locals ( who complain about most everything anyways) complain for 10 days that they can't find parking or not??? or do u guys just love to bash corporate america with absolutley no clue whatsoever of how things really work in society??? if musikfest didn't have corporate sponsors it probably would be a gated event and u'd then complain about having to pay a cover charge and not being able to park... good grief. ignorance is so unbecoming.

 

[drpickle]

I agree. I have had it with the small minded, Pablum puking, PA Dutch inbreds and their ignorance. Especially when they complain about people from NY/NJ. Should we put up a wall at 78 and 22? How about 309 and Cedar Crest? The Racism and ignorance is disturbing. Largely a bunch of non-cultured, dough eating, nimrods. This is moving away from a discussion of radio, but Reptimania has compelled me to rant.

 

[backinblack]

I live in Reading and I wish we had a Musicfest as good as this. You are right about small minded complainers. we have them in Berks too. Nothing is free, and with the economy the way it is, it costs a lot to put on Musicfest. Why shouldn't they have sponsors.? When I watch sports on tv. every play, every stat, every replay is sponsored. That's just the way it is. Never Heard Jarret Brown, but if his station did live reports from MusicFest, It's a good thing. It's what local radio is supposed to do.

 

[drpickle]

Reading has a Jazz Fest. I assume that WEEU does a good job covering it. I also can easily picture some grey, bearded Dutchman in overalls saying, "What a bunch of baloney!"

 

[edarmsttrong]

I'll take pork and sauerkraut any day over polish pickles...beecheesus....

 

[drpickle]

I do not know what Polish pickles are but I'd probably like them. As far as pork goes, I will not eat it. The Jewish folks and the Moslems are correct. Pork should not be eaten! But, what does this have to do with radio? I'll stop now.

 

[chuckhixson]

Nobody CARES about Musikfest!

Which makes this post great. A station nobody cares about covering an event nobody cares about. Priceless!

And all this from a station owned by Joe "sorry I ran you over with my van, but here, have a pickle" Timmer, who at one time wanted to run a really long microphone wire off the roof at 528 N. New St. down to the plaza in Bethlehem to broadcast live rather than actually spend some money on real remote equipment. I remember well him stringing all of the mic cords that he could find together to see how long they were.

 

[edarmsttrong]

Did you know Joe has a Marti nowadays?

 

[drpickle]

The equipment at WGPA is now fairly respectable and critical comments to the contrary are not factual. Mark Thomas has done a fine job moving WGPA into the 21st century.