Let's Conitnue this WPGB Discussion

[Radio_Realist]

Re: Sigh...

> What *is* achievable is radio so well-executed, so
> over-the-top, and professional enough that it transcends the
> petty complaints I'm hearing from you over and over again.
> Few on this board, including me, can describe this very
> specifically, but it reminds me of a book about quality
> called "I Know It When I See It".

I, too, know it when I hear it. And I know I do NOT hear it when in Pittsburgh.

> Please respect my medium. For radio to succeed, it must
> again become art. Anything else is a jukebox, Ipod or CD
> changer. Celebrate *any* radio station that is allowing its
> on-air talent to create. The best will emerge. And --
> whether you personally like them or not -- the talent is
> still there. Look for the art; avoid what you do not like.
> But if the world is full of things you do not like, please
> -- and I mean this with all due respect and out of kindness
> -- look in the mirror. Perhaps "Mona Lisa" would not move
> you either.

I resepct the medium. I just don't respect the current crop of people actively exercising management authority over what goes out over the airwaves in that medium in this town. I'm sure that some people working in radio in Pittsburgh, if unleashed, could create the art you describe. But right now, as the Fall approaches in the year 2005, there is no true "artistry" being broadcast over the airwaves in Pittsburgh.

 

[Pratte4Life]

Re: Thanks!

You have leaped to defend both Hoerth and McIntyre.

Whether you listen to them or not- they are both grating, sarcastic hosts.

There's nothing incorrect about that conclusion at all- much as no matter how you try to spin it- that "I never had the fire in my belly" quote is extremely telling of the attitude and current lack of imagination Hoerth currently has.






> Ah, you're leaping to incorrect conclusions (again). I'm not
> a Hoerth listener at all. But I was familiar with the
> website note and immediately recognized your failure to put
> it in the proper context.
>
>
>
>
>
> > Mad- the fact of the matter is you like grating, sarcastic
>
> > hosts and I do not.
> >
> > And certainly anyone listening to his show now would agree
>
> > he does not have "the fire in his belly"- just as he did
> not
> > have the "fire in his belly" to fully recognize his career
>
> > goals.
> >
>

 

[MadAirchecker]

Re: Thanks!

One more time -- I'm not defending Hoerth. I don't even listen to Hoerth. It's your insane compulsion to misinterpret something on the station website that bothers me.

It's the same way you misunderstood the purpose of the music on McIntire's show.






> You have leaped to defend both Hoerth and McIntyre.
>
> Whether you listen to them or not- they are both grating,
> sarcastic hosts.
>
> There's nothing incorrect about that conclusion at all- much
> as no matter how you try to spin it- that "I never had the
> fire in my belly" quote is extremely telling of the attitude
> and current lack of imagination Hoerth currently has.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Ah, you're leaping to incorrect conclusions (again). I'm
> not
> > a Hoerth listener at all. But I was familiar with the
> > website note and immediately recognized your failure to
> put
> > it in the proper context.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Mad- the fact of the matter is you like grating,
> sarcastic
> >
> > > hosts and I do not.
> > >
> > > And certainly anyone listening to his show now would
> agree
> >
> > > he does not have "the fire in his belly"- just as he did
>
> > not
> > > have the "fire in his belly" to fully recognize his
> career
> >
> > > goals.
> > >
> >
>