London Bombing/Energy AZ:

[wired]

-First, and Foremost: what happened was WRONG,
and in a perfect world, would never happen again.
-
I occassionally listen to energy Az/stream.
and i just happen to plug in this morning, and
was drawn away..due to the unfortunate events that
occurred in London, England.
*However, this post is NOT about that - it is the
way Energy-AZ 'covered' the news-story.

The ON-Aire dj, (female talent) said the exact
OPPOSITE of what was actually happening..she reported,

"..chaos, and absolute mess in that city right now..."

and that point I shut it off the stream - because that is NOT
was what unfolding..as she was on the aire..
:::Lease Note::: it was at least an hour, after the event,
and about 15 minutes, after local news channels went
back to regular programming...and energy-AZ, finally said some thing about it

*YES, it is extrememly important to be sensitive to
the situation, BUT, there was not panic-city wide..
-
in fact, the city was calm considering the situation,
and - it is sad what took place there this morning...
but as a professional broadcaster, it is your
responsibilty to ACCURATELY relay the CORRECT INFO.

 

[Renegade_X]

Excellent Topic

A good topic about how radio/television handled this, amongst other issues with the medium.

This morning, watching CNN (here in Canada), I watched this "terror specialist" babble on how London should cope with the terrorist attack. My first thought was, what an idiot. Has this person NO idea that London has suffered regularily from terrorism ? Has he heard of the IRA? Is he aware of the 4 million cameras in the city that monitor daily life? Is he aware that the number of deaths due to terrorism in the UK is nearly eqiv. to that of what happened during 911?

This type of reporting is at best, sloppy and unprofessional. It's rather presumptous as well.

Our media, including radio has become nothing more than meretricious infotainment. It's a place where straight teeth in your mouth are more important than what comes out of it. If a radio station OR a TV station is unable find the correct facts in a sea of available sources how are we to believe them? Media IS a pillar of a free and democratic society.

If you can't get the information, then report there "may have been" and that "details will follow".

 

[musicloverII]

Re: Excellent Topic

There's not alot of reporting going on lately. They make up the story and find some misfit idiot who wrote a book about something he never experienced to tell us how the world is in their own eyes. Crazy. So much time, so many news networks, so much press and so little correct reporting done. Too much airtime to fill causes people to say and do stupid things just for the sake of filling up time. If they screw up they have all the time in the world to report the news once they actually know what happened as opposed to telling you what they think happened.

> A good topic about how radio/television handled this,
> amongst other issues with the medium.
>
> This morning, watching CNN (here in Canada), I watched this
> "terror specialist" babble on how London should cope with
> the terrorist attack. My first thought was, what an idiot.
> Has this person NO idea that London has suffered regularily
> from terrorism ? Has he heard of the IRA? Is he aware of
> the 4 million cameras in the city that monitor daily life?
> Is he aware that the number of deaths due to terrorism in
> the UK is nearly eqiv. to that of what happened during 911?
>
>
> This type of reporting is at best, sloppy and
> unprofessional. It's rather presumptous as well.
>
> Our media, including radio has become nothing more than
> meretricious infotainment. It's a place where straight
> teeth in your mouth are more important than what comes out
> of it. If a radio station OR a TV station is unable find
> the correct facts in a sea of available sources how are we
> to believe them? Media IS a pillar of a free and democratic
> society.
>
> If you can't get the information, then report there "may
> have been" and that "details will follow".
>

 

[Renegade_X]

Re: Excellent Topic

True, but let me play devils advocate and I'll target America. Look at Fox News. A purist example of propoganda TV, but "respected" and quite popular.

Is it the reflector or the director?




There's not alot of reporting going on lately. They make up
> the story and find some misfit idiot who wrote a book about
> something he never experienced to tell us how the world is
> in their own eyes. Crazy. So much time, so many news
> networks, so much press and so little correct reporting
> done. Too much airtime to fill causes people to say and do
> stupid things just for the sake of filling up time. If they
> screw up they have all the time in the world to report the
> news once they actually know what happened as opposed to
> telling you what they think happened.
>
> > A good topic about how radio/television handled this,
> > amongst other issues with the medium.
> >
> > This morning, watching CNN (here in Canada), I watched
> this
> > "terror specialist" babble on how London should cope with
> > the terrorist attack. My first thought was, what an
> idiot.
> > Has this person NO idea that London has suffered
> regularily
> > from terrorism ? Has he heard of the IRA? Is he aware of
>
> > the 4 million cameras in the city that monitor daily life?
>
> > Is he aware that the number of deaths due to terrorism in
> > the UK is nearly eqiv. to that of what happened during
> 911?
> >
> >
> > This type of reporting is at best, sloppy and
> > unprofessional. It's rather presumptous as well.
> >
> > Our media, including radio has become nothing more than
> > meretricious infotainment. It's a place where straight
> > teeth in your mouth are more important than what comes out
>
> > of it. If a radio station OR a TV station is unable find
> > the correct facts in a sea of available sources how are we
>
> > to believe them? Media IS a pillar of a free and
> democratic
> > society.
> >
> > If you can't get the information, then report there "may
> > have been" and that "details will follow".
> >
>

 

[liam808]

Re: Excellent Topic

> True, but let me play devils advocate and I'll target
> America. Look at Fox News. A purist example of propoganda
> TV, but "respected" and quite popular.
>
> Is it the reflector or the director?
>
>
>
>
> There's not alot of reporting going on lately. They make up
>
> > the story and find some misfit idiot who wrote a book
> about
> > something he never experienced to tell us how the world is
>
> > in their own eyes. Crazy. So much time, so many news
> > networks, so much press and so little correct reporting
> > done. Too much airtime to fill causes people to say and do
>
> > stupid things just for the sake of filling up time. If
> they
> > screw up they have all the time in the world to report the
>
> > news once they actually know what happened as opposed to
> > telling you what they think happened.
> >
> > > A good topic about how radio/television handled this,
> > > amongst other issues with the medium.
> > >
> > > This morning, watching CNN (here in Canada), I watched
> > this
> > > "terror specialist" babble on how London should cope
> with
> > > the terrorist attack. My first thought was, what an
> > idiot.
> > > Has this person NO idea that London has suffered
> > regularily
> > > from terrorism ? Has he heard of the IRA? Is he aware
> of
> >
> > > the 4 million cameras in the city that monitor daily
> life?
> >
> > > Is he aware that the number of deaths due to terrorism
> in
> > > the UK is nearly eqiv. to that of what happened during
> > 911?
> > >
> > >
> > > This type of reporting is at best, sloppy and
> > > unprofessional. It's rather presumptous as well.
> > >
> > > Our media, including radio has become nothing more than
> > > meretricious infotainment. It's a place where straight
> > > teeth in your mouth are more important than what comes
> out
> >
> > > of it. If a radio station OR a TV station is unable
> find
> > > the correct facts in a sea of available sources how are
> we
> >
> > > to believe them? Media IS a pillar of a free and
> > democratic
> > > society.
> > >
> > > If you can't get the information, then report there "may
>
> > > have been" and that "details will follow".
> > >
> >
>
To add to that, let's keep in mind that Energy Arizona is not a news station. They play dance music. True, the reporting should have been more accurate if they planned on reporting it in the first place; however, I would be a little more speculative if a television network reported it wrong, say CBS. They are more in the "business" of reporting news than Energy Arizona. I personally don't listen to EA for its news broadcasts (nor do I try), just like I don't watch CBS for its dance music videos.

 

[Renegade_X]

Re: Excellent Topic

Agreed to an extent. But surely Energy Arizona has a newswire? Or at the least a computer? Whether EZ is in the business of reporting news or not, something of this magnitude should at least be accurate.




> >
> To add to that, let's keep in mind that Energy Arizona is
> not a news station. They play dance music. True, the
> reporting should have been more accurate if they planned on
> reporting it in the first place; however, I would be a
> little more speculative if a television network reported it
> wrong, say CBS. They are more in the "business" of
> reporting news than Energy Arizona. I personally don't
> listen to EA for its news broadcasts (nor do I try), just
> like I don't watch CBS for its dance music videos.
>

 

[midwestclubber]

Re: Excellent Topic

> Agreed to an extent. But surely Energy Arizona has a
> newswire? Or at the least a computer? Whether EZ is in the
> business of reporting news or not, something of this
> magnitude should at least be accurate.
>
> My money says, that if Mikeo would have still been there, (REMEMBER MIKEO is no stranger to the T.V news world), Things would have been done a bit more accurately and timely.
>
>
> > >
> > To add to that, let's keep in mind that Energy Arizona is
> > not a news station. They play dance music. True, the
> > reporting should have been more accurate if they planned
> on
> > reporting it in the first place; however, I would be a
> > little more speculative if a television network reported
> it
> > wrong, say CBS. They are more in the "business" of
> > reporting news than Energy Arizona. I personally don't
> > listen to EA for its news broadcasts (nor do I try), just
> > like I don't watch CBS for its dance music videos.
> >
>

 

[musicloverII]

Re: Excellent Topic

That's not true. I watch Fox and I watch CNN and MSNBC. Fox's news is news. Before them all we had was CNN, who countered their type of shows? There really was nothing to measure, there were no networks presenting a different perspective until Fox came along. All we had to go on was CNN's perspective and presentation of "news". If you'll remember it was Ted Turner who first complained about Fox News calling them a right wing tool. But of course his CNN was so centered? Nonsense.

They all report the news when it's time for news. I see Fox for what it is, different shows with different perspectives and personalities presenting their views - NOT NEWS, their take on the news. You're free to agree or disagree with their perspective just as you are free to do so with CNN's shows. You may agree with Lou Dobbs' take on issues, Chris Matthews, Hannity and so on. You're not a sheep. You have your own mind and have an oppotunity to discover what's real when presented to you through one of those type of shows.

But when the NEWSCAST presents incorrect reports and those incorrect "slanting" of the news causes people to make decisions based on that misinformation that becomes detrimental to us all. It pits us against each other because of newscasts agenda was to get us to see things their way - AT ANY COST.

When a dance music station or music station decides to serve it's community by updating us with breaking news as severe as what happened in London today they need to update us with FACTS. Otherwise we can just tune into CBS or NBC for incorrect information.

> True, but let me play devils advocate and I'll target
> America. Look at Fox News. A purist example of propoganda
> TV, but "respected" and quite popular.
>
> Is it the reflector or the director?
>
>
>
>
> There's not alot of reporting going on lately. They make up
>
> > the story and find some misfit idiot who wrote a book
> about
> > something he never experienced to tell us how the world is
>
> > in their own eyes. Crazy. So much time, so many news
> > networks, so much press and so little correct reporting
> > done. Too much airtime to fill causes people to say and do
>
> > stupid things just for the sake of filling up time. If
> they
> > screw up they have all the time in the world to report the
>
> > news once they actually know what happened as opposed to
> > telling you what they think happened.
> >
> > > A good topic about how radio/television handled this,
> > > amongst other issues with the medium.
> > >
> > > This morning, watching CNN (here in Canada), I watched
> > this
> > > "terror specialist" babble on how London should cope
> with
> > > the terrorist attack. My first thought was, what an
> > idiot.
> > > Has this person NO idea that London has suffered
> > regularily
> > > from terrorism ? Has he heard of the IRA? Is he aware
> of
> >
> > > the 4 million cameras in the city that monitor daily
> life?
> >
> > > Is he aware that the number of deaths due to terrorism
> in
> > > the UK is nearly eqiv. to that of what happened during
> > 911?
> > >
> > >
> > > This type of reporting is at best, sloppy and
> > > unprofessional. It's rather presumptous as well.
> > >
> > > Our media, including radio has become nothing more than
> > > meretricious infotainment. It's a place where straight
> > > teeth in your mouth are more important than what comes
> out
> >
> > > of it. If a radio station OR a TV station is unable
> find
> > > the correct facts in a sea of available sources how are
> we
> >
> > > to believe them? Media IS a pillar of a free and
> > democratic
> > > society.
> > >
> > > If you can't get the information, then report there "may
>
> > > have been" and that "details will follow".
> > >
> >
>

 

[Renegade_X]

Fox News is News ??

Musiclover, Fox and CNN are both guilty on misrepresentation. This was clarified during the Iraq War when both stations did two things

1. Took the news word for word as it was fed to them from the government.

2. "forgot" some of the most important facts/history in regards to terrorism, Bin Laden, WMD, etc.

Now I'm not only taking aim at America programming, as I will at Canadian as well. We have our own "media" that neglects to mention pertinent details.

Fox and CNN are not news stations, but info-tainment. They serve the fast food culture quite well man, presenting a glorified view of the news, often very American centric.

I'll give you an examplme. I am a Canadian, but possess dual citizenship, as my parents are British. As I watched CNN yesterday, their "Terror" specialist was on TV advising how the Brits should keep their cool, what they should do. I found that ABSOLUTELY laughable. Why?

1. Britian is a country that was bomb to rubble during WWII.

2. Did this guy even do his homework? The guy is a Terror Specialist, but seemed to have limited to no knowledge that the IRA has bombed The Tube, buses, cars, vans and building in London for over 30 years.

That's what's wrong with media. Not just EA, but CNN, Fox, Global TV, etc. It's not news, it's cartoonism presented as news. But what's more frightening is that WAY to many people lap it up as reality.


That's not true. I watch Fox and I watch CNN and MSNBC.
> Fox's news is news. Before them all we had was CNN, who
> countered their type of shows? There really was nothing to
> measure, there were no networks presenting a different
> perspective until Fox came along. All we had to go on was
> CNN's perspective and presentation of "news". If you'll
> remember it was Ted Turner who first complained about Fox
> News calling them a right wing tool. But of course his CNN
> was so centered? Nonsense.
>
> They all report the news when it's time for news. I see Fox
> for what it is, different shows with different perspectives
> and personalities presenting their views - NOT NEWS, their
> take on the news. You're free to agree or disagree with
> their perspective just as you are free to do so with CNN's
> shows. You may agree with Lou Dobbs' take on issues, Chris
> Matthews, Hannity and so on. You're not a sheep. You have
> your own mind and have an oppotunity to discover what's real
> when presented to you through one of those type of shows.
>
> But when the NEWSCAST presents incorrect reports and those
> incorrect "slanting" of the news causes people to make
> decisions based on that misinformation that becomes
> detrimental to us all. It pits us against each other because
> of newscasts agenda was to get us to see things their way -
> AT ANY COST.
>
> When a dance music station or music station decides to serve
> it's community by updating us with breaking news as severe
> as what happened in London today they need to update us with
> FACTS. Otherwise we can just tune into CBS or NBC for
> incorrect information.
>
> > True, but let me play devils advocate and I'll target
> > America. Look at Fox News. A purist example of
> propoganda
> > TV, but "respected" and quite popular.
> >
> > Is it the reflector or the director?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > There's not alot of reporting going on lately. They make
> up
> >
> > > the story and find some misfit idiot who wrote a book
> > about
> > > something he never experienced to tell us how the world
> is
> >
> > > in their own eyes. Crazy. So much time, so many news
> > > networks, so much press and so little correct reporting
> > > done. Too much airtime to fill causes people to say and
> do
> >
> > > stupid things just for the sake of filling up time. If
> > they
> > > screw up they have all the time in the world to report
> the
> >
> > > news once they actually know what happened as opposed to
>
> > > telling you what they think happened.
> > >
> > > > A good topic about how radio/television handled this,
> > > > amongst other issues with the medium.
> > > >
> > > > This morning, watching CNN (here in Canada), I watched
>
> > > this
> > > > "terror specialist" babble on how London should cope
> > with
> > > > the terrorist attack. My first thought was, what an
> > > idiot.
> > > > Has this person NO idea that London has suffered
> > > regularily
> > > > from terrorism ? Has he heard of the IRA? Is he
> aware
> > of
> > >
> > > > the 4 million cameras in the city that monitor daily
> > life?
> > >
> > > > Is he aware that the number of deaths due to terrorism
>
> > in
> > > > the UK is nearly eqiv. to that of what happened during
>
> > > 911?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > This type of reporting is at best, sloppy and
> > > > unprofessional. It's rather presumptous as well.
> > > >
> > > > Our media, including radio has become nothing more
> than
> > > > meretricious infotainment. It's a place where
> straight
> > > > teeth in your mouth are more important than what comes
>
> > out
> > >
> > > > of it. If a radio station OR a TV station is unable
> > find
> > > > the correct facts in a sea of available sources how
> are
> > we
> > >
> > > > to believe them? Media IS a pillar of a free and
> > > democratic
> > > > society.
> > > >
> > > > If you can't get the information, then report there
> "may
> >
> > > > have been" and that "details will follow".
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

 

[liam808]

Re: Excellent Topic

> > Agreed to an extent. But surely Energy Arizona has a
> > newswire? Or at the least a computer? Whether EZ is in
> the
> > business of reporting news or not, something of this
> > magnitude should at least be accurate.
> >
> > My money says, that if Mikeo would have still been there,
> (REMEMBER MIKEO is no stranger to the T.V news world),
> Things would have been done a bit more accurately and
> timely.
> >
> >
> > > >
> > > To add to that, let's keep in mind that Energy Arizona
> is
> > > not a news station. They play dance music. True, the
> > > reporting should have been more accurate if they planned
>
> > on
> > > reporting it in the first place; however, I would be a
> > > little more speculative if a television network reported
>
> > it
> > > wrong, say CBS. They are more in the "business" of
> > > reporting news than Energy Arizona. I personally don't
> > > listen to EA for its news broadcasts (nor do I try),
> just
> > > like I don't watch CBS for its dance music videos.
> > >
> >
>
Somehow I knew that if there were a discussion about how Energy Arizona was NOT doing something right, Mikeo would be brought up (and how he surely would've fixed any situation). I love listening to Energy 98, but c'mon - enough of the Energy Arizona "bashing".

 

[musicloverII]

Re: Excellent Topic

I don't think the MikeO fan club has a leg to stand on here. The station fell apart under his watch. He was in the "game" (not the big leagues) and whatever happened, he had to bite the bullet. His programming style could be the reason, a bad set of books could've been the reason. Whatever it was, he was at the helm and he's no longer there. I don't think he would've had much control over an adrenalin filled amateur (for the most part) employee attempting to serve the community. I certainly hope they've had a meeting to fix problems like that should they arise in the future.

> > > Agreed to an extent. But surely Energy Arizona has a
> > > newswire? Or at the least a computer? Whether EZ is in
>
> > the
> > > business of reporting news or not, something of this
> > > magnitude should at least be accurate.
> > >
> > > My money says, that if Mikeo would have still been
> there,
> > (REMEMBER MIKEO is no stranger to the T.V news world),
> > Things would have been done a bit more accurately and
> > timely.
> > >
> > >
> > > > >
> > > > To add to that, let's keep in mind that Energy Arizona
>
> > is
> > > > not a news station. They play dance music. True, the
>
> > > > reporting should have been more accurate if they
> planned
> >
> > > on
> > > > reporting it in the first place; however, I would be a
>
> > > > little more speculative if a television network
> reported
> >
> > > it
> > > > wrong, say CBS. They are more in the "business" of
> > > > reporting news than Energy Arizona. I personally
> don't
> > > > listen to EA for its news broadcasts (nor do I try),
> > just
> > > > like I don't watch CBS for its dance music videos.
> > > >
> > >
> >
> Somehow I knew that if there were a discussion about how
> Energy Arizona was NOT doing something right, Mikeo would be
> brought up (and how he surely would've fixed any situation).
> I love listening to Energy 98, but c'mon - enough of the
> Energy Arizona "bashing".
>

 

[Renegade_X]

Re: Excellent Topic

I don't think the station has ever been together mate.

Keep in mind that radio is a business of ego's. Big ego's. People are also resistant to change and don't like new things. I suspect there is alot more to the whole Energy thing than just a couple of lousy books..because those are 12+ numbers, not the demo, and the books always been bad.

Betcha it's a swirl of ego's in that place. But hey, that's radio.


I don't think the MikeO fan club has a leg to stand on here.
> The station fell apart under his watch. He was in the "game"
> (not the big leagues) and whatever happened, he had to bite
> the bullet. His programming style could be the reason, a bad
> set of books could've been the reason. Whatever it was, he
> was at the helm and he's no longer there. I don't think he
> would've had much control over an adrenalin filled amateur
> (for the most part) employee attempting to serve the
> community. I certainly hope they've had a meeting to fix
> problems like that should they arise in the future.
>
> > > > Agreed to an extent. But surely Energy Arizona has a
> > > > newswire? Or at the least a computer? Whether EZ is
> in
> >
> > > the
> > > > business of reporting news or not, something of this
> > > > magnitude should at least be accurate.
> > > >
> > > > My money says, that if Mikeo would have still been
> > there,
> > > (REMEMBER MIKEO is no stranger to the T.V news world),
> > > Things would have been done a bit more accurately and
> > > timely.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > To add to that, let's keep in mind that Energy
> Arizona
> >
> > > is
> > > > > not a news station. They play dance music. True,
> the
> >
> > > > > reporting should have been more accurate if they
> > planned
> > >
> > > > on
> > > > > reporting it in the first place; however, I would be
> a
> >
> > > > > little more speculative if a television network
> > reported
> > >
> > > > it
> > > > > wrong, say CBS. They are more in the "business" of
> > > > > reporting news than Energy Arizona. I personally
> > don't
> > > > > listen to EA for its news broadcasts (nor do I try),
>
> > > just
> > > > > like I don't watch CBS for its dance music videos.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > Somehow I knew that if there were a discussion about how
> > Energy Arizona was NOT doing something right, Mikeo would
> be
> > brought up (and how he surely would've fixed any
> situation).
> > I love listening to Energy 98, but c'mon - enough of the
> > Energy Arizona "bashing".
> >
>

 

[liam808]

Re: Excellent Topic

> I don't think the station has ever been together mate.
>
> Keep in mind that radio is a business of ego's. Big ego's.
> People are also resistant to change and don't like new
> things. I suspect there is alot more to the whole Energy
> thing than just a couple of lousy books..because those are
> 12+ numbers, not the demo, and the books always been bad.
>
> Betcha it's a swirl of ego's in that place. But hey, that's
> radio.

That's the problem. Many of you don't think and have never listened to Energy Pre-MikeO and Pre-streaming to be able to make such a statement. I'll never understand why some of you are constantly critiquing a dance radio station that has been on the air since 2002. I see a lot of Monday morning quarterbacking in these threads regarding Energy Arizona and I hear many complaints on this message board about how there aren't enough stations that play dance music. This is a DANCE station for pete's sake. I don't see a bunch of other dance stations that have stuck around for that long, even the ones that had better ratings. Give the people at Energy Arizona some props for still being on the air instead of beating down the one of only a handful of stations that ARE on the air. Many of you thought MikeO would raise the ratings at Energy and it didn't happen. Do you really think you could do better?

 

[Renegade_X]

Re: Excellent Topic

Let's talk ratings then

First of all, radio is a business and it sells to a certain demo. The 12+ numbers mean very little, only to people posting on radio forums. During the time Mike was at Energy, their core demo DID increase. Oaks moved the station to a more CHR dance sound, likely in the hopes of finding a new and larger audience. What's the effect of this? Pissing off the P1's, because hard core dance fans get all in a bloody snit if their station plays Destiny's Child. When you're getting a .4 in your market overall, it's very easy to disappear in the book. All you need is a few people to not bother to fill out a book OR have a spell of lousy dance music (which was happening at the time).

But retooling takes time. It takes more than 8 months. And when you're a station with ZERO budget, with NO money to get out and paint your name on the side of a city bus, well, you rely on word of mouth and dial scanning for people to find you. That takes time. It takes more than 8 months, that's for sure.

And the history of Energy? Wallowing in the basement for as long as I've read R&R. So what is going to change now? Or next year? Or 5 years from now? Where is the growth? Where is the future? If CC or Infinity owned Energy, they would have flipped formats in 2003. You'd have Spanish 92.7. Miami's Party had a 3 share, and they had ONE bad book and BOOM, the format was gone. That bad book was a 2 overall..and Cox, a major player in radio nuked them.

Mike Oaks at least thought about the future of Energy. He realized the station was in the basement and had a plan to try to pull it out. But after a mere 8 months, they canned him. Does any person with even ANY radio sense expect numbers to go up up up at a station with a bad signal, no budget and a very limited on air staff?

If you want a legacy station, give it 5 years and be patient. But in this day and age, that doesn't happen. Did you know that if MASH was released on TV today, it would have been cancelled due to bad ratings? Odd eh, considering it was one of the most popular TV shows of all time. It just took a while.

So what's the future now? a .4 overall? 3 more years in the basement? How long can you go nowhere.

Because for all you want to believe, for all the rah rah rah about how Energy is this and that, it's still a business. It still has to be able to sell itself and pay for that big stick shoving out all that wattage. Radio might be about music and should be, but it's also about sales.

There is a song called "The Spirit of Radio" from Rush. It was written about CFNY Toronto. About the power of radio and how music should be free. But take note of the line "And the words of the profits were written on the studio wall". At the end of the day, you still have to pay your bills.


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> That's the problem. Many of you don't think and have never
> listened to Energy Pre-MikeO and Pre-streaming to be able to
> make such a statement. I'll never understand why some of you
> are constantly critiquing a dance radio station that has
> been on the air since 2002. I see a lot of Monday morning
> quarterbacking in these threads regarding Energy Arizona and
> I hear many complaints on this message board about how there
> aren't enough stations that play dance music. This is a
> DANCE station for pete's sake. I don't see a bunch of other
> dance stations that have stuck around for that long, even
> the ones that had better ratings. Give the people at Energy
> Arizona some props for still being on the air instead of
> beating down the one of only a handful of stations that ARE
> on the air. Many of you thought MikeO would raise the
> ratings at Energy and it didn't happen. Do you really think
> you could do better?
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