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Meet the new boss.....

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bopst

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same as the old boss...

From vartv.com

"FM 92-9" WFOG becomes "92-9 The Wave" WVBW. Heard the first hour on The Wave...

* Rod Stewart - Forever Young
* The Eagles - Take It Easy
* Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Second That Emotion
* REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You
* Kenny Loggins & Jo Dee Messina - Your Mama Don't Dance
* Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do
* Hall & Oates - Maneater
* Chicago - Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
* The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody
* Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me
* Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
* Billy Joel - It's Still Rock And Roll To Me
* Carl Carlton - Everlasting Love
* The Eagles - One Of These Nights

Man, that's painful just reading. Why does radio consistently have to suck?<P ID="signature">______________
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WCLM 1450 AM
Richmond, Virginia
http://www.wclmradio.com
Request Line: (804) 231-7685

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> Man, that's painful just reading. Why does radio
> consistently have to suck?

I dunno, man. I love how the press statement said "market research and analysis". I am a strong believer that the BEST radio ideas / stations were created by a good "hunch" rather than "analysis". Look at the original KROQ, WOXY (one of the original alt. rockers), ahem...even our own WVGO. The guys who started these were not research gurus, they just had a good product.

Sadly, men in suits don't like "hunches"

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Commercial radio is and, judging my this telling story, will always be consistently maddening.

One thing that has always amazed me about radio types is that most of the people I have met have little or no interest in music. I can't tell you how many times questions and comments such as these have been asked and told to me over my 3 years on the air...

1. You really like music, don't you? (usually with a befuddled, I don't think he eats at Hooters stare)

2. Yeah, I don't care much about music. (This one by people working it music radio. Amazing...)

3. We just follow what polls as the most popular. (Ouch.)

4. I wish we could play more music, but we can't. My hands are tied. (Um, why do radio guys and gals consistently settle for less? Is it their life's dream to be pawns of industry?)

I just don't get it....<P ID="signature">______________
The Bopst Show
Monday-Friday (1-4 PM EST-USA)
WCLM 1450 AM
Richmond, Virginia
http://www.wclmradio.com
Request Line: (804) 231-7685

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Wow...three years on the air and you're already asking the tough questions:

"...why do radio guys and gals consistently settle for less? Is it their life's dream to be pawns of industry?"

Yeah, for years I dreamed I could be a pawn one day...in fact, most of us don't like what we have to play on the air, but we aren't naive enough to think we can come into the studio tomorrow, blow out the playlist, do what we want, and still have a job at the end of the day. You shouldn't have that problem, though. Go in tomorrow and blow the friggin' doors off, man. Do what you want to, when you want to, as many times as you want to. I'm sure your exuberance and superb musical taste will convince all the hollow suits out there that they've been wrong all these years, and you'll be seen forever as the brave young DJ that saved radio's soul. So, go ahead and do your own playlist tomorrow, and let me know how that works out for you.

Oh, and while we're on the subject of music and how much you love it, it's not Kenny Loggins and Jo Dee Messina...it's LOGGINS AND MESSINA, just how VARTV.com listed it. Jo Dee Messina? Come on man, tighten up.

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"Time, and quaaludes, and red wine..."
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> Wow...three years on the air and you're already asking the
> tough questions:
>
> "...why do radio guys and gals consistently settle for less?
> Is it their life's dream to be pawns of industry?"
>
> Yeah, for years I dreamed I could be a pawn one day...in
> fact, most of us don't like what we have to play on the air,
> but we aren't naive enough to think we can come into the
> studio tomorrow, blow out the playlist, do what we want, and
> still have a job at the end of the day. You shouldn't have
> that problem, though. Go in tomorrow and blow the friggin'
> doors off, man. Do what you want to, when you want to, as
> many times as you want to. I'm sure your exuberance and
> superb musical taste will convince all the hollow suits out
> there that they've been wrong all these years, and you'll be
> seen forever as the brave young DJ that saved radio's soul.
> So, go ahead and do your own playlist tomorrow, and let me
> know how that works out for you.
>
> Oh, and while we're on the subject of music and how much you
> love it, it's not Kenny Loggins and Jo Dee Messina...it's
> LOGGINS AND MESSINA, just how VARTV.com listed it. Jo Dee
> Messina? Come on man, tighten up.

I shouldn't get into other's business, but...

I worked at a college radio station for three years...it was loads of fun. Playing whatever I wanted...from Siouxsie and the Banshees to Springsteen, I played it all. The problem is, there aren't that many listeners to college radio.

I like Bopst's opinion on some musical diversity, but BigWillieStyle has a point. TOTAL musical diveristy doesn't sell...as much as people say "JACK" is diverse, it isn't, really...
>
 
> Wow...three years on the air and you're already asking the
> tough questions:
>
> "...why do radio guys and gals consistently settle for less?
> Is it their life's dream to be pawns of industry?"
>
> Yeah, for years I dreamed I could be a pawn one day...in
> fact, most of us don't like what we have to play on the air,
> but we aren't naive enough to think we can come into the
> studio tomorrow, blow out the playlist, do what we want, and
> still have a job at the end of the day. You shouldn't have
> that problem, though. Go in tomorrow and blow the friggin'
> doors off, man. Do what you want to, when you want to, as
> many times as you want to. I'm sure your exuberance and
> superb musical taste will convince all the hollow suits out
> there that they've been wrong all these years, and you'll be
> seen forever as the brave young DJ that saved radio's soul.
> So, go ahead and do your own playlist tomorrow, and let me
> know how that works out for you.
>
> Oh, and while we're on the subject of music and how much you
> love it, it's not Kenny Loggins and Jo Dee Messina...it's
> LOGGINS AND MESSINA, just how VARTV.com listed it. Jo Dee
> Messina? Come on man, tighten up.

Damn, I wish I could save radio's soul. That would be totally awesome.

Yeah, as we all well know, that ain't happening. (Commercial)Radio isn't gonna change anytime soon.

Still, you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I understand that my comments are needlessly combative, but, you know, somebody has got to say it. Should the current state of machine driven formats just be accepted as that's just the way things are? Should there be no hope on the radio dial for something different?

Anyone remember WHFS back in the day? Not the HFS of the 90's but the late 70's/early 80's? That's what I'm talking about. That station turned me on, as well as thousands of others, to a diverse range of artists from the Clash to Charles Mingus and everything in between. HFS was the only station we listened to in my high school and college years and it lived off it's reputation even when it was reduced to industry cookie cutter status.

Diversity can work on the radio. It takes DJ's that know their stuff, imaginative sales staff and real community involvement. WHFS proved that. Too bad radio is none of those things these days.

If a station in the mold of FHS were put together today, I would bet any amount of money that it would be wildly successful.

Oh, and I love rotten.com....
>
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Request Line: (804) 231-7685

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