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bub
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If you think those are bad, try LEGAL ID's with bells and whistles on them! All that just to give the call letters and COL at TOH! Yeeeesh! :radiorob2.0 said:
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Liners with HUGE energy that screech the flow to a halt by going into a ballad!
It simply sounds terrible!
Check those logs for energy!
Can we say TEMPO!?
It simply sounds terrible!
Check those logs for energy!
Can we say TEMPO!?
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OK...I'm throwing my cards down:
1. Lots of reverb/speeding up on songs. Might have worked on Top 40 35 years ago, but when Kenny Chesney sounds like he's been castrated and talking into a bull horn, you can count me out.
2. A white guy who tries to sound "ghetto" on a CHR station. I can see through it, and when he says "hit me up ya on da studio line!" it tells me "I'm 37 and I drive a rusty 1994 Dodge Neon!"
3. AAA and Rock AC stations that say they "respect the music". What is that exactly supposed to mean ??? And how does one disrespect "the music"?
My favorite
4. TOH ID's that go "YOUR ROCK STATION. ROCK 107.9...WAAA NewarkNEW YORK CITY
That's all I can think of for now...
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1. Lots of reverb/speeding up on songs. Might have worked on Top 40 35 years ago, but when Kenny Chesney sounds like he's been castrated and talking into a bull horn, you can count me out.
2. A white guy who tries to sound "ghetto" on a CHR station. I can see through it, and when he says "hit me up ya on da studio line!" it tells me "I'm 37 and I drive a rusty 1994 Dodge Neon!"
3. AAA and Rock AC stations that say they "respect the music". What is that exactly supposed to mean ??? And how does one disrespect "the music"?
My favorite
4. TOH ID's that go "YOUR ROCK STATION. ROCK 107.9...WAAA NewarkNEW YORK CITY
That's all I can think of for now...
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cheapman said:
SAVE, SAVE, SAVE, LIKE NEVER BEFORE!!!!!!
Or if you're Herb Tarlek and the spot is about a pet store trying to unload a cage of snakes:
SSSSSSH-SAVE, SSSSSSH-SAVE-SSSSSSSH-SAVE, LIKE NEVER BEFORE SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSH
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RussAllen
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radiodxrichmond said:
Did that happen in Knoxville or r u just generally speaking?
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TightwadSquarepants
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Sammy Reed
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There are a couple of web pages that mention radio cliches.
http://www.danoday.com/articles/commercialbabblepartone.shtml
http://www.danoday.com/articles/commercialbabbleparttwo.shtml
http://www.danoday.com/articles/commercialbabblepartone.shtml
http://www.danoday.com/articles/commercialbabbleparttwo.shtml
there are too many to mention, but one that drives me crazy is a jock that starts talking before the song is over. I'm not talking about pop tunes that fade out on the end, talking over the fade out is acceptable. I'm talking about songs that have an ending on them such as Stairway to Heaven, Slow Ride etc. It's especially annoying when the start talking over an ending that has vocals or accapella singing at the end.
Another is music that starts while a jingle is still playing.
eating the microphone especially while mumbling into it. The listener can only hear bass and a low rumble and wind pops, and speech is unitelligible. This is especially a problem on "artsy" public radio stations where you have people trying to sound too "proper" and stuffy. Speak up, I can't understand a word your saying.
Here is one for southern soul and blues stations down south: The disk jockey will turn the music all the way off when he starts talking and then turns it back up after he is finished , instead of just simply talking over the record.
Some of those old school blues jocks can be really entertaining and will make commets about the song and "preach on it" when the lyrics remind them of something funny to say and of course they cut the music off in the middle of the song while they talk and then turn it back up. I don't know they do it elsewhere or if it was just a Mississippi thang. They used to do that on Delta stations and down in Jackson, MS on WOKJ and WKXI back in the day.
A few of them still do that style on WMPR 90.1 (which streams)
Another is music that starts while a jingle is still playing.
eating the microphone especially while mumbling into it. The listener can only hear bass and a low rumble and wind pops, and speech is unitelligible. This is especially a problem on "artsy" public radio stations where you have people trying to sound too "proper" and stuffy. Speak up, I can't understand a word your saying.
Here is one for southern soul and blues stations down south: The disk jockey will turn the music all the way off when he starts talking and then turns it back up after he is finished , instead of just simply talking over the record.
Some of those old school blues jocks can be really entertaining and will make commets about the song and "preach on it" when the lyrics remind them of something funny to say and of course they cut the music off in the middle of the song while they talk and then turn it back up. I don't know they do it elsewhere or if it was just a Mississippi thang. They used to do that on Delta stations and down in Jackson, MS on WOKJ and WKXI back in the day.
A few of them still do that style on WMPR 90.1 (which streams)
My pet peeves are, in no particular order:
Coleen's 'sing song' delivery and horrible pronunciations. It's WHOLE-SALE, not HOE-SELL!
Billy "The Kid's" constant ass kissing and false sincerity.
Gunner still being on the air despite the fact he's still just about as good as he was as a weekend jock on Kiss 93.
Mark and Kim and their stupid jokes.
Phil Williams. What else can I say? He's a fluke.
Coleen's 'sing song' delivery and horrible pronunciations. It's WHOLE-SALE, not HOE-SELL!
Billy "The Kid's" constant ass kissing and false sincerity.
Gunner still being on the air despite the fact he's still just about as good as he was as a weekend jock on Kiss 93.
Mark and Kim and their stupid jokes.
Phil Williams. What else can I say? He's a fluke.
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ratman2005
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First,
"Let's take a break"
"Let's go to break"
"We've got to pay some bills"
"Coming up after the break"
"We're running late on a break"
...You get the picture.
Secondly, Harry Douglas (Lane II) and his car show, which Horne willingly airs five days a week.
"Let's take a break"
"Let's go to break"
"We've got to pay some bills"
"Coming up after the break"
"We're running late on a break"
...You get the picture.
Secondly, Harry Douglas (Lane II) and his car show, which Horne willingly airs five days a week.
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TightwadSquarepants
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ratman2005 said:
Oh, yeah. I hate when a jock essentially tells you "hey, we are going to now play commercials.This is the time for you to hit the tune button on your radio, especially if you have an Arbitron diary!" Cause we all wanna help out the competition.
Another thing I hate as a listener to radio and not someone in radio is the fact that when I hear a stopset, I turn it and every other station is also in a stopset. 20, 35 and 50 after the hour and you get to hear the latest hit from AlVerizComular Mobile. I guess if I was just a listener, I wouldn't use the word "stopset".
It gets aggravating sometimes when a DJ (or a morning team - not gonna mention any names) talk WAY too much and they mainly talk about their personal problems. I have enough problems without having to hear someone else's on the radio in the morning. A little talk is ok but if they're gonna talk, it should be about things going on locally, throw in some humor to make us smile, give us some unknown facts and information about the songs they're playing - tell where the band members are now or how the band started out or what inspired them to write whatever song they just played - stuff like that would be more interesting then hearing about a hot water heater leaking! Oh and another pet peeve is the whole John Boy & Billy show! Oh my god! I'm not gonna even get started on that thing. The only part of that show worth listening to is Robert D. Raiford (hope I spelled that right).
Knoxradiolstnr said:
As I understand, as long as you put a repetitive music bed behind you can talk as long as you want. Right?
Along those lines, on 9/12/01 I scanned the radio dial (not East Tenn) to hear how morning shows were reacting to the events of 24 hours earlier. All were somber but one stood out, this morning guy like the others was very reflective about recent events. However, he had one of his random music beds behind him while he tried to reflect. It was Quincy Jones' "Soul Bosa Nova" better known as the theme to "Austin Powers"; he knew not what he was doing and was one of the few times I smiled and laughed in the hours after 9/11.
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bored-op
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Yes-Yes.....music beds are awful.
How about morning people who think they are funny but are not.
Laughing at your own jokes on the air is another (solo jocks, not teams).
Not having your thoughts together before you squash the mic button to talk (regardless of what you think, it is always obvious).
And John Boy and Billy.....They really do sound like nice people....but the low brow/"hey yall" southern humor I can't take at all....but thats just me.
How about morning people who think they are funny but are not.
Laughing at your own jokes on the air is another (solo jocks, not teams).
Not having your thoughts together before you squash the mic button to talk (regardless of what you think, it is always obvious).
And John Boy and Billy.....They really do sound like nice people....but the low brow/"hey yall" southern humor I can't take at all....but thats just me.
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bub
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I had a PD who didn't care if you called attention to the spot break during your exit ramp to the break as long as the first and last words out of your mouth when you opened up the mic was the station call letters or positioner.TightwadSquarepants said:
Oh, yeah, jocks who crack open the mic and talk and talk and talk but don't actually say anything.
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nooz
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ratman2005 said:
Harry Douglas. A clown. The worst person ever heard on-air.
nooz said:
Yeah, but his website has been funny. Especially the story about speaking to the NAB from Spring 2006. Priceless..because he thinks some people MIGHT actually believe him.....on the site or on the air.
Speaking of pet peeves! WIMZ is starting that A-Z thing again. This time they're just doing it on weekends until they get through the complete WIMZ music library. Funny thing is.....this station has enough music in their library to last for two weeks when they would do it nonstop - but when it's all over they just go back to the same 100 songs over and over and over again. Well, atleast we'll get a little variety on that station for a few weekends anyway.
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