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edwardrmurrow
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Ok Batman my response.
I appreciate the olive branch. I will extend it likewise. I will admit some of my comments in the past were out of line,some were not. Rumours have circulated I know who he is,yadda yadda yada" When the day comes,maybe soon, maybe later I will state who I am. Too bad this is not a video cam site. I would love to see the look on many faces displaying how wrong they have been. That statement alone,will spark another fire. Just put it out before it gets started and get past it. Bingo is right, I enjoy my status, and he is right there is no love lost between us. So be it.I still sleep at night,so does he. I often just skip over his post. I made an exception this time due to the subject.
Hubcap Carter a man we all can agree upon was a great guy. He discovered this site, shortly before his passing. He described it as a "favorite Bar". He was then and still is right about that. We can hoist a few brews and have draggged out knocked down debates. Movie critics can get away by saying " Dukes of Hazzard is a lousy movie and I wanted my money back". We on this board are critics all the same. We in broadcasting are subjected to it continously. Is there a right way or wrong way? Yes,but everyone will come up with different interpretations, etc.
We can say someone is lousy or they are good . We can disagree on stations overall or agree. If we disagree that is where the trouble often starts. We should( Myself included) Respond in a respectful but pointed matter to illustrate our point,and not be so quick to dismiss the other with a slang term etc Or talk down to someone and gloat. Nobody on this board can say they never did that. I will do the best I can to choose my words wisely. I may slip, after all I am just as human as the rest of you, BUT I never considered myself above you in talent,know how,etc.
I have the same passion for radio as most of you do. I see radio overall as having gotten worse,with good solid talent on the beach whom I regard as a friend and adversary. I have seen talent wanting to stay in this market having to go elsewhere more frequently than in the past.I see new broadcasters with the same "fire" in their souls as I had( and still do) many years ago,but who are short 'changed by the way radio has evolved with less emphasis on originality, creativity,localism and serving it's community of license. That is not to say they are overall bad or I am envious. I am saying they are being cheated. Some do not feel they have to work their way up to a large market. They should start in the top 5. Who can blame them? See the ads? "Minimum 3 years, 2 years expereince". They had no time to cultivate their craft. They are told what to say, how to say it, what to play, when to play it. NO sense of personality,no characteristic trademark worth noting, no art of backtiming, just assembly line radio, and that's what makes me angry. NEW Talent that can carry radio further along is basically tossed aside, and then blamed if the ratings don't show success, and it wasn't their fault in most cases. That's why I speak out.
XM and Sirius, and now some on line stations are turning to talent with more than ten years expereince overall because they have horned their craft. People buy satellite not only because it's a "new toy",but because it is radio with solid talent overall, with very few exceptions. Music is heard that hasn't been played on most stations for years,or new music that needs to be heard but won't be on a station, because of its "research", is on satellite. The personalities ,and they are PERSONALITIES, bring it together. Stations should be quick to notice and not be dismissive,but local decisions, mostly, are not made anymore.
That is why I speak out the way I do. Now I will be told this is lengthy and I have strayed away from the subject. I expect that. However, I felt a lengthy explanation was necessary as to why I post. I will state again, I will try to watch my wording when I post from now on. There are some posters I will just skip past. There will be some who will disagee with what I just said,so be it as well.
Batman I will give your offer some serious thought,but it will not be overnight,or even a week. It doesn't mattter to me who you are. You are knowledgable as well and I enjoyed your earlier posts. Let's get back to that ,shall we?
I appreciate the olive branch. I will extend it likewise. I will admit some of my comments in the past were out of line,some were not. Rumours have circulated I know who he is,yadda yadda yada" When the day comes,maybe soon, maybe later I will state who I am. Too bad this is not a video cam site. I would love to see the look on many faces displaying how wrong they have been. That statement alone,will spark another fire. Just put it out before it gets started and get past it. Bingo is right, I enjoy my status, and he is right there is no love lost between us. So be it.I still sleep at night,so does he. I often just skip over his post. I made an exception this time due to the subject.
Hubcap Carter a man we all can agree upon was a great guy. He discovered this site, shortly before his passing. He described it as a "favorite Bar". He was then and still is right about that. We can hoist a few brews and have draggged out knocked down debates. Movie critics can get away by saying " Dukes of Hazzard is a lousy movie and I wanted my money back". We on this board are critics all the same. We in broadcasting are subjected to it continously. Is there a right way or wrong way? Yes,but everyone will come up with different interpretations, etc.
We can say someone is lousy or they are good . We can disagree on stations overall or agree. If we disagree that is where the trouble often starts. We should( Myself included) Respond in a respectful but pointed matter to illustrate our point,and not be so quick to dismiss the other with a slang term etc Or talk down to someone and gloat. Nobody on this board can say they never did that. I will do the best I can to choose my words wisely. I may slip, after all I am just as human as the rest of you, BUT I never considered myself above you in talent,know how,etc.
I have the same passion for radio as most of you do. I see radio overall as having gotten worse,with good solid talent on the beach whom I regard as a friend and adversary. I have seen talent wanting to stay in this market having to go elsewhere more frequently than in the past.I see new broadcasters with the same "fire" in their souls as I had( and still do) many years ago,but who are short 'changed by the way radio has evolved with less emphasis on originality, creativity,localism and serving it's community of license. That is not to say they are overall bad or I am envious. I am saying they are being cheated. Some do not feel they have to work their way up to a large market. They should start in the top 5. Who can blame them? See the ads? "Minimum 3 years, 2 years expereince". They had no time to cultivate their craft. They are told what to say, how to say it, what to play, when to play it. NO sense of personality,no characteristic trademark worth noting, no art of backtiming, just assembly line radio, and that's what makes me angry. NEW Talent that can carry radio further along is basically tossed aside, and then blamed if the ratings don't show success, and it wasn't their fault in most cases. That's why I speak out.
XM and Sirius, and now some on line stations are turning to talent with more than ten years expereince overall because they have horned their craft. People buy satellite not only because it's a "new toy",but because it is radio with solid talent overall, with very few exceptions. Music is heard that hasn't been played on most stations for years,or new music that needs to be heard but won't be on a station, because of its "research", is on satellite. The personalities ,and they are PERSONALITIES, bring it together. Stations should be quick to notice and not be dismissive,but local decisions, mostly, are not made anymore.
That is why I speak out the way I do. Now I will be told this is lengthy and I have strayed away from the subject. I expect that. However, I felt a lengthy explanation was necessary as to why I post. I will state again, I will try to watch my wording when I post from now on. There are some posters I will just skip past. There will be some who will disagee with what I just said,so be it as well.
Batman I will give your offer some serious thought,but it will not be overnight,or even a week. It doesn't mattter to me who you are. You are knowledgable as well and I enjoyed your earlier posts. Let's get back to that ,shall we?
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