HardCore said:
I listened to this wunderkind on Saturday night into Sunday morning. The five minutes of dead air around 1am was an interesting tack.
RED 102.3 has good songs. That's the entire "pro" list, unfortunately. The afternoon drive guy has all the technical acumen of a profoundly-retarded and blind chimpanzee.
And can someone please inform the WCAT staff that in radio, sound levels are somewhat important? Brad Flick can build a 1,000-watt radio station out of four blades of grass and a bar of Neutrogena facial soap. No one else there can so much as read a VU meter.
Since these quotes and many others on this board seem to come mostly from frustrated or out of work radio people I thought something coming from a listeners perspective might be a welcome change. Especially since I have been a listener of RED since it came on and CAT for many years before that.
The kid on the weekend in the middle of the night is very unpolished. He sounds lost and quite incompetant. I hope he gets better. I'm sure the dead air was not on purpose but Im sure that's not a good thing from an employment stand point.
RED does have good songs. They play songs you don't hear on BOB.
I like the people they have on the air. The guy in the afternoon, "Will" does sound a little unorganized at times but he has grown on us and we like him. At least he sounds real and live as opposed to prerecorded. "Hardcore"...you sound like you have personal beef with him. To say you don't like him is one thing but to cut him verbally like you do is a sign that maybe it runs a little more deeper than you let on.
Brad Flick is like an old friend. My husband and I have been listening to him since the old Z107 days. We have met him at live broadcasts and he is always gracious and friendly. His first partner on RED, Tag was a complete jerk to us the first time we met him. Seemed to be very much into himself and too bothered to talk. Enough with the beer radio...we get it, you like to drink. We were so glad he was gone one day. I can't recall the next 2 guys that were on with Brad. They weren't bad but didn't stand out too much. The new guy, Rich is the best partner Brad has had since Bobby and Earl. Very entertaining.
The girl on after them is Becca and she is good too.
The new girl at night should be on with Brad and Rich just because she is so entertaining too. We really like her as well, even tho we only get to hear a little bit of her because we have to sleep sometime!
As you can tell, we love RED here in Carlisle and after reading all that was being said about the station I wanted to get registered and chime in.
Kay in Carlisle