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Remember The Days???
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B Lewis
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I remember the OLD days of 740 WMBL at Atlantic Beach. It was a good Top 40 station in its time. You are too right...those days are gone!
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mediawatch22
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B Lewis said:
Radio's days of having the "show biz" flavor have all but disappeared. Air staff used to be treated like celebrities. Some (very few) still are, but c'mon, it ain't what it used to be. Talent fees are becoming a joke. Appearances are expected of radio people now as part of the job. I used to make as much or more than my regular salary due to talent fees for live spots and remotes, and I was a six-figure air personality/PD.
I don't like to dwell too much on the past but the reality is that radio is not as important to the public as it used to be. It's certainly not as important to todays 18-44 demo as it was 20 years ago. There are too many other places to get the music and information that they crave.
Take for example the death of Whitney Houston. If it wasn't for radio back in the 80's she wouldn't have had the exposure and the ultimate star power that followed. Fast forward to February 11, 2012. How many people got the news about Whitney from radio? I have yet to run across anyone that said they heard about it from radio. It was either by texting, the internet or television. NOT radio. Why? Because radio isn't set up anymore to handle situations like this. I would venture to guess that 99% of the stations that should have been all over this were being voice-tracked at the time. What a shame that the medium that made her a star totally ignored her demise.
Another example? Several years ago when the space shuttle burned on re-entry, a top rated (but voice-tracked) station in my market (top 50) had a jock on the air that said "welcome back" to the crew of the shuttle assuming that the landing was going to go off without a hitch when he recorded his tracks. Little did he know. How stupid did he, and the station, look?
I had a great radio career and have worked at stations in top 10 markets that most jocks would love to have on their resume. But because of how radio is, especially at the local level, I don't think I'd ever want to be part of what it has become ever again...seriously.
I'm convinced 99.999999999999999% of these board discussions are held at nursing homes.
Is there anyone under the age of 83 here?
Is there anyone under the age of 83 here?
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mediawatch22
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stafferman said:
I'm in my early 50's and clearly have more radio savvy than you. Your comment wasn't in the least bit amusing.
Wasn't meant to be amusing ITS THE TRUTH 
People like to reminisce, whether they're 83+ or 83-.
Everybody's shared memories are what makes communities, and more and more all those shared memories are disappearing and becoming more individualized.
"Remember when I played shuffle on my iPod and Frank Sinatra played before Queensryche? Man I thought of something funny when that happened!" doesn't have the same power as "Remember when Disc Jockey X played Frank Sinatra before Queensryche then said something funny."
Everybody's shared memories are what makes communities, and more and more all those shared memories are disappearing and becoming more individualized.
"Remember when I played shuffle on my iPod and Frank Sinatra played before Queensryche? Man I thought of something funny when that happened!" doesn't have the same power as "Remember when Disc Jockey X played Frank Sinatra before Queensryche then said something funny."
stafferman said:
Thank goodness we have a young whippersnapper like you on here or it would be 100% of the discussions being held at nursing homes. You folks in your seventies think you're so smart.
I still remember the days when ther was a good Spanish station (WGBT) in the Triad
I agree Allen... I can remember getting one of those American Top 40 worldwide directories, and listening to Casey on some small station out of town, and how much fun it was to hear their programming before and after AT 40...
My former pd stopped by last week to remember the old days for a few minutes. When he was on the air he had a tendency to occasionally repeat the lyrics to songs. One morning, he tried to repeat, "The captain said you can lick the sails and kiss the decks...", only decks was pronounced in a fashion that referred to some anatomy - to which he immediately cut the microphone off and we laughed in the studio for a long time. When I hear "Shakedown Cruise" by Jay Ferguson, I always think of that...
My former pd stopped by last week to remember the old days for a few minutes. When he was on the air he had a tendency to occasionally repeat the lyrics to songs. One morning, he tried to repeat, "The captain said you can lick the sails and kiss the decks...", only decks was pronounced in a fashion that referred to some anatomy - to which he immediately cut the microphone off and we laughed in the studio for a long time. When I hear "Shakedown Cruise" by Jay Ferguson, I always think of that...
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mediawatch22
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stafferman said:Wasn't meant to be amusing ITS THE TRUTH
The more you talk, the dumber you look, Stafferman.
Media...the Shuttle failure was not noticed on radio since no one was listening.
Staff....nursing homes use Wii for exercise and Facebook for socializing.
as of now Radio = Facebook. it has changed that fast. yes it has.
Staff....nursing homes use Wii for exercise and Facebook for socializing.
as of now Radio = Facebook. it has changed that fast. yes it has.
Over on The Philadelphia Board, they were having pretty much this kind of discussion. They were talking about the various hosts who folks tuned in to listen to. The people who had real passion for the work they did on air. I think my comment will also work here...
I grew up listening to Sid Mark...(A Frank Sinatra expert and a friend of Mr. Sinatra)
"Friday With Frank", "Sunday With Sinatra", and "Monday With The Man" (Sid is close to 80 now and only does one show a week)
When I visit from North Carolina, I still listen to Mr. Mark with my father, who has been listening to Sid almost from the beginning. (circa..1955) He still laughs at some of Sid's remarks. If Sid is talking about an event that happened during a certain year, my father will tell me where he was during the event Sid is talking about.
If the event involves my mother (who died several years ago), my father will tear up a little.
Is Sid Mark one of the last of these radio hosts who can bring out emotion in people? Does this type of radio even exist anymore???
I grew up listening to Sid Mark...(A Frank Sinatra expert and a friend of Mr. Sinatra)
"Friday With Frank", "Sunday With Sinatra", and "Monday With The Man" (Sid is close to 80 now and only does one show a week)
When I visit from North Carolina, I still listen to Mr. Mark with my father, who has been listening to Sid almost from the beginning. (circa..1955) He still laughs at some of Sid's remarks. If Sid is talking about an event that happened during a certain year, my father will tell me where he was during the event Sid is talking about.
If the event involves my mother (who died several years ago), my father will tear up a little.
Is Sid Mark one of the last of these radio hosts who can bring out emotion in people? Does this type of radio even exist anymore???
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