Thank You TEF668x Bay Area Operator!

[Steve Green NEPA]

No doubt a bit off-topic, yet germane vis-a-vis hearing new stations and new songs off a new longwire christened by a bottle of Seagram's Cooler.....
We acquired an LPFM on the area's lone open frequency (during the first window when Kennard was FCC chairman). A real shoehorned job. I read later on about some station in the Poconos' wedding reception belt moving its transmitter to reach another ripe community with a fresh new programming vision, and just so happened a week later to be driving up that way -- really -- during the early voyage days of their new format.
(We pounced to apply for that frequency, which was now clear by us, and got it in three days; another story.)
I tuned into this this station to hear the bold, new, exciting innovations that their press release was hawking. The all-new Whatever.
Wow. Nice. Tight. End of a spot. Then a glitzy, modern separator, followed by .....
'Hotel California'
Click.
Good grief. Why not an honest separator, like 'You've tried the rest, so
here's another one' ?

AFAIK, both our station and the paint-by-numbers station (limited to 8 colors, all basically shades of grey) are relatively safe from any ratings. It's all Mom-and-pop businesses, clientele, listeners and therefore the *Farm System* for air talent. But this freedom is not being explored the way it had been. The industry is not only eating its young, its eating its own family.

And please don't get me started on today's substance-bereft pop music. There's a reason why Classic Rock, Adult Oldies and Classic Hits are more than holding their own, ratings after ratings, against CHRs just about everywhere. Those museums are where the last known music reside. The listeners -- what, 35-65? -- know it.

We now return you to your Stay Off My Lawn signs,

 

[Weiserguy]

No doubt a bit off-topic, yet germane vis-a-vis hearing new stations and new songs off a new longwire christened by a bottle of Seagram's Cooler.....
We acquired an LPFM on the area's lone open frequency (during the first window when Kennard was FCC chairman). A real shoehorned job. I read later on about some station in the Poconos' wedding reception belt moving its transmitter to reach another ripe community with a fresh new programming vision, and just so happened a week later to be driving up that way -- really -- during the early voyage days of their new format.
(We pounced to apply for that frequency, which was now clear by us, and got it in three days; another story.)
I tuned into this this station to hear the bold, new, exciting innovations that their press release was hawking. The all-new Whatever.
Wow. Nice. Tight. End of a spot. Then a glitzy, modern separator, followed by .....
'Hotel California'
Click.
Good grief. Why not an honest separator, like 'You've tried the rest, so
here's another one' ?

AFAIK, both our station and the paint-by-numbers station (limited to 8 colors, all basically shades of grey) are relatively safe from any ratings. It's all Mom-and-pop businesses, clientele, listeners and therefore the *Farm System* for air talent. But this freedom is not being explored the way it had been. The industry is not only eating its young, its eating its own family.

And please don't get me started on today's substance-bereft pop music. There's a reason why Classic Rock, Adult Oldies and Classic Hits are more than holding their own, ratings after ratings, against CHRs just about everywhere. Those museums are where the last known music reside. The listeners -- what, 35-65? -- know it.

We now return you to your Stay Off My Lawn signs,

Steve buddy, you know I can't hate a fellow alumnus of Laurelton/Rosedale, but What the What are you talking about? Have you been huffing the helium again? Too many deep breaths by the business end of runway 22L? Mainlining the Behr Ultra-Pure? WTF?

(Sorry Chris.)

 

[Miss Tuned]

The audio works now. I still prefer the Inovonics web-enabled receivers down near Scotts Valley

What are these? I've never come across them.

The TEF-based receivers are good, but they have the fatal flaw that it's one receiver, one tuner. Especially on the European receivers, someone will inevitably log in while you're using it and flick it straight to some boom-boom local CHR - I think it's mostly kids/teens doing it.

I use them for seeing what's on the dial in any given location (especially smaller stations with weird formats), but there are a lot of people who want to use them for listening for a long period to a favorite station, a use case which would be much better served by streaming the station. I've discovered stations I like through the receivers, which I've then gone on to stream - one of which is KHUK in Texas.

 

[cc333]

@Steve Green NEPA @gar hi Count me in too!

I am in complete agreement with you regarding the current state of affairs on the radio dial!

I remember a time, 20-25 years ago, when radio was actually worth listening to. I'm sure it was better still years before, but I missed out on all that, but anyway....

I find KYNO 940 out of Fresno interesting. They of course play the standard oldies fare that most other oldies stations play, but they also play some less common songs that I actually kind of like. And then there's the Wolfman Jack reruns on weekend nights, which I haven't heard on too many other stations (it's too bad he's dead, but I suppose it's just as well, since the industry went down hill fast not long after, and his style probably wouldn't work too well applied to a modern CHR anyway).

I could go on, but I'm tired.

c

 

[KyleSmith1988]

I see a new SDR from NW Seattle has appeared on the fmdx.org server list ...