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I know how it is. You wake up every day, look in the mirror, and that little voice in the back of your head reminds you that you're past your prime. If you were EVER going to be ANYTHING, you'd be it NOW. But you're not, and you compensate for the hole in your ego by posting here.

Of course, it's not YOUR FAULT. It's this darned market. It's so messed up! If only the local stations weren't run by baboons in suits, you'd be The Next Big Thing. You'd be a legend in the annals of SMOOTH JAZZ history. Your contests and giveaways would be matched only by your "clean and crisp" airchecks. But no, the listeners are all bottom-feeders, which explains why Russ Martin had a career and you didn't.

See, the thing is, YOU KNOW. You know What The People Would Want To Hear If They Knew What Was Good For Them. You're a hybrid pope/ambassador of taste. You understand that music listeners want THE HITS. New and unfamiliar music by new and unfamiliar artists scares THE PEOPLE, and your empathy for them is boundless. You dream of the day when you can defend them from recondite content that hasn't been properly vetted and focus group-tested.

You know that talk listeners want endless, celebrity-obsessed sports talk wherein no detail of any player's life is left unexamined. Discussions about what was on TV last night adds a finishing flourish so elegant and transcendent that Bach himself would stand in awe.

And even though The Idiots Who Run Things In This Market are too dim to give you a broadcast voice, you are undaunted. The enlightened magic of your musings and ruminations MUST be shared. How fortunate that we live in a time when the miracle technology of the internet provides a forum like this so that People Who REALLY Know What's Going On are empowered to bring light and hope to the lost and wandering peasantry whose lot would be much improved if only some program director were sufficiently brave and visionary to put you in front of a live mic and allow you to open the Pandora's Box that is your infinitely profound mind.

In the mean time, you can think of your day job as a chance to use your formidable broadcast skills to polish your customer service technique. Think of it as the world's longest aircheck. The rest of us can mourn now for future generations who will never know what was lost because nobody thought to record it.
 
Wow!! I used to think I was alone... Thanks. Now if I could just post witty anonymous comments, I could be "King of the Losers"..
 
ChainSmirker said:
I know how it is. You wake up every day, look in the mirror, and that little voice in the back of your head reminds you that you're past your prime. If you were EVER going to be ANYTHING, you'd be it NOW. But you're not, and you compensate for the hole in your ego by posting here.

Of course, it's not YOUR FAULT. It's this darned market. It's so messed up! If only the local stations weren't run by baboons in suits, you'd be The Next Big Thing. You'd be a legend in the annals of SMOOTH JAZZ history. Your contests and giveaways would be matched only by your "clean and crisp" airchecks. But no, the listeners are all bottom-feeders, which explains why Russ Martin had a career and you didn't.

See, the thing is, YOU KNOW. You know What The People Would Want To Hear If They Knew What Was Good For Them. You're a hybrid pope/ambassador of taste. You understand that music listeners want THE HITS. New and unfamiliar music by new and unfamiliar artists scares THE PEOPLE, and your empathy for them is boundless. You dream of the day when you can defend them from recondite content that hasn't been properly vetted and focus group-tested.

You know that talk listeners want endless, celebrity-obsessed sports talk wherein no detail of any player's life is left unexamined. Discussions about what was on TV last night adds a finishing flourish so elegant and transcendent that Bach himself would stand in awe.

And even though The Idiots Who Run Things In This Market are too dim to give you a broadcast voice, you are undaunted. The enlightened magic of your musings and ruminations MUST be shared. How fortunate that we live in a time when the miracle technology of the internet provides a forum like this so that People Who REALLY Know What's Going On are empowered to bring light and hope to the lost and wandering peasantry whose lot would be much improved if only some program director were sufficiently brave and visionary to put you in front of a live mic and allow you to open the Pandora's Box that is your infinitely profound mind.

In the mean time, you can think of your day job as a chance to use your formidable broadcast skills to polish your customer service technique. Think of it as the world's longest aircheck. The rest of us can mourn now for future generations who will never know what was lost because nobody thought to record it.

Magnificent!
 
Wow..musings from a true scholar on the topic, just curious chainsmkr, how goes the $7.50/hr job being a Burger King Mopjockey these days ;) Im kidding with you BTW, relax a little bit, lifes too short to get all ramped up about a retard fight on the internet

In all seriousness, theres other ways for voices to be heard, the internet has become a very viable medium with sites like blogtalkradio, talkshoe and ustream.tv, not to mention podcasting, which anyone can put together product and make it sound darn well without investing tons of money in equipment or staff. In fact, i'll be starting my own show via BTR in the not too distant future. Ive chosen it for two reasons:

A) Low startup costs
B) Very tight listener/hosts community who support the product AND each other...

I also agree people get a little too bitter on here at times, esp. the past few months with the RMS backlash and 105.3 Fan Sign On, I can admin ive been one of those people as well. In a way, I know on-air and production parties in this business strive for a peak product, when most modern radio/tv managment is only happy with hitting Lowest Common Denominator and programming accordingly. I think theres room at the table for both an intellegent property and shlockers as well. While my tastes may lean towards more Left Of Center on sirius and Morning/Weekend Edition on NPR, other may like the hair-rock sounds of a 97.1 and properties like RMS. I guess where I get upset is seeing quality programming getting replaced by a lower quality product...
 
From Wikipedia "in satire, irony is militant". Well done.
 
ChainSmirker said:
Yeesh. The only way this could be less appealing to me is if they replaced it with "SMOOTH JAZZ".

Even non-stop polka and yodeling 24/7 would be better than sports.

Not to mention that their jingles, sweepers, are beyond asinine.

At least there's still KERA. Of course, now that I've let slip that I enjoy THAT too, I'm sure someone somewhere will take over that station and turn it into WKTT.

Looking at YOUR prior post above ChainSmirker, Looks like you think YOU know better than others also.... So you attack those who are doing the job, and those who are critics. Hmmmm........ Hypocrite.
 
The problem with radio of today, starts at the top. Deregulation changed the industry in a bad way, and things have spiraled downward since. On the opposite side of the coin, technology exists that allows anyone to start their own radio station and program it exactly as they wish. It's called Internet radio. Live365 is a good place to start. I ran a station there many years ago, and will be starting one up again when current personal circumstances run their course.
 
Good posting.

I've said it before, these forums would be so much better if the anonymity was taken away and you had to post under your real name.

All the whining and holier than thou would stop for sure. ;D

Travis Cockerell
Fairfield, Tx.
 
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