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the new....

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MusicMan11

what is up with this 'the new......

how long can they milk that? i once worked at the point, about 5 years ago, board-opping of course. They were new then, how can they be new now?
 
The constant and neverending use of "The New..." is explained by the Coriolis effect, wherein things appear different if viewed from a changing position. Related to the Doppler effect in sound, where the listener of "The Beagle" (the "new" combination of "The Bay" and "The Eagle") is never hearing the station's broadcast from exactly the same physical position in the time-space continuum, and thus the station is forever "new". (I believe Cox has several Nobel laureates in radio-astronomy on their payroll. They are apparently posing as board-ops.)

In addition, the hideously pukey image guy's inappropriately serious intoning of the phrase: "This is EEEEEeeeeeeeeaaaaagle music" is denoted in Newtonian physics as a signal that the station has built up enough entropy to trigger the Onsager reciprocal relations principle (Fourth Law of Thermodynamics) causing the listener to INSTANTLY CHANGE THE STATION.
 
don't feel bad in Tampa...same thing here in Jacksonville...with the Eagle after almost three years of being on the air here...its still "THE NEW 96.9 THE EAGLE."
 
Speaking of Cox, I noticed they have all of the top 5 stations in Orlando 12+. I've only listened to their country station in Orlando and have found it much, much better programmed than either country station here in Tampa (CBS & CC).
 
Maybe Laurence can answer this. Who is the voice guy for The Eagle? Think he used to be the voice guy for "Chicago's very own, WGN" Great inflection and style.
 
Isn't that Bob Tracey (sp?) you're referring to? used to have VO duties for WTVJ Miami for years as well in between Charlie Van Dyke's tours of duty (God-like voice).
 
Is there more than one Bob Tracey? I worked with Bob Tracey in Erie, PA. back in the early 70's.
 
Bob Tracy was the midday jock and PD after Howie Castle and before me at WLCY in 1976. He was an awesome and smooth jock, and is in Chicago now doing voiceovers, so the WGN connection is a good possibility. I haven't heard the Eagle, so i don't know for sure. Superb pipes, and very strong. Nice guy too.
 
MisterNews said:
The constant and neverending use of "The New..." is explained by the Coriolis effect, wherein things appear different if viewed from a changing position. Related to the Doppler effect in sound, where the listener of "The Beagle" (the "new" combination of "The Bay" and "The Eagle") is never hearing the station's broadcast from exactly the same physical position in the time-space continuum, and thus the station is forever "new". (I believe Cox has several Nobel laureates in radio-astronomy on their payroll. They are apparently posing as board-ops.)

In addition, the hideously pukey image guy's inappropriately serious intoning of the phrase: "This is EEEEEeeeeeeeeaaaaagle music" is denoted in Newtonian physics as a signal that the station has built up enough entropy to trigger the Onsager reciprocal relations principle (Fourth Law of Thermodynamics) causing the listener to INSTANTLY CHANGE THE STATION.
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You know, years ago NCI owned a station in San Diego, also called "The Eagle" that used to have their voice over guy do EXACTLY the same thing... Until we at JACOR bought it, and put that bird out of its misery!
 
Doug Paul is the name of the VO talent referred to above.

http://dougpaul.voices.com/

Doug Paul has a very, very impressive resume. It's not his fault if Cox wants to run the same played-out "This is EEEEEEAGLE music" promos (sometimes literally the exact same copy) in Tampa, Birmingham, Jacksonville, etc.

Lou Pickney
LouPickney.com/VarietyHits.com
 
HA!

WKTU in New York has been calling itself "The New KTU" for 11 years now.... I think that people are aware that 92 KTU did indeed go off the air 20 or so years ago.
 
Jeff Laurence said:
Bob Tracy was the midday jock and PD after Howie Castle and before me at WLCY in 1976. He was an awesome and smooth jock, and is in Chicago now doing voiceovers, so the WGN connection is a good possibility. I haven't heard the Eagle, so i don't know for sure. Superb pipes, and very strong. Nice guy too.
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Thanks Lou P for the info on Doug Paul. Bob Tracy, as I remeber from Erie, had enormous talent, however, would have to smoke many a cigar and down some good scotch to sound like Doug Paul...Yes, Jeff, Tracy was a great guy and a great sense of humor.
 
LouP said:
Doug Paul has a very, very impressive resume. It's not his fault if Cox wants to run the same played-out "This is
EEEEEEAGLE music" promos (sometimes literally the exact same copy) in Tampa, Birmingham, Jacksonville, etc.
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Yeah, but the pukeness is still there; try hearing the liner: "Tampa Bay's claaaaaaaaaasic music station" for the 1,357,289th time. Perhaps it's not the phoniness of the delivery, the stupidity of the writing, or the half-a-decade-long repetition of the same liners; maybe it's just me. Anyway: instant preset-button-push motivator.

But commercial radio's not the only culprit. I was reminded of the onanistic quality of community/student radio announcing while hearing WMNF last night. After almost every tune, the jock stated the calls, the frequency, and then: "w-m-n-f dot o-r-g, on... the world....... [pause] ..... wide....... [longer pause] ........web." Heard the same line and delivery 3-4 times in less than 15 minutes. Yeah, thanks for explaining that so clearly; Now what exactly is this "web" thing you're talking about?
Plus a totally pukey 'I'm hip-jazz-cool-beatnik' delivery. 8) If it wasn't for the Miles Davis and other interesting music you will RARELY hear on any station in Tampa Bay, I would have tuned out even faster. Somebody let these folks know it's okay to talk in a normal tone of voice while hosting a radio show.
 
Maybe...he...talks...slow...for...the...older...folks. In which, most of those folks thinks "the web" is something a spider created in the garage.

I agree. A natural delivery is much more pleasing than some puking jock (XM's 60's "jocks" come to mind) or some abnormally slow delivery. And I'll add, hashed and rehashed liners. Hey PDs, is keeping things fresh that much of a challenge? :-\
 
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