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The Post: WVXU gets big boost with new format

> You geeky 'VXU dorks can stop whining now.

Truth is, Jim King (former GM who took his toys and retired when he didn't get his way with the station,) is a horse's ass who was holding the station back. Not surprised that solid management could turn it into a viable radio dial alternative in such a short time.
 
> He didn't want his students to intern at commercial stations
> because they'd be a bad influence. Unbelieveable.
>
Ha! Hadn't heard that one, but it doesn't surprise me at all.
 
Jim King, whatever his value was to WVXU and creating the XSTAR radio network, seemed to be trapped in radio's golden age, and refused to not only embrace programming changes, resented the notion. His presentation..."that was Sara Vaughan, and before that Edie Gorme, and we began the set with...." was beyond boring. The guys was in love with his own voice and his own concept of what non-commercial radio was all about. The documentaries that Mike Martini produced, while ambitious in scope, were uninspired in production and style. This also pretty much defined what WVXU sounded like. King did resent the rest of the broadcast world; I had sent him a message a decade ago requesting information about a specific song he had played during "when swing was king", identifying myself. Working for the evil empire, though at the time it was pre-deregulation, he never even responded to my request. Rude, unprofessional, and very telling.
As to the current WVXU, I listen very frequently. I do think that NPR/PRI et.al. need to begin the process of incorporating more of the "What do you know" and "This American Life" programming. There's just so many hours in the day, and the weekdays seem pretty solid; you either like the hosts or you don't, but in terms of attacking issues in what I believe is a balanced approach, there's simply no where else on the dial to hear it. I can not, and will not wade through seven minute stop sets with lame promos and absolutely stupid and repetitive commercial messages to get to the so-called "content".
 
> Jim King, whatever his value was to WVXU and creating the
> XSTAR radio network, seemed to be trapped in radio's golden
> age, and refused to not only embrace programming changes,
> resented the notion. His presentation..."that was Sara
> Vaughan, and before that Edie Gorme, and we began the set
> with...." was beyond boring. The guys was in love with his
> own voice and his own concept of what non-commercial radio
> was all about. The documentaries that Mike Martini
> produced, while ambitious in scope, were uninspired in
> production and style. This also pretty much defined what
> WVXU sounded like. King did resent the rest of the
> broadcast world; I had sent him a message a decade ago
> requesting information about a specific song he had played
> during "when swing was king", identifying myself. Working
> for the evil empire, though at the time it was
> pre-deregulation, he never even responded to my request.
> Rude, unprofessional, and very telling.

Like I said, a horse's ass. Seems like we're all on the same page on this one.
 
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