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To the 59?
- Thread starter ChuckTiller
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Rageradio: It's not acceptable because you don't consider it acceptable. Ask the people who live in the City of San Felipe, Texas how they pronounce their city name. That's yet another pronunciation. Localisms are common all over the world. Ever been to Iraan, Texas? Marathon? Elgin? Pyonyang, North Korea? (It's spelled one way, said another...) I hate smiley-faces, so I'll save them for the next paragraph.
By the way, I'm a native Houstonian too, and I can prove it because I've learned over a period of time that you can always tell when my good old friend Chuck Tiller is serious -- that's when he calls you, "My man.." ;D "The Montrose" is like "The Sudan" and "The Ukraine." Questionable.
Oh, and Filio: Is it just me, or is it true that most radio managers these days (commercial and public radio, and I say this because I have friends at Pacifica) -- most managers are so confused (and green?) that all they know to do is micromanage? Operations may be in disarray and morale at bottom and sales way down but they're concentrating on telling you how to pronounce words?
;D 8) ??? : :-[ :-X :-\ :-* :'(
And brian: Are you trying to tell us that you do two "69s" at the same time?
By the way, I'm a native Houstonian too, and I can prove it because I've learned over a period of time that you can always tell when my good old friend Chuck Tiller is serious -- that's when he calls you, "My man.." ;D "The Montrose" is like "The Sudan" and "The Ukraine." Questionable.
Oh, and Filio: Is it just me, or is it true that most radio managers these days (commercial and public radio, and I say this because I have friends at Pacifica) -- most managers are so confused (and green?) that all they know to do is micromanage? Operations may be in disarray and morale at bottom and sales way down but they're concentrating on telling you how to pronounce words?
;D 8) ??? : :-[ :-X :-\ :-* :'(And brian: Are you trying to tell us that you do two "69s" at the same time?
Mike: Anal micro-managers are common all over this industry, but to his everlasting credit I have to say that my boss isn't one of them.
He's hired a great staff of department heads and delegates "most" of his authority to them. But, like all managers, he has his pet peaves on the way some words and names are pronounced, and San FeeLEEpay is one of them.
Hey I'm used to this sort of thing. I worked at All-News KEYH AM for a few months before it went Spanish back in 1979, and the owner was a Christian Scientist who refused to allow the news department to report medical stories, especially stories from the medical center. Absolutely true.
I worked at KPRC radio back in the sixties and 70s when the Hobby family owned it, along with KPRC TV and the Houston Post. The Hobbys were the most gracious and generous employers I have ever worked for. We got a month's salary for Christmas bonus every year.
But Mrs Hobby had some pet peaves too. For just one example: she refused to let her radio and TV newscasters and reporters use the word "kids" when we meant "children". She said "kids" are goats, and children ARE NOT goats. Yes ma'am.
And do you know how to pronounce the town "Iraan"? And where the name comes from?
Even though I worked at KTRH twice, in the 70s and 80s, I've never cared for calling the area around it "The Montrose." In my news casts and stories I have always called it "the Montrose area" when I need to identify the part of town in a story. I've always thought it a smug affectation to call it anything else, and I still avoid it.
He's hired a great staff of department heads and delegates "most" of his authority to them. But, like all managers, he has his pet peaves on the way some words and names are pronounced, and San FeeLEEpay is one of them.
Hey I'm used to this sort of thing. I worked at All-News KEYH AM for a few months before it went Spanish back in 1979, and the owner was a Christian Scientist who refused to allow the news department to report medical stories, especially stories from the medical center. Absolutely true.
I worked at KPRC radio back in the sixties and 70s when the Hobby family owned it, along with KPRC TV and the Houston Post. The Hobbys were the most gracious and generous employers I have ever worked for. We got a month's salary for Christmas bonus every year.
But Mrs Hobby had some pet peaves too. For just one example: she refused to let her radio and TV newscasters and reporters use the word "kids" when we meant "children". She said "kids" are goats, and children ARE NOT goats. Yes ma'am.
And do you know how to pronounce the town "Iraan"? And where the name comes from?
Even though I worked at KTRH twice, in the 70s and 80s, I've never cared for calling the area around it "The Montrose." In my news casts and stories I have always called it "the Montrose area" when I need to identify the part of town in a story. I've always thought it a smug affectation to call it anything else, and I still avoid it.
michaelshiloh said:
Yeah, I can multi-task. Am I talented or what? Nope, my original screen name on here was brian6980. I cleaned out the cookies and temporary internet files, but I forgot my password and couldn't remember what my secret question was to get my password, so I decided to make a new one.
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Kevinc said:
I cant say it was Metro but I HAVE heard someone on one station say "I-59" (must be someone new from out of tiown).
Ok folks, 59 is NOT an Interstate..its "US Highway 59".....it may become I-69 someday..but its not there yet....
When someone calls a non interstate highway such, it shows poor professionalism....Like I said I cant say who it was (it was probably a month or so ago but then I dont listen much anymore since I transferred a lot of WLS doing the Big 89 Rewind to CDs
...but it sends shivers down my spine when I hear that in a top10 market...- Status