The talk of some young jocks in the "Adam 12 Replacement" thread it got me thinking and wondering who everyone had there eye on in the market who is of/under the age of 25?
Not like they'd have to show their ID (that's "identification," not "id") at the door so it's hard to judge a person's precise age, but I don't hear too many people that have the passion and dedication.
Adam 12 was entertaining when he was doing middays (before he got screwed and moved to nights) and he did 7-midnight like a pro. Paul Brenan is the rising star at the Edge, regardless of what you think of the man. Don't know him personally, but the dude sounds very together on the air and on commercials. You can teach that fairly easily, but it's hard to learn it.
I don't listen to Kiss long enough to hear anybody in your "under 25" who brings it. Like I said, they didn't show their proof at the door, so who knows. Brian B Wild and Shy Guy were the rising "under 25" stars years ago, but they're probably getting a little long in the tooth these days. Probably have houses in Snyder, two kids and a Scion in the driveway. Hey, isn't Janet a grandmother? I keeed!
As so many posters have pointed out here, the reason you don't hear too many "under 25" rising stars on the radio anymore is that most people in that demo don't give a rats rump. They have their mp3s and iPods stuck in their heads and are oblivious. They wanna be on the radio, but they really don't have the drive to learn how its done properly because, with few exceptions like Brian B, Shy Guy and Brenan, they don't respect the game. Gotta respect the game.
You wanna do radio as an "under 25?" You gotta know how it was done back in the day when the old timers made it work, guys like Neaverth, Benny, Buehly, Roberts, Armstrong, Berns, Santella, McGhan, Shannon, Shane, Norton and Moor were doing their acts. If you have no appreciation for these Hall of Fame players and how well they played the game, it's hard to play the game as well as they did.
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