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Buddy Shula said:
I was talking about jam in the valley in varysburg, which I hosted for, ten years. There is also jamboree in the hills in wheeling West Virginia, which since live nation has taken over, is no longer going either.
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Didn't Jam in the Valley end because the guy who ran it with his family had a heart attack and decided to retire? It moved a few years ago and got a lot bigger - mean a lot more headaches, a lot more infrastructure problems, much higher insurance requirements, and a lot more risk.

Maybe Buddy can make them a deal for the name!
 
SirRoxalot said:


Didn't Jam in the Valley end because the guy who ran it with his family had a heart attack and decided to retire? It moved a few years ago and got a lot bigger - mean a lot more headaches, a lot more infrastructure problems, much higher insurance requirements, and a lot more risk.

Maybe Buddy can make them a deal for the name!
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No, that is not the reason. The son has been running it for many years now with success. probably 10 years. It never moved. You are talking about Jamboree in the Hills is West Virginia. Jam in the Valley (Wyoming County) bought Toby Kieth in a few years ago who is a top-tier act, and they lost a lot of money. But yes, they tried to get a lot bigger way too fast, which is always a dangerous risk. This year, it is cancelled, and my guess is that you have seen the last of it.
 
The story behind Jamboree is a bit unique. They allowed people to bring their own beer. One famous attendee put a casket on wheels, filled it with ice and beer, and brought it to the site. The only venders were food trucks. The organizers make a lot of money from selling beer and other drinks. The top acts get paid 5 & 6 figure fees to do these festivals. The money isn't there. But these older festivals have been replaced with new ones that have become very successful.
 
no one talking ?

eric vee writes:

I think the water cooler convo isn't as hip as it once was...
as the landscape of the office changed... instead did u see last night's crazy football game..... it will be hey check out the
NFL network/ YouTube clip of "that" play..

that's tv, radio won't get people talking ?
yippin maybe about the same three songs or the
highly exaggerated 18 minutes of commercials....

but, an honest observation:
107.3 got people talking...shredd n ragan get
people talking, and 90s/themed weekends get people talking
[103.3/104.1] I'm looking at you guys

but, when a business, such as subway is on in the background
and the line is slow moving... that person will feel the radio.
they may be shocked that 98.5 played boom boom pow and
it sounded fun again; or 97 rock had a segment that was a fact they never knew about their favorite classic rock song...
yeah, the dj ( regular people won't care it's a LIVING LEGEND) but the radio dj guy told me that nirvana and Boston have this connection With two of their biggest songs...
(contact Alan cross for that story).

so, it may not be me in my 8th grade study hall and asking
did u hear the kiss bed check last night.... but
people talk about radio... it maybe grandma-mama is shocked that they are talking about xmas "toys" on morning radio...
but the audience is listening and talking back..
 
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