• Get involved.
    We want your input!
    Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.

    After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
    If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.

    After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
    https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/

    Thanks in advance and have fun!
    RadioDiscussions Administrators

Welcome to the all new Cracklin Popin Garbled Kuntry 93.7

C

chiropractor955

Guest
Despite all the letters and emails of complaint to to her boss Ron, the all new static show at 93.7 is still ___________ sorry I dropped out for a song or two. He can't do a thing about it. Even old Curmudgeon McKee's AM sounds better than that mess. Hurry up and get here Country Crossing so Amy can start booking shows there! Yeeee Haaaaa! Crunch, Crackle, Garble, SHHHHHH, Whoosh, Hiccup, Burp! Any advertiser in Dothan, no matter how cheap the spots are, is a fool to spend their money on static. Good Luck!
 
My goodness chiro, I'm trying to turn over a new leaf, be more diplomatic in my posts......temptation, oh temptation, save me from myself. Just brings many movies, songs and band names to mind like; FireFALL, FALLen, FALL From Grace, FALLen Angel, etc. Gotta go before I give in....... ::)
 
Allllllright kids...

WUSD uses a T1 as our studio-transmitter-link (aka STL). The local phone company buried the phone line on the wrong side of the WUSD transmitter site driveway (which is a peanut field). About 6pm Saturday, guess who showed up to plow?

Fast-forward 18 hours, the local phone company buried new cable on the correct side of the freakin' driveway. Thanks to me standing there showing them how to do their job.

Continue to fast-forward, about 11pm Sunday we regained our T1 and minutes later...my brand new Starlink T1 blew it's encoder card. Welcome to my life.

I'm waiting on the parts, they'll be here tomorrow.

Sorry.

-Frog
 
Never trust the phone company. I am surprised they even have T1 available down there.
Always be on site when they do something, if you want it right.
StarLink is a good box. Must have been a case of infant mortality.
 
HAHAHAHA!

Bet you feel like an ass, huh, Chiro?

(Snicker....)

You people never cease to amaze me....

Here is one "Internet Tough Guy" badge for you....Wear it proudly.....
 
So uh, I uh, listened yesterday and uh, you say got the uh, phone line repaired and uh, I hate to tell you, but uh, the sound is, uh, the sound is uh, you know, real uh, like uh, real bad, so uh, I was uh, kinda uh, you know, just uh, taking a shot in the dark here that uh, are you guys frying bacon out there? I mean that's what it sounds like and uh then it drops out on some kind of oscillating, repeating pattern. Would you like me to call the phone company for you? I'm sure it's their fault? Or Ron's fault? Or maybe it's the FCC getting in the way with that pesky "gotta cover your city of license with a city grade signal" thingy and you just don't have the tower height and/or the power to make it work any better than is today? Anybody that would pay to advertise on that snappin', poppin’, garbled, oscillating, bacon frying frequency is a fool.
 
I shall now assume the role of Devil's Advocate:

How about giving Frog a break on this one? He is, for all intent and purposes, a one-man show trying to get two brand new stations up and running at the same time. He's probably about ready to climb the clock tower with a rifle at this point. Every station on Earth has experienced technical problems at one point or another. If you've ever been a station where something was wrong and you can't put your finger on the problem, it's frustrating for everyone from the GM to the sales department to the air staff. But the lonely engineer is the guy that winds up taking a majority of the heat, deserved or not. I know Frog and you can bet he's not sleeping much if there are problems. My guess is that money and resources are being thrown at the problem, and they will eventually get it worked out. Maybe instead of hurling ridicule in his direction (and I know that nobody has called him about and blamed him on this board, but you can bet when he reads the comments posted here, he takes it personally), someone should buy the guy a beer. He probably needs one.
 
I'll second that, smoker. As one who's had the priviledge of working with the Frogman, I know that the guy's on top of a problem like a fly on grunties. For a largely self-taught engineer, his knowledge is very volumnous and he works like a rented mule. And it's true - someone should buy him a beer. Or 6. It did wonders for our working relationship!
 
smokersotd said:
I shall now assume the role of Devil's Advocate:

How about giving Frog a break on this one? He is, for all intent and purposes, a one-man show trying to get two brand new stations up and running at the same time. He's probably about ready to climb the clock tower with a rifle at this point. Every station on Earth has experienced technical problems at one point or another. If you've ever been a station where something was wrong and you can't put your finger on the problem, it's frustrating for everyone from the GM to the sales department to the air staff. But the lonely engineer is the guy that winds up taking a majority of the heat, deserved or not. I know Frog and you can bet he's not sleeping much if there are problems. My guess is that money and resources are being thrown at the problem, and they will eventually get it worked out. Maybe instead of hurling ridicule in his direction (and I know that nobody has called him about and blamed him on this board, but you can bet when he reads the comments posted here, he takes it personally), someone should buy the guy a beer. He probably needs one.
Click to expand...

We once went through T1 trouble that lasted a whole MONTH!! Our T1 went through three phone companies: AT&T, Alltel, and ETC. They all blamed each other and we went round and round. When it finally got ironed out, it was like starting over. I felt like calling all of our listeners and telling them that it was safe to listen again. So Frog, I understand! All you can do is get on the phone and yell. Ofcourse, the louder you yell, the slower they go....
 
I don't see why this man is getting all this criticisim. Back when I had a small FM station in my community, there were many times I would spend all my time trying to perfect it, just to watch something else happen. There were times I had a loud hum in my audio bacause of shotty equipment, and after doing my best to fix it, still no better results. It were times like that which I felt I could gauge someone's eyes out with my voltmeter should they had complained or fussed like they were Nancy Pelosi. I would have pulled my hair out, but unfortunately my hair was (and still is) too short.

give this man a break. :D


Travis
 
You "real" radio guys defending Frog are right. I've been there. It's like a cat chasing it's tail. Nothing ever works right.
Try having a hurricane blow you off the face of the map. That's a fun ride. But easier than dealing with phone companies.
FTR, my office phone lines still don't work right after 8 years of complaining, re-wiring, you name it. But, NO ONE can find
anything wrong...except to tell me when the try to call me back, the phone just rings and rings...while they're standing
there watching the phone ring...

Think Nancy would allocate a couple of billion to fix Frog's phone line problems? Hell no. Wait, unless he's filing his tax increases
over the same phone line. Good luck, Frog. We'-- ro-- in' --- you.
 
If it is in a bottle, it had better have a purple bag around it.....or if it's beer, I like Pilsner Urquell....just one engineer's preferences....

cw
 
Wow! I had no idea so many people cared. Thank you!

Here was the deal:

1. AT&T tested the line, they said it was fine
2. Local phone company said the line was 'fine', but we insisted they do more than just talk. The attached a t-bird and viola! Extreme packet loss in Geneva on the smart jack
3. They replace the smart jack with an identical model...we put the station back in stereo and holy shit the problem is back.
4. They check cable and run more tests, problem is with the smart jack again.
5. Vendor meeting to get everyone on the same page. Local phone company says its AT&T, AT&T says its my Moseley Starlink
6. More tests are done, and the replace the smart jack with a much older version...problem disappears. I can now send full stereo audio and Ethernet without issues.

In the end, all three parties have just gone through a learning curve. We now have contact numbers and technicians who understand how/why our equipment works with theirs.

Problem solved...and on to the next one.

P.S. I love bottles with purple bags on them...they are my favorite flavor ;)

-FROG
 
Yes the Purple Bags with the Bottle were a favorite of mine to


Good Luck with all the stations Bro. If you ever take mornings live on the News talker I will be the first to send my stuff

The Shady Nation
 
Shady said:
Yes the Purple Bags with the Bottle were a favorite of mine to


Good Luck with all the stations Bro. If you ever take mornings live on the News talker I will be the first to send my stuff

The Shady Nation
Click to expand...


I am sure you'd be first in line with an inquiry like this, Shady! 8)
 
Tibbs2 said:
Shady said:
Yes the Purple Bags with the Bottle were a favorite of mine to


Good Luck with all the stations Bro. If you ever take mornings live on the News talker I will be the first to send my stuff

The Shady Nation
Click to expand...


I am sure you'd be first in line with an inquiry like this, Shady! 8)
Click to expand...



lol Yeah I know Tibbs lol Hey actually I know a few Talk jocks that can drink most people under the table lol :-D
 
Status
This thread has been closed due to inactivity. You can create a new thread to discuss this topic.


Back
Top Bottom