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"What would each and everyone of you like to hear on your radio"?

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Stormychuck

Radio can satisfy some of the people all of the time, and well, all of the people some of the time.

What is it you personally would like to hear on the radio? What would make it a "Happy-radio-listening-experience-with you in mind"?

Before alot of us went into radio, we listened to radio, it was radio that influenced all of us to wanna go on-air and "play the hit's".

In the beginning there was only "top 40" and we were all "happy", everybody was "happy" with top 40
however, the times have changed, alot of us got well, older and nothing will ever satisfy any of us who listen to present day radio whether we still work in radio or not.

Radio, which each and everyone of us know, has evolved and the good-ole radio days that a lot of us might remember are long gone. Station's now-a-day's air alittle more then the top 40 and a lot less then 12000 or 18000 song's we remember or would like to hear again and as unfortunate as it is, all of the complaining, and tooting our own horns about it won't change a thing. So, what's the solution? I'm afraid there isn't one, so in reference to mind set, "what would you like to hear on the radio"?
 
This question is an EASY answer. An all blues radio station. You'd get the blues crowd and appeal to the classic rockers and even those who miss the oldies of the 50's and 60's. In the overnights...you could even throw on Jazz. But definitely all blues. Way the better than coping out with the "lazy radio" solution just throwing anyone on the air in another brokered creole carribean mess.
 
i am in the minority.

i would like a underground sounding station mirroring late 1960`s /early 1970`s album rock stations.
 
A Return to radio as it was in the 70's and early 80's when having fun on the radio ment exactly that...you were having fun. "Theater Of The Mind" is long gone with little exception. None of the cookie cutter, liner card, voice tracked gar-bauge' that is on today. Live and Local, Announcer/Listner banter. I could go on and on but it's like going to Vegas and putting money in a slot machine that isn't on. :-\
 
Seeing Stuart Elliott’s response got me thinking about competition then and now. To answer Stormychuck’s question directly, I’d like to see more civility and even decency return to the airwaves. Folks, all I have are my perceptions and as a radio enthusiast I was never privy to all the inside stuff so for all I know, I could be off base here.

But for what it’s worth, today we hear of guerilla marketing. Maybe with lots of angry people (listeners) running around today, it gets those results quick. I’m all for winning, learning from past mistakes and striving to be the best you can be but I just don’t like a lot of today’s tactics. Stormychuck once said in another board that there was a time local stations competed against local stations and today it’s big company competing against big company.

I don’t believe I ever met Stuart Elliott but I remember hearing him frequently on the air. Again, maybe this is just my perception but he didn’t strike me as someone who was bent on destroying the livelihood of his competition. To me, he and so many others in his time never sounded like they phoned it in. Say what you will but all those guys and gals just sounded classy to me.

Even on these boards, I get the impression it’s often times about drawing blood. If a station beats another through great programming, imaging, effective marketing and on and on – cool. But today, if you are a heritage station and have earned tremendous success, it’s practically an invitation to destroy it and a lot of people seem to feed on that.

Perhaps I shouldn’t take what posters say too seriously but it could make your head spin. Over the years, I’ve read countless comments that WMXJ should forget this old song or that one or give up the 60’s. If a year or two ago, WLYF decided to play more of the songs featured on WFEZ the posters would have had a cow complaining the station was sounding too old. WFEZ does it and it and of course it is brilliant. If LF has to lay off some of its talent down the road if revenue takes a hit, these same people will bitch and complain that radio is so lifeless.

For a long time, I’ve wanted guys like Stuart Elliott to return to the airwaves even if on a Magic weekend gig. I can see why Mr. Elliott wants no part of it. Stu talks of a time when radio was fun. I had a ball listening. Yeah, the times have changed and the medium has changed along with it. But to me, civility and decency should never go out of style.
 
Top 25 Active Rock station playing 60% or more "New Active Rock" and classics
of the best songs of the Hairbands,Metal and 90s grunge. People want to hear
New Rock.. Your age range will be from 12-44 playing this music.
 
I would like to hear Progressive Rock which would straddle the current playlists with new music. How about New music from Classic Rock Artists plus New artists who play Rhythm and Blues style Rock. Thus there is no shock to the listners(playing it safe) and the Advertisers really could care less for a 6 month trial. How about this format be played on 102.7 after 8 PM.

I truly do not know what the risk is....
 
Local talk radio and a well run board (neither of which exists today on WIOD).

And it IS possible in this day and age. Just check out WWL-AM in New Orleans.
 
Funny how one hurricane led to the rebirth of talk radio in New Orleans, while another (Andrew)
helped kill off English-language talk radio in Miami (with an assist from Bud Paxson and others).
 
gordonlee said:
Local talk radio and a well run board (neither of which exists today on WIOD).

And it IS possible in this day and age. Just check out WWL-AM in New Orleans.
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NO is not 50+ percent Hispanic and much better fits the southern conservative stereotype than Miami.

To have a good station, there has to be a viable audience.
 
DavidEduardo said:
gordonlee said:
Local talk radio and a well run board (neither of which exists today on WIOD).

And it IS possible in this day and age. Just check out WWL-AM in New Orleans.
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NO is not 50+ percent Hispanic and much better fits the southern conservative stereotype than Miami.

To have a good station, there has to be a viable audience.
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I get your point, but I disagree. A viable audience is not a prerequisite for a good (well-run) station.

As for the demographics argument.... English language talk co-exists with Spanish language talk in Los Angeles just fine. No reason why it can't here in Miami as well.
 
Miami- Ft Lauderdale was once home to some of America's most legendary stations. Iconic, adventurous stations like WSHE & ZETA. I'd love to see somebody resurrect WSHE - She's only rock n roll. What adult can forget this call letters? This time as a mainstream AAA station that's both commercially viable and locally owned and operated. Remember those? Sure the demographics in Miami / Ft Lauderdale have changed over the years but if your an English speaking 21-55 adult in Miami where are you going to hear the new songs from: Death Cab for Cutie, Amos Lee, Paul Simon, Adele and Eddie Vetter? No place on the dial - with the exception of Adele. And these are the top 5 AAA charting songs this week nationally according to Mediabase. You know what they say about opinions but here's mine: State of radio in Miami is boring, narrow & predictable. You could drop any of these stations in any town USA and nobody could tell the difference. Now say hello to my little friend......PANDORA
 
gordonlee said:
I get your point, but I disagree. A viable audience is not a prerequisite for a good (well-run)
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It takes money to run a good station, and if there is only a small available audience, there will be no advertiser support.

As for the demographics argument.... English language talk co-exists with Spanish language talk in Los Angeles just fine. No reason why it can't here in Miami as well.
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LA's lone Spanish language talker gets around a 0.3 share, so a comparison with LA ends there.

The Miami Hispanic community has an enormous 35+ and 45+ Spanish dominant component. In fact, Spanish dominance increases as a function of age.

The LA 45+ Hispanic percentage is much, much lower, and composed of far more English dominants. LA is over 50% Hispanic in 18-34 but in 45+ it is closer to half that...

When you consider that the cume of the major talker in LA is just over 1 million in a market of 10.5 million (12+), and it's respectable share level is due to TSL (AWTE) and not massive reach. Miami is a market of about a third the size, so, given the ethnic issues, a cume of around 250,000... which is what WIOD has now... is actually high and bordering on astounding.
 
DavidEduardo said:
gordonlee said:
I get your point, but I disagree. A viable audience is not a prerequisite for a good (well-run)
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It takes money to run a good station, and if there is only a small available audience, there will be no advertiser support.

As for the demographics argument.... English language talk co-exists with Spanish language talk in Los Angeles just fine. No reason why it can't here in Miami as well.
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LA's lone Spanish language talker gets around a 0.3 share, so a comparison with LA ends there.

The Miami Hispanic community has an enormous 35+ and 45+ Spanish dominant component. In fact, Spanish dominance increases as a function of age.

The LA 45+ Hispanic percentage is much, much lower, and composed of far more English dominants. LA is over 50% Hispanic in 18-34 but in 45+ it is closer to half that...

When you consider that the cume of the major talker in LA is just over 1 million in a market of 10.5 million (12+), and it's respectable share level is due to TSL (AWTE) and not massive reach. Miami is a market of about a third the size, so, given the ethnic issues, a cume of around 250,000... which is what WIOD has now... is actually high and bordering on astounding.
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Very interesting points. If WIOD has such a high cume, why is it that they can't sell any spots weekday evenings? If I hear the PSA of the teenage boy and his father telling him not to do underage drinking again I think I'm going to start drinking! :-\
 
If WIOD has such a high cume, why is it that they can't sell any spots weekday evenings? If I hear the PSA of the teenage boy and his father telling him not to do underage drinking again I think I'm going to start drinking! :-\
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They should just bonus spots. At least it wouldnt make the station sound "cheap."
 
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