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Where's Jackson Armstrong? (our leeeeder)
- Thread starter majicjim
- Start date
From the horse's mouth:
there are NO openings in the "Oldies" format and all is
quiet on the eastern front. It appears it will take a realization that a
certain amount of entertainment will be what is necessary to stop the
erosion of satellite, internet, HD2, cell phones and Ipods. That, and local
content and creativity, is the only hope of terrestrial radio. Funny, this
is where we were in 1970 when AM was dying to FM. AM was fat and happy and
refused to even put up a fight until they had nothing left. You'd think
after spending BILLIONS on radio stations that "big business radio" would be
hustling to protect it all but their answer is "dehumanization". Would
somebody please tell me if "no human element" is the answer why don't the
40+ channels of continuous audio on your cable or satellite provider have
any listeners? There is NO WAY anyone will play more music than them. The
satellite people are deliriously happy with the way terrestrial radio is
reacting because they can't afford to hire personalities and they KNOW that
is the way you make fans out of the listeners.
[In other words, he's still on vacation.]
there are NO openings in the "Oldies" format and all is
quiet on the eastern front. It appears it will take a realization that a
certain amount of entertainment will be what is necessary to stop the
erosion of satellite, internet, HD2, cell phones and Ipods. That, and local
content and creativity, is the only hope of terrestrial radio. Funny, this
is where we were in 1970 when AM was dying to FM. AM was fat and happy and
refused to even put up a fight until they had nothing left. You'd think
after spending BILLIONS on radio stations that "big business radio" would be
hustling to protect it all but their answer is "dehumanization". Would
somebody please tell me if "no human element" is the answer why don't the
40+ channels of continuous audio on your cable or satellite provider have
any listeners? There is NO WAY anyone will play more music than them. The
satellite people are deliriously happy with the way terrestrial radio is
reacting because they can't afford to hire personalities and they KNOW that
is the way you make fans out of the listeners.
[In other words, he's still on vacation.]
Horse Sense
Funny, I read this and said "precisely!" Then, I wondered if anybody in this business who wears a $2 thousand suit and calls the shots would pay attention to the well-measured words of one of America's foremost Top 40 personalities.
Probably not.
Had the same words been issued in a press release, signed by "John Larsh, Consultant" and emailed to Inside Radio, Radio & Records or any one of the industry's respected publications, it would have been front page news.
Jocks and program directors often know more about the movement of listeners and developing trends than any general manager or group VP.
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From the horse's mouth:
There are NO openings in the "Oldies" format and all is quiet on the eastern front. It appears it will take a realization that a certain amount of entertainment will be what is necessary to stop the erosion of satellite, internet, HD2, cell phones and Ipods. That, and local content and creativity, is the only hope of terrestrialradio.
Funny, this is where we were in 1970 when AM was dying to FM. AM was fat and happy and refused to even put up a fight until they had nothing left. You'd think after spending BILLIONS on radio stations that "big business radio" would be hustling to protect it all but their answer is "dehumanization".
Would somebody please tell me if "no human element" is the answer why don't the 40+ channels of continuous audio on your cable or satellite provider have any listeners? There is NO WAY anyone will play more music than them. The satellite people are deliriously happy with the way terrestrial radio is reacting because they can't afford to hire personalities and they KNOW that is the way you make fans out of the listeners.
[In other words, he's still on vacation.]
Funny, I read this and said "precisely!" Then, I wondered if anybody in this business who wears a $2 thousand suit and calls the shots would pay attention to the well-measured words of one of America's foremost Top 40 personalities.
Probably not.
Had the same words been issued in a press release, signed by "John Larsh, Consultant" and emailed to Inside Radio, Radio & Records or any one of the industry's respected publications, it would have been front page news.
Jocks and program directors often know more about the movement of listeners and developing trends than any general manager or group VP.
-9-
<hr width="75%">
From the horse's mouth:
There are NO openings in the "Oldies" format and all is quiet on the eastern front. It appears it will take a realization that a certain amount of entertainment will be what is necessary to stop the erosion of satellite, internet, HD2, cell phones and Ipods. That, and local content and creativity, is the only hope of terrestrialradio.
Funny, this is where we were in 1970 when AM was dying to FM. AM was fat and happy and refused to even put up a fight until they had nothing left. You'd think after spending BILLIONS on radio stations that "big business radio" would be hustling to protect it all but their answer is "dehumanization".
Would somebody please tell me if "no human element" is the answer why don't the 40+ channels of continuous audio on your cable or satellite provider have any listeners? There is NO WAY anyone will play more music than them. The satellite people are deliriously happy with the way terrestrial radio is reacting because they can't afford to hire personalities and they KNOW that is the way you make fans out of the listeners.
[In other words, he's still on vacation.]
Re: Horse Sense
> Funny, I read this and said "precisely!" Then, I wondered if
> anybody in this business who wears a $2 thousand suit and
> calls the shots would pay attention to the well-measured
> words of one of America's foremost Top 40 personalities.
>
> Probably not.
>
But are there any fewer $2000 suits in the executive offices at XM or Sirius? I frankly don't hear a big difference between satellite and terrestrial radio...yeah, somme formats that don't draw enough audience to be self supporting, and shock jocks can drop the F-bomb at will, but that's about it. Most satellite radio is voicetracked, and it's all playlisted too. Same thing, different delivery system.
Even Howard Stern's supposedly loyal millions of listeners have for the most part have passed on getting Sirius. Not everyone considers it to be worth $13/mo.
Jack is undeniably a great jock, but great jocks do not necessarily make great programmers (and vice versa). Was there any point in his career where he stayed at any station for much more than a year without getting into some sort of tiff with management & either walking out or getting fired? No one ever accused Jack of having his ego under control.
> Funny, I read this and said "precisely!" Then, I wondered if
> anybody in this business who wears a $2 thousand suit and
> calls the shots would pay attention to the well-measured
> words of one of America's foremost Top 40 personalities.
>
> Probably not.
>
But are there any fewer $2000 suits in the executive offices at XM or Sirius? I frankly don't hear a big difference between satellite and terrestrial radio...yeah, somme formats that don't draw enough audience to be self supporting, and shock jocks can drop the F-bomb at will, but that's about it. Most satellite radio is voicetracked, and it's all playlisted too. Same thing, different delivery system.
Even Howard Stern's supposedly loyal millions of listeners have for the most part have passed on getting Sirius. Not everyone considers it to be worth $13/mo.
Jack is undeniably a great jock, but great jocks do not necessarily make great programmers (and vice versa). Was there any point in his career where he stayed at any station for much more than a year without getting into some sort of tiff with management & either walking out or getting fired? No one ever accused Jack of having his ego under control.
Re: Horse Sense
>
> Jack is undeniably a great jock, but great jocks do not
> necessarily make great programmers (and vice versa). Was
> there any point in his career where he stayed at any station
> for much more than a year without getting into some sort of
> tiff with management & either walking out or getting fired?
> No one ever accused Jack of having his ego under control.
>
True, but was there a jock at KB that DIDN'T have an ego? It was de rigueur! Armstrong was at KB for easily more than a year, perhaps three. His stay at 13-Q was about the same.
>
> Jack is undeniably a great jock, but great jocks do not
> necessarily make great programmers (and vice versa). Was
> there any point in his career where he stayed at any station
> for much more than a year without getting into some sort of
> tiff with management & either walking out or getting fired?
> No one ever accused Jack of having his ego under control.
>
True, but was there a jock at KB that DIDN'T have an ego? It was de rigueur! Armstrong was at KB for easily more than a year, perhaps three. His stay at 13-Q was about the same.
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