I went to metallurgy-info.com and they're having a spirited discussion of radio formats.
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FreddyE1977
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Boss Radio said:I went to metallurgy-info.com and they're having a spirited discussion of radio formats.
LOL! I am surprised that sulfur was not mentioned amongst the components of slag.
One sure sign that you are back in Da Burgh is that horrible rotten egg smell coming off
of a freshly graveled parking lot a few hours after a summer rain. (hey....that's not gravel!)
Most of the metals in slag are in the form of oxides, and thus not as conductive as you would think.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slag
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slag
Boss Radio said:I went to metallurgy-info.com and they're having a spirited discussion of radio formats.
You raise a good point. Discussing how a station's signal reach degraded and can no longer be heard over as great a distance as it used to has absolutely nothing to do with radio.
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MsMusicRadio
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I think it does.
MsMusicRadio said:I think it does.
Does it require including some sort of sarcasm icon for you to recognize sarcasm when you read it?
My browser can't find metallurgy-info.com.
What browsers are yall running? Prolly some kind of Linux future machine or something. :'( :'(
It does lead me to a gold-selling website with Glenn Beck's pic on it. [there it's back to radio]
What browsers are yall running? Prolly some kind of Linux future machine or something. :'( :'(
It does lead me to a gold-selling website with Glenn Beck's pic on it. [there it's back to radio]
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MsMusicRadio
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They have a new slogan about "modern ballads" and are playing almost no standards. What is up?
Parttimer said:Everyone who wants to hear standards is over 80....
It's becoming obvious why you can't make the jump to full time.
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MsMusicRadio
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But maybe you can stay on till sundown in Salt Lake City :-*
Parttimer said:Everyone who wants to hear standards is over 80....
I'm sorry, but that's just not true. That's like saying everyone who wanted the Beatles to come out on iTunes is at least 60.
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FreddyE1977
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corporateradiosucks said:Parttimer said:Everyone who wants to hear standards is over 80....
I'm sorry, but that's just not true. That's like saying everyone who wanted the Beatles to come out on iTunes is at least 60.
Well, there was that 16 year old redheaded kid on American Idol a few seasons ago who would
belt out the Sinatra and Tony Bennett stuff. Aside from him I am not sure who we are talking about here.
FreddyE1977 said:corporateradiosucks said:Parttimer said:Everyone who wants to hear standards is over 80....
I'm sorry, but that's just not true. That's like saying everyone who wanted the Beatles to come out on iTunes is at least 60.
Well, there was that 16 year old redheaded kid on American Idol a few seasons ago who would
belt out the Sinatra and Tony Bennett stuff. Aside from him I am not sure who we are talking about here.
It is not surprising that people aren't sure who is being talked about. Back in the days of Top 40 (which most folks in here seem to think were the golden age of radio), everyone was exposed to all sorts of different musical genres. The idea that each generation had to slavishly follow the rest of the people in their age group and pick a genre that would be the only thing they enjoyed for the rest of their lives never made any real sense.
I have a niece who is a college student. One of the biggest campus fads is old-time swing dancing. It was a general fad a few years back, but at WVU, it's still a big deal. The two high school seniors who play bass and lead guitar in the praise band at my church are total classic rock fans. They prefer listening to the local classic hits station to listening to the CHR stations, because they happen to prefer Hendrix and Led Zeppelin.
More importantly, I'd guess that the majority of people have very diverse musical tastes, and enjoy many different kinds of music at different times. That doesn't mean that a station with a kludge format of everything under the sun all mashed together would be a success, but it does mean that most people might be in the mood for some lounge lizard music at times, and that means standards. Don't forget, Rod Stewart's "The Great American Songbook" series has sold a hell of a lot of copies. And Michael Buble and Harry Connick, Jr. also sell pretty well. Linda Ronstadt's collaboration with Nelson Riddle did pretty well when it was released.
There aren't any radio programmers bold enough to try it, but I'd wager that an FM station with a format based on lounge act music (for lack of a better term for the genre) could be operated as a very lucrative niche station in the right markets.
Talk_Dude said:It is not surprising that people aren't sure who is being talked about. Back in the days of Top 40 (which most folks in here seem to think were the golden age of radio),
If it wasn't, what was?
Talk_Dude said:There aren't any radio programmers bold enough to try it, but I'd wager that an FM station with a format based on lounge act music (for lack of a better term for the genre) could be operated as a very lucrative niche station in the right markets.
You do that, and I'll take a sports talk format on a good AM signal, and buy you out of bankruptcy in about 18 months.
Parttimer said:Talk_Dude said:It is not surprising that people aren't sure who is being talked about. Back in the days of Top 40 (which most folks in here seem to think were the golden age of radio),
If it wasn't, what was?
The 20's, 30's, and 40's, when network radio was the #1 entertainment medium in the nation. When shows like these dominated the airwaves. That was the Golden Age of radio.
When WPGH (1080 on your dial, 1,000 watts daytime only) went on the air from their East Liberty studios, they had an interesting program on Saturday afternoon. They invited the local reps from the major record labels to play their latest recordings. So the Decca rep would play his stuff from 2 to 2:30 PM. This would be followed by the MGM guy, and the RCA person, etc. It was quite entertaining and our family would listen every weekend.
It couldn't be done today since labels mean nothing now. Back then it was great.
It couldn't be done today since labels mean nothing now. Back then it was great.
Talk_Dude said:Parttimer said:Talk_Dude said:It is not surprising that people aren't sure who is being talked about. Back in the days of Top 40 (which most folks in here seem to think were the golden age of radio),
If it wasn't, what was?
The 20's, 30's, and 40's, when network radio was the #1 entertainment medium in the nation. When shows like these dominated the airwaves. That was the Golden Age of radio.
By that logic then, the height of TV as a medium was when we had 3 channels.
Parttimer said:Talk_Dude said:Parttimer said:Talk_Dude said:It is not surprising that people aren't sure who is being talked about. Back in the days of Top 40 (which most folks in here seem to think were the golden age of radio),
If it wasn't, what was?
The 20's, 30's, and 40's, when network radio was the #1 entertainment medium in the nation. When shows like these dominated the airwaves. That was the Golden Age of radio.
By that logic then, the height of TV as a medium was when we had 3 channels.
What the hell are you talking about?
Talk_Dude said:The 20's, 30's, and 40's, when network radio was the #1 entertainment medium in the nation. When shows like these dominated the airwaves. That was the Golden Age of radio.
By that logic then, the height of TV as a medium was when we had 3 channels.
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What the hell are you talking about?
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Why are you the only one who doesn't understand most of what's written here? Aside from some textbook definition, which appears to be what you've cited, no one else on this board considers radio to have been at its best when it had no competition. By your logic, the TV of the 60's with 3 networks and a few programs in color would be the golden age of TV.
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