Sure there are. Lots of heritage on-air talent in lots of formats. They may not talk to artists you'd be interested in.
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Sure there are. Lots of heritage on-air talent in lots of formats. They may not talk to artists you'd be interested in.
Non-Commercial stations, most notably stations that have student talent, do lots of artist interviews.
Usually they are with new, up and coming artists. Experiential learning on 'both-sides-of-the-ball', so to speak.
Usually they are with new, up and coming artists. Experiential learning on 'both-sides-of-the-ball', so to speak.
Keith is now on...
WMJI (overnights VT)
WKDD (mornings live)
WGAR (middays VT)
If he's able to do the shifts, then more power to him. That is a lot though given all of his duties for iHeart.
The only local talent I know of that is specifically known for being an interviewer (not counting either sports station) is Bill Wills, and his interviews are almost entirely on Memorex. Do WDOK's Tim and Jen, WNCX's Slats and Q104's Bill Ryan have interviews on occasion? I'm sure they do but it's not what people tune into those stations for.
There is also WMMS, where the station is more known for Rover and Alan Cox. Both of whom are really good at what they do, and have excelled at talk. Alan's also able to survive the recent changes in the staffing on his show.
Yes. THESE are the music knowledgeable people these days. I won't mention the call letters, but a certain classic rock station in the area played "Lola" by The Kinks. The announcer (I will not call him a personality) blurted out that he never realized that the song was about a crossdresser! Give me a break.
We knew that when it was current.
Which was before when these DJs were born.
To bring out a specific, Todd Richards of WBWC does artist interviews on most of his "Running Late" specialty shows. They are respectful and involved, featuring relevant music from the artists. He's been doing them for years, and, thus, has built up a reputation so that he can get interviews with some pretty big stars. He's interviewed members of Fleetwood Mac, starting with Mick Fleetwood. He's also talked to, both, Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart, members of Genesis and, on the newer artist side, the Empty Pockets.
91.3 The Summit does numerous artists interviews,l up & coming bands/artists and some of the more "classic" people.....like Burton Cummings.
The summit's PD, brad savage is so incredibly passionate about music and local radio. He also does an internationally syndicated radio show.
All non-commercial radio stations run by not-for profits. They don't answer to advertisers or deal with PPM ratings.
Radio would be a much different place if it wasn't for advertisers. They're the ones who insist on formats that attract certain demographics and achieve certain ratings. Eliminate them, and things become different. The problem then is who pays for radio? Listeners through subscriptions? Taxpayers? Somebody has to pay the bills. Thankfully, there are some educational institutions in your area that have enough money to cover the costs. For now.
A part of tuition at schools along with donations and underwriting, which brings in businesses who, probably, would still want to try to attract the audience(s) they are interested in. I'm not big on taxpayer funding of any radio station because that means that those individuals who have no interest in listening will have to pay for it anyway.
All non-commercial radio stations run by not-for profits. They don't answer to advertisers or deal with PPM ratings.
Yes. But they don't HAVE to do it. I'm one of those ones that may listen to an artist interview if I am interested in them/their music. A lot of them I start to listen to and then gradually tune out.
Yes. But they don't HAVE to do it. I'm one of those ones that may listen to an artist interview if I am interested in them/their music. A lot of them I start to listen to and then gradually tune out.
"Crusin' the Decades is awesome. Go back almost 45 years ago and I did something similar but just really only had three decades to work with 50s/60s/70s. Don't think what few listeners I had would have stuck around for stuff from 1910s to 1940s and pretty sure my PD may have had some choice words for me if I did. But since he IS the PD, Brad can get away with it.
My NPR station was the first station to pick it up outside of The Summit. Brad and I are friends on FB.. he saw me doing a show live on KSKO simulcast on SW station WRMI and he asked me about that, not knowing you could so hed buy some airtime for CTD on WRMI. A few weeks into that, i asked him what the show was about and said ksko would start carrying it. It's because of us askign to carry it that brad went on to self syndicated it and its on over 50 stations international.
Bra and I sound so much alike that ive had half a dozen or so listeners in my home community ask why im on the air sunday nights (when CTD is on).. and durign a recent phone call, Brad even thought we sounded alike.. alot of the same inflection, voice mannerisms, etc
Quite a few non-coms subscribe to Nielsen. They use ratings as a report card to evaluate each show and daypart. I'm also familiar with some non-coms that use ratings to support corporate donation drives where they show that an "investment" in public radio gets the contributor's name in front of many people in a very positive manner.
WBWC doesn't show up in Cleveland or Akron ratings. WAPS gets a 1 share in Akron. Nothing in Cleveland.
WAPS's signal is non-existent in Cleveland because of first-adjacent interference from WRUW/91.1 and both 91.5s (WOBC and WKHR). Even if they signed up for the Cleveland book, people would have a hard time hearing it.