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Worst music for on air talent to have to hear?

AMRadioGuy said:
I still do a program with 45s. I occasionally use carts, too. Tons of jingles (and not enough carts, one of the big reasons I don't use them much right now), fast platter patter. I take listener requests, though I don't put them on-air. It's non-stop and a ton of fun! There's nothing like slip-cueing a 45 like "Born To Be Wild," letting 'er rip right out of a jingle and "Let's GO!" shout, talking it up and hitting the post... one of the best feelings in the world!
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Which radio station is this?
 
AMRadioGuy said:
I still do a program with 45s. I occasionally use carts, too. Tons of jingles (and not enough carts, one of the big reasons I don't use them much right now), fast platter patter. I take listener requests, though I don't put them on-air. It's non-stop and a ton of fun! There's nothing like slip-cueing a 45 like "Born To Be Wild," letting 'er rip right out of a jingle and "Let's GO!" shout, talking it up and hitting the post... one of the best feelings in the world!
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Nothing wrong with that for a specialty program. Where I personally draw the line is when someone thinks we should go back to analog program generation as the full-time format. About the only time that is applicable is spoken word formats.
 
davideduardo said:
Remember, up until very recently, Top 40 jocks had lots of other things to do as well. Meter readings, commercial logs to follow, carts to pull and put away, running contests, taking listener calls, pulling weather off the wire or checking it online, having the PD or GM pop in and so on.
They don't just sit there listening to the songs.
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A favorite memory from working at my first radio station: Taking a break from hours of playing 2- and 3-minute songs to spin "The Roger Carroll Show" (delivered on vinyl) in the middle of Sunday afternoons. That gave me ~30 minutes to scour the empty station offices and box up office supplies, etc., which I'd take home. At the time I considered that a privilege of my gig.
 
NoMoreLurking said:
A favorite memory from working at my first radio station: Taking a break from hours of playing 2- and 3-minute songs to spin "The Roger Carroll Show" (delivered on vinyl) in the middle of Sunday afternoons. That gave me ~30 minutes to scour the empty station offices and box up office supplies, etc., which I'd take home. At the time I considered that a privilege of my gig.
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Hopefully the statute of limitations is up.
 
NoMoreLurking said:
A favorite memory from working at my first radio station: Taking a break from hours of playing 2- and 3-minute songs to spin "The Roger Carroll Show" (delivered on vinyl) in the middle of Sunday afternoons.
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I also remember those all too well. They (Carroll for MOR/AC and Wolfman Jack for Top-40) were produced and distributed as recruitment outreach by the Air Force. Not to be outdone, the Army produced three of their own, featuring Billy Pearl (Top-40), Robert W. Morgan (AC) and Ray Price (Country).

Trivia: Roger Carroll's side gig from KMPC was a production company which produced all five shows.

IIRC, they were all 25 minutes in length, probably to allow for stations to do five minutes of news beforehand.
 


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