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Mickey37
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Nothing like hearing ads that make that mistake. Some AM station has been running a spot where the guy talks about "Haver-hill."
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TowerBuzz
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Mickey37 said:
Is it for Gold bond powder? those spots are famous for that sort of thing. "Haver- Hill" etc.
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Mickey37
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Yes Lucy, but even if they're made in East Cattle Dung, Minnesota, how much effort would it take for an account exec to give the spots a listen before throwing them on the air?
If the scripts are written locally, how about putting pronouncers in them?
Many ads are delivered to stations by e-mail now. Seems to me it would make it easier to correct little - but glaring - errors like that.
If the scripts are written locally, how about putting pronouncers in them?
Many ads are delivered to stations by e-mail now. Seems to me it would make it easier to correct little - but glaring - errors like that.
Lucylu said:
Being slimey comes naturally to those in sales.
Lucylu said:You are too kind. That is almost as offensive as hearing Carpetbaggers like Toucher and Rich say "War-chester" or "Haver-Hill"
Of course, spelling towns the way they are pronounced wouldn't hurt. Wooster, Haverill, Wobin, etc.
Nik Carter would still be doing very well in afternoons if he was allowed to do the number of bits T&R do.
None of the disc jockeys at WBCN in the "post Charles/Ken/Mark" era could do well in this climate. Some jocks at WBCN got lots of latitude after Mark, Ken and Charles left. Smoke says "if" someone who had years in the seat had a chance today. Let's take that a step further - "IF" Bubba The Love Sponge or IF Harvey Wharfield or IF Randi Rhodes or IF Ed Schultz had the afternoon drive on a 50,000 watt station like WBCN with:
a)a full 5 years or so to perfect their craft
b)the same "number of bits T & R do"
they would be doing well in the afternoons too. Wharfield hit #1 multiple times over at WZLX.
Has Chuck Nowlin done that? In 1989 (granted, 17 years ago), it was Dale Dorman (Kiss 108), Mark Parenteau (WBCN) and Wharfield (WZLX) that bounced around the 1,2, and 3 positions. We haven't seen that since
with WBCN and WLZX, have we?
Plus, Harvey has that radical Left wing radio thing going - further to the left than Stephanie Miller and bordering on that overnight flying saucer show WRKO used to have - Art Bell (took a minute to remember it!. That kind of pro-Progressive stance, real radical political stuff (not the flying saucers), mixed in with the music, definitely more in line with today's audiences (Please, raccoon, don't start giving Air America numbers; turn to Keith Olbermann...thank you).
there are at least 500 disc jockeys currently on air in America that could do well in that time spot.
The "Howard Stern Era" WBCN relied on Stern and The Patriots. All the jocks would have benefited had
the station gone all talk at that point with some music thrown in for fun. It was the erratic balance of talk, music, sports, Stern that was a haphazard mix. People tuned in for Howard and the Patriots, then tuned out.
The station got a "bump" in the Arbitrons because of the big shows, not the daily stuff. Imagine the luxury of being on a station with Stern as your morning drive. Howie Carr could clean up with that. Howie Carr gets decent numbers with dreadful morning numbers. He survived Jeff Katz. Smoke doesn't factor in that the previous drive guy had the luxury of Stern.
The station as a whole was too dependent on Howard Stern and The Patriots - that complacency was going to burst if:
a)Stern ever left
b)The Patriots still had Bledsoe. As much as I liked Bledsoe in his day, and as much as I think he has heart,
he just doesn't have that intangible to make the great play in the clutch. What happened with that
disastrous throw into the endzone case in point. WBCN would have paid a huge price had Bledsoe stayed.
None of the WBCN jocks - across the board - came through in the clutch, and then in the crisis that followed - when Stern left.
Stern left and it burst. We see the already poor ratings got decimated, not only at WBCN, but across the board at all stations that once had Howard. Y'know, David Lee Roth would've been a great sidekick to phone in or spin for 30 minutes - but NOT fulltime morning drive. Sheesh. A little bit of DLR would've been a treat, but his arrogance was a turnoff to most people outside of the vast Van Halen Fan Club to begin with. He was always a niche commodity - granted, Eddy Van Halen gave him a big niche - but it was more about Eddy's prowess (try playing that solo to "Beat It", only Rick Derringer can! truly copy it with his own solo in "Eat It"). Ian Anderson would've been a superb morning show host. He's witty, clever...brilliant actually, and charming. Same with Lou Reed when Lou's not being Lou Rude. But those icons are a few levels above DLR and make more money on a concert tour with the merchandising and sponsorship factored in than CBS would be willing to pay them. Which is why we got...David Lee Roth, Rescue person who couldn't rescue a station! or a syndicated show
If Lloyd Bentsen were alive today he'd say ""Senator Roth, you are no Howard Stern"
a)a full 5 years or so to perfect their craft
b)the same "number of bits T & R do"
they would be doing well in the afternoons too. Wharfield hit #1 multiple times over at WZLX.
Has Chuck Nowlin done that? In 1989 (granted, 17 years ago), it was Dale Dorman (Kiss 108), Mark Parenteau (WBCN) and Wharfield (WZLX) that bounced around the 1,2, and 3 positions. We haven't seen that since
with WBCN and WLZX, have we?
Plus, Harvey has that radical Left wing radio thing going - further to the left than Stephanie Miller and bordering on that overnight flying saucer show WRKO used to have - Art Bell (took a minute to remember it!. That kind of pro-Progressive stance, real radical political stuff (not the flying saucers), mixed in with the music, definitely more in line with today's audiences (Please, raccoon, don't start giving Air America numbers; turn to Keith Olbermann...thank you).
there are at least 500 disc jockeys currently on air in America that could do well in that time spot.
The "Howard Stern Era" WBCN relied on Stern and The Patriots. All the jocks would have benefited had
the station gone all talk at that point with some music thrown in for fun. It was the erratic balance of talk, music, sports, Stern that was a haphazard mix. People tuned in for Howard and the Patriots, then tuned out.
The station got a "bump" in the Arbitrons because of the big shows, not the daily stuff. Imagine the luxury of being on a station with Stern as your morning drive. Howie Carr could clean up with that. Howie Carr gets decent numbers with dreadful morning numbers. He survived Jeff Katz. Smoke doesn't factor in that the previous drive guy had the luxury of Stern.
The station as a whole was too dependent on Howard Stern and The Patriots - that complacency was going to burst if:
a)Stern ever left
b)The Patriots still had Bledsoe. As much as I liked Bledsoe in his day, and as much as I think he has heart,
he just doesn't have that intangible to make the great play in the clutch. What happened with that
disastrous throw into the endzone case in point. WBCN would have paid a huge price had Bledsoe stayed.
None of the WBCN jocks - across the board - came through in the clutch, and then in the crisis that followed - when Stern left.
Stern left and it burst. We see the already poor ratings got decimated, not only at WBCN, but across the board at all stations that once had Howard. Y'know, David Lee Roth would've been a great sidekick to phone in or spin for 30 minutes - but NOT fulltime morning drive. Sheesh. A little bit of DLR would've been a treat, but his arrogance was a turnoff to most people outside of the vast Van Halen Fan Club to begin with. He was always a niche commodity - granted, Eddy Van Halen gave him a big niche - but it was more about Eddy's prowess (try playing that solo to "Beat It", only Rick Derringer can! truly copy it with his own solo in "Eat It"). Ian Anderson would've been a superb morning show host. He's witty, clever...brilliant actually, and charming. Same with Lou Reed when Lou's not being Lou Rude. But those icons are a few levels above DLR and make more money on a concert tour with the merchandising and sponsorship factored in than CBS would be willing to pay them. Which is why we got...David Lee Roth, Rescue person who couldn't rescue a station! or a syndicated show
If Lloyd Bentsen were alive today he'd say ""Senator Roth, you are no Howard Stern"
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Mickey37
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You mention Harvey Warfield --- is he on the air anywhere now?
Varulven said:
Were you even listening to Nik's last year at the station? There was little in the way of bits going on, and it was not for his lack of creativity.
At least Casablanca listens to the station he criticizes.
Varulven said:
What rock stations in the nation are number 1, 2 or 3 now?
Varulven said:
"The luxury of Stern" is highly overrated. If anything, it is a holdover from dial-radios. These days, a station switch is a tap on the preset. Nobody listens to an afternoon show solely based on what that station plays in the morning. They may tune it in from time to time, but it doesn't hold an audience.
Varulven said:
With a new morning and afternoon show, that's a bit unfair. New shows take time to build.
CBS screwed up with Roth, no one is denying that, but they also screwed up by having no one in the bullpen.
Because one does not agree with the politics of an individual, be they man, woman, black, white, yellow, it is not racism. Cannot one make comments as to what the person is proposing, not just shut up persons who may have a preference for a Republican. I also, do not want to see Deval as Governor. Where does he get off stating illegals should have free college tuition. As you know the Federal Government has cut back on college loans, especially to the middle class. Why give these persons licenses?? Also, if the accusation is true, that his brother is an unregistered pedophile, why should he be supported.? Many on this board took another talk host in Rhode Island to task saying he supported such a perverse mentally deranged propensity.
Remember the alleged murderer of the College Student in Vermont was a pedofile. Is this the type of person we want to govern, one that hides this type of perversity , when it comes to pedofilia, water is thicker than blood. Look more closely into Deval's background. There are many , excuse the pun, ghosts in his closet.
Remember the alleged murderer of the College Student in Vermont was a pedofile. Is this the type of person we want to govern, one that hides this type of perversity , when it comes to pedofilia, water is thicker than blood. Look more closely into Deval's background. There are many , excuse the pun, ghosts in his closet.
It's so refreshing to know that liberals are still willing to trot out the racism card. It's why they don't win so many elections anymore. It's that tolerance for opposing views that endear them to me. Howie doesn't like Deval so he's a racist. If he didn't like Kerry Healey would he be misogynist?
The race card is old and it's boring. You guys need to come up with a new schtick.
The race card is old and it's boring. You guys need to come up with a new schtick.
>>It's why they don't win so many elections anymore.
...except in Mass. where it's nearly 100 per cent Dem. Nationally it's a different story--check out that sea of Republican Red nationwide the past two elections (Presidentially)...check out Zell Miller's A National Party No More, etc.
But in Mass. the GOP barely exists, and soon it may be totally obliterated.
Meanwhile Dems in Maryland throw Oreo cookies at African-American Lt. Gov. Michael Steele (running for Senate) and portray him as a black minstrel on a blog...who's racist?
...except in Mass. where it's nearly 100 per cent Dem. Nationally it's a different story--check out that sea of Republican Red nationwide the past two elections (Presidentially)...check out Zell Miller's A National Party No More, etc.
But in Mass. the GOP barely exists, and soon it may be totally obliterated.
Meanwhile Dems in Maryland throw Oreo cookies at African-American Lt. Gov. Michael Steele (running for Senate) and portray him as a black minstrel on a blog...who's racist?
raccoonradio said:
Apparently, Howie Carr and company because liberals are too "progressive" to do such things. The oreo cookie thing is a "perfectly legitimate protest" according to liberals. And, their friends in the NY-based media must agree because these atrocious incidents have gotten almost no traction. If the guy was a dem, there would be Hell to pay.
Of course, none of this is important to certain posters because they aren't washouts from the Maryland Senate campaign - they washed out from WRKO instead. So, we will have to endure more such "WRKO is this, Scott Allen Miller is that..." posts.
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odomski
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NHRonin: the only ones on this forum playing the Race Card are the morons complaining about Entercom changing the format of WILD-FM. The fools in question feel Entercom is out to screw the Black Man, and all this other blah, blah, blah garbage...instead of realizing the format change and sale of the station was a business decision. I do agree the Race Card crap is getting old and stale. But you can't say that to fools like Ed Beal the Rap Queen (rapking on this forum). They will still spew out their racist venom on this forum.
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Casablanca
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Anyone who would defend what the piece of S**** known as the Boston Herald did to Deval Patrick's sister needs to examine his or her's conscience. She was in effect raped again by that tabloid in an attempt to defeat her brother. And when a convicted murderer shows up working in a cushy job right in the State House Kerry Healey says today she knows nothing about it and ... to quote her directly it was "Mike Dukakis' fault." And you want that person who does not even know or care that a convicted murderer is working in her State House to be governor. We have a president who is out of touch and now you want a governor who is the same?
tony r said:
Doesn't anyone think that just perhaps when Deval was gearing up to run he should have done a scrub of all people linked to him to make sure there were no issues that could be used against him? You mean to tell me he didn't know his brother-in-law wasn't registered a as the law demanded?
If he didn't, then he's clueless and shouldn't be governor based on that alone. Hell, I can't figure out what the deal is in MA anyway when you have two empty suits running against each other. What do you think this is, a national election?
If he didn't, then he's clueless and shouldn't be governor based on that alone. Hell, I can't figure out what the deal is in MA anyway when you have two empty suits running against each other. What do you think this is, a national election?
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Mickey37
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Each of them is a weak candidate, and it comes through in their interviews on the air.
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Django
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Casablanca can't deal with his candidate inability to not put foot in mouth and worse lie. Then again, Casablanca wants to play the minority card in a state where nearly EVER [EDIT]pol is a Democrat. Give me a break.
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