My Goodness, You guys and and old Eric O'Brien at PBRTV.com must be slipping! You haven't mentioned the new morning host at WXDX. I guess he was hired recently. Do any of you think he will last? I don't know. Too be honest I don't listen to the X like I use to when I was a kid and it isn't my style anymore (Is it me or do all the jocks there talk as if they are under the influence?) and I work at night so its Michael Savage / John McIntyre and Coast to Coast for me. But what do you all think? ;D
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WXDX New Morning Host
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Radio_Realist
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I assume that Clear Channel assumes that people listen to The X because of the music, not because of the DJ. Therefore, they figure its not worth letting anyone who doesn't already listen to The X know that there's a new DJ, since having a new DJ isn't going to get anyone who isn't already a listener of The X to tune them in.
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Radio_Realist
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And another thing.
Aside from radio professionals who'll listen to anything and everything just to hear the programming details like jingles, does anyone in here know anyone who'll listen to a station like The X who doesn't like the music that the station plays? Does anyone in here know anyone who doesn't like the music that they play on The X who would listen to it anyway if only they had a really, really good DJ talking between the songs?
Aside from radio professionals who'll listen to anything and everything just to hear the programming details like jingles, does anyone in here know anyone who'll listen to a station like The X who doesn't like the music that the station plays? Does anyone in here know anyone who doesn't like the music that they play on The X who would listen to it anyway if only they had a really, really good DJ talking between the songs?
Sorry Radio Realist. I must of completely forgot how little I know about the radio field compared to you. What a dumb question for me to ask a person like you. I can see why you took a simple friendly question and turned it until a ingorant reply because all questions are simply too dumb for you to answer.
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Radio_Realist
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You need to lighten up!
The point is that people like "old Eric O'Brien at PBRTV.com" aren't slipping. The selection of a new voice to put between the songs on The X simply isn't that big a deal.
If you're going to ask, "But what do you all think?", you really shouldn't get your knickers in a twist because someone actually responds and posts what they think.
The point is that people like "old Eric O'Brien at PBRTV.com" aren't slipping. The selection of a new voice to put between the songs on The X simply isn't that big a deal.
If you're going to ask, "But what do you all think?", you really shouldn't get your knickers in a twist because someone actually responds and posts what they think.
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Johnny Morgan
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Hey Chancellor, cool the invective and mock insult. "We guys" have discussed Tim Benz's morning show at The X.
See here: http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index.php/topic,40767.10.html
Other than that, I fail to see how/why you are insulted at Realist's response to you--you admitted that you don't listen to The X like you used to. So, what would make you listen to The X's new morning host?
See here: http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index.php/topic,40767.10.html
Other than that, I fail to see how/why you are insulted at Realist's response to you--you admitted that you don't listen to The X like you used to. So, what would make you listen to The X's new morning host?
Radio_Realist said:
Once again you dip into your favorite bag of cliches. Once again you're wrong. Did you ever listen to The X morning show? Of course not.
If you did, you would have realized that Alan Cox was a very high profile personality and wasn't just pushing buttons on "more music and less talk."
If you're going to post, would you please restrict yourself to topics about which you actually have some knowledge?
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Radio_Realist
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"Did you ever listen to The X morning show? Of course not."
It was on a few times in the office when I was in the room. I did not like the music they played, and so I didn't listen to the station. No matter what was said in between songs, no matter how much or how little content was the DJ talking, it doesn't change the fact that when a song came on that I did not like (which was almost every song), I stopped listening.
I really don't care much how high a profile Alan Cox's personality was. It wasn't enough to overcome the music that they played.
I realize that you presume to know everything about all radio, and probably have six or more radios on your desk tuned to different stations that you listen to simultaneously. You must do that, since that is the only way you could be such an expert on the programming on every single station in town (not to mention sampling out-of-town stations on the internet), those of us who actually listen to the radio, the people you allegedly are the expert in reaching with good, "professional" radio programming, won't listen to music we don't like just to hear some "high profile personality".
If a "high profile personality" could overcome music that audiences simply didn't like, then there would be no need for auditorium testing and carefully researched playlists, would there? A station could just hire the right "high profile personalities" and then it wouldn't matter what music they played, right?
WXDX is the only station in town that plays the music that they play. Those who like that music have two choices -- listen to The X, or don't listen to The X. Are you suggesting that having the wrong DJ on The X would make fans of alternative music tune in Y-108?
It was on a few times in the office when I was in the room. I did not like the music they played, and so I didn't listen to the station. No matter what was said in between songs, no matter how much or how little content was the DJ talking, it doesn't change the fact that when a song came on that I did not like (which was almost every song), I stopped listening.
I really don't care much how high a profile Alan Cox's personality was. It wasn't enough to overcome the music that they played.
I realize that you presume to know everything about all radio, and probably have six or more radios on your desk tuned to different stations that you listen to simultaneously. You must do that, since that is the only way you could be such an expert on the programming on every single station in town (not to mention sampling out-of-town stations on the internet), those of us who actually listen to the radio, the people you allegedly are the expert in reaching with good, "professional" radio programming, won't listen to music we don't like just to hear some "high profile personality".
If a "high profile personality" could overcome music that audiences simply didn't like, then there would be no need for auditorium testing and carefully researched playlists, would there? A station could just hire the right "high profile personalities" and then it wouldn't matter what music they played, right?
WXDX is the only station in town that plays the music that they play. Those who like that music have two choices -- listen to The X, or don't listen to The X. Are you suggesting that having the wrong DJ on The X would make fans of alternative music tune in Y-108?
And so the bottom line -- once again -- is you don't listen to the station, so you don't have a valid opinion. You just grab another of your one size fits all cliches and slap it on there because you have a compulsion to post, even though you have nothing to offer.
Let's see, we've been through "they don't have billboards, now would I know they're on the air?" and "Consultants ruin everything." At least you change the bleating every now and then. Given how often you post, I guess we should be thankful for that.
This board would be so much better if you weren't on it.
Let's see, we've been through "they don't have billboards, now would I know they're on the air?" and "Consultants ruin everything." At least you change the bleating every now and then. Given how often you post, I guess we should be thankful for that.
This board would be so much better if you weren't on it.
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Radio_Realist
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"And so the bottom line -- once again -- is you don't listen to the station, so you don't have a valid opinion."
No, the bottom line doesn't change. You can't refute what I've said. You can't even bring yourself to disagree with what I've said, and it so angers you that what I said was correct and something that you can't dispute, the only response you can make is to say that I'm not qualified to make the observation that I have made. Never mind that what I observed was correct and you can't refute it, I'm not a member of the club, so the correctness of what I said must be an accident.
"This board would be so much better if you weren't on it."
Yeah, it would be so much better if people like you who were trying to run radio station to attract listeners didn't have to put up with real, bona-fide radio listeners bursting your bubbles all the time. Life is so much simpler when you don't have to deal with all that pesky reality intruding into your narrow minded, preconceived ideas.
No, the bottom line doesn't change. You can't refute what I've said. You can't even bring yourself to disagree with what I've said, and it so angers you that what I said was correct and something that you can't dispute, the only response you can make is to say that I'm not qualified to make the observation that I have made. Never mind that what I observed was correct and you can't refute it, I'm not a member of the club, so the correctness of what I said must be an accident.
"This board would be so much better if you weren't on it."
Yeah, it would be so much better if people like you who were trying to run radio station to attract listeners didn't have to put up with real, bona-fide radio listeners bursting your bubbles all the time. Life is so much simpler when you don't have to deal with all that pesky reality intruding into your narrow minded, preconceived ideas.
Yes, Boss. I agree.
This board would be so much better if Realist wasn't on it.
Why, just think. We could have a board of Boss Radio slinging feces at anyone who has a post that disagrees with him instead of well drawn out thought.
Answer the question. Will people who liked Alan Cox but not Tim Benz start tuning into WDSY, 104.7, or WAMO?
The thing is- your first instinct isn't to say- "Well, they might listen to the radio less" or "Nowadays they could go to satellite or Ipods as an alternative so you need a good jock to be the cherry on top and keep listeners from searching alternative means for their favorite music."
No- your first instinct is to bring down the entire discourse of the board with a counter arguement that implies not that you're right and someone else is wrong, but that you have not only been totally refuted and have no recourse but to bring the conversation down to the lowest level.
This board would be so much better if Realist wasn't on it.
Why, just think. We could have a board of Boss Radio slinging feces at anyone who has a post that disagrees with him instead of well drawn out thought.
Answer the question. Will people who liked Alan Cox but not Tim Benz start tuning into WDSY, 104.7, or WAMO?
The thing is- your first instinct isn't to say- "Well, they might listen to the radio less" or "Nowadays they could go to satellite or Ipods as an alternative so you need a good jock to be the cherry on top and keep listeners from searching alternative means for their favorite music."
No- your first instinct is to bring down the entire discourse of the board with a counter arguement that implies not that you're right and someone else is wrong, but that you have not only been totally refuted and have no recourse but to bring the conversation down to the lowest level.
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Radio_Realist
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For what it's worth, on my drive in to work this morning, I made a point of surfing over to 105.9 a few times. I did listen to the show. Out of five times I tuned in to 105.9, four times they were playing a song I didn't like, so I went back to my usual preferred morning show. The fifth time, the DJ was talking. I listened to him until he played a song which was also one that I didn't like, so for the fifth time, I went back to my usual morning show. He didn't sound bad. I can see where he could be described as having a high-profile personality. But he just wasn't good enough to compensate for music that I just don't like.
Therefore, though what I said earlier about The X was purely theoretical, I did do as Radio Boss suggested and actually listened to the station. And when I did, I found that I was indeed correct in my observation. But now, my opinion isn't just theoretical, it was actually tested.
Therefore, though what I said earlier about The X was purely theoretical, I did do as Radio Boss suggested and actually listened to the station. And when I did, I found that I was indeed correct in my observation. But now, my opinion isn't just theoretical, it was actually tested.
I'm not sure I would let Boss Radio influence my radio listening decisions like that. 
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Radio_Realist
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"I'm not sure I would let Boss Radio influence my radio listening decisions like that."
Ordinarily, I'd agree. But what the heck. When my regular morning show goes to commercial I usually change the station anyway. So I changed to The X instead of the other stations I use to wait out commercial breaks. It wasn't a hardship or anything. :
Ordinarily, I'd agree. But what the heck. When my regular morning show goes to commercial I usually change the station anyway. So I changed to The X instead of the other stations I use to wait out commercial breaks. It wasn't a hardship or anything. :
Are you two gonna have a slumber party?
Boss Radio said:
Ya know Boss, I don't always agree with what Realist says; then again, I don't always disagree either, but I'm pretty sure he would agree with me in saying that the board would be better off without YOU!
I love when people over the age of eight use smilies.
I also love when "Pratte4" takes the high moral road.
This is a guy who got Steelers media credentials under false pretenses and has since been banned from their press box...."4 life."
This is a guy who got Steelers media credentials under false pretenses and has since been banned from their press box...."4 life."
Boss Radio said:
Boy, are you ever wrong!
By the way, please stick around. Your comments are so asinine, they make me laugh. Carry on.
Interested Observer said:
I'm sorry to post back to back like this, but I've been reflecting on my little conversation with "Boss", and I must admit that I'm embarassed with myself.
I wrote initially that I wished "Boss" was gone after noticing how very mean-spirited this board tends to be and that angered me. This board is supposed to be an exchange of ideas and opinions about radio, specifically on how it relates to Pittsburgh. However, it occasionally becomes a means of trying to out-insult someone and criticize them in a mean-spirited way. Well, in my anger, I did the very thing that pissed me off in the first place.
So to "Boss" and to everyone else, I'm sorry for engaging in this type of behavior. This little feud ends now and it won't happen again. I'll go back to doing what I have always done; observe and occasionally comment.
Again, I apologize.
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