[BC] Quote of the Week (KLUV)

[Steve]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich Wood" <richwood at pobox.com>
To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: [BC] Quote of the Week (KLUV)


> ------ At 11:00 PM 12/17/2005, Jeff Johnson wrote: -------
>
> >It's the same thing with WGRR (oldies) in Cincinnati. Boooooring
> >playlist. There should not BE a playlist. There should be jocks who
> >know and love the music! My brother commented how much better the
> >oldie programming is on XM.

Actually, I think he likes XM because it's XM. New is better. I can't
comment on the oldies channel on XM as I haven't heard it. I heard the demos
when XM first started and was NOT impressed. I was surprised when I heard
Lee Abrams was the big Kahuna of programming.
>
> My disappointment with the oldies channels on both SIRIUS and XM will
> be what causes me to cancel the services. The jocks on both are among
> the most vapid I've ever heard. They give voicetracking a bad name.
> Except for commercials, there's about as much clutter, especially on
> XM as on commercial radio. I actually heard one of the jocks do a
> live read (badly) of a vintage commercial. Why? If you're going to
> run them, give me the real thing with vintage jingles and announcers.
>
> Every time I listen I hear more and more clutter.

Yep....going the way of Cable/Satellite TV, eh? First no commercials. Then
commercials. The 10...20...25 minute promo blocks. Hey, cross promote your
programming but get a grip!

If ya haven't come through the early voice track days you don't know how to
"re-create" the moment. It's a mindset and many don't know how to do voice
tracks as if they were just on the radio. When I do mine for WorldSpace and
make a mistake I leave it! Then again Rich, you already know all this as
you've come through VT desert many times before I'm sure.

Steve