Re: Low power FM discussion

["Gavin B. Burt" <prospect@email.msn.com>]

Bob-

    Yeah, it is too bad America likes and wanted the tried, true, and boring
on radio.  For some strange reason, it didn't seem that way on some stations
around here 10 years ago (when one could hear "I Can See For Miles" by The
Who on an oldies station).

Gavin Burt
Proud D.J. at college station WHVC in Troy, N.Y., since November 11, 1998
(and yes, I do play "I Can See For Miles" by The Who).


>---"Gavin B. Burt" <prospect@email.msn.com> wrote:
>> I live just outside of Albany, N.Y., and I am so disgusted with
>local radio in my market
>>If some of these local stations are angry about having
>> added competition, then maybe they should try to be a little more
>exciting
>> with their programming.
>
>Exciting? No, they'd rather play it safe with established formats and
>songs (or talkradio topics).
>I have an edition of "Over the Edge", a free-form
>"live mix" show from KPFA in Berkeley, CA, which is devoted to a
>different topic each show. Their show "Radio Wars" played some
>excerpts from a "Larry King (Radio) Show" at an NAB convention. It was
>said on that show that radio stations cost so much that the owners
>have no choice but to go to "safe" programming.
>Why take a chance and suffer in the ratings?
>
>I hate to admit it, but radio is giving the people
>what they want. The same limited-playlist classic
>rock (or oldies, or country, or rock...). The same
>syndicated talk hosts (Rush, Dr. Laura, etc.)
>The same fast-paced (not in-depth) news radio.
>And so on. Maybe we can also blame the Telecommunications Bill (Bob
>Bittner: cue the
>toilet flush that you use on LTAR). Fewer owners,
>less exciting programming.
>
>You can only hope that college radio or, yes, pirates
>can provide more interesting programming. I wish
>more people would be more eclectic in their radio
>tastes. Given the choice between a high-powered
>classic rock station and a low-powered college
>station offering new artists and a wider variety of
>music, whom would most radio listeners pick?
>
>The tried and true. The boring.
>
>>Radio is no longer a public
>> medium.  It is a medium for some folks to fill their pockets.
>
>True. In my post yesterday, by the way, I forgot to
>mention that TV also has a way for people to do local
>or offbeat programming--the public-access channel.
>(Shades of "Wayne's World"...) But getting back to
>radio, let's see if LPFM makes it through...
>
>Bob Nelson
>On the air at WMWM (Salem,MA) since March of 1981
>
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