Re: Our Deep Resolve

["Dan Billings" <dib9@gwi.net>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Igo" <Chuckigo@worldnet.att.net>
To: <hmglaz@webtv.net>
Cc: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 8:31 AM
Subject: Re: Our Deep Resolve


>     it does create a problem.  songs such as "Jetairliner" by Steve Miller
> Band or anything with an aviation theme will probably be curtailed for a
> bit.  same as other "disaster" songs (Edmund Fitzgerald, for one).
>    music does present a problem for balance of people's feelings.  there
is
> a double-edged sword, though.  there are songs with which i would find
> nothing wrong, lyrically, yet someone will call and pick out a single word
> that offended them, given the present circumstances.
>    in much the same vein, broadcasters will have to wean themselves back
> into certain advertising clients and their messages.

Chuck's right on this.  I was on the air last night and we were trying to be
careful about what we played, but it is a tough line to draw.  I dropped
some songs that others wouldn't see any problem with and played some that
some listener may have found inappropriate.

The station that I work at uses the positioner: "Good Times and Great
Oldies."  Station management wisely decided that those sentiments are not
appropriate this week.  The positioner did slip out of my mouth once last
night.  When you usually use a line in every break, it's hard to break the
habit.

-- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine