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Re: "It's The End Of The World As We Know It..."



Sorry - I should mention my tongue was firmly in cheek here, too   :-)

At 04:00 PM 2/6/2002 -0500, Aaron 'Bishop' Read wrote:
>And it's only the tyranny of Arbitron that keeps the millions in 
>Massachusetts from making college stations WMFO, WERS, WMBR, WZBC, WBRS, 
>WZLY, WMWM, WJUL, WTBU, and WMLN the region's top stations....since none 
>of them have had playlists in decades (if ever).  And you can't even use 
>the "crappy DJ'ing" argument here, either.  Well, okay, for a lot of them 
>you can, but you can't say WERS and WMBR have consistently lousy 
>DJ's...usually their jock staff is better vocally, technically, and 
>content-wise than the commercial crew.  (I'm not saying the other stations 
>don't have good DJ's...I'm just saying that the vast majority of ERS & MBR 
>DJ's are really good....the other stations have really good DJ's but not 
>as many on-staff; tends to be kinda hit-or-miss depending on who's at the 
>board when you tune in).
>
>- Aaron
>
>At 06:07 PM 2/6/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>>dan.strassberg@att.net
>>617-558-4205
>>eFax 707-215-6367
>> > Flying in the face of conventional wisdom, WKLB-FM is
>> > defying the "Smaller Is Better" playlist dictum.  Today, in
>> > a newsletter from John "JW" Willis, the following words
>> > are surely causing heartburn, palpitations and clammy
>> > hands for Consultants and PD's everywhere in the civilized
>> > world (and radio, too.)
>> >
>> > "We've brought in a lot of extra music from our music
>> > library, so you should be hearing even more variety!"
>> >
>
>______________________________________________
>Aaron "Bishop" Read       aread@speakeasy.net
>Fried Bagels Consulting   www.friedbagels.com
>12 Walnut St. / Waltham, MA / 02453
>

______________________________________________
Aaron "Bishop" Read       aread@speakeasy.net
Fried Bagels Consulting   www.friedbagels.com
12 Walnut St. / Waltham, MA / 02453