Re: WJUL "Lowell SunRise"

["Mission Control" <miscon@miscon.net>]

I too am surprised. I thought that something that was in the works for over 4 months would have done some run-throughs or practice sessions. Not the case. The way they produced their first show, is the stuff of what makes up my anxiety nightmares! (Yes, I was there.) Only so much can be attributed to "first day jitters."

I would have thought that Paul Sullivan's  WBZ experience would have brought something to the show, but it seems that with Bob at the mic, Paul's reverted to his old WLLH days and ways... and boy, the "Lowell Sunrise" sound is worse than the old 1400 ever was! Sad.

Yes, I'm a WJUL alumn, but I'm also a radio guy. I'd give credit where it's due, but... it's... so... hard... to find something good to say... about this show.

Mike


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Mark Watson" <markwats@comcast.net>
Date:  Wed, 1 Oct 2003 06:14:18 -0400

>   From what I've heard the first two days, I'm not impressed. Audio quality
>sounds flat and at times, distorted. It sounds like most of the features are
>recorded, and the news and sports appears to be recorded as well. Not too
>much Lowell area news either. The traffic reports are live. The Lowell Sun
>had an article in yesterday's editions about the first day of  "Lowell
>SunRise", the paper's editor admitted that day one was a bit rocky but
>things will improve in time.
>
>    Not noted on the list yet: the talent. News and sports handled by Bob
>Ellis, who spent over 20 years at WLLH, then went to WCCM. Also heard on
>traffic and features is John Collins, who is a Lowell Sun reporter, but has
>also worked in radio in the past, including stops at WSMN, WCCM, WOTW.
>
>Mark Watson
>
>