Thank goodness we not in Chicago

[Howard Glazer]

You mean Manfred Mann? I can't imagine Orbison doing that song, or WODS
playing his version.

Howard

----- Original Message -----
From: Doug Drown <revdoug1@verizon.net>
To: Howard Glazer <hmglaz@worldnet.att.net>; David Tomm
<nostaticatall@charter.net>; Kevin Vahey <kvahey@gmail.com>
Cc: <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>; Ron Bello
<RBello@belloassoc.com>; Dan.Strassberg <dan.strassberg@att.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: Thank goodness we not in Chicago


> <<Radio hasn't been a foreground medium since Truman's day.>>
> By and large, 'tis so, alas.  But we really do listen occasionally.  My
> then-86-year-old mother was with me one day on the New Hampshire Turnpike.
> I was twiddling the dial as WODS was playing "Doo Wah Diddy" by Roy
Orbison.
> I kept on twiddling, and she said, "HEY!  DON'T SHUT THAT OFF!!"
>
> -Doug
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Howard Glazer" <hmglaz@worldnet.att.net>
> To: "Doug Drown" <revdoug1@verizon.net>; "David Tomm"
> <nostaticatall@charter.net>; "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@gmail.com>
> Cc: <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>; "Ron Bello"
> <RBello@belloassoc.com>; "Dan.Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net>
> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 12:25 PM
> Subject: Re: Thank goodness we not in Chicago
>
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Doug Drown <revdoug1@verizon.net>
> > To: David Tomm <nostaticatall@charter.net>; Kevin Vahey
<kvahey@gmail.com>
> > Cc: <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>; Ron Bello
> > <RBello@belloassoc.com>; Dan.Strassberg <dan.strassberg@att.net>
> > Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 7:17 PM
> > Subject: Re: Thank goodness we not in Chicago
> >
> >
> > > David said: <<Christmas formats make money and attract listeners for
> > > stations that target adults the rest of the year.>>
> > >
> > > I'm incredulous. Astonished.  Flummoxed.  Amazed --- that this format
> > > actually draws good ratings. IMHO, Christmas pop music is so
ubiquitous
> > this
> > > time of year (people can hear the same thing when they go into Walmart
> or
> > > any other store) that after a short time it gets tiresome.  Makes me
> > wonder
> > > how many people actually LISTEN to music on the radio, or whether it's
> > just
> > > background noise while they do something else.
> > >
> >
> > It's background noise for MOST of the audience, even a radio nut like me
> > some of the time. I've got XM's '70s channel droning along in the
> background
> > as I type this, and I can't tell you the last three songs played. Radio
> > hasn't been a foreground medium since Truman's day.
> >
> > Howard
> >
> >
>