Mr. Luddite
- show quoted text -
"I was reading the other day that most of the AM stations are being shut
down or sold to special interest broadcasters. *Affected is the first
commercial radio station in the USA ... WBZ in Boston. * I used to
listen to 'BZ all the time as a kid ... Red Sox games and then Dick
Summer and Larry Glick at night. * Too bad to see them being shut down
but they are another casualty of the Internet and technology."


I don't think there is a single am station left around here.

On 4/23/2016 3:32 PM, True North wrote:
Mr. Luddite
- show quoted text -
"I was reading the other day that most of the AM stations are being shut
down or sold to special interest broadcasters. Affected is the first
commercial radio station in the USA ... WBZ in Boston. I used to
listen to 'BZ all the time as a kid ... Red Sox games and then Dick
Summer and Larry Glick at night. Too bad to see them being shut down
but they are another casualty of the Internet and technology."


I don't think there is a single am station left around here.

Interesting. The two top-rated stations up here are AM stations. One
is a news/sports station and the other is a news/talk.

Its kinda sad, actually... I worked for 10 years as a DJ in music
radio, and watched it go from Fun (the DJ's were allowed to have
personality and fun, which formed a "gotta listen" relationship with the
public) to Vanilla (minimal personality is desired because Corporate
wants the listener to like the brand, not the DJ).

Of course, outside of morning drive, very few music stations have a
live person actually in the studio. Assuming the show isn't
satellite-delivered, its either voice-tracked from another state (like
Entercom and Clear Channel iHeart stations), or the local DJ prerecords
it and while they are "on-the air" are really in a production booth
somewhere making commercials.

Ryan P. wrote:
On 4/23/2016 3:32 PM, True North wrote:
Mr. Luddite
- show quoted text -
"I was reading the other day that most of the AM stations are being shut
down or sold to special interest broadcasters. Affected is the first
commercial radio station in the USA ... WBZ in Boston. I used to
listen to 'BZ all the time as a kid ... Red Sox games and then Dick
Summer and Larry Glick at night. Too bad to see them being shut down
but they are another casualty of the Internet and technology."


I don't think there is a single am station left around here.

Interesting. The two top-rated stations up here are AM stations. One
is a news/sports station and the other is a news/talk.

Its kinda sad, actually... I worked for 10 years as a DJ in music
radio, and watched it go from Fun (the DJ's were allowed to have
personality and fun, which formed a "gotta listen" relationship with the
public) to Vanilla (minimal personality is desired because Corporate
wants the listener to like the brand, not the DJ).

Of course, outside of morning drive, very few music stations have a
live person actually in the studio. Assuming the show isn't
satellite-delivered, its either voice-tracked from another state (like
Entercom and Clear Channel iHeart stations), or the local DJ prerecords
it and while they are "on-the air" are really in a production booth
somewhere making commercials.





Rush Limbaugh originally started as a top 40 DJ in Sacramento. So
personality did matter then.

On 4/26/2016 6:38 PM, Califbill wrote:
Ryan P. wrote:
On 4/23/2016 3:32 PM, True North wrote:
Mr. Luddite
- show quoted text -
"I was reading the other day that most of the AM stations are being shut
down or sold to special interest broadcasters. Affected is the first
commercial radio station in the USA ... WBZ in Boston. I used to
listen to 'BZ all the time as a kid ... Red Sox games and then Dick
Summer and Larry Glick at night. Too bad to see them being shut down
but they are another casualty of the Internet and technology."


I don't think there is a single am station left around here.

Interesting. The two top-rated stations up here are AM stations. One
is a news/sports station and the other is a news/talk.

Its kinda sad, actually... I worked for 10 years as a DJ in music
radio, and watched it go from Fun (the DJ's were allowed to have
personality and fun, which formed a "gotta listen" relationship with the
public) to Vanilla (minimal personality is desired because Corporate
wants the listener to like the brand, not the DJ).

Of course, outside of morning drive, very few music stations have a
live person actually in the studio. Assuming the show isn't
satellite-delivered, its either voice-tracked from another state (like
Entercom and Clear Channel iHeart stations), or the local DJ prerecords
it and while they are "on-the air" are really in a production booth
somewhere making commercials.





Rush Limbaugh originally started as a top 40 DJ in Sacramento. So
personality did matter then.

Actually, if you don't automatically hate everything about him because
of his politics, he's got a quirky lighthearted personality and makes a
lot of one-line jokes. Take off 30 years and I can certainly see him
being a DJ.

I hate Bill Clinton's politics, but I think he'd be fun to have a beer
with at a bar.

On 4/27/16 11:16 AM, Ryan P. wrote:
On 4/26/2016 6:38 PM, Califbill wrote:
Ryan P. wrote:
On 4/23/2016 3:32 PM, True North wrote:
Mr. Luddite
- show quoted text -
"I was reading the other day that most of the AM stations are being
shut
down or sold to special interest broadcasters. Affected is the first
commercial radio station in the USA ... WBZ in Boston. I used to
listen to 'BZ all the time as a kid ... Red Sox games and then Dick
Summer and Larry Glick at night. Too bad to see them being shut down
but they are another casualty of the Internet and technology."


I don't think there is a single am station left around here.

Interesting. The two top-rated stations up here are AM stations. One
is a news/sports station and the other is a news/talk.

Its kinda sad, actually... I worked for 10 years as a DJ in music
radio, and watched it go from Fun (the DJ's were allowed to have
personality and fun, which formed a "gotta listen" relationship with the
public) to Vanilla (minimal personality is desired because Corporate
wants the listener to like the brand, not the DJ).

Of course, outside of morning drive, very few music stations have a
live person actually in the studio. Assuming the show isn't
satellite-delivered, its either voice-tracked from another state (like
Entercom and Clear Channel iHeart stations), or the local DJ prerecords
it and while they are "on-the air" are really in a production booth
somewhere making commercials.





Rush Limbaugh originally started as a top 40 DJ in Sacramento. So
personality did matter then.

Actually, if you don't automatically hate everything about him because
of his politics, he's got a quirky lighthearted personality and makes a
lot of one-line jokes. Take off 30 years and I can certainly see him
being a DJ.

I hate Bill Clinton's politics, but I think he'd be fun to have a beer
with at a bar.


Well, hell, Mussolini made the trains run on time.