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Post by thelegacy on Apr 3, 2018 16:49:31 GMT
I hope you listen to the entire file on why Radio is dying. At the end of the video you'll notice he is also a part 15 AM station operator.
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Post by Boomer on Apr 3, 2018 19:35:02 GMT
Thanks The Lagecy, I watched the whole thing, and that's someone who has done a lot of thinking about what's wrong with radio, he should be invited to join the ALPB. At the very least we can give him ideas on how to get set up with Part-15 equipment to broadcast to his radios.
I'm glad there are regular people out there talking about this in the open air, public places like YouTube. That way regular listeners can hear what he says and form opinions. I chat with people about radio and find most people haven't given the the changes much thought, they've just slipped into other modes of listening, rather than turning on the radio. Yet, they'll often have memories of listening when they were younger or hearing the music their parents played, or that their school had a student radio station.
It seems like such a coincidence that the corporate raiders took over with consolidation, at the same time as the rise of mp3, satellite radio, and on line music listening happened. That meant radio lost its power and didn't have a chance to fight back with all its strengths, like live and local.
Radio isn't dead, it just has to make due with less.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2018 20:11:24 GMT
That Says It
Thank you TheLegacy for linking the good report on why radio is dying.
The gentleman on the microphone is exactly right and mirrors things we, all of us, have been saying for a long time.
Try to get him signed up with the ALPB!
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Post by mark on Apr 3, 2018 21:18:40 GMT
Great post Legacy!
I used to listen to a certain station just for the on air DJ. Wolfman Jack was the greatest of them all. I could get the same music anywhere but the on air personality was what determined who got me listening.
Even small town radio stations here in Ontario are owned by a big corporation and not local at all and have no record library of their own....they get their playlist from Texas believe it or not!
Go back to the film American Grafitti and that's the way radio should be.
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Post by Boomer on Apr 3, 2018 22:22:24 GMT
Wolfman was awesome, a legend. He's supposed to have gotten his style from blues man Howlin' Wolf (Smokestack Lightning).
There's a Canadian band, The Stampeders, who made a 'Hit The Road Jack' comedy song tribute to Wolfman, and he's in it too. That should be in your play list Oldies Mark.
If a talent like Wolfman emerged, he'd probably get hired away from radio to be on cable TV or a Youtube channel.
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Post by mark on Apr 3, 2018 23:45:19 GMT
Wolfman was awesome, a legend. He's supposed to have gotten his style from blues man Howlin' Wolf (Smokestack Lightning). There's a Canadian band, The Stampeders, who made a 'Hit The Road Jack' comedy song tribute to Wolfman, and he's in it too. That should be in your play list Oldies Mark. If a talent like Wolfman emerged, he'd probably get hired away from radio to be on cable TV or a Youtube channel. Boomer It is there, plus the other Canadian band Guess Who's song "Clap for the Wolfman" Also have a few excerpts from his shows on too. 15 minute segments from American Graffiti are there too. I listened in the early seventies to his live show every evening from WNBC New York when he moved to that station from his original XERB in LA California. There was other great on air personalities well known like "Cousin Brucie" who was on WLS Chicago in the 60s but nothing tops the Wolfman. Other stations had him syndicated, even CHUM here in Toronto but he wasn't there actually and he must have done some pre taping because he said the station's name. But after he died CKOC from Hamilton, an oldies station now gone sports/talk had him on in the evenings but I don't know how they did that. Yeah, that's when radio was great. |
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Post by Admin on Apr 4, 2018 0:00:26 GMT
I know that my next words fly in the face of everything that the 'powers that be' preach, but so be it.
We are far too well off today, at least here in the Western world. Particularly when much of the world is starving, while we complain that we can't afford to eat out more. Or go jetting off to resorts in warmer climates (most of us, anyway).
Radio is a microcosm of the world. Why do these big companies have to continue to make obscene profits, their executive make more than the GNP of some countries, and grow and grow?
It used to be that companies were satisfied to give themselves and others jobs. To make enough profit to continue to exist.
Owners took pride in their companies and the contributions to the community. Workers too pride in what they did. There was company loyalty to workers, and worker loyalty to companies.
Now, well, not so much. Money is everything. People are nothing (except if it's you, of course).
If we as a society and individuals reign in what our expectations are, then we might actually get to a state where there could be Mom & Pop local radio stations again, that provide entertainment to the community.
I guess what I'm saying is that crappy radio is just a symptom of a much, much, larger problem.
It really all starts and ends with each and every one of us. Using our brains.
But what I see is the vast majority of people following blindly along whatever path is laid out for them by those that have power and existing money. Blind acceptance of Facebook and Twitter posts, and the regurgitation of scripted copy by corporate executives.
When TV shows like Roseanne can get massive ratings in a revival (and it was pretty terrible in the first run), you know there's something really wrong in the fabric of society.
Do I hold out much hope? Not really. But I can at least make my little piece of the world, that which I control, a little more sane. And try to ignore the rest.
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Post by thelegacy on Apr 4, 2018 0:04:11 GMT
Wolfman Jack had a home just down the road from my wife's mother in perquimans County which is in a town called Belvedere in North Carolina.
Wolfman would often do a lot of his tapings in the basement. His real name was Robert Smith.
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Post by jimhenry2000 on Apr 5, 2018 4:14:16 GMT
Great movie! Just watched it again on Youtube. Great post Legacy! I used to listen to a certain station just for the on air DJ. Wolfman Jack was the greatest of them all. I could get the same music anywhere but the on air personality was what determined who got me listening. Even small town radio stations here in Ontario are owned by a big corporation and not local at all and have no record library of their own....they get their playlist from Texas believe it or not! Go back to the film American Grafitti and that's the way radio should be. |
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Post by mark on Apr 5, 2018 4:30:17 GMT
How did you watch it on Youtube?
It is only shown in short parts and you have to pay to get it or you are directed to a different site like most full length movies.
But besides great radio those cars are my era I grew up in and they are "real" cars and the styling is like works of art.
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Post by jimhenry2000 on Apr 5, 2018 4:46:20 GMT
I listened to the entire file and enjoyed it immensely, as it encompassed both my interest in Part 15 AND antique radio. Has anyone reached out to him and asked him to join us? I hope you listen to the entire file on why Radio is dying. At the end of the video you'll notice he is also a part 15 AM station operator. |
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Post by jimhenry2000 on Apr 5, 2018 4:47:39 GMT
Mark, Whatever link I found it allowed me to watch the whole movie! I don't remember the link now. How did you watch it on Youtube? It is only shown in short parts and you have to pay to get it or you are directed to a different site like most full length movies. But besides great radio those cars are my era I grew up in and they are "real" cars and the styling is like works of art. |
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Post by mark on Apr 5, 2018 5:08:03 GMT
Yeah, I looked and a link came up that lets you stream movies to watch on the computer or download them and I just have to register.
I may register as it seems that once you register hundreds of titles are available to stream in their entirety. Doesn't say it's pay for view.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2018 5:11:22 GMT
Youtube Shows Movies Without Registering
I watch movies on Youtube everyday and don't sign in or pay.
The only time I am asked to log in is if a movie has an adult-only rating.
By the way, there is a paid Youtube which shows more movies in the finest technical quality but I haven't joined that.
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Post by Boomer on Apr 5, 2018 6:20:30 GMT
Trump, as a big business guy being in the White House is a sign of where the collective mind is at today. People want that, and to be instant millionaires by acquiring other companies or being acquired.
I'd been thinking how business seems so ruthless lately. There's always been an element of that, but I felt more concern for the customer in the past, but now when companies talk about their customers, it's about eyeballs and clicks, very little about the customer's values, and what they're getting back for the hours spent interacting. Can we blame them? Like you said, people blindly use Twitter/Facebook without thinking of the consequences.
Did companies always think that way? Maybe they did, but hid it so well under concern that the concern became a reality. I'd also think those early entrepreneurs who built something from the ground up were more concerned with the customer, because they knew where they came from, building from ground zero and what it took.
I liked his story about the AM station owner nearby, the dad who got people in that knew the community and what music and other programming they liked. Dad died and the son took over, and it seems like he didn't get it, so he got rid of all of the station's personalities, and now it sounds like the station is flopping around between formats, trying to find something that will catch on, but the thing is, they HAD something that worked!
That's one reason I'd rather own my station. I like Carl's corporate structure, he can hire himself for any position as needed, fire himself and then hire himself back again.
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