so... this well meaning sentiment died a quick death....

Enough Already wrote:

@ exidor:  Do you enjoy talking to yourself?  Jody had it right, "Have at it."  No one really cares.  Good bye Quad City.

this board has turned into a pathetic train wreck of one person's exaggerated views.  i tune in as i do to fox news, simply to see what the next level of ridiculous exposition will be achieved.  i depart feeling dirty and less informed than when i arrived, yet i also have a base desire to witness stupidity at work.... as in the success of youtube's fail army.

Eldon wrote:

bucky wrote:

    maybe check in with bayshore's CHGB Wasaga... oh wait.     

With broadcast studios in Owen Sound and Collingwood (but not in Wah-sah-ga) it's probably not a reliable resource on this topic
 

um ya, that was meant as sarcasm.  thanks for picking up on that!

it's still Wah-say-ga

well for one... the NHL does not allow for advertising breaks in overtime...

no idea about the stupor bowl

Interesting that this board has not talked about the closing of applications for Grimsby/Beamsville new radio applications.....
http://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2016/2016-451.htm?_ga=1.237167744.1681871549.1490746456

or the sale of Tillsonburg radio to Rogers
http://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2017/2017-90.htm?_ga=1.235520129.1681871549.1490746456

or the sale of Sound of Faith Brantford to Dufferin/Evanov
http://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2017/2017-94.htm?_ga=1.193594541.1681871549.1490746456#bm4

Just curious....

i'm actually all a-titter.  the recent FCC ruling that foreign nationals can have 100% control of radio stations leads me to wonder when Canadian broadcasters, like Rogers in SSM or Acadia in Fort Frances, will try to buy out their american competitors.

well said, and perfectly elucidated.    Grammatically proper and delivered with the clearest of intentions. 

please elaborate, I would appreciate your further thoughts on hiring "straight actors" for example.
I, too, hate it when actors "director" episodes.  Give me "some piece of advice" to advance your theory.

Thanks for sharing.on what turns out to be your own personal sounding board, because nobody else clearly is involved with the  kw/g/l/h radio & media forum......

nevertheless, one will note CRTC 2015-405 which determines The licensee shall devote at least 50% of the evening broadcast period to the broadcast of Canadian programs.

Moreover, in that same decision TVO confirmed the following:

TVO stated that approximately 70% of its schedule is dedicated to children’s and youth programming broadcast mainly during the 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. portion of the broadcast day. TVO’s exhibition requirements should therefore take into account the nature of the programming being broadcast and its target audience: children’s programming during the daytime when children are watching, and documentaries and current affairs programming in the evening broadcast period when adults are the viewing audience.

Therefore, bitch as you will, TVO is fulfilling their mandate.

i'll take the first step

your entry dripped with the seething effluent of "somewhere else" as you put it.  I return to my original point.  If you had something poignant to say about radio cuts, as your title suggested, why would you waste time with the above noted quote as an introduction.  It belittled whatever position you were taking.

 

i still don't understand why you're hiding on Big Blue instead of taking your complaints to Ol' Yeller.  you're like a bully that only brags to his friends about how much he can beat up some kid he's never confronted.

Hathaway wrote:

Bucky. I respect those elders. I said I did. But those folks aren't what radio needs now. It needs young, creative, technically minded youth. Or it will go extinct

yes true, but we both know that in most cases, corporate priorities overshadow community need. 

there were days when the suits at the top came up from the bottom.  today they're mostly rocketed in or shuffled around based on their cred as CEO to the shareholders.  Trying very hard not to name names!

And, the more young, creative, technically minded youth there are, the fewer jobs those kids have to express themselves creatively.

kinda like churning out mostly talented hockey players in an NHL expansion year.  just dilutes existing talent pool and makes everyone more expendable.....

just saying what my experience tells me workin with 9 stations on multiple formats.  stations are free to choose, but its not free to do.  go back to the 90s with promo discs from record companies.  you get what you're given and like it.  it's a little better now, but not much.

Always loved stations playing Buckcherry's Crazy Bitch or Puddle of Mudd She Fuckin Hates Me with 3/4 of the chorus muted.  Even lately, Headstones had their song muted.  Kristy Knight went into a rant about that at 11am.  Of course she was fired by Bell in their Great Talent Purge of 2015, but that's another story.



thongs?  not true if no pic.

 

Hathaway wrote:

It's a lot like watching a local TV channel.  

is that a CHCH jab?

I couldn't agree with you more about narrow playlists and out-of-date CanCon.  And further to your point about FM audiences being passive listeners, that's true.  Which is why good radio still needs to appeal to their local constituency with current info.  Music jukeboxes suck.....but they make the suits happy.

Motorhead was one of those bands that prided themselves on being a success despite airplay.  Metallica was once like that.  There are others today.  Airplay = mainstream = selling out

I get where you're coming from about hypocritical programmers, but not necessarily the jocks.You have to admit MH is hardly radio-friendly!