[WXBH-Discuss] Paul's rant on Programming

[loyd coy]

i cant beleive that anyone thinks that the repeat of
blocks of programming is a good idea... that trend in
cable tv is the worst thing to ever happen to
television aside from reality shows. i love the
history channel and other educational television but
when i have cable i end up watching tv just as little
as when i dont cause everytime i turn it on the same
programs are on. it makes me think twice before i ever
hit the power button.. and to be honest if what was
being repeated was shows dealing with garage rock,
prog rock, and zappa-esque stuff id want to shoot
myself in the face twice. i think that getting
democracy now and other syndicated shows is an amazing
idea. locally produced shows would of course be the
"key to our success" but the absence of a good
independent all encompassing news source would be a
disservice to the community NOT a disservice to the
programming of a station. i do not disagree with the
360 degrees of music thing, but when you are at a
level where you see repeating msuic with such a small
audience for 24 hours  as a viable option id say that
beggars cant be choosers. any type of a station like
this should always be what the people involved make
it. so if for a while you have a ton of punk rock
types doing shows then it might lean in the
direction.. then if they all go away and all of a
sudden the hip hop community embraces the station,
then youd have a hip hop heavy format. i think
diversity should be a goal, but should by no means be
the only thing considered... all of this is only meant
ot be food for thought.

--- topdog at woofer.com wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm also interested in programming.  I have a few
> friends (most of whom are
> audio engineers) who I have casually approached
> about possibly doing their own
> shows and they have all expressed interest.  One guy
> is into old folk music,
> another is a progressive rock enthusiast, another is
> just into "weird" stuff
> like Beefhart and Zappa.  I had thought of doing my
> own show of (highly 
> edited)
> garage band jams that I have collected over the
> years - many done with the
> Zappahead.  Needless to say, all of the
> forementioned people (including 
> myself)
> have their own studios or access to studios so
> production costs would be the
> cost of blank CD's.  If they want to "beam" their
> shows to us via the 
> internet,
> then the cost to us would be FREE.
> 
> I think locally produced shows would be the key to
> our success - and 
> what we all
> envision.  I feel that subscribing to network
> programming (just to be 
> on the air
> for the sake of being allowed to be on the air) is a
> bit of a copout.
> 
> Lets say, for instance, that the four shows that I
> just mentioned are 
> approved. Lets also say that each show is a two hour
> block.  That is 8 
> hours of local
> programming.  There is a current technique being
> used by a number of  from
> cable TV networks (i.e. the Food Network, History
> Channel, Discovery...) of
> repeating BLOCKS of shows.  I think the same show
> you can watch at 8PM is on
> again at 12AM - and the 9:00AM show is on at
> 1:00AM...  I can't currently
> envision anyone listening to us for more than 8
> hours at time so that 8 hour
> block could then be repeated and still seem fresh to
> most listeners.  A
> "threepeat" would give us 24 hours of programming -
> at no cost whatsoever to
> WXBH!!!
> 
> The repeats do not have to be linear.  Say that this
> 8 hour block is 
> programmed
> for the first airing on Monday from 8AM to 4PM.  The
> repeat can be 
> Tuesday from
> 4PM until midnight Wednesday and the Threepeat
> starting at midnight on 
> Thursday.
> That way, all of the DJ's and all of their friends
> (our new listeners) have a
> chance to hear their show no matter what their work
> or school schedule may be!
> 
> Say there are seven of us interested in programming.
>  If each of us found 4
> people to do shows (possibly including themselves)
> then we would have a 24/7
> week full of local programming.  If all of these
> people had their own
> facilities (yeah... I know) then ALL of our
> programming would be free.  Aron
> and I had talked about possibly running the station
> out of a closet from the
> transmitter site.  Shows could be uploaded to a
> computer at the 
> transmitter via
> DSL (which seems to be our cheapest option).  The
> scheduling could be done on
> the computer there.  If we are not "live" then the
> speed of the lines (or the
> internet) is no longer an issue.
> 
> There are literally HUNDREDS of recording studios in
> the city of Louisville
> alone.  All one really needs is a microphone and a
> computer.  If the cost of
> producing the show could be made the burden of the
> DJ then production costs
> would be ZERO!
> 
> You don't need the best of computers to do this
> either.  An old 486 with a CD
> burner and a sound card would suffice.  I remember
> seeing quite a 
> number of old
> donated computer parts in the storeroom.  Let's do
> something with them!  An
> internal IDE CD burner is like $20 or so.  For
> anyone interested in production
> or having their own show that does not have a
> computer, lets fix up a comp and
> give it to them for free (with a signed agreement
> that they give us x 
> number of
> shows or give us the computer back).
> 
> It would of course be ideal to have a live, on-air
> station but I think we have
> to be realistic - at least at first.  Our main goal
> is to get on the 
> air and we
> have until Oct 29 to do so.  Right now, the free
> time that I have is being
> solely devoted to the tech group and I don't get to
> read a lot of the
> Discussion Group topics.  Once we are "on the air" I
> would love to help with
> the programming.
> 
> I think everyone sees the tremendous cost (at least
> to us) of having a
> production facility.  Equipment, electricity,
> security, uncouth DJ's, heating,
> cooling....  Unless these grants come through, we
> are on our own.  I don't
> envision "a lot" of money coming through
> underwriting or CD sales but it could
> pay for the electricity and DSL each month.  If the
> DSL and rent at the
> transmitter site can be bartered through
> underwriting then electricity 
> might be
> our only cost (less than $50 per month).  That is
> assuming that production is
> free.
> 
> I didn't know what "direction" we were going to take
> as far as the programming
> goes, but I envision it to be a bit of everything. 
> The Brick House is a
> community center and we have to serve our varied
> community.  WFPK, as an
> example, has made "360 degrees of music" their
> motto.  They stick to their
> motto.  In the course of a 24/7 week they play just
> about everything but
> classical music and talk shows (their sister
> stations are classical and talk
> formats).  I was thinking that we would kind of be
> the same but I 
> haven't heard
> anything formal about what the format might be. 
> That might be a good 
> topic for
> discussion.
> 
> I'll "sign off" for now.  ;-)
> 
> Paul Nevitt
> 
> 
> 
> Quoting Jennifer Oladipo <jenniferola at wildmail.com>:
> 
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I joined largely because I'm interested in
> programming. From what 
> > I've gathered so far, much of the talk has been
> technical. I just 
> > wondered who else intends to have anything to do
> with programming, or 
> > if anyone has already taken the lead on that.
> >
> > Jennifer
> >
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