[WXBH-Discuss] Paul's rant on Programming

[loyd coy]

i dont think people got my points either.. im not
against the repeating of shows, as it would be
necessary at first at least.. i was saying that i
think that being a long term plan would be a horrible
idea. it should be something done out of neccesity at
best in my opinion.
i also did not mean to seem like i liked the idea of
the station being dominated by any type of music or
other programming.. im just saying that the station
should be open enough that those involved decide the
programming, and not so closed off that the
programming decides who those involved are. if i
wanted to play nothing but late 90s vegan straightedge
metal influenced hardcore from southern europe(not the
case) imbetween a folk show and a hip hop show then so
be it...

as for the anti country sentiment... modern commercial
country is a bunch of crap, but i would see nothing
wrong with playing johnny cash, patsy cline, hank
williams, charlie pride, david allen coe, merle
haggard etc.. in fact id be rather interested in doing
so from time to time.

i also didnt mean to seem like i was against the
garage/folk/prog rock stuff. i would just be nauseated
if all i could find on such a rad resource was frank
zappa and alice coopers first record, sandwiched
between slices of doc watson and early kinks demos,
topped with a garnish of RUSH.

once again sorry if i seemed abrasive.. i do that from
time to time.

--- topdog at woofer.com wrote:

> Hi Patrick,
> 
> It seems as though you understood my point better
> than Loyd did.  The entire
> rant was just a suggestion and not a game plan.  I
> would be all for the "Sea
> Shanty Hour" too! ;-) You just can't find that kind
> of stuff around here and I
> think diversity would be the key to our success.  As
> long as we play ANYTHING
> but Country or Christian I think we will be OK.  I
> have nothing against those
> formats but anyone who has ever tried "dx-ing" or
> listening to distant 
> stations
> that aren't in the local market area can tell you
> that there is either a
> Christian or Country station at just about every
> niche on your dial (including
> 92.7 in Seymour).  In other words, our market is
> SWAMPED with these formats.
> 
> We have no full time Jazz station in a city that was
> once known for it.  If we
> happened to adopt an all Jazz format I think I could
> get us all the financial
> backing that we would ever need and a score of
> listeners to boot.
> 
> It's truly a shame that our radio signal will never
> be heard by what we once
> considered to be our target market (Old Louisville,
> Highlands, maybe Crescent
> Hill).  We have to face the facts that we are going
> to have little or no
> audience in the Hurstbourne area.  This is not just
> my feeling - I have
> discussed it with a number of friends.  That is the
> suburbs.  I may be wrong,
> but I don't get the vibe of community spirit coming
> from there.  Have you ever
> tried to merge into traffic on Hurstbourne Lane? 
> Has anyone ever let 
> you in? They don't let me in and they won't help you
> if your car needs 
> a jump.   I know
> personally from some of my pizza delivery friends
> that this is one of 
> the worst
> areas in town to work (not good tippers).  I would
> assume that their
> closed-mindedness also may be an indicator of their
> radio listening habits.
> 
> These are the people that keep Rush Limbaugh on the
> Louisville air waves.  I
> just see a format like radical left-wing talk radio
> as giving them one more
> reason to never tune us in.  With some off-the-wall
> local programming we might
> have a chance in Hurstbourne!
> 
> Pacifica would be a nice format for Old Louisville
> and the Highlands where we
> would actually have some die-hard listeners. 
> Unfortunately, our signal won't
> reach there.  I guess my advice is "look before you
> leap".
> 
> Some of us on the Tech committee already know that a
> much bigger 
> audience would
> be attained by streaming our signal simultaneously. 
> I don't know if 
> that would
> be against any user agreements with Pacifica.  For
> instance, WHAS-AM 
> can stream
> local shows but network shows are often blocked to
> force people to listen to
> their local stations (and their local commercials). 
> Something else to look
> into.
> 
> I am sorry if I gave the impression that I was for
> block programming and the
> incessant repeats of shows.  That's not at all what
> I was suggesting. 
> Following my hypothetical model, if my Zappa-head
> friend happened to 
> play "I
> don't wanna get drafted" at 8AM on Monday, it would
> be played again at 4PM on
> Tuesday, and midnight on Thursday.  That block of
> shows would then be done and
> gone forever - hardly saturating the airwaves.  Next
> Monday would be a new
> block of shows.  Seeing how Mr. Zappa was the most
> prolific composer of the
> entire 20th Century (if not of all time) there is a
> good chance that "drafted"
> would never be heard again on WXBH.  Most of the
> stations in town have a
> playlist that features songs multiple times per day.
>  In the case of some, I
> think it is multiple times per hour.  Talk about
> BORING...
> 
> I think that the reason "Louisville Radio Sucks" is
> because that is what the
> listeners seem to want.  We have like 30 stations
> that are owned by 5
> corporations.  There is no diversity because people
> don't seem to want it.  If
> you haven't been to your favorite town lately, radio
> stations there might not
> be quite as you remembered them.  Check out Clear
> Channel's affiliate list
> sometime.
> 
> WFPK is the only station that will consistantly play
> local artists - and that
> hasn't happened since WLRS was at 102.3.  Maybe this
> is why WFPK usually wins
> LEO's readers poll as the "best station".  The
> corporate world has even taken
> its toll there - DJ's have less say in what they can
> play each hour.  Former
> WFPK DJ Scott Mullins once said: "We have gone from
> being the best station in
> town to the one that sucks the least". Maybe we can
> take over where they left
> off when the corporation raised its ugly head.  I
> see diversity as being the
> key.
> 
> Once again, this is only my 2 cents worth and if
> I've offended you I guess
> you'll just have to get over it.  ;-)
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Quoting Patrick Martin
> <spreadlovelikepeanutbutter at hotmail.com>:
> 
> > I'm sorry, but I for one enjoy the idea of ALL
> types and formats of 
> > shows (music, news, discussion forum) as long as
> there is an audience 
> > listening and contibuting some type of support.  I
> happen to like 
> > prog rock, garage rock, etc. among many other
> things and I think 
> > shows like that could do well in Louisville
> because there isn't an 
> > outlet for something like that here on our dial. 
> I can honestly say 
> > that I would welcome music like that on my radio,
> and would lend my 
> > support to keep it on the air.  I agree that
> repeating blocks of 
> > programming in excess (no matter what it is) 
> might be a bad move, 
> > but I don't think that was exactly the point being
> made. Whenever 
> > this project is off the ground, there will not
> necessarily be enough 
> > content to keep the broadcast going 24/7 without
> some type of 
> > repeating, there simply are not enough people with
> enough time.  And, 
> > again, I'm very sorry, but the idea of a
> "community" (i.e. everybody) 
> > station that is geared or oriented towards only
> one type of 
> > programming be it punk or sea chanties or local
> church services is a 
> > big turn off for me and I'm sure it would be for
> other people in the 
> > city as well.
> >
> > A humorous anecdote, I recently found myself in an
> orientaion 
> > exercise with about 15 other people when we were
> asked to fill out a 
> > personality questionaire, one question being "What
> is your favorite 
> > radio station?"  Aside from myself and one other
> person, (I listed a 
> > NY station, the other guy said WASE 103.5, an
> E-town oldies station) 
> > everyone in the room said "The radio here sucks." 
> Could this be the 
> > WXBH demographic?
> >
> >
> 
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