[WXBH-Discuss] Paul's rant on Programming

[loyd coy]

sadly people i will have to miss the meeting tonight,
due to a new job, lack of sleep, having to give
plasma,  an inadequate bus system, and lack of funds
to supply my body with proper nutrition... i just got
home a few horus ago and have ben up since 11amish
yesterday and have to be at work at 11pm tonight... i
would like to hear all about what happens tonight..
also if anyone wants to discuss this or anything with
me further email me personally or whatever if you dont
want it to be on the listserve... i would like to add
one point though. I LIVE LESS THAN A 1/2 MILE OFF OF
HURSTEBOURNE!!!! hahaha
--- radical eclectic <radioelectric at yahoo.com> wrote:

> you know... this sounds like a good discussion for a
> few people who have some time to sit down together
> and come up with workable alternatives together by
> focusing on how much diversity exists in the
> different facets of our community... thats exactly
> what would set our station and programming apart
> thus providing the foothold necessary to take the
> next leap once this 4 year permit expires... time to
> put all the ideas onto the table and get all the
> components of community supporting this action
>    
>   see you tonight at the committee discussion??
> 
> loyd coy <xscenedestroyerx at yahoo.com> wrote:
>   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
> 
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