[BC] Listening in the car

[Steve Newman]

Yes and no Nat. I worked during the Drake/Chenault - Buzz Bennett era...and 
during the underground radio era. So we had formula radio and non-formula 
radio. Funny you happen to mention Oldies. I'm consulting a station and hour 
and a half from me (AM station) with my version of "Oldies". I don't use the 
word and my playlist is 3,217 cuts, and the stopsets are short. It's truly 
retro. The jingles are built from what I believe to be the 3 eras of Top-40 
radio that gave birth to these songs. I don't know why I got off on this. I 
see where you're coming from. I thought it seemed you were putting down the 
very business that supported you for so many years. Radio has been good to 
me. (not every job has been but the business I chose to work in has 
supported me for over 40 years) I'm not a rich guy but I'm comfortable and 
don't plan on retiring. Like many, I'll die at the mic, console or watching 
the processor. :)

Steve




----- Original Message ----- 
From: <nakayle at gmail.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] Listening in the car


> Well Steve, it's not the same industry that was paying my salary years
> ago.  Today it's formula radio, where everywhere you go you hear the same
> things.  I think the local oldies station has a playlist of the same 50
> songs they've been playing for years because some stuffed shirt in NY said
> those of the ones they should play.   And while I know their must be ads,
> there doesn't have to be five solid minutes of ads, PSAs, promos and
> whatnot.  Don't PDs realize that by the fourth minute of this the listener
> has hit his tuning button to go find music somewhere?  And because every
> station is like this now that somewhere is likely his Ipod where he can 
> hear
> what he wants when he wants and without the yak.
>
> - Nat Kayle