[BC] Ugliest Bride/Show Prep

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Stations all over the country were doing this "contest."  There was/ 
is a network of morning show producers who exchange ideas.  Don 
&  Mike were doing this in the 80s, and really made the Washington 
Post angry.  It seems they make a LOT of money from that page or two 
and because of the show, no brides wanted to be on he pages.  I don't 
think they sued, but how could they win?

Today the network of producers is even more formal, and easy with e- 
mail.  Plus, there are show prep firms which send out the same 
information to dozens and dozens of stations each morning.  It is 
interesting to hear morning guys working from the same location, 
telling the same jokes, making the same observations, and doing the 
same bits.  Even when it is local, its all the same.

--chip

On Oct 6, 2007, at 2:44 AM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

>Message: 21
>Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 18:39:50 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Blaine Thompson <irw at well.com>
>Subject: [BC] Re: Rumor of DESPICABLE conte st?
>
>On Fri, 5 Oct 2007 nakayle at gmail.com wrote:
>
>>  Several years ago I read of a station getting sued over a "Ugliest
>>Bride" contest where they would invite listeners to review the
>>wedding
>
>That was a contest from Bob Mason and Bill Sheehan at WPYX-FM in
>Albany,
>New York.
>
>http://www.rcfp.org/news/1998/0112k.html
>http://medialibel.org/cases-conflicts/radio/esposito.html