[BC] Arrested for just telling people where tofind Copywrited material.

[Paul Smith W4KNX]

When I first got into radio in the mid sixties, the program director and
music director were both under 30 years old, and I was told that by the time
you are 30, you no longer can pick new hit music.  The station I worked for
was programmed as a top 40, which I guess would be known as a CHR today.

Paul Smith
Sarasota, FL
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From: "Sid Schweiger" <sid at wrko.com>
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Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] Arrested for just telling people where tofind Copywrited
material.


> >>An old friend of mine was just laid off from Universal's marketing
> department in Los Angeles, along with his boss and 11 other staff
> members -- Universal nuked his whole department because the company's
> sales downturn made it economically impossible to continue running
> it. Mark had been working there for over 5 years. Don't delude
> yourself; file sharing *is* hurting real people and so far, digital
> downloads are not making up for lost CD sales ;-(<<
>
> Maybe they ought to spend more time worrying about having viable product
> to sell and less time running after children and 75-year-old
> grandmothers for $3000 settlement payments...while they simultaneously
> delude themselves into thinking that such actions will curtail illegal
> downloads.
>
> It's very interesting listening to XM's 60s channel these days.  Before
> the top of the hour, they review the top six songs from the same week in
> a year from the 1960s decade.  After that, you hear Bill Drake's "Number
> One then...and Number One now!" liner, followed by as much as the DJ can
> stand of the current number one song.  I'll freely admit that I haven't
> listened to a top-hits station in years, but I have never heard worse
> "music" in my life.  Totally without rhythm (except for bass lines that
> would set off seismic detectors), melody, musicianship, lyrics or any
> other minimally redeeming quality.  It's no wonder that the DJ cuts off
> the song abruptly, followed by a recorded voice saying, "Well, that's
> enough of THAT!"
>
> If the recording companies seek redemption of their (failing) business,
> they ought to start by looking at themselves.
>