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| Video has definitely killed radio |
| 07.17.04 (6:24 pm) [edit] |
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In a "previous life", I used to be a radio DJ / Personality / On-Air Talent. (Call it what you want.) for a couple of "major stations" in Atlanta. It was fun but the hours and pay totally sucked. I also wasn't that thrilled with the lifestyle - staying out all night drinking, people with questionable goals in life, etc. Ever since I left radio to 'get a real job' as my parents referred to, I haven't listened to commercial radio. I listen to talk radio, but otherwise, I spin my own CD's. Today, I actually listened to the radio for a few hours while I was cleaning. OMG. It SUCKS. The playlists are getting shorter and shorter. The public is being spoon-fed or having this format shoved down their throats. No wonder such crap is topping the charts. If you listen to shit songs that are replayed every 90 minutes, it's going to grow on you most of the time. I haven't seen MTV in years either - I don't even wanna know what that has denegrated to... |
posted by: Atomsk (reply)
post date: 07.17.04 (3:46 pm)
yeah i hear ya the jokes are all the same everyone does crank calls and dump pranks. the play list are the same every hour and the dj's just aren't entertaining. Man i love my mp3 player saves me the trouble of dumb radio stations
posted by: ODUwildman (reply)
post date: 07.17.04 (6:36 pm)
I didn't know you worked in "the industry." I've been a spot DJ on occasion when a local AM station needed a fill-in for it's "big band" format... lemme tell you, I was bringin in the ladies...
Anyway, MTV sucks, radio sucks, et. al.
posted by: SheSpecies (reply)
post date: 07.17.04 (8:13 pm)
I can't stand the radio. I try to listen to it every so often but it starts to make me angry and I end up shutting it off pretty quickly.
posted by: ScubaDiva (reply)
post date: 07.18.04 (4:19 am)
Reply to: ODUwildman
Big Band? LMAO
Uh, not me. I have quite a colorful previous life with celebs, etc. It was odd. People would ask for my autograph. How f'ing odd is that? It's not like I wrote a song or can sing. I just introduced music and bantered...
posted by: ScubaDiva (reply)
post date: 07.18.04 (4:22 am)
Reply to: Atomsk
My shows were original. I'd come up with things like "The Hair Report" advising humidity, wind, etc and 'extra gel' needed, shit like that.
I always got compliments on my interviews with artists - I never asked the 'typical' questions.
Too many jocks like to hear themselves talk. Ego's. No one listening gives a damn if you think a song is really cool.
And now with the automation and the internet - many jocks do simultaneous shows - none of the spontaneity...
posted by: SASHASMOMMA (reply)
post date: 07.18.04 (12:51 pm)
I dont think they do videos anymore on MTV??? I think its all tv shows and Ashton Kutcher or Real World. I remember *the good old days* of MTV.
posted by: Cyberpal (reply)
post date: 07.18.04 (1:12 pm)
They all suck.... all way too commercial now!!
posted by: Saint027 (reply)
post date: 07.18.04 (4:31 pm)
I'm convinced most playlists only have about 3 or 4 songs on them. I burn all my own CD's as well.
posted by: nullfactor (reply)
post date: 07.19.04 (7:20 am)
MTV = 24 hours of Nick and Jessica. Bloody boring!!!! If you get an opportunity in your area, check out the station called FUSE. They actually play music videos, some of it rather obscure, though their play lists tend to be pretty short, as well...
posted by: Daisymae (reply)
post date: 07.19.04 (8:52 am)
I'm not much of a radio listener either. Just too much crap on the air!
posted by: ScubaDiva (reply)
post date: 07.19.04 (9:41 am)
Reply to: Saint027
You're a bad bad boy! (But I already knew that!)
posted by: ScubaDiva (reply)
post date: 07.19.04 (9:41 am)
Reply to: Cyberpal
So you just listen to your Perry Como on your IPOD...
posted by: ScubaDiva (reply)
post date: 07.19.04 (10:18 am)
Reply to: nullfactor
Jessica Simpson makes me want to HURL. And her remake of "Take My Breath Away" makes me want to hurl twice. And watching her facial expressions when she sings- horrible. (Someone commented to me once to imagine her expressions when she's boinking her hubby!) EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
posted by: J (reply)
post date: 07.19.04 (10:51 am)
mtv? degenerated to mostly young women half naked, and pop stars. now and then there r rap videos (with young women half naked), rock videos, and some lame o shows that have absolutely NOTHING to do with music whatsoever.
posted by: NightBreed (reply)
post date: 07.19.04 (10:54 am)
mtv sucks ass now adays. they barely show videos.. and when they do its the rap ones degrading women. they have sex games and talks about sex and drinking.. mtv has gone down the crapper bigtime
posted by: rcarter8766 (reply)
post date: 07.21.04 (8:30 am)
I listen to cd's or the Christian Station Klove
posted by: Cyberpal (reply)
post date: 07.21.04 (9:12 am)
Reply to: ScubaDiva
That I do... ;)
posted by: ScubaDiva (reply)
post date: 07.21.04 (9:26 am)
Reply to: Cyberpal
I figured... You big strappin' stud you!
posted by: Cyberpal (reply)
post date: 07.21.04 (9:42 am)
Reply to: ScubaDiva
hehe! ;D Flattery will get you everywhere hun! :)
posted by: ScubaDiva (reply)
post date: 07.21.04 (9:44 am)
Reply to: Cyberpal
When it's the truth, is it flattery?
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