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The Daily Rant
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Wed, 9 Jun 1999 21:32:26 GMT
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jsproat@SPAMLESSgeocities.com
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Hey all,
Fume. Arg. Spit. Gurgle.
The music radio stations here do what they call "45-minute music sets",
where they play 45 minutes of music followe dby 15 minutes (!) of
commercials. Now, while the DJ will never cut in to tell you what you've
been listening to, they'll intersperse the music with minute-long station
ID's, and not just a few more commercials (1). Every music station in
northern Utah that I've listened to will do this.
Complaints:
a) It took me the better part of two weeks to find out the name of a new
song I liked.
b) In a 45-minute music set, you'll hear probably 30-35 minues of music and
10-15 minutes of commercials and station ID's.
Is this practice the height of laziness, or what? Is this common elsewhere?
Second rant: Writing InstallShield apps. 'Nuff said.
Cheers,
- jsproat
1. The DJs probably put on an hour's worth of tape and go play foozball in
the mean-time.
--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@geocities.com>
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/5249/
Darth Maul Lives
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Message has 6 Replies:
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| (...) Yes, and Yes. Been that way for 20 years in some markets. (...) c /fooz/fus/ and it's not a mean-time to be playing fusball, it's a joyous-time. I have a table at home and so does my brother-in-law. Are you any good? I have a ferocious 5 man (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Had the same experience with a song a while ago. Catchy tune. Had to call the DJ after I'd heard parts of it 4 times. I could only remember one catch phrase "I'm all out of faith....lying naked on the floor"-- he had no idea what I was (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Uh, Mr. Sproat.. your mic is on. :) (...) Gak! Sounds like the corporate newbies have taken over (again). While a certain amount of predictability is nice for listeners, who knows if they'll tune back in once the commercial stopset is over? It (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Dang. I was reading about this stuff, just the other week. Seems like it all boiled down to this: if they announce the songs ahead of time, that gives the listener the power to change the station if they aren't interested. And announcements (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Even worse is watching an opera on BRAVO cable network. In most cases, they do not identify the production, cast, conductor or even opera house. I took me 2 months to determine this basic info on a performance of Rossini's L'Italiana in (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| Follow-up: I am starting to buy in to the market experiment argument. Up until about a week ago, all the on-air contests were of the "caller number seven" nature. Now all of a sudden, at least five or six radio stations have switched to another (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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