Subject:
|
Re: The Daily Rant
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.off-topic.fun
|
Date:
|
Thu, 10 Jun 1999 13:33:12 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
278 times
|
| |
|
|
On Wed, 9 Jun 1999 21:32:26 GMT, Sproaticus <jsproat@geocities.com> wrote:
> 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.
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 after-the-song are perceived as boring, also
causing people to change-the-station.
Not knowing the info on a song is frustrating, but it doesn't cause an
immediate change-the-station urge. Just the opposite--you hang around, in
case they bother to tell you what you want to know.
> Is this practice the height of laziness, or what? Is this common elsewhere?
Yes, and yes.
> Second rant: Writing InstallShield apps. 'Nuff said.
Wise InstallMaster. Unless you're doing something fancy, in which case
either tool is a bear.
Steve
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: The Daily Rant
|
| (...) <snip> (...) Those that hate dj talking consider all of it boring, so radio folks have no remedy for that. But for someone who didn't catch the name of a song at its beginning and liked it, back announcing is very useful. Optimally, all new (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
|
Message is in Reply To:
| | The Daily Rant
|
| 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 (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
|
23 Messages in This Thread:
 
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
