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Research_Weenie:
Quote from: 12 In a Row on July 02, 2008, 04:11:31 AM
I never understood the "college radio" mentality.
Radio is a profession, radio IS a business.
Why some let you "do whatever you want' boggles the mind.
It comes down to whether you consider radio to be an art or a business. If you want to be creative and artistic, and therefore likely to have more lasting appeal - you can experiment (and make mistakes) at a college station. In a broadcasting school environment, you'll have to conform to the rigid standards that have been radio's undoing.
WLYNgm:
College radio is the place to learn, to make all of the mistakes possible.
I used to to arrive quite early just to pick the music I wanted to play
during my show. Back in the day, WMUA 91.1 UMass, Amherst. W-Moo-A - the
station of the cow. "free form and informative radio". Yea, my favorite bands/songs
tended to creep in there... Every jock did his/her own thing - you never really
knew what might happen next! Some people just did it as a lark, some of us decided
then and there, that we wanted to pursue it as a career...
Research_Weenie:
Quote from: WLYNgm on July 02, 2008, 10:43:14 AM
Back in the day, WMUA 91.1 UMass, Amherst. W-Moo-A - the
station of the cow. "free form and informative radio". Yea, my favorite bands/songs
tended to creep in there... Every jock did his/her own thing - you never really
knew what might happen next! Some people just did it as a lark, some of us decided
then and there, that we wanted to pursue it as a career...
A lot of us got jobs out of WMUA. Glen Gardner, John Clark come to mind. Any others? I remember saying something on there to the effect of "if you don't like what i'm playing, feel free to change the station.." (i was playing punk rock circa 1978). I used to put the tiny WSYL pirate station on the air on WMUA (using a portable radio) and talk about them. Any rule i could break without getting anyone in trouble, i broke it. I wasn't trying to get into professional radio at the time, little did I know that attitude was exactly what the bigger stations would be wanting.
WLYNgm:
Sounds like you were at WMUA around the same time that I was there!
WSYL also! I used to, literally, run back and forth between the two stations.
Charlie Pellett - he is the voice on the New York City subways.
(step all the way into the train - the doors are closing!) and works
for Bloomberg Radio in NY. Albert Calvert. John Clark was a real good friend -
of mine - talk to him from time to time.(he is in Albany, NY)
Just so anyone out there thinking that I openly support pirates -
WSYL ran 100 milliwatts (1/10 of 1 watt). If "community radio"
people were to do this, there would not be a problem with it...
Send me a private message with your own Email/
phone number - we can catch up...
Ah, those were the days!
-- Jeff
FPB:
>Teach them how to properly read a ratings book.
>A seminar on how to own and operate.
>
Check out the Connecticut School of Broadcasting. Then come back here and tell us what you've learned about what they teach.
>Radio is a profession, radio IS a business.
>
Right. In this country radio is a business.
In this country food is a business and it's filled with chemicals and it tastes like crap. In this country medicine is a business; we get pitched pills to satisfy the corporations and anyway we can't afford any meaningful healthcare. So pardon me if I don't genuflect at the alter of business.
The big box stores are a perfectly logical outcome of the business model - to the detriment of our communities. Consolidation of media is a perfectly logical outcome of the business model - Americans are the WORST INFORMED of any western country.
>Imagine the same mold for future doctors, dentists, just to name a few. >YIKES!!!!!!!
>
Can't agree more!!
>How dare those "professional gatekeepers" tell me what to do!
>
Kiss up all ya want; I'd never step in your way. Enjoy the ride.
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