Re: Say WHAT?!?

Post #143,702 by Nightowl 2/27/04 3:06:54 PM 2/27/04 3:08:52 PM Reply	Re: Say WHAT?!? I respond to that with a resounding "HUH?!?". If I move from Albuquerque to Denver, I get a job in Denver. (Actually, It'd be the other way around...I get a job in Denver, I move to Denver, but you get the point.) Guess what? I'm still local.......in Denver! And, I'm still "in the industry"! Whatever are you talking about, Brenda? Heheeh, that's pretty much what we asked E.B. too. It makes no sense that a rule should be made only allowing stations to hire local talent. That is, talent that was BORN AND RAISED LOCALLY. That is E.B.'s definition of local talent, that you had to be BORN and RAISED in the city to be a true local DJ and be effective. I think he's nuts. We argued about this for more than a dozen posts in the KCFV forum, because it made no sense. E.B. mostly is bitter because he is wanting to be in big radio and he is local, but they will hire almost anyone else out of town before hiring him. Bottom line, we've tried to tell E.B. it's mostly his attitude holding him back, but he insists that if they had to hire local talent over out-of-town, he'd have a better job. I disagree, I think they wouldn't hire him period. But we pretty much thought his idea of the way radio should be run was stupid and illogical. He claimed most DJs weren't married and didn't want families, for example, and someone pointed out several who were. He seems to think we need a station just to be the "voice of St. Louis" I for one don't get it, why would we? I mean, I guess it'd be nice, but I wouldn't listen to it, and I am unconvinced there is a market for it. His other argument is that all the commercial stations are huge clones of stations from New York, LA, etc. oh well, I wouldn't know it if they were. I like mine, so I see no problem. I agree with him on one thing, the radio industry is not being run as well as it should be, and it shouldn't be so hard for people to get their feet in the door, but I don't think the answer is to limit stations to only being allowed to hire local talent. Understand now, JB? Nightowl >8# Edit: Explained E.B.'s concept of local talent. "To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are." Eric Hoffer Edited by Nightowl Feb. 27, 2004, 03:08:52 PM EST Expand All History
Post #143,729 by jb4 2/27/04 6:01:19 PM Reply	Thanks. You're right: He's whacked! So if you happen to be born the best possible DJ in the Western Hemisphere, and you have the misfortune to be born in Truth or Consequences, NM (there really is such a place!), you're fucked, because there isn't a radio station there (or within 75 miles in any direction), and you can't move to where there is a station because you're not "local" per his definition. What a maroon! jb4 shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub* + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating that facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf.* BULLSHIT
Post #143,730 by Nightowl 2/27/04 6:05:56 PM Reply	Believe me, we tried to get E.B. to see the complete illogicality of his argument, but he keeps saying things like cities need a truly local sound, with a DJ who knows the area and grew up here and knows the history and all. It all sounds nice, I mean, it would be nice to have such a thing, I guess, not that I would be that interested in it, but to make it a mandatory thing is crazy. Like I said, I think he's mostly mad that the St. Louis stations won't hire him to work for them, rather they are hiring people from out of town instead. He seems to think he's St. Louis's gift to radio, but I don't agree. Sorry I was not defining his concept of local better before, I forgot you weren't really reading that thread in KCFV. Nightowl >8# "To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are." Eric Hoffer

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