Re: [IRCA] Tracking two UNIDs lately

[pastor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Not sure Paul- I usually avoid listening to Radio Ted when I tune their frequency.  I'm still mad at them for making me wait an hour for an ID one night when they weren't IDing or making any announcements one night.  Thought I had something interesting (when Radio Ted was supposedly "dark") and viola- it was them- a relog. (*bangs head*)  Back then, they were pulling this same stunt- playing one song after another with no announcements, IDs or ads for long blocks of time, mainly at night.  

Such is the state of AM programming today... :(

John Cereghin

--- On Thu, 7/2/09, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Tracking two UNIDs lately
> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 12:47 PM
> Uh, unless Neal Newman has changed
> something with Radio Ted on WHWH-1350
> Princeton/Trenton, New Jersey then the station ID's 4 times
> an hour, about
> once every 15 inutes or so.
> 
> I should know, I hope, Im one of those voices that does the
> station
> ID's.....at least last time I checked, lol
> 
> Paul Walker
> www.onairdj.com
> www.facebook.com/onairdj
> 
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 10:58 AM, John Cereghin <jcereghin@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> > Scott,
> >
> > That may be them indeed.  Thanks for the
> input.  But if it was them,
> > the fact that they played nothing but songs with no
> announcements for
> > at least 90 minutes straight is, in my opinion,
> horrible radio and is
> > indeed, as waste of wattage.  I'm sure their
> daytime programming is
> > much better.  They remind me of WHWH-1350, "Radio
> Ted" that does the
> > same thing- just one song after another with no
> announcements.  It
> > sounds no better than an iPod tracking through its
> playlist. It makes
> > me wonder how stations like this can make any money
> since they
> > obviously aren't selling any ad time, at least at
> night.  The
> > "infomercials" may be keeping them afloat but at what
> cost?
> >
> > I could really rant on this but I'll forebear...:)
> >
> > John Cereghin
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Scott Fybush<scott@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > > John Cereghin wrote:
> > >
> > >> Or maybe WHVW?  Stations like
> > >> this are even more annoying than ESPN
> stations.  At least they may
> > >> slip in a local ad from time to time, but
> stations like these go for
> > >> hours at a time with no announcements at all,
> no ads, and only quickie
> > >> IDs.  What's the point in wasting the
> watts with this kind of
> > >> "programming"?
> > >
> > > From your description of the unID 950, it sounds
> very much like WHVW's
> > > format - and there are a fair number of people in
> and around Hyde Park
> > who'd
> > > disagree vehemently with the idea that the
> station is "wasting the
> > watts."
> > >
> > > WHVW has something of a cult following for its
> quirky programming, which
> > is
> > > almost a labor of love for its owners. I think
> they make most of the
> > > station's operating costs back with weekend
> leased-time programming. Yes,
> > > it's largely nonstop music the rest of the
> time...but it has a loyal
> > > audience, more so than a lot of much bigger AMs
> these days. I know I tune
> > in
> > > when I'm passing through. Here are a few more
> appreciations of WHVW:
> >
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