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Re: [ARSCLIST] Deejays--was: Brunswick Records rights/Universal
Mike Richter wrote:
Fishy? I can't say, but there are stations in the rural United States
that are manned only by an engineer. Local weather (and what news they
cannot avoid) are supplied by a regional studio. I have seen reports of
listeners surprised to discover that their 'local' newscaster was tens
or hundreds of miles away - and was equally local to several other
stations in the region.
The local deejay is losing ground to the national as well as to recorded
announcements.
Mike
Yep, and it's been happening for decades. I worked for a station in the
late 70's that turned transmitter control to the local sheriff's
department at certain times during the weekends and over night. We were
completely automated during those hours, of course. There was no one at
the station at all. Those were the days when it was required that
transmitter readings be recorded on a regular schedule.
Then there was satellite programming which gained in popularity in the
early 80's. If you were listening to a DJ in Illinois who gave an 800
number for requests, it was guaranteed that DJ was not local, usually
Texas or Minnesota or... depending on the format.
I don't think I have to point out how dangerous this all was for the
American public who still thought they could rely on the Emergency
Broadcast System.
At least, now with Sirius and XM the listener knows the Jock isn't local.
And no one has mentioned Clear Channel. The devil of the industry
(music and radio).
Angie Dickinson Mickle
Avocado Productions
Arvada, CO
www.avocadoproductions.com
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