WHFS in DC -- thanks for the memories - Beyond Tiki

D donhonyc Tiki Socialite The Quiet EAST Village Joined: Jan 13, 2003 Posts: 1196	D donhonyc Posted posted on Wed, Jan 12, 2005 10:48 PM Johntiki- I feel your pain on the demise of great free-form radio. That whole Limp-Bizkit phase in the 90s was nauseating and a bench, or should I say more appropriately, "stench" mark in the end of Rock as we knew it. The only cool thing is that right now Fred Durst and his ilk are on their way out, and all I can say is good riddance. Looks like he's headed to the pop-star graveyard to be with his 80s counterparts like Mister-Mister, Howard Jones, Spandau Ballet, and all those other people we (thankfully) never hear from anymore. However, radio now belongs to number crunching consultants who could give a rat's ass about broadcast content. If a station aired a continuous 44.1mhz tone and it brought the management a return they would probably program that. And who could blame them? Whatever makes the cash register ring, I guess. There are tons of people that will argue that whole consulted/focus-grouped/market researched angle of broadcasting, and unfortunately I guess they are right. But it also seems to me that their are also a ton of people that want quality out there, who like things the way they used to be...what the heck is wrong with that? Why aren't cats like us being market-researched and catered to? [ Edited by: donhonyc on 2005-01-12 22:59 ]

Johntiki-

I feel your pain on the demise of great free-form radio. That whole Limp-Bizkit phase in the 90s was nauseating and a bench, or should I say more appropriately, "stench" mark in the end of Rock as we knew it. The only cool thing is that right now Fred Durst and his ilk are on their way out, and all I can say is good riddance. Looks like he's headed to the pop-star graveyard to be with his 80s counterparts like Mister-Mister, Howard Jones, Spandau Ballet, and all those other people we (thankfully) never hear from anymore.

However, radio now belongs to number crunching consultants who could give a rat's ass about broadcast content. If a station aired a continuous 44.1mhz tone and it brought the management a return they would probably program that. And who could blame them? Whatever makes the cash register ring, I guess. There are tons of people that will argue that whole consulted/focus-grouped/market researched angle of broadcasting, and unfortunately I guess they are right. But it also seems to me that their are also a ton of people that want quality out there, who like things the way they used to be...what the heck is wrong with that? Why aren't cats like us being market-researched and catered to?

[ Edited by: donhonyc on 2005-01-12 22:59 ]

Post #135246 by donhonyc on Wed, Jan 12, 2005 10:48 PM