I don't know about you all, but when I am listening to the radio while driving, I find there are more commercials and talk than music. The commercials are unavoidable at this time, but the amount of time DJ's talk about random pointless crap can go. Personally I don't care what they have to say, give a quick weather and traffic update and play the music. Radio shows that are specifically talk shows are an exception to this question. I feel its just as annoying, if not more annoying, to listen to the DJ's as it is to listen to commercials. Does anyone else think the DJ just needs to be shut up and leave with what dignity they have left and never be heard from again?
2007-08-04 03:50:16 · 8 answers · asked by speedysundevil 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Radio
Absolutely a great question! However, you do have a choice (though it will cost a few bucks): satellite!
As a former DJ and Program Director, I constantly had to police my jox and myself to be compelling, fascinating, interesting... or silent.
Many on-air people get in the biz because they just love the sound of their own voice. And this is not just recently. The problem has existed since the first radio broadcast.
During the '60s-'70s there was a rock/Top-40 format called "The Drake Format" originated by Bill Drake, a famous Program Director. He limited his jocks to 7-10 seconds... and they better be damn well-used seconds, too! Most jox weren't even allowed to make up their own 7-10 seconds, they'd have to read from cue cards, and Lord help those who varied from the script.
There were imitators, called Time & Temp Jocks and they did just that, You got the name of the song, the artist, the time and the temperature then it was on to another song or commercial.
When Progressive or Album-Oriented Rock first came on the scene, those personalities were, for the most part, also encouraged to keep the chatter down except for the salient points regarding the music being played.
Some DJs were really good, however and were given much more leeway. Names like Wolfman Jack, Jack Armstrong, Cousin Brucie, Dan Ingram, Casey Kasem, Dick Clark, Rick Dees and many others were so entertaining that the music was almost secondary.
There are many stations that still subscribe to this type of formatting and those are the ones you should seek out, if you can't afford to buy XM or Sirius.
2007-08-04 09:38:49 · answer #1 · answered by Duh 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes , because actually they do not do anything at all ,some stations even have computers to play all the music and a DJ just records a series of messages and the computer plays them randomly and others use a cell phone and talk in the radio via cell phone and that is just stupid
2007-08-04 03:57:57 · answer #2 · answered by awesome_hawk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree 100%. I actually don't listen to the radio music cause there's barely any music! I rather take my own music on the road and when I'm at home, listen to a commercial free online radio
2007-08-04 03:58:10 · answer #3 · answered by Santi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Recently got a CD player for the old pickup truck and it has MP3 capability. Over a hundred songs on a CD! Punch "random" and rock! Hardly listen to radio at all anymore. I think radio is putting itself outta business...K ;o)
2007-08-04 04:05:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You Spin Me Round
2016-04-01 19:02:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I liked Don Imus,never knew what he would say; Mark Simone, a very interesting guy,
2007-08-04 19:43:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pictures came and broke my heart.
We can't go back; we've gone too far.
Put the blame on VCR.
2007-08-04 05:57:00 · answer #7 · answered by Cosmic I 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes "video killed the radio star"
2007-08-04 13:54:32 · answer #8 · answered by Bug 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋