Comments on: DUMB “RULES” THINGS RADIO DJs HAVE BEEN GIVEN http://danoday.com/blog/2010/01/dumb-rules/ Straight talk about radio programming, radio advertising, radio production...Well, you get the idea. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:25:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alain Dufresne, Quebec city http://danoday.com/blog/2010/01/dumb-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-7825 Alain Dufresne, Quebec city Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:29:42 +0000 http://danoday.com/blog/?p=3808#comment-7825 Since our station couldn't take off from the very last place in our market and because our prime competitor happened to be first, our GM wanted us to say we were "number one" because, according to him, we were #1 in the hearts of our listeners! Canadian jocks who have been in the business for more than twenty years may recall that in a lot of markets, you were not allowed to play female singers back-to-back. Some genius came up with the theory that listeners couldn't stand the higher-pitched female voice for more than one song. The same geniuses would probably not have been able to explain how people could listen to Madonna, Carole King or Diana Ross albums from the first to the last track! Since our station couldn’t take off from the very last place in our market and because our prime competitor happened to be first, our GM wanted us to say we were “number one” because, according to him, we were #1 in the hearts of our listeners!

Canadian jocks who have been in the business for more than twenty years may recall that in a lot of markets, you were not allowed to play female singers back-to-back. Some genius came up with the theory that listeners couldn’t stand the higher-pitched female voice for more than one song. The same geniuses would probably not have been able to explain how people could listen to Madonna, Carole King or Diana Ross albums from the first to the last track!

]]> By: Last Names...Part 2. http://danoday.com/blog/2010/01/dumb-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-7742 Last Names...Part 2. Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:15:33 +0000 http://danoday.com/blog/?p=3808#comment-7742 That was like 20 years ago BTW...I can say last names now... That was like 20 years ago BTW…I can say last names now…

]]> By: Last Names... http://danoday.com/blog/2010/01/dumb-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-7741 Last Names... Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:13:59 +0000 http://danoday.com/blog/?p=3808#comment-7741 I wasn't allowed to say listeners last names because a woman once called and bawled out my PD because her boss heard her name on the air, and she got in trouble. I guess she wasn't supposed to be playing games at work. First names only after that. Ron Powers Elko Nevada I wasn’t allowed to say listeners last names because a woman once called and bawled out my PD because her boss heard her name on the air, and she got in trouble. I guess she wasn’t supposed to be playing games at work. First names only after that.

Ron Powers
Elko Nevada

]]> By: Michael http://danoday.com/blog/2010/01/dumb-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-7737 Michael Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:19:40 +0000 http://danoday.com/blog/?p=3808#comment-7737 @ Scott I agree with your agreeing! Maybe I'm living in a dreamworld, but I still think a jock can connect with his/her audience while talking about his/herself sparingly. @ Scott

I agree with your agreeing! Maybe I’m living in a dreamworld, but I still think a jock can connect with his/her audience while talking about his/herself sparingly.

]]> By: Jay Henderson http://danoday.com/blog/2010/01/dumb-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-7736 Jay Henderson Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:10:06 +0000 http://danoday.com/blog/?p=3808#comment-7736 We had a couple of consultants (we actually called them "Insultants") that said to always have a music bed running under us when we talk. They also had a phrase that they wanted to be the first and last thing we said every time we opened the mic. I can understand call letters and dial position...But they they demanded we say "Radio Hill Country's Real Country Ninety Two POINT!! Five F.M. K-BEY!" To them the "POINT" was the most important thing. And yes I say they demanded that we do this because they talked the station owner into putting them in as the Program Directors. We had a couple of consultants (we actually called them “Insultants”) that said to always have a music bed running under us when we talk.

They also had a phrase that they wanted to be the first and last thing we said every time we opened the mic. I can understand call letters and dial position…But they they demanded we say “Radio Hill Country’s Real Country Ninety Two POINT!! Five F.M. K-BEY!” To them the “POINT” was the most important thing. And yes I say they demanded that we do this because they talked the station owner into putting them in as the Program Directors.

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