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Doc on dearth of local radio

The Doc Searls Weblog : Tuesday, July 10, 2007

To which I replied ...
Damn but you manage to dredge up old thoughts (mine)
Never got deep into radio, but hung around the edges ... friends who were, for lack of a better term, DJ's.

Recalling one having a "tryst" during a long cut, and getting carried away ... sound of needle skipping.

Did my own stint in broadcast class (DJ, not tryst) and when ever you hung "dead air" for more than maybe 5 seconds there were loud catcalls from the rest.
Did some pre-class in school "radio" ... was the "left field guy" rolling out Miles Davis and Coltrane when others ran Richie Vallens etc.

Many years later, dinner with a friend, and were joined by manager of a "new style" station and ripped him for such lousy broadcasting with up to 5 min of dead air ... got lame replies about automated systems and loss of satellite feeds.

Guess I have to learn to get podcasts ... just learning the "Apple TV" Shirley got me.

Then I found :Dennis Miller Radio: The Dennis Miller Show Archives

Downloaded and now playing through our TV
Better than 90% of "Talk Radio" ...if Rush works with "half his brain tied behind his back" (and it shows ... what a doofus) ... Dennis works with all his brain and then some.