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Date Posted: 00:45:19 04/15/02 Mon
Author: Craig
Subject: Re: Radio Stations that screw up the show
In reply to: Larry 's message, "Re: Radio Stations that screw up the show" on 21:01:01 04/14/02 Sun

>>Im sure this has happened to many people (it did not
>>happen this week, but I was thinking about it so I
>>thought I would share it)
>>
>>You are listening to the countdown, and you hear the
>>"Countin' Down The hits with Casey Kasem" jingle that
>>is the "on the hour" jingle which also is the end of
>>that disc. It plays, and then when it is over the
>>wrong disc has obviously started. (on AT40 each disc
>>is 10 songs, the AT20's are scattered) Sometimes it
>>will be a disc skipped, other times a disc repeated.
>>
>>Or the worst, is when they mix the discs up, and all
>>of the sudden it is last weeks show again. That
>>happened a few times on 104.1 WQAL in the Summer of
>>2001 with the Hot AC show. Once, they played Hour 1 of
>>the previous weeks show, but then as soon as it was
>>time for Hour 2 it was the right show.
>>
>>Another time they played the previous weeks Hour 3
>>disc, so I never found out what the number one song
>>was (it turns out it was the same song, but still)
>>
>>Just wondering how bad other stations have screwed up
>>AT40 or AT20. It really isn't that hard, and you would
>>think the board op would recognize the show was the
>>same, and hell, the date and hour is PRINTED on the
>>disc. I guess the board ops really do not care.
>>
>>Any other stories of stations screwing up the show,
>>playing part of the previous weeks show again,
>>repeating an hour, missing an hour. Etc etc etc
>
>How about this. My local station here in Cincinnati,
>Ohio (WVMX 94.1 FM) has repeated the same AT20 show
>for a month (4 weekends in a row with Ed McMann!!!)

That's a hard act to follow Larry. I had one of those screw-ups yesterday moring. I was listening to AT40 as usual on WAYV-FM(95.1) in Atlantic City, NJ. I don't know who was running the boards there, but after the first 90-second network commercial break, there was at least 5 minutes of dead air. A minor annoyance of course, but here's the kicker: After the 3rd break, another 10 mimutes of dead air ensued, then they skipped segment #4(songs #33 & #32)! But wait, there's more! After hearing song #31 & the hour-ending jingle, almost AN HOUR OF DEAD AIR ensued, skipping the entire SECOND HOUR. They finally resumed it at #20. I gave up & switched to a station that was playing 80's music. As I write this, I'm listening to AT40 in its PROPER order on Q102(WIOQ-FM) in Philadelphia. They're currently at #4 with Pink's "Don't Let Me Get Me"

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4 weeks with McMann -- Hot AC, 12:26:32 04/15/02 Mon

Re: 4 weeks with McMann -- scott s., 14:39:08 04/15/02 Mon