Posted by Larry LeBlanc
on September 29, 2009, 12:01 pm
207.200.116.134 | Message modified by user Larry1 September 29, 2009, 5:16 pm
Go off this Board for a few days and you realize coming back much of it is the same old crap of pissing on today's radio & talking how it was all better in the old days.
Well, I was there in some of the good old days and many of the same people crapped on radio then, chafed at consultants and tight-formats.
Yes, I have had my share of criticizing figures or specific radio stations on this page--and I stand by those comments--but I have also praised radio time and time again as a community.
It is puzzling to me how someone can go on these pages and nail Astral for making the changes at CFRB (yeah I know the letters have changed). Get a grip. The station is #10th in the market. Before they started playing polka music Astral had to make some sweeping changes. In fact, they are long overdue.
Being #10 ain't a badge one can wear too proudly.
I know there are many people on this Board that have a passion for this medium as I do. While Warren Cosford & I have had our differences of opinion over the years, for example, I think what he writes is balanced.
Warren, probably more than any of us, has much to b###h about over the industry he contributed so much to. But he doesn't at least in these pages.
The same with my buddy Greg Simpson. He always has something valuable to say.
So many others here moan and groan daily. Not just the odd shot but endless shots & putdown of the radio industry in general. It is just friggin' endless.
I'm not saying that the current consolidation from some of the broadcasters like CTV/CHUM or Rogers doesn't deserve our attention. It does. But so do some of the other aspects of this industry. There are some people out there doing some damn good work (c'mon down Andrew Krystal & John Oakley to name only a few).
As I said I have certainly been negative on these pages--and i will continue to be so when it is merited--but I haven't been on here b###hing on a regular basis. Nor will I. And I will keep in mind in the future that there are some positive & promising signs out there as well.
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