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General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: CoolAM Radio on July 17, 2018, 1034 UTC
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It seems "Brother Stair" has also find his way to Europe
by renting airtime on Channel292!
I've informed the station ( for which I'm a 'volunteer for making Jingles-/Promo's-/and Programs' myself! )
with following information :
For your attention!
I don't think it's wise, to rent airtime to ""Brother Stair"
I don't know - you know he was in jail (pedophile):
The charges, all filed by the sheriff’s office investigators, include three counts
of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and single counts of assault with the
intent to commit criminal sexual conduct, kidnapping, second-degree assault,
first-degree burglary, and third-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor.
http://walterborolive.com/2017/12/update-arrest-of-brother-ralph-stair-confirmed-on-multiple-charges-news-the-press-and-standard/
In my opinion it will be better NOT give airplay to him!
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André
CoolAM Radio - ShortWave
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Moneys Money, Honey :P
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Pecunia non olet
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I hope I am not getting too political, but many commercial radio stations (including the ones I work for) run shows like Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, etc
these shows fit into the conservative talk radio format, and are not allowed to stray outside that format.
I am not saying that conservatism is necessarily wrong, nor am I saying Limbaugh or Hannity are pedophiles, but it seems to me like adhering to a format where only one side or one opinion is allowed, is a sell out, regardless of any criminal history of the host.
I am also not necessarily defending brother stair, but a radio broadcasting license, studio transmitter link licenses, electricity, facilities maintainence, studio staffing ets is really expensive. In these days of a connected world, radio stations are scrambling to keep the books in the black, and will do anything possible to make money. Renting airtime pays well, and often the rented shows also generate revenue for the station.
I wish it were not so
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Who’s Brother Stair?? :o
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Hitler would have loved Limbaugh and Hannity, Stair not so much.
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I hope I am not getting too political, but many commercial radio stations (including the ones I work for) run shows like Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, etc
these shows fit into the conservative talk radio format, and are not allowed to stray outside that format.
I am not saying that conservatism is necessarily wrong, nor am I saying Limbaugh or Hannity are pedophiles, but it seems to me like adhering to a format where only one side or one opinion is allowed, is a sell out, regardless of any criminal history of the host.
I understand your position, but unless a talk station is in a small market, they generally can't sell well unless they stick to the talk format, be it conservative talk, sports talk, or whatever. It's an actual format, and radio stations usually have to stick to the format or they find it difficult to market their airtime to advertisers.
In some smaller markets, a station can have a liberal, a conservative, and maybe something in between (Jim Bohannon at night, one of the all night news shows, etc.). A small AMer in another regional city here in the PNW does that. And I think it's cool they do so. A bit of variety in the talk programming.
As far as Brother Stair goes, the SW stations are having trouble staying on the air. Since Stair more or less left the airwaves, I hear very little from the US domestic broadcasters -- several of them seem to have reduced their airtime by a lot since his legal troubles began.
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Much has been said about the advent of the internet leading to the last dying gasps of shortwave radio as a viable medium for a vanishingly small audience. How many listeners are left and how much will we compromise our tastes in broadcasting in order to preserve it? Do we really need to become apologists for the likes of Ralph Stair and Alex Jones to preserve the last of what was once a thriving, vibrant, and fascinating hobby? The cost is too high in my personal opinion. Is the financial backing of such people justifiable to stem the tide of shortwave station closures? No more shortwave vs Brother Stair? What's the difference?
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FWIW, the religious broadcasters have never bothered me, I just tune past them. After I've listened once and gotten my QSL ;D
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I don't think most people have a problem with the broadcasts per se*, but it's very tiresome when all you can hear on the broadcast bands is religious stuff, or RHC, or maybe CRI or the CRN1 jammer. Even on a good day, those stations can account for half of the decent, copyable signals. It gets old, unless RHC is playing some good music.
* Stair is the exception for reasons much discussed in the past. No need to rehash them now.
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I hope I am not getting too political, but many commercial radio stations (including the ones I work for) run shows like Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, etc
these shows fit into the conservative talk radio format, and are not allowed to stray outside that format.
I am not saying that conservatism is necessarily wrong, nor am I saying Limbaugh or Hannity are pedophiles, but it seems to me like adhering to a format where only one side or one opinion is allowed, is a sell out, regardless of any criminal history of the host.
I understand your position, but unless a talk station is in a small market, they generally can't sell well unless they stick to the talk format, be it conservative talk, sports talk, or whatever. It's an actual format, and radio stations usually have to stick to the format or they find it difficult to market their airtime to advertisers.
In some smaller markets, a station can have a liberal, a conservative, and maybe something in between (Jim Bohannon at night, one of the all night news shows, etc.). A small AMer in another regional city here in the PNW does that. And I think it's cool they do so. A bit of variety in the talk programming.
As far as Brother Stair goes, the SW stations are having trouble staying on the air. Since Stair more or less left the airwaves, I hear very little from the US domestic broadcasters -- several of them seem to have reduced their airtime by a lot since his legal troubles began.
All the small markets I've seen usually have a full service music station running country, classic hits, or sometimes talk, but that is rare. Full service stations do the music, but also swap shop, network news at the top of the hour, and usually some flavor of local/regional sports.
At least these formats are viable. Usually the death nail for a small station is being flipped to mexican or religion. I think I would rather listen to conservative talk rather than the other two, even if it makes me pull the plug once in a while. I just wish there was a more centered alternative to the far flung extremes we get in talk radio. Then again, follow the money; big business likes doing business with conservative radio. The reason there are few liberal alternatives boils down to sponsors. Outside of the left coast and large cities, it's a tough sell, one of the reasons Air America went under as I understand it.
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Air America was basically trying to be a left version of Limbaugh and Hannity. Progressives prefer less polemic radio. Plus, it came out when things like internet streaming, podcasts, and satellite radio were coming into their own. They might have succeeded if they started out ten years earlier, or tried working on those platforms.
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Some of the stuff on Progressive Voices is a little bit to the left. And WCPT is OK. But other than that what else is there? I've been looking.
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To be honest, the most frustrating part is not even the content, but the fact that it is the same content on every station. When I tune from 530 to 1600 KHz, it dosent seem to matter how good the dx is, I dont hear anything within the US worth listening to (unfortunately, my RX stops at 1600)
Then again, an optimist would probably say that the difficult stations between the numerous syndicated satellite repeaters are the real reward for listening, but that dosent mean hearing the same show on several frequencies isnt a little disheartening.
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To be honest, the most frustrating part is not even the content, but the fact that it is the same content on every station. When I tune from 530 to 1600 KHz, it dosent seem to matter how good the dx is, I dont hear anything within the US worth listening to (unfortunately, my RX stops at 1600)
Then again, an optimist would probably say that the difficult stations between the numerous syndicated satellite repeaters are the real reward for listening, but that dosent mean hearing the same show on several frequencies isnt a little disheartening.
This. That's the biggest reason why I've yet to get serious about MW DXing. One of the great appeals of SW is to hear the news and music of other countries and cultures. But from my suburban location in the middle of the continent, all I can really get is other American AM stations, which have little to distinguish themselves from what I have locally, or from one another. And if I'm getting Mexican stations, they're hard to distinguish from any Spanish language station in the SW USA which is intended for the Mexican American market. The best thing I've gotten in the way of MW DX is Cuban stations like Radio Rebelde on MW.
That said, I'll probably make more of an effort this winter. We have a couple of years of rock bottom SFI to look forward to, so we have to make the best of the situation.
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Until something happens to teh innerweb we shouldn't expect much change from swbc. Govs spend millions on programming, staff, radio gear, lectric bill, and what if no one listens? Hence why everyone has abandoned swbc save for the various propaganda ops like radio free asia and the like, and of course religion. There's hardly a commercial aspect to swbc at all, so you're left with those willing to fund their message such as religions, ufo folks, apparently something air america wasn't willing to do. I'd much rather hear Hannity on swbc than Bill Hicks I mean Alex Jones, but at least I can get Hannity locally on 3 different stations at different times if I miss a part of a bcast.
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They must be making a few quid from it as all I heard on 6070m last weekend was Brother Scare.
Perhaps I should look into getting a few shows from him to pay my vast 'leccy bill.
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To be honest, the most frustrating part is not even the content, but the fact that it is the same content on every station. When I tune from 530 to 1600 KHz, it dosent seem to matter how good the dx is, I dont hear anything within the US worth listening to (unfortunately, my RX stops at 1600)
Then again, an optimist would probably say that the difficult stations between the numerous syndicated satellite repeaters are the real reward for listening, but that dosent mean hearing the same show on several frequencies isnt a little disheartening.
I hear a wide range of programming on the MW band. Daytime, I hear conservative talk, religion, sports, news, South Asian music, Korean programming, Variety talk (new age, in some cases), Russian religion, Mexican ranchero music, Spanish language religion, one classic hits station, one Country station, a fringe-signal business talker and a classic country station. At night you can add several CBC outlets and a rock station to the mix, along with one pop station, a couple stations with classic hits, and a couple more classic country stations (I'm talking dependable signals, not just intermittently received ones).
On FM, if you're talking commercial radio you're talking maybe five formats, in different flavors (pop, hip-hop, AC, rock and country). Seven formats if you add the classic rock and old school urban station. There is a local smooth jazz station but it will go away as soon as it is sold. There is a classical station that is in the commercial part of the FM band, but technically, it's not really commercial per se. Nine or ten formats on FM vs. more like thirteen or more on MW.
I understand your frustration with MW but I've been hearing the same complaints since the 80's when DXers complained about satellite and automated music networks.
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I don't think most people have a problem with the broadcasts per se*, but it's very tiresome when all you can hear on the broadcast bands is religious stuff, or RHC, or maybe CRI or the CRN1 jammer. Even on a good day, those stations can account for half of the decent, copyable signals. It gets old, unless RHC is playing some good music.
* Stair is the exception for reasons much discussed in the past. No need to rehash them now.
That's all I hear on SW also: RHC, a couple religious bcasters, Rebelde on 5025, and CRI and the CNR1 jammers. On good nights Nikkei's two stations come in well. Maybe NHK to Russia or Asia. BBC from Singapore during early mornings. RNZI.
Definitely a far cry from the waning days of the Cold War when a lot more could be heard. If propagation was better I'm sure more Asian and Mideast stations would be audible, but propagation is the great eraser there. By the time it gets better those stations will undoubtedly be gone.
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I like the idea of Ralph on the other side of the Atlantic, it gives the people of Walterboro a break from the old lecher.