I just pwned 94.3.

B_Ko · Post by **B_Ko** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 8:05 pm

I've pretty much stopped listening to the radio altogether. I'm sick of stupid nu-metal shit like NickelBack and Copper, especially when iI can listen to something good like Dir en Grey.

So I get this call from my friend Chuckles who tells me Thrice is on the Cockfight tonight. I'm actually a fan of Thrice, so i call them up and vote for them (they were going against Sum 41. It doesn't matter what songs were played, Thrice wins.)

After i vote, I decided to give 94.3 a little feedback. Here's what went down:

ME: Hey, can I ask you a question?

DJ: Okay.

ME: Why do you guys play such shitty music all the time? It seems like any given time i turn on the radio you guys are playing Copper or Linkin Park. That's not very X-treme. Now this ::holds phone up to speakers that are blaring the Casualties "For the Punx" album:: yeah. THAT is X-treme.

DJ: Oh yeah? Why are you such a fucking asshole? ::click::

I don't think I need to tell you that i didn't win the random caller prize pack.

Russo · Post by **Russo** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 8:45 pm

It depends on who you talk to at the station. Zeo called them one night and bitched about their playlist and how it's been the goddamn same since 1998. Surprisingly, the DJ actually agreed that most of the stuff they spun was overplayed bullshit. Kind of funny to hear a DJ admit the station accepted payoffs from certain labels.

vicious_blood · Post by **vicious_blood** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 8:53 pm

Pretty much all stations accept payoffs...it's kind of a fact of life now. And some djs just like playing certain stuff. I have a friend who use to work for one of the major stations in Detroit and there was one dj who insisted on playing Cold at leaste once an hour. And they let him.

The Fallen · Post by **The Fallen** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 11:33 pm

Well you also have to remember its not all the DJ's fault, the station manager pretty much makes a list of the "pre-approved" stuff they "can" play. Corporate America, desensitizing you for their wallets.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 6:38 pm

Yeah, I mean, almost every DJ at a corporate station I've ever known has said "Yeah, we play shitty music." It's a job like any other. Haven't you ever worked at a restaurant that served bad food? I feel sorry for the DJs, they have to actually hear that crap every day they go to work.

Same with MTV, I've talked to people that worked there and they all had really good taste in music, which is why you occasionally hear stuff used as background music in, say, The Real World that MTV would never ever play, even on 120 Minutes or whatever. Hell, many years ago, I heard Labradford in the Real World!

iblis · Post by **iblis** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 8:35 pm

Most anything played from public broadcast *whatever* is going to suck as long as it's sponsored by corporations.

Makes me wonder if music streamed from 802.11x is under regulation from FCC... anyone have any clues on this?

elasticwings · Post by **elasticwings** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 8:32 am

That's what happens when there is a monopoly. You can thank ClearChannel for creating one, and the government for creating rules to allow one to exist in that particular area.

" Before passage of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, a company could not own more than 40 radio stations in the entire country. With the Act's sweeping relaxation of ownership limits, Clear Channel grew from 40 radio stations to approximately 1,240 radio stations in 300 cities, and now dominates the audience share in 248 of the top 250 radio markets, according to Clear Channel's corporate fact sheet.

The company, with over 100 million worldwide listeners, dominates 60% of rock programming. Clear Channel is also invested in over 240 radio stations globally and has a major position in the Hispanic Broadcasting Services, the largest radio network for Latinos in the US. It is the leading radio broadcaster on the Internet and owns 37 television stations. It owns 700,000 outdoor billboards worldwide, second only to radio rival Viacom, who is also the largest syndicator of Stern's show.

Over the past four years, the number of independent music promoters in the U.S. has shrunk from several dozen to just ten. Most of them merged or sold out to SFX Entertainment, which was acquired by Clear Channel for $4.4 billion in the summer of 2000, adding 200 music venues to Clear Channelâ€™s massive holdings. In 2000, SFX represented more than 40 tours and produced 26,000 live events, or about 70% of the total market, according to Clear Channel's entertainment fact sheet.

Clear Channel has the ability to control programming on their stations, and to regulate who gets on and who doesn't. The Chicago Tribune and Salon.com released a "banned playlist" of songs Clear Channel radio DJs were told not play following the Sept. 11 disasters. Over 150 songs were on it, including John Lennon's "Imagine," Louis Armstrong's "What A Wonderful World," and R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World (As We Know It). The company even banned the Dixie Chicks from being played after their anti-Bush statements regarding the Iraq war. The company then organized pro-war rallies, called â€œRallies for America,â€

Mercurygriffin · Post by **Mercurygriffin** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 10:07 am

Yet another reason why it is so important to speak your mind on these issues and actually attempt to fix the problem in your own way. My way is to rant at people until they do something and I am also attempting to get my own radio/internet broadcasting equipment. this way I can play things that I feel have validity.

karmakaze · Post by **karmakaze** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 10:46 am

radio? whats that? i have not listened to the radio for any duration longer than a cd change in a year or so.

elasticwings · Post by **elasticwings** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 12:23 pm

karmakaze wrote:radio? whats that? i have not listened to the radio for any duration longer than a cd change in a year or so.

Same here, the only time I hear radio is in somebody else's vehicle or on the rare occasion I have a rental. And as far as finding out about new music, that's what newsgroups are for.

Of course, the RIAA wouldn't respect the fact that I buy more music than I used to since the advent of file sharing.

iblis · Post by **iblis** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 8:38 pm

elasticwings wrote:
karmakaze wrote:radio? whats that? i have not listened to the radio for any duration longer than a cd change in a year or so.

Same here, the only time I hear radio is in somebody else's vehicle or on the rare occasion I have a rental. And as far as finding out about new music, that's what newsgroups are for. Of course, the RIAA wouldn't respect the fact that I buy more music than I used to since the advent of file sharing.

i can say that i rarely buy music these days, but that's primarily because there hasn't been anything released that i'd want to listen to more than one or two times.

and no, that doesn't mean i download all of my music. hell, i get most of the music that i listen to these days from video games, which either i've bought, or it was available for download - legally.

and there isn't a law against being a cheap bastard. at least, not yet.

Mercurygriffin · Post by **Mercurygriffin** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 8:55 am

At work I am forced to listen to top 40 hip-hop bullshit. it's not even good rap. It's the kind that speaks of laffy taffy and being a sole survivor. No crossroads, no gin and juice. My bitch with this whole thing stems from the destruction of a public forum sent through the radion waves for free. They have taken off most of the DJs at these stations or made them incredibly subdued. XM radio most of the time is not local. Now lets say there is a natural disaster ( like those ever happen) and your power goes out. All you have to conect you to the outside world is your cell phone and a battary powered radio, and all stations are playing some crappy song by Simple Plan. The reason we have radio is to inform the public freely, not to be bombarded by ads and popular cultures worst (which is exactly the people giving the pay offs).

iblis · Post by **iblis** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 8:31 pm

by the way...

can anyone here pronounce the word, "pwned"?

:-x

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 3:08 pm

iblis wrote:can anyone here pronounce the word, "pwned"?

I think it's pronounced "HI I AM 13 AND I AM A BAD ASS".

karmakaze · Post by **karmakaze** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 3:11 pm

i don't think that quite constitutes pwnage anyway.

karmakaze · Post by **karmakaze** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 3:14 pm

Jack wrote:
iblis wrote:can anyone here pronounce the word, "pwned"?

I think it's pronounced "HI I AM 13 AND I AM A BAD ASS".

no, its pronounced "H1 1 4m I3 4n|) 1 4M a 3l337 H4x0rz"

paintedbird · Post by **paintedbird** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 11:48 pm

iblis wrote:by the way...

can anyone here pronounce the word, "pwned"?

i've never been able to figure it out...what is this term supposed to symbolize exactly?

The Fallen · Post by **The Fallen** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 10:15 am

paintedbird wrote:
iblis wrote:by the way...

can anyone here pronounce the word, "pwned"?

i've never been able to figure it out...what is this term supposed to symbolize exactly?

Refer to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwned

B_Ko · Post by **B_Ko** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:04 pm

Jack wrote:
iblis wrote:can anyone here pronounce the word, "pwned"?

I think it's pronounced "HI I AM 13 AND I AM A BAD ASS".

HA HA I AM 14 YOU FAGOT ASSHOL HAHA HAH A

B_Ko · Post by **B_Ko** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:28 pm

Jack wrote:
iblis wrote:can anyone here pronounce the word, "pwned"?

I think it's pronounced "HI I AM 13 AND I AM A BAD ASS".

HA HA I AM 14 YOU FAGOT ASSHOL HAHA HAH A