by Eldon-Mr.CFAY » Sun Jan 19, 2014 3:04 pm
Greetings Everyone, I agree with you Slow Hand. Mike Cleaver is one of the more positive people on Radio West and tells it like it is!!! He is very good at radio engineering and has offered some very positive advice regarding technical topics on Radio West including helping one member in Peterborough, Ontario restore his McCurdy Audio Console among other things. You know there are some things wrong with radio broadcasting these days and I am not just been negative. That is fact, plain and simple .... There are some bad radio broadcasters out there as well as some very good ones. I for one support independent radio broadcasters, whether they are AM , FM or low power or Part 15 or pirate broadcasters. If they are doing a good job I support them. I have been involved with radio since 1967 so I am no johnny come lately to the topic!!! Big Corporate Radio has done quite a bit of damage to the radio broadcasting industry in recent years with lots of cutbacks, loss of jobs etc... Mike has commented on some of it. So have others. I generally am a very positive person especially with radio but I am a realist too and do know what is going on, I am not going to say everything is peaches and cream in the Canadian Radio Broadcasting business when it is not! There are some great things happening especially with some of the Independent Radio Broadcasters outside of Greater Vancouver. I know of some great independent radio stations in Ontario that are doing a good job and in Alberta too! Saskatchewan has one in Nipawin, Saskatchewan I really like too. Nice local Mom and Pa station that is commercial and FM only. They stream and I have talked to the owners on the phone, nice people. However having said that not all independent radio station owners are doing a good job in Canada or the USA. Dave L. has had some good points and he was commenting on the local area on the west coast where he lived. He worked for the station there and knew the owner quite well so therefore felt he had quite a bit of knowledge on what is going on. He also is quite technical because he is a licensed amateur radio operator!
Personally I have enjoyed Mike Cleavers comments, Dave L. Comments, Sky Valley, Radiofan, Jon and a lot of others on Radio West very much. There are only a couple of people on Radio West who I think are not very positive and negative most of the time but they are not the ones I just mentioned. Of course not everyone comments all the time are great, no one is perfect lets face it. Some threads or comments are not always interesting or great but thats what this is all about. Discussing things from different viewpoints. I respect that even if I don't agree with someones opinion...
Take care everyone, 73s, Hope you are having a good 2014!
Eldon