Mike Cleaver wrote:Somewhere in the '80's, the mantra from managers and program directors and news directors at the largest stations became:
"Don't offend anyone!"
Scary then, that Canadian Radio's still clinging to a 30 year old set of ideals. I get that no one wants the headaches and that the CRTC is stuck back even further than the 1980's, but come on...
pave wrote:The real difference is - and this may be significant - if my yammerings draw no interest or worthwhile responses, I will be relegated to the side by indifference.
It's true that indifference is the absolute worst response a radio personality can receive, with good and bad being both equally good in some cases (you know how many listeners Dr. Laura probably also gained from finding out she might be a racist? Not necessarily the listeners you want but they'll still be hearing the ads), but anything has to be better than, as you put it, "pure, filtered sachrine". Or who knows, maybe I'm one of the only 6 people who don't want to hear the morning news girl banter with "straight man and bad ass (by sesame street standards)" about how their kid colored on the wall this week but it was cute because the kid drew a big heart with "mom" in the middle, so she felt bad about washing it off the walls... awww... excuse me while I check my blood sugar.