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Is it me? Radio station audio?

Posted by John from Wisconsin <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=John+from+Wisconsin' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 10, 2024, 6:20 pm

Whether I'm listening to station A B or C, or even a network newscast, a clip of something is played, a baseball manager talks or a "man of the street" interview, all I hear is echos, sound bouncing off walls, or background music or crowd nose.

Case in point:

Maybe the producer, news reporter or newscaster knows what is being said, but I don't honest to God, know! It's not only me.

Too, this same baloney exists in/on Talk/Sports Radio. When all was on the LL (Land Line), you could understand everything. Now, with cell phones, bad areas, drop-outs, etc., things are unlistenable!!!!

FROM THE VIDEO COMMENTS:
Shame, sound so bad I can't hear it. Damn, this is important too. Please put subtitles
Do you have a different potato you can use to pick up the sound this is terrible.
Really the sound quality couldn't be better?

Comments? Thank you in advance.
I always, always learn here!

Re: Is it me? Radio station audio?

Posted by WYTZZ95FM <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=WYTZZ95FM' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 10, 2024, 7:23 pm, in reply to "Is it me? Radio station audio?"

They have cut the budgets to 0. People with experience being replaced with lower paid people w/o so much experience.

The SunTimes has no more photographers, they send the journalists (cough), out with iPhones.

Same in radio. This is the same medium when there is a shooting on 90 or snow storm cripples the interstate, no one is there to cover it. (Or they wake someone with a semi name to "report" witness accounts, from their PJ's, being on call that night to wake up).

WGN-TV 9 is the only exception to this new rule. They have people out in storms. If Martians landed, they would be there where other outlets would be trying to figure out how to spin it to the masses they were there, when they were not and not on the air!

Z

Re: Is it me? Radio station audio?

Off topic, Z, but to your point:
https://globalnews.ca/news/9768151/bell-media-lost-jobs-radio-station-closures/#:~:text=Bell%20Canada%20Enterprises%20Inc.%20%28BCE%20Inc.%29%20is%20cutting,to%20%E2%80%9Csignificantly%20adapt%E2%80%9D%20how%20it%20delivers%20the%20news.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9768151/bell-media-lost-jobs-radio-station-closures/#:~:text=Bell%20Canada%20Enterprises%20Inc.%20%28BCE%20Inc.%29%20is%20cutting,to%20%E2%80%9Csignificantly%20adapt%E2%80%9D%20how%20it%20delivers%20the%20news.

THOUSANDS in addition to THOUSANDS yearly, add Cumulus, Townsquare, Beasley, Audacy, I Heart and others.

Watched a public affairs show in Michigan. Reporter said how new bureau in KS was reduced from NINE to ONE person for the entire state!

One more thing, and I can't find it. Then Top40 "98 WGRD" in the late 1960's/1970's there was a TWENTY-FOUR person newsroom!

Something has suffered!

and that sound picking up everything but the speaker ....

Thanks much!

Re: Is it me? Radio station audio?

Posted by WYTZZ95FM <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=WYTZZ95FM' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 11, 2024, 3:46 pm, in reply to "Re: Is it me? Radio station audio?"

Hi John, WCFL was a union shop, they had double digit newsroom employees, engineers, studio engineers, everyone was union and protected.

I know a lot of people hate Unions (some are inefficient, I agree) but, enjoy non representation, your human positions eliminated and forcing you the listener to be dumbed down. Enjoy VT, bird, no jocks, no news..... on and on. Some stations are run by 1 person and a machine these days, just wait until AI runs ALL stations across the nation. No, I am not joking, it is on the way.

Z

Re: Is it me? Radio station audio?

shows a studio tour of Entercom (2020) 23:00 shows the person running a few radio stations.

29:00 Cisco Cotto . . .

This is done by Lisa Fielding. Rather interesting tour of facilities...and lack of people THEN!

Re: Is it me? Radio station audio? IT HAS BEGUN!!!!

To quote Z in the above:
just wait until AI runs ALL stations across the nation. No, I am not joking, it is on the way.

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/a-vancouver-radio-station-is-using-ai-on-the-air-9346552

"A Vancouver radio station is using AI on the air
If you're listening to the radio late at night, that might not be a human voice introducing songs."

Re: Is it me? Radio station audio? IT HAS BEGUN!!!!

Posted by WYTZZ95FM <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=WYTZZ95FM' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 14, 2024, 10:00 am, in reply to "Re: Is it me? Radio station audio? IT HAS BEGUN!!!!"

John,

People have no clue what is on the way. The medium that uses humans to present their programming will win. I have no faith it will be terrestrial radio.

Z

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