TALK-RADIO BREAK-JAMMING!

[Kitesgot]

Enough about WV Radio and whether or not they made a mistake. I doubt they did. They made money, and right now I figure that's all that matters in this world.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS and today I finally went off the edge.

I call the practice "Break-jamming."

This practice is when talk-hosts don't pay attention to their clocks until it's too late, and then they 'jam breaks' together at the end of the hour in order to keep up.

Rush is horrible with this. I tried FOUR----4----FOUR---FORE----times today to turn on and listen and TWICE I heard him coming out of a break, make a single sentence and go back into a break, trying to catch up.

HOWEVER---(with that said)---the worst of the worst of the worst in the history of talk-radio is:------ COAST TO COAST AM!!

THEY DO THIS-----and do NOT need to do it at all because for SOME reason they feel it is necessary to come out of breaks with a 2-3 minute classic-rock song----THEN come in for a minute, and go back into a break.
I don't know how many times in the middle of the night that I've gotten up to pee (happens frequently now) to hear George Noory come out of a break and "In the beginning" starts from ELP----it plays for 3 minutes and then he'll talk about what is coming up for 15 seconds to go back into a break.

IT IS MADDENING TO ME and I KNOW ABOUT RADIO--------I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT LISTENERS THINK!

Shouldn't someone tell them that they're screwing everyone on the last part of an hour? There is NO content. MANY stations do this. If yo miss the first half-hour of a broadcast, forget the last half-hour because that's where they're trying to get in their breaks.

I remember before Stern went satellite that I listened to him on the way to Pittsburgh-----and it was a little past 10. He went into (I'm not exaggerating this) a 10 minute break trying to get the last sponsors in before saying goodbye. I must've driven for 50 miles.

Okay, I'm done now.

[jag]

I remember before Stern went satellite that I listened to him on the way to Pittsburgh-----and it was a little past 10. He went into (I'm not exaggerating this) a 10 minute break trying to get the last sponsors in before saying goodbye. I must've driven for 50 miles.

So what you're telling us is that you drove 50 miles in ten minutes, which would be five miles in one minute. That equals 300 miles per hour. Very impressive!

Seriously, I hear what you're saying. Yes, it's annoying, unnecessary and easy to remedy. But you and I both know that it's not going to stop until those same advertisers who are being screwed take it upon themselves to spend their Benjamins elsewhere.

[jag]

Really, kitesgot, I was just ribbing you about the questionable math!

[Jay Nunley]

What if you are in the middle of something hot or on a roll? Do you really want to stop in the middle of something like that? Is it not worth sacrificing the clock and doing a doubled-up stopset in that situation?

[AmpedNow]

THEY DO THIS-----and do NOT need to do it at all because for SOME reason they feel it is necessary to come out of breaks with a 2-3 minute classic-rock song----THEN come in for a minute, and go back into a break.
I don't know how many times in the middle of the night that I've gotten up to pee (happens frequently now) to hear George Noory come out of a break and "In the beginning" starts from ELP----it plays for 3 minutes and then he'll talk about what is coming up for 15 seconds to go back into a break.

Strangely enough, it gives the show a certain flow and feel, IMO.

Even though the content is what really matters, it wouldn't be C2C without the insanely long music bumpers, the deep voice guy giving out numbers, and that corny thunder sound effect.

I agree with you on the number of breaks between the top and bottom of the hour, though.

But I also agree with Nunley... Why go to break if you're on a roll?

Long-time listeners of Stern know this is one of his trademarks. The reason you encountered a ten minute stopset is because you missed the 50+ straight minutes of content that came before the stopset.