jrredneck
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Seriously DJs, shut up during the start of songs. We want the music not your overly joyful fake laughs.
Apr 29, 2021 2:02 PM
jrredneck
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2273
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Seriously DJs, shut up during the start of songs. We want the music not your overly joyful fake laughs.
raifsevrence
Radio dj? Holy shit grandpa what year is it?
BeerAndChips
DianNaoChong
If they talk over it is not payola *taps head*
helyx
If your DJ has a mic, you're listening to the wrong shit. Give it to a proper hype man, the MC.
ChristopherHallett
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnGaf0p9x1U
Idonotbelievewehavecompany
I listen to a morning show and that's it. Radio music sucks balls. Now I just hit shuffle on my library and ride to work getting amped up
T3hi84n2g
Morning shows are even worse. A bunch of hyena cackling talking over each other, broken up by advertisements and no actual music.
Idonotbelievewehavecompany
THe one I listen to doesn't do stupid pranks and plays music and does contests. THere is a new cackling chick, first one they have had,
bamboolemur
A reminder that radio still exists for some people.
JasonDoodle
Radio? lololol
smalltownguy
I wished of being a RJ once upon a time. But seeing the number of podcasts these days, it seems everyone else shared that dream.
YpsilantiRomani
& outtros or trying to sing along
drums4lyfe
PREACH!
spicytrac
What's a radio DJ?
FjordFiskursson
And stop cutting songs short, just because they haven't heard themselves talk for 3 whole minutes.
itsthevoiceman
Not happening unless you listen to a specific channel that pays the whole song, usually via satellite.
Filanwizard
That is par the course. Radio songs are always shorter and stations have hated long ones for years. Queen had to fight to keep Bohemian long
VodkaReindeer
That's what the radio edit is for.
PhunPhact
They get paid for ads. Longer songs means less room for ads.
Arescatdog
Yup. Who still listens to radio??
christ0s
The only thing a DJ should say is the name of the song and artist
PedroBenecol
and the year of the release.
SmilinBobsFamilyStyleMortuaryAndCrematorium
yeh and while we're at it, tell youtube to stop plastering the end of music videos with "next-video" options
hemanwomenhatersclub
We need to bring back pirate radio stations. Go out to the sea, or hear it on the X.
Smartnership
99.9 RRRR
trapperjohnmd
That was a fun movie.
lordbullvine
They need to stop interrupting awesome finale solos at the end also.
randomguy365
They need to just shut up. Period. They are no longer needed.
kerby233
This is less of a problem now, but when I was young, waiting with my cassette recorder with record/play/pause keys pressed those were times.
cpcgamer
They are obliged to do that to stop people getting clean recordings of the entire song
thatoneguychapman
Another case of people lying with confidence
LaserSalsa
Obliged? Or obligated
BlacksmithSam
I was on WMQT 1996-97 and we did it so we could get as many songs squeezed into an hour as possible while still making announcements.
mattsolid
Used to make my own radio shows when I was 12. Recorded songs off the radio and came up with opposing dj characters who disliked each other
SobchaksWorldOfPain
Budding Phil Hendrie?
mattsolid
Haha. I did not know about this guy until now. But I guess so. Too bad I didn’t pursue it, I could have been someone!
TwoFlower68
Someone *else*
himisti
It's not the 80's anymore.
HorseBoxRestorer
False.
Bomboque
The internet answered the music industry's biggest wish; to stop people recording songs off the radio. Be careful what you wish for.
onlyforn00ds
What is this, 1991?
deathlv101
Yes, maybe before spottfy... but now? Seriously?
Notuniquesnowflake
Former DJ. It wasn't true in '03-06 for sure. Probably never true. But the upvotes show how easily myths spread when they sounds "truthy".
DaveDreamsOfDumplings
Completely untrue. 'Hitting the post', or talking right up until the lyrics start, is purely to keep things flowing, like crossfading
RowanUnderwood
Sure, in 1986 maybe.
DarkwingDuc
Sounds like an old wives' tale. Plenty of stations play uninterrupted "rock blocks". Intros work well as "music beds" to keep momentum going
tanebot
Old wives were actually pretty young when this was the legit reason.
humbleshmumble
I'm old enough to have done this
tanebot
Me too, man I was so proud of that tape.
Attritshun
Who tf is recording the radio still? *Whips out my cassette*
MechanicalRomance
Policies are made when problems exist. Policies aren't changed when the problems dissappear.
Attritshun
Like the old law of how you must hitch your horse to a post or it is a punishable offense?
zigbigidorlu
Or how in Texas, if two trains meet on a track, neither may pass until the other has gone.
mrrightnow510
Wtf is still listening to radio?
knispler
Who tf still listens to linear radio?
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MissSpelledTattoo
Spotify and Pandora also profile the shit out of you.
Gremlynn4023
They can fucking try
OmegaKamidake
I have an 04 car with a radio and cd player lol.
JoelSchwiftyGeere
It only really songs that haven't been released yet with pop hits , and digital radio is popular with lesser known genres, easy to copy
Idonotbelievewehavecompany
Wish I knew what happened to all my radio recorded cassette tapes. Now I am sad again
SilentShift
Man, I remember sitting there getting ready to time it perfectly to start and stop the recording at the right time for the songs...
trapperjohnmd
Check your ex girlfriends
Idonotbelievewehavecompany
I know it wasn;t them and I do not talk to them at all after breakups. Pretty sure they were lost in a move
Attritshun
Many hours of mixtape producing down the drain :(
Idonotbelievewehavecompany
RIght? I used to tape the Dr. Dimento show with one 90 minute tape then try to cut it down later
INeverReadTheTOS
Say the name of the song before AND after the song plays.
EricPisch
Radio DJs need to shut up
Canadoug
Radio DJs are irrelevant and not needed at all. Change my mind.
Smartnership
Siri will take their jerbs
eatyourmeat
Good DJs tell you when the bands you are listening to are touring and introduce similar music
LizzyTheEdgy
Yea, being a DJ is a job that one can be skilled at and provide alot of value, however the bar for being a DJ has been famously low
SobchaksWorldOfPain
Three words: Spo ti fy.
snoozer
Amazon UHD music is quite a thing too. Pricy but what a sound quality
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haveyouheardabouttheseinternetmemes
No ads at all on Spotify premium. Unless you don't listen to music much or you're like INSANELY poor it's EASILY worth it.
OmegaKamidake
I held off forever but once i paid for premium Spotify, especially when it's on discount, i never looked back. Or find a friend with it lol
SobchaksWorldOfPain
I split with my 18 & 23 year old sons and a couple of my 18 year old's classmates. < $3/mo for me to have no commercials, my playlists.
ILikeToFindTheAnswers
Was awful when I was younger trying to record songs off the radio & you'd wait and wait, only for the dj to talk all through the intro/outro
SirenBrick
That is exactly why they did it.
MaladaptedMedic
That’s literally why they do it
Smartnership
Talk up to the first vocal note
thetiredhedonist
Is this 2000? Who listens to the radio?
Filanwizard
I still do at work. 93.3 WMMR
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
I've discovered a lot of interesting bands and songs thanks to Radio Paradise. No Pandora here in Germany. Spotify has ads. RP is ad-free.
smellsmiketeenspirit
I listen to SomaFM. And France Inter and France Culture which is some kind of french NPR. But better of course.
MyleKeville
There really was an art to it though. Old school DJs had to time out their dialogue to end right at lyrics & some were insanely good at it.
Frignificent
No. One cannot be good at something which has no value. Kill them all.
jskoggs11365
Gotta hit the post!
ifmandypatinkinwasahorse
Don't let me forget it's a cold open.
CanadaEhBuddy
It's a throw back to when people used to record the song off the radio onto tape. You know, before the internet. Wrecks the recording
DianNaoChong
Well when the salary depends on payola you better get good at it
jesuisgur
In the old days I was told they did it on purpose so people couldn't record the songs on tape... Same as cutting before the end.
superkp
doesn't stop me from wanting to listen to the goddamned intro because I'm here for the music, dammit.
bkcantthinkofanythingclever
It’s called ramping
MildlyConcernedTV
Now days they just loop the intro as long as they need
BuckBoost
The RJs in those GTA radio stations did it really well
HorseBoxRestorer
It’s very easy once you start doing it (DJ’d for 19 years).
phillsman
Like Peter "the riff" Griff?
xyxyxyxy31
xiaodown
It's all electronic now. I DJd at a college station and you get a feed of songs along with metadata about how long the intro/outro is 1/
xiaodown
and you can record a bit to fit the length, slot it into the playlist, and it happens automatically. Live DJing is fairly rare now. Most 2/
xiaodown
DJs you hear are just recording their voice at home for like 5-6 stations spread across the country and shipping their bits to the 3/
xiaodown
station engineer to put into the playlist. The same DJ will be doing bumpers for like Spokane WA and Burlington VT and Macon GA.
jrredneck
True. But most are annoying as fuck with their fake laughs and forced happiness.
pariah76
People still listen to the radio?
Cthulhu2121
As someone who used to work at a radio station, it can get hella fucking lonely in that booth when you're there for multiple hours. 1/2
Cthulhu2121
Sometimes that 30s you get to talk feels real nice like you're actually talking to people instead of sitting alone in a room
jrredneck
I can relate. 8 hours in a truck cab gets lonely too.
acuteavocado7
dont forget the 2003 stock sound effect library & mic echo that they all overuse to death
PhenTsoksar
well,yeah. When it's done right, you know. Then there's just the DJ losing it. Youtube: Casey Kasem dead dog dedication. The meat (1/
PhenTsoksar
of it starts at 0:40 seconds. It makes me smile on bad days
rawwestdog
We are just trying to finish our sale reads. Sheesh
jrredneck
Start the song afterwards then. Or talk faster
rawwestdog
Well then they gotta cut intros. How radio works, gotta get the commercials in. Or less music per hour.
killercorbyn
Idk listen to Steve wright or Ken Bruce on BBC Radio 2 shows are really slick they sometimes loop the intro or exult.
imgurclone
What is “Idk”?
Taazar
I don't know
TheDairyPope
Well you're no help. Who knows the answer?
Beckiiftw
Hence why a lot of younger audiences turn to twitch and youtube. Internet platforms often feel way more genuine.
Arronicus
I turn to Radio because you don't get comments underneath the video that make you want to invent covid-20
Beckiiftw
Just don't read them? You find that stuff anywhere on the internet how does that affect the content?
MaybeIwasOutOfTown
People still listen to the radio?
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VodkaReindeer
Do they have more or less ads than radio?
bobblejabba23
I am listening to the radio right now, it is my local NPR station but it’s still the radio.
rossimus
My wife does, and I make fun of her for it every time
gloriousgabro9000
People who still do can safely be assumed to actually like the awful babbling. Anyone who wants to listen to music will just use Spotify.
manWithNoHands
You guys have radios?
Smartnership
You guys don’t have tinnitus
crimpitdown9001
98kupd out of AZ has the best morning show, Change my mind
PowerfulHamster
Even paid radio like XM the DJs talk all the damn time.
itsthevoiceman
Yes. More than you might expect.
TheDaharMaster
KGO
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
"Pandora isn't available in this country"
JaimeLannistersRightHand
I don't have an aux port, nor Bluetooth and I don't have a cd
VodkaReindeer
Just plug your phone directly into your ears, man
JaimeLannistersRightHand
Then I might not hear emergency vehicles
SobchaksWorldOfPain
One ear, the one away from window.
JaimeLannistersRightHand
Also, my FM transmitter doesn't work because of the amount of fm traffic
SobchaksWorldOfPain
Get a portable speaker and velcro ti to the dashboard.
JaimeLannistersRightHand
I've asked my mechanic wether I can install a new radio, since FM is going off the air here in a couple years
Draig1
I love the radio. Love it.
parkerh17
I can make an app that does nothing but play ads if you love the radio so much...
parkerh17
Don't worry, I'll throw in the occasional song that you don't get to pick...
Draig1
Ah, but over here, we have stations that are not commercial.
brianthefly
Radio? Who needs the radio?
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SobchaksWorldOfPain
I have unlimited data on my phone and use a bluetooth/FM device to play spotify through my car stereo.
Temyari
I stopped because it wasn't worth listening to the same 3-6 songs around 45min of talking... USB key car tunes ftw.
MikeReese9
Same. I can predict what’s ‘next’ on a classic rock station, all I need to hear is the artist or band name
trapperjohnmd
Yep I sometimes prefer just being along for the ride. No need to have control over everything in life.
DarkwingDuc
Still the most popular media format in US b/c free & everywhere. According to Nielson it reaches 90% of adults 18-34, 94% 35-49 & 91% of 50+
kaiserkevin
Curious if the report specifies what 'reaches' means. Is it 'has access to' or 'actively listens to.'
DarkwingDuc
https://www.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/06/audio-today-2019.pdf
kaiserkevin
Ok that makes sense, ~90% of people will have at one point in a week listened to the radio. Time frame clears it up.
nilaismad
Sure do! I even listen to hockey games on the radio! My own dad laughs at me for it. :)
hockeyandgolfer224
Same here with Hockey Games. Especially where I live, our home town team has a great radio hockey announcer.
MaybeIwasOutOfTown
Even when you have the ability to watch it? That's.. kinda adorable.
trapperjohnmd
For football the national tv broadcast announcers are usually trash so we use to sync up the local radio broadcast to the tv on mute.
nilaismad
Yeah, I don't have cable and too lazy/cheap to pay to watch! It doesn't bother me to just listen like the old days in the car!
trapperjohnmd
roommate in college had an old 70s boat of a car something about cruising down the road on a hot Summer night listening to the baseball game
BewareOfBOB
I actually miss theater acts on radio.
TheIsopod
Podcast. Podcast are a thing.
VodkaReindeer
Here's a replacement https://www.graphicaudiointernational.net/
BewareOfBOB
Thank you
voeggroll
Honestly, if you can find a good public radio outlet, you'll hear a lot more music and conversations (1)
voeggroll
(2) you wouldn't hear from a subscription because you're selecting content based on your own biases. Plus, and I cannot stress this enough
voeggroll
IT'S FREE
MaybeIwasOutOfTown
Time is money. If you're receiving something for free, you are the product. I'd rather pay a bit of money for no ads.
voeggroll
Which is why I mentioned a good public radio outlet. Ads are minimal if not non-existent, and aren't beholden to corporate interests.
jrredneck
When you are driving 8 hours a day, yes you do listen to the radio
itsthevoiceman
This. Captive audience. Main demographic of radio listeners.
Seizurebleak
Cassette tape with aux cord :)
TheRicM
Another one that should be banned is sirens in radio songs
thetiredhedonist
Podcasts are life savers for long rides. Podcast addict app lets you download so you can listen offline.
MadeYouLookAgain
Download at home off of WiFi.
Nejaa
I drive 8+ hours a day for work with an hour each way commute. I haven't listened to the radio for music in almost a decade
itsthevoiceman
You are an outlier.
Nejaa
In the days of music streaming, mp3s, audiobooks, and podcasts on the smart phone that almost everyone has on them at all times? I doubt it
itsthevoiceman
Millions of people still listen to the radio. I worked at 5 radio stations simultaneously until Covid. Car listeners are the main demo.
Makerofroads
Audiobooks brochacho. I've something like 6 months of time spent on audible, it is well worth it.
TheRicM
Were you listening to this? https://www.amazon.com/022-Andy-Clements-DJ-Brochacho/dp/B08JJQFX7V
Makerofroads
I have something like 140 titles
TheRicM
Right on. I need to get into that. I read, but maybe listening will save my eyes some. And allow for multitasking too
Zadwanaa
I understand... but theres podcasts, Spotify, pandora, iheartradio..
jrredneck
No unlimited data on the phone
parkerh17
You know you can download albums so you don't have to constantly find new stations and have 75% commercial time.
somethinggoodandcatchy
Get unlimited data
SodomySnake
If anybody's looking for a cheap unlimited data plan, check out Visible. $40/mo, but you can get it for $25 if you join a party. 1/2
Zadwanaa
Ahhhhhh yaa, gotchya..
KEbmeistergeneral
Download songs from spotify using questionable methods!
haveyouheardabouttheseinternetmemes
You don't even need questionable methods, Spotify lets you save songs on your phone.
Woodifyacould
Ooof
LavenderRainn
Get spotify for 10 a month. Download unlimited songs and podcasts onto said phone. Works offline.
haveyouheardabouttheseinternetmemes
AND gets rid of ads. I can't imagine how poor you'd have to be for that not to be worth it if you're in the car 8 hrs a day.
LavenderRainn
Just make sure you download on wifi
gratefulheart
Also, you can probs rip cds and download to your phone, download podcasts, or other media. Most truck stops have WiFi. 1/2
gratefulheart
Or take a look at newer phone/data plans. Every time I change, I get more for my $$. And don’t forget to honk for folks that ask nicely. 2/2