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Post by snarfdude on Apr 28, 2012 7:11:15 GMT -5
Right, you're bloody well right you know you got a right to say Speaking of...here's an international question connected to AT40. I have an off-air recording of the 5-17-75 AT40 program broadcasted by station 6KY in Perth, Australia. They apparently edited out the AT40 jingles each week. But they also completely removed "Bloody Well Right" by Supertramp that week. Perhaps someone may know if the term "bloody" was (or is) considered offensive in some English speaking cultures, and if that's a possible reason why it was deleted from the program. Not surprising if it's true. You'll likely never see a Canadian station running the extras, as often they'll use the time to play a year related canadian song to help their 35% Canadian content quota requirements. KOOL FM Halifax actually produces their own "extras" with their morning show host Griff Henderson for that reason. I might add he does a really good job doing it, so it's worth listening to the station alone for that reason. Some stations, to counter american syndicated programming will run "beaver hours" where all the songs played that hour are canadian. Often played in off peak listener hours, it's a known industry practice to get around the regulations. It's more restrictive on the weekdays, but weekends are wide open.
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Post by snarfdude on Apr 27, 2012 20:49:51 GMT -5
As far as The Jewel in Ottawa, they don't say it on their website. So, I don't know. The Jewel in Ottawa? *looks up and down the 70s list* Why, they're not listed in the stations list...! Maybe I should have mentioned earlier......I thought you knew? I'm friends with morning man Bob Derro. He posts the show weekly on his facebook group. They run the show 9 am-noon EST Saturday mornings.
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Post by snarfdude on Apr 27, 2012 20:39:48 GMT -5
CJWL - Ottawa (NOTE from me: This station is not listed in the 70s stations thread. Airing info would be appreciated for listing them in there for future weeks.)
I know the morning man.....he posts on his Facebook profile about AT 40, They're running the april 79 show. Likely the last 3 hours.
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Post by snarfdude on Apr 27, 2012 6:39:43 GMT -5
98.5 The Jewel in Ottawa is airing the April 1979 show this weekend.
I mentioned this to the morning guy with KOOL in Halifax airing Dick Clark and they are not and he was going to look into it as to why.
Obviously, it seems to be an option for local stations, to which a lot are running Dick Clark including my local station in Halifax. I think I'll set up an off air recording, as it's so rare to hear fill in hosts on the reruns.
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Post by snarfdude on Apr 21, 2012 13:59:53 GMT -5
^ Well, people do it all the time. They do it as a favor. And besides, if I paid for an MP3 copy, the person who was selling the MP3 copy would be doing something illegal. It's better to get a digital copy for free instead of buying it from someone, putting the person at risk of legal trouble. And besides, downloading is legal in Canada, at least for now. I could say the same thing about someone providing AT40 broadcasts on a file sharing site, but that's another story. Maybe I should consider getting myself a copy of such broadcast on eBay someday, but the issue is my roommate seems to be very leery about buying something on eBay. Don't know why. That's your issue. I have no problems buying on ebay and have had maybe 1 or 2 issues in all my transactions and that's a minor percentage. I see what you mean about shipping to Canada. I know all well about it, the postage and customs, but it comes down to taking responsibility for what you want. Know the costs before you bid. simple. I do dubbing/transfers all the time for syndicated stuff for myself and my internet stream....can handle 2 track reel, minidisc, vinyl, even 16 inch radio transcriptions. I've been burned doing "favors" over the years, and was shocked that one video transfer place locally (in Canada, Halifax) is charging $40/LP to CD. Shannon apparently charges about $25/LP for his transfers on the Charis website...which seems to be very reasonable. Going forward, I don't do any dubs for anyone for free. It can be very tedious, and time and materials is worth at least $25/LP. If you don't think it is, do it yourself and get the gear to do it. USB turntables are quite reasonable today. Don't expect anyone to help you out for free.
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Post by snarfdude on Apr 19, 2012 19:35:05 GMT -5
I have show 49 from March 23rd, 1985.....bought it off Ebay a couple years back. Once in awhile you see them turn up.
I never heard it. I was addicted to Billboard's syndicated programming column in the 80s and used to go to the library to read it. The trade ads for Top 40 SS turned up now and then, so I was aware of the show, but never had a chance to listen to it until I bought the discs off ebay.
It's probably as obsecure as The Soupy Sales Moldy Oldies Show from NBC that was around the same time and lasted about a year. They do show up, but not very common.
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Post by snarfdude on Jan 7, 2012 10:22:43 GMT -5
I'm guessing you are not aware of IMDB? Fantastic resource for stuff like this. Here's Casey's page: www.imdb.com/name/nm0440487/for 5-0: 1974 Hawaii Five-O (TV series) Freddie Dryden / Swift – Steal Now - Pay Later (1974) … Swift – Mother's Deadly Helper (1974) … Freddie Dryden
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Post by snarfdude on Dec 26, 2011 22:14:41 GMT -5
I have bought some original LP's of AT40 and CT40 off of Shannon over the years. He is always a pleasure to do business with, and the remastered CD's come complete with show promos, and any other content from the original vinyl (such as theme beds, etc). And although his LP's on eBay can wind up being pricey, if there is a particular show you are willing to spend some money on, every LP set I have bought off of him is always in immaculate condition. I've bought or obtained program discs from a variety of sources, and in the majority of cases, the discs are in excellent condition. These things are lucky to be played once or twice and then tossed in the trash or usually grabbed by station employees, given away as listener prizes or sold for charity by the local station. I just got the top 40 of 1988 from a former station employee, all 7 hours for an amazing price complete with cues. Shannon's transfers are very acceptable, but only he can do so much from AT40 program discs. Groove distortion especially on segments 3 and 6, on the inner most grooves can get "fussy" sounding. This is the product of inner groove distortion, and results when you try to cram 24-25 mins of audio into a medium that usually should hold no more then 20 mins for high quality. It's very noticable on air when you have a radio station that's heavily processed, but you know, most listeners won't have a clue as I have a more educated ear. Very little you can do with groove distortion and given the nostalgia factor of the show, and FM radio can cover up a multitude of flaws in source material, no PD will care. One thing WW One did with CT 40 was spread it over 6 vinyl discs instead of 4. besides the format change of rolling over the top of the hour, the quality went up with louder grooves and less inner groove distortion because less was crammed in one side. Far easier to get a higher quality transfer.
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Post by snarfdude on Dec 22, 2011 21:20:08 GMT -5
Personally, I like the original program discs. Be it vinyl or CD, and complete with cues being it the network on the international cue versions (which i've yet to see on shannon's site)
I'm not a super dedicated fan, but with the airing of AT40 (both classics and current) in my city, it's renewed my interest in the show again, and am glad I kept my collection of original discs (and glad I bought my 70s shows in the 80s when they were reasonably priced)
I just bought a few more shows from a ex radio station employee who worked at an affiliate for a very nice price.
Half the fun is having the original discs. digital and CD's in general can have finite life span, but vinyl is here to stay.
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Post by snarfdude on Dec 22, 2011 21:11:02 GMT -5
CKUL is this Saturday at 7 am EST.......
didn't know about them...until this site, and the promo on CKUL today. then again, this market has only had casey for under a year....he's only aired once previously with casey's top 40 in the late 80s for about a year....
what's old will be new again...around here.
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Post by snarfdude on Dec 22, 2011 21:04:54 GMT -5
Listening to the promos on CKUL, it seems they maybe running a special AT 10 Christmas Countdown from a few years ago (which sounds weird and might confuse listeners who have no idea what AT10 is!) Saturday morning at the usual 7 am EST airing.
Their usual Sunday Morning 7 am AT 40 The 80s airing will be likely be preempted by "Christmas Across The Lands" hosted by Randy Sherwyn as they start Christmas eve at 6 pm local, and run that straight for 24 hours (to get their $100 worth of the cost of the show...LOL)
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Post by snarfdude on Dec 11, 2011 13:33:47 GMT -5
LP is a way to buy records, I mean, physical records, because albums and singles are digitally downloaded and not all the people get them by paying, you know what I mean. So industry has decided to realese that format, which is great and pretty, and it´s secure money. Record players are also every where. Everywhere?? I haven't owned one in 15 years. I have 8 Rick Dees on the Line shows from 89/90 I bought in 2002 and I've never heard them because I don't own one. I know they sell USB compatible ones now so I'll probably buy one eventually. Vinyl never died. It just went more underground. Now it's coming back more mainstream again. CDs really are lacking in album cover art and the whole personal experience that people like with the handling on vinyl LP's and such. The other factor is not everything is available on CD. It opens a wider scope of music experimentation when you can find something nifty at goodwill and the second hand stores that will never be on CD or any other format. USB turntables are an option for people getting into it again, but I wouldn't recommend getting a really cheap USB table. some of them i've seen are cheaply made. coming from a broadcast background, I lucked out with a few vintage canadian broadcast rim drive turntables which seem to be popular among collectors, but I usually do transfers on my Technics Sp 15 direct drive turntable. with a 16 inch tonearm to play transcriptions. I'm very happy with the job it does. Given the multiple formats music can be had from, I believe in having a player for any format I might have. It just makes sense.
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Post by snarfdude on Dec 11, 2011 13:21:26 GMT -5
I can't remember the date, but I remember reading in Billboard during the transition that the KUBE, Seattle PD said that if AT40 went to CD only, it would require a four hour dubbing job, because the station didn't have direct CD to air capability. So? Get it! Duh! That would change with the Denon CD cart players. They fast became the standard on control rooms because the CD was in a cartridge similar to a computer floppy disk and the DJ never touched the CD. Some older control rooms still have them in them to play a CD to air, but funny enough, it was only a few years later when the early computer automation systems started turning up in radio stations in the mid 1990s. at that point also, you still had to dub audio in real time into the system. Given what you say about KUBE ,it may be of interest to know when Casey Top 40 was distributed in Canada in around the 1989-1991 window, it was actually dubbed to tape from a set of source program vinyl discs with the US national commericals edited out by the Toronto company representating Westwood One, then fed via satellite to affiliates who themselves had to record the feed weekly....so Canadian affiliates had no choice to do a weekly dubbing job every Thursday afternoon. 2-6 pm EST. Most stations who ended up doing this didn't tie up valuable production studio time. Usually a dedicated reel to reel machine was tied into the satellite channel or the channel audio was routed to the audition side of the control room console so the DJ can monitor the satellite feed recording and be on the air at the same time. This was an advantage for me working at a station that didn't carry the show, as the channel was open to anyone who could hook up a tape deck to it, we just couldn't air it. I got a few CT 4O shows on cassette this way, and wound up getting a few vinyl shows from a contact in Toronto also.
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Post by snarfdude on Dec 11, 2011 10:20:48 GMT -5
Well...both statements are correct. The point paxman appears to be making (and I would agree) is that by decoding the song to edit it, then re-saving/encoding it back to the same bit rate, you do incur some loss. That said, it probably won't be noticeable if you re-encode once or twice, but if you do it several times to the same file, you will eventually start to notice a dip in sound quality. This is why I keep a .wav copy of my shows until I am done editing. I wouldn't worry too much if you are only going to re-encode once though. Oh you're right. "digital" is not perfect. It's perceived as, but it really isn't. It's more convenient, and easier to make a near perfect recording, but analog still rules in a lot of aspects in the recording studio. When you start playing with mp3 encoding over a number of reedits and "generations" it's the same as tape, you get added noise, artifacts and significant quality loss, more with mp3's then mp2's which still have a hold in broadcast automation for that reason. That's very subjective in my mind, but it's good to keep source wavs if at all possible. easier to go from a higher quality source then a mp3 then the opposite. FM radio can hide a lot of the "shortcomings" of mp3 quality loss. I'm probably one of the few that can hear groove distortion in the original AT 40 program discs on air as it gets closer to the innergrooves as my local station is so loud and brickwalled limited, the distortions comes out as excessive "fuzziness" on the high end frequencies. Not much you can do about that and most people won't care anyway.
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Post by snarfdude on Dec 11, 2011 10:10:55 GMT -5
Depends on your source. I won't rip any CD tracks under 320kbps. my weekly radio show goes out at 192kbps. Most FM off air broadcasts can easily go to 128kbps as FM doesn't have a great quality to start with. Premiere mp3's that stations download seem to settle at 256kbps and their encoder leaves a bit to be desired to my ears. It could be better, though funny enough, depending on the encoder involved, even 128 can sound impressive.
Good rule of thumb, the higher the encoding rate, the easier it is to keep the quality high over a variety of encoders/codecs. They're not all the same for quality. You'll never go wrong using 320kbps no matter what software encoder you use, and these days, hard drive and DVDR's are cheap compared to the past. There's really few reasons to worry about going lower encoding rates when the audio quality can significantly different.
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