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Post by Shadoe Fan on Mar 16, 2008 11:35:16 GMT -5
I am disappointed in AT20 with their tribute to Jeff Healey this week. They did not play "Angel Eyes" as an extra like they should have. There's no excuse as the song fits Hot AC just fine and is less than 20 years old. Shame on AT20!
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Post by Scott Lakefield on Mar 17, 2008 11:17:32 GMT -5
Not sure why the song wasn't included as part of the tribute on AT20, since it WAS included on AT10.
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Post by Shadoe Fan on Mar 20, 2008 9:33:27 GMT -5
Here's my educated guess:
AT20 is afraid the some affiliates will drop the show if they play songs that the affiliates don't. As can be seen in the other thread, stations are continuing to drop the show. The producers of the show must be walking a tightrope trying not to "offend" any of their HAC affiliates. Right now HAC is fragmenting, with some stations leaning pop, some leaning alternative, and some not playing many 80s songs. Trying to balance all of those cannot be easy.
Personally, I don't think hearing "Angel Eyes" would cause a listener of a station to tune away, especially since it would've been a tribute.
I looked up the stats and saw that "Angel Eyes" is getting more plays than another extra on the same show, "Der Kommisar". However, that must not have been true for the affiliates of HAC, or they wouldn't have played "Der Kommisar" either.
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Post by pzimm7700 on Mar 20, 2008 15:32:24 GMT -5
It would be so nice to have mom and pop stations locally owned or regionally owned back again. This way they can use common sense as to what should be ok on their stations or not, then shows such as this wouldn't have to worry about offending anyone.
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Post by snarfdude on Dec 27, 2008 23:20:39 GMT -5
there's more mom and pop stations in the USA then up here in canada. regional and national chains are eliminating the independent owner. FM up here also has restrictions of hit and non hits ratios to protect AM oldies stations, to which there are still a few left, though the CRTC is rubber stamping AM's to flip to FM, and hopefully the restrictions for hit/non hit will eventually be eliminated. they'll never get rid of the 35% ratio every hour for canadian content though. some of the american syndicated shows that run up here can get "canadianized" by canadian producers adding canadian content to make them more station friendly and less hassle with meeting their quota.
was there a jeff healey tribute closer to the end of march? for my first time visit to the USA was easter weekend 2008, and I was in north conway NH (a 10 hour drive from my home here in Halifax NS) to take the wife outlet shopping and I was flipping the dial, and was there a better way to help me enjoy my visit after driving that distance then to find AT20 on the dial from the local Magic 104 in north conway? at this point I hadn't heard casey in years...and sort of grew out of it, but it peaked my interest. I remember a mention about jeff healey, but the airdates would be wrong, unless the station ran the wrong show....I still wouldn't mind trading for a copy for the sake of it being my first visit to the US....
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