Re: Well.....
> Do it well, do it right or don't bother. I prep on cities I
> track probably more than the talent that live there. It's
> really not hard to do however EVERY format is different. You
> have to think about the audience you're speaking to. If you
> really pay attention to a station enough, besides the
> morning show, most other dayparts speek about concerts ,
> promotions and artist stuff. That's really about it. The
> whole LOCAL thing to me is just a hot button for people to
> bitch endlessly about VT'ing when in A LOT of cases it's
> really not a factor. The guy above complaining about it
> raining in St. Pete and the jock saying it was a nice day.
> How long have you lived here???? Where I am in Brandon it
> was a nice day. Hell around here it could rain in your front
> yard and not the back. Come on...let's not nit pick. Just
> because I'm a thousand miles away and talk about a story off
> that cities local newschannel website is wrong? That's what
> everyone else in that market does so why can't I? If you
> catch me in a market you'll get the weather, storm warings,
> watches, school closing and so on. Voice tracking does not
> suck. The people who don't do it right are the ones who suck
> or just want the money and don't care. It's really not that
> hard to do.
>
> r
>
And having heard Riggie's VT work in Lousiville, I can make two comments:
1) He does, in fact, do it well
2) He's 100 times better than anyone they could find in the market.<P ID="signature">______________
"With God as my witness, I could have sworn turkeys could fly."</P>