Comments for First of The Week Tidbits...........................My Opinions at http://www.everythingnrv.com , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.everythingnrv.com Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:46:22 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.everythingnrv.com/content/view/94261/332/#comment-452 Going to target the Tech tragedy and the radio station(s) comments you've noted. Have to since I spent 17 years in local radio! First, The Burg Guy's comments are understandable but let's take a look at things from another prospective. This tragedy was one that affected people worldwide, if for no other reason than the magnitude of the crime. The world needs and deserves to know what's going on here and how we're doing 1 year after the event. And if it weren't for the media that wouldn't happen. It is indeed a time to mourn the losses, but not just for VT or the local area in genera. So NO, don't go back to Atlanta or anywhere just yet. Stay around a few days and let the world know that Blacksburg and VA Tech are holding their heads high and despite the magnitude and hurt of the 4-16-07 tragedy we are holding our heads high and recovering/coping with things quite nicely...and that we haven't and never will forget. Now, talking about radio. Can't say I ever knew that there was a radio station on AM 810. From my humble point of view AM is all but dead. The only 2 formats that I know of that have a snowballs chance of surviving on AM are talk radio and bluegrass. Speaking of bluegrass does anyone know hows things are going for the station in Narrows (AM 990)? They signed on with a bluegrass format on July 1st of last year. Local talk radio is the essence of the pits when it comes to the actual operation of the stations (except when the programming is live). I guess it comes natural for someone who spent nearly 2 decades in broadcasting but every time I listen to AM 710 or Supertalk 101.7 I hang my head in shame at the enormous amount of dead air between programming and news or ads cut off in the middle because some dumbkopf hasn't programmed the automation correctly. If the local news talks want an EXCELLENT example of how to run a talk radio station, then please listen to 960AM WFIR in Roanoke. They've got their act together. I miss radio and sometimes wish I could go back on the air (in a part time capacity). That's all for now....keep up the good work!!! - Mike Woolwine Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:59:33 +0100 http://www.everythingnrv.com/content/view/94261/332/#comment-448 Your opinion story is too late. The media is already here shoving a microphone in everyone's face. Why can't they let this be what it is, and that is a time for remembering those we lost. Why do they have to find some story that this is not about. Go back to Atlanta or wherever you came from. - The Burg Guy Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:17:01 +0100 http://www.everythingnrv.com/content/view/94261/332/#comment-446 I,too, believe that the strike is not timely; totally asinine. Having a family member that retired from there, after losing his hearing and much of his health (most of which I attribute to the plant; one should visit, as I did, and hear the noises and see the oil-filled air, let alone, breathe it), I feel that I am a realist. I think the workers deserve fair pay, but they are violating the timelines of the contract. Besides, "Mogul" has wanted to close/move that plant for years. Who knows who and what really instigated this strike? - citizen Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:38:32 +0100