Cracker: "It says 'Let's b friends', and it's got a b on it"
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He's a Visitor. Seize him!
Yeah, those wires hanging out of his ears are a dead give away, apparently they are attached to a device called a Pod or something, who's he listening to? where does he get his orders?
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Lets cross live now to breaking news in other parts of the country ?
Hello...Hello, is anybody out there ?...apparently not, and now back to Auckland
...as you were :)
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I don't know about Christchurch
we used to have a great Student Radio station here - until some ad salesman who apparently couldn't sell enough ads bought the station for a $1 off the Student Union (as I understand it) a travesty up there with the ECan dismissal I reckon...
I no longer listen or support it, and know no one who does anymore...
Fabel seems to have strengthened its stranglehold at the University, now controlling events as well...
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I am sad to see Mikey go, despite it being the right move. I don't think losing the current 5 drive shows is the right way to go. While I don't always appreciate Ritchie's musical taste, he has a presence that is hard to resist!
I would be disappointed if the many of the guest slots change on Breakfast - Rick, Fabian et al are great.
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a friend of mine who shares the same name as one of the radio stations
Ray-Joe Live?
Solid Clod?
Reamer?
Key Wee Effem?
Nat Schnell?
Howe Racqui?obviously it's not as simple as
some bloke called George...
a broad-caster maybe...
Bea Effeminate?oh I give up...
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3410,
@ Ian
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That's cool that you find Mike's tardiness fine. But for others, including station management, it's not cool.
Particularly for a job which actually has hours in the title. How many hours you have to work to do the broadcast hours, I would have thought those hours would be the minimum if you wanted to keep your job.
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@3410
a classic case of two rons making a riot...
and Shirley, Lady Mondegreen, was just off screen...
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I haven't been interested in listening to b Breakfast since Mikey took it up again. It's not that I don't like listening to him (I do) or that I'm not a loyal b-boy (I am) but I listen to b to hear something new. I once had a heated discussion with a guy a few years older than me who couldn't understand why I would listen to a radio station that played songs and artists I'd never heard of. My response was "Well, that's the whole point. If I knew exactly what I wanted to listen to, I'd turn on my iPod and select them." He was horrified, but then he thought that ZM was "edgy" so I'm not going to judge.
b is going through a pretty conservative phase in their lineup right now, which is sad to see. I'd much rather they took a chance on some twenty year old film studies student with a sense of humour and a crazy flatmate.
As for not turning up on time-I remember those shennanigans from Mikey's previous breakfast stint, and I'm amazed he's still getting away with it. As someone else who has done indie breakfast radio (if in a much smaller market) I can tell you that it's not that fuckin' hard to turn up on time. If your listeners expect you to start at a specific time, you start at that specific time come hellor high water.
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3410,
@ Ian,
Don't call me Shirley.
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and you used the echo to freestyle a version of the Rhythm Selection theme. That was very clever.
Clever. Hmm, probably just the weed Dubhead gave me everytime I mentioned his show in primetime.
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Nor is the slot being extended. My comment about the 2-4 being extended was facetious
Yes I did get it wrong, stand corrected. Thinking about your comment on MH tardiness, I was reminded of a comment I heard the other day by 2 20 year olds when, having been given some work through their uni break and having been desperate for an earn said, "Oh I wont work tomorrow, it's Saturday"
Yeah, I know expectations an' all require a respect of the starting time and absolutely agree with your comment about, punctuality in such an important slot is expected and for those listeners off to work, still, I would have sorted the problem along time before if I had an issue.
An example could be this: My man had a problem getting to work at 6am whilst working on a movie (he had no car). Each morning someone designated would locate his whereabouts and pick him up and deliver him on time to work. I only discovered this the other day and thought "that's a bit spoilt", but, on reflection, his ability to do his job was valuable enough to facilitate, and easy enough to enact. I also note that Mikey's tardiness has had an effect on others on the b. John Key doesn't show up at all sometimes for his weekly update. ;)
Oh, and Damian, it's Sofie with an "f", I realise I am insignificant but as you noted earlier .....:) -
I'm not sure what name recognition Marcus Lush or Wallace Chapman brought with them. Don't people listen to Bfm because it is Bfm? I would have thought the dj was of secondary importance.
It strikes me as a mistake to use Matt for his "brand" value in the same way as hoping Mike would "sell" Bfm.
The very reasons I love Bfm is because of it"s lack of "professionalism".The mistakes and cock-ups are endearing.(This does not include turning up late every day. That is rude and arrogant.) But then I am not trying to sell advertising space. -
we used to have a great Student Radio station here - until some ad salesman who apparently couldn't sell enough ads bought the station for a $1 off the Student Union (as I understand it)
He was first and foremost a drum n' bass DJ, but oh he's come along way baby since doing this remix for us back in the day. Still, all the best to him...
http://idealog.co.nz/magazine/may-june-2008/features/diy
...though at the time i'd wondered if PZ hadn't run the station into the ground then made out he and his lady lawyer could be its only saviour by picking up the license for a dollar ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RDU-FM&diff=174558857&oldid=164634428
'In actual fact', as that link points out, was later edited to say 'actually'. Which in actual fact doesnt actually mean a fuck of alot eh...so why bother ?
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Dreadful idea to move Mike to drive-time. Tal about back to the future. Cut the cord. I like having five different dj's thru the week. Now I will not even bother listening to that time slot.
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I also note that Mikey's tardiness has had an effect on others on the b. John Key doesn't show up at all sometimes for his weekly update. ;)
Yes, the irony of Mikey getting wound up by others not being punctual burned soooo bad. He's a real rough diamond that Havoc.
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Feel compelled to weigh in right now to the defence of James & Karen who purchased RDU not long after I left in 2006. The station was never being "run into the ground", in fact every year I spent there the quality of it's output only improved. It was however being dicked by the management of the student union who had come to a stage where they neither understood or cared about owning a radio station. They were more interested in the output of the deep fryers and the coffee machine downstairs. Everyone working at RDU in 2006, including the sales team, were passionate talented individuals. It was the student union who had no vision for RDU.
James & Karen should be respected for taking a risk and saving the character or even existence of student radio in Christchurch and on campus. It could all so easily have degenerated into a Hamilton or even a Wellington situation where only low power true student radio exists (Active maybe in the b-net but it has no affiliation with Vic uni).
From what I've heard the staff feel valued, something I only experienced from co-workers, certainly not the student union management. There's also been significant capital investment under Fabel's management.
You see! One still feels passionate about the damn station when one should be concentrating on something else... Isn't live and on demand video streaming the future anyway... anyone? no? okay.
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1. Sorry Sofie :)
@Andrew C - yes, as I think I mentioned here a few years ago on this topic, Mike actually expressed indignation to me once at the fact that the breakfast host (yes, you Hugh) who had been there from 6-10 (am I right? 6am start?), wouldn't stick around and keep doing his show until 10.30ish for Mike to turn up! There's just so much lack of irony and self-consciousness there it's incredible.
@Phillip - This has been one of bFMs problems for a while, star-fucking. I believe any number of key appointments over the years have been made because the person in question has a TV show, a slot on music TV, or some other brand, rather than because they're doing good radio, and often in spite of the fact they're not. As I said before, I think Matt will do a good show, but it would have been a bold, fresh and symbolic move if the show had gone to someone unknown (or at least unknown outside of bFM), as @Andre suggests.
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FYI, the bFM Twitter stream says Adam, Richie and Mr Crawley will "be moved to other slots" and is promising full details, including "a few more changes to the daily structure," by the end of the day, on the bFM website.
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I believe any number of key appointments over the years have been made because the person in question has a TV show, a slot on music TV ...
I can see some merit in putting people with a profile into key slots.
OTOH, the Cryptid Factor on Sunday mornings is kinda pissing me off. Much as I like Rhys Darby and David Farrier, if they can't make their show sound like more than a very long in-joke, perhaps they should give it up in favour of some kid who really wants it.
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Speaking when wearing my hat as programme director at Triangle TV / Stratos TV, thanks for the commentary on "The Beat Goes On". It is a one-man-band-show (literally: producing, scripting, presenting, inteviewing, filming, editiing, delivering). All without state funding, of course. And he pays us to be on air, rather than the other way round in the case of all the media divas here. It possibly is the only sustainable form of free-to-air television when the advertising and the state funding get cut out soon.
As a former newsreader on bFM (in Graeme Hill's breakfast days, and Lisa Van Der Aarde's drive show) I still listen but not to breakfast, RNZ National is too valuable. And I appreciate George FM and RNZ Concert in equal measure.
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Nice one wammo. Yeah i respect poppa Z for taking a risk and all he's done for the churtown scene. I like him. He's always been a shrewd businessman with an eye to the future but i still wouldn' trust him...thats me tho'
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Another point, I have always liked bfm breakfast, even the dipsy lady whose name I can't remember, and, don't think she was well known before her show.. It hasn't really been about the host, it's been about the show and all the marvelous contributions from all involved on the day. But, Mikey does make me laugh out loud and go an' wake t'other half up to tell him something he said. I think it's Mikey's stream of consciousness that reverbs on a basic level for anyone to feel at home, included without being scrutinised if one wants to contribute. Text, email, phone in, all welcome. I like that.
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I'm not sure what name recognition Marcus Lush or Wallace Chapman brought with them.
Wallace was from Radio One. Probably nil name recognition in Auckland but [insert JAFA snide remark here/south of Bombay Hills/mainland blah blah blah].
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3410,
@ Uroskin,
Don't get me wrong. As much fun as it is to take the piss out of that show, I love it, because in a sea of imported culture it's a little slice of real New Zealand on the tube. It may be ghastly, but it's our ghastly.
I'm a big fan of the station.
While I've got you here, could you put the 1:00 am movies back to 12 please. :)
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