North American cartoonist and Massachusetts local George Baker was appointed by Walt Disney in 1937. Being a 22-year-old illustrator George worked throughout California with the iconic Walt disney world team on full length motion picture features including Bambi, Pinocchio, Dumbo and Fantasia. Mix them today and you might get a fictional tale about a Royal prince of the forest, prone to showing “porkpies” while flying through the air flow and secretly being referred to as a fairy! That reminds me, we will go over Alan Jones and talkback radio stations around Australia after the first survey for 2012.
In July 1941, George was drawn up into the United States Army and also created The Sad Sack. The actual escapades of an unlucky enrolled soldier who had difficulty to get things done. Georges 1945 discharge at the end of WWII saw the birth of a comic strip, comic books along with a radio show. From recollection, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis loosely “borrowed” on the concept for the movie Jumping Jacks. All before our time I know but human nature changes very slowly. Society is packed along with sad sacks and radio stations has its share, so therein lies the rub. (Hamlet.) With this week’s interpretation being about the “Ten Network” of radio, I thought this a suitable analogy. Sad Bag, not too bright and never configuring it quite right!
I have never got much respect for the one who is apparently credited with adding DMG Radio Australia together. When I found myself in the identical room my personal assessment ended up being “complete girl”. That observation and an exciting situation occurring after Adelaide’s SAFM supposedly contracted the general manager Personally, i consulted with for new ideas and directions in programming at his then Adelaide employer (5AD). The “Good Times and Good ole’ n’ Roll” idea I shown in a written submission during 1983 came up at SAFM rebadged as “Good Times and Great Rock and also Roll”. Sheer coincidence, no connection, yeah right!…and Dumbo really can fly! In my mind “Good Times” was my own innovation. That’s all many of these business administrators can do, rob ideas then make money away from other people’s creativity. Sour fruit?…Maybe…ain’t democracy great, personal opinions rule.
According to buddy and former Hobart, Sydney and also Adelaide Jock and Radio Corporation regarding America recording artist John “Let’s Hear it Fuh Ken” Vincent, he gave Austereo the particular “Black Thunder” promotional vehicle idea that travelled international. Now deceased, John was a gentleman and was in radio to entertain, the romance for caring about his or her “listener” was in his genes. Whatever you may think about outstanding skill on a personal level each one has the ability to communicate at an seductive altitude, these “stars” connect privately with an audience. There are just a handful that come immediately to mind, the comedic genius regarding Barry Ion (5AD) in Adelaide, the particular brilliant public communication skills of my caring pal Malcolm T Elliot (2UW) in Sydney, the particular cheeky timing and natural skill of Graham Kennedy (3XY)…and then there’s…us lol…I wish. In radio stations “Ego is not a Dirty Word”. Do you absolutely know how to fly a heli? “Don’t call me Shirley!” (Strachan.)
We can’t all be stars. But one study course to stardom is to live and breathe your enthusiasm. Check with almost any media one who has struggled to the top…like a teenager the desire was to entertain in some way. The money was not regarding primary consideration. Administrators come from another direction, it’s mostly the cash and control that matters towards the boys in power. These guys will never be genuine communicators, self based greedy people can never offer of themselves. These clothed puppets dancing the corporate tango are usually “takers”, entertainers are natural “givers”.
So, to Nova. Cue: Ingenuous amusement and so on occasion, cynical whimpers sprinkled along with pity. Gives me the heebee-jeebees. You might never hear that studio party on DMG. (I have this Bee Gees “take off” Record in my vinyl collection). What a programming mess. Question: Can anybody know what they are doing from DMG? Forget 5AA in Adelaide, in late The year 2010 I pointed out it sounded “old and also tired” to a suit in Sydney head office, this upset an incredibly immature staffer in Adelaide…so I apologise 5AA is not really sounding old and fatigued, it’s sounding tired and also old…happy now?
We all know Lachlan Murdoch is involved with DMG to make money. This individual bought his share at a bargain price but it’s not a bargain unless the goods are produced. First thing, cut staff. That makes sense to a suit. Next, employ some “gun” talent who have the looks they hold the answers to correcting a hole. Now…call in Sergeant Pepper…Wot!! No one at Nova has heard of the Sarge? Listen to Paul’s lyrics closely, it’s a mind expanding Novalation!…”and it genuinely doesn’t matter if I’m completely wrong; I’m right, where We belong; I’m right; understand the people standing who disagree, never win and question why they don’t get in…Inches a Lonely Hearts Membership Novalation, friends and neighbours. Last but not least hire sales teams to market…sell…sell. “Aahh yeah Lachlan, we are going to sort out the on air flow product at the next orange moon, just keep working in ya moolah buddy.”
I’d bet my own grandmothers whoopee cushion Murdoch knows nothing about personally entertaining bavarian motor works logo. Nothing about human in order to human communication. Nothing regarding emotional empathy and personal thoughts conveyed via media. We bet if I wrote your ex a letter he’d ignore it…Hang up about…I did write your ex a letter, think I composed two!!! Research for a book on media I am mulling above (it’s on file)…the idea I am making is; Lachlan Murdoch does not even have the basic courtesy to respond to mail, even by proxy. Does he work out of an basement, no staff? Which means you do the sums. No connection smarts but he’s inside communications business…”Oi rests moi circumstance youse onnah.” (Sorry I ended up into that “social retard about Nova breakfast” impersonation.) DMG is in for a difficult calendar year if the other guys end up with their act together, that is certainly unlikely so is it more of the same for radio’s poor uncle?
Somebody did have a good idea at DMG with Classic Good ole’. Brilliant, if only they had appointed somebody with very deep commercial rock music experience and an intimate knowledge of the particular genre and the audience that appreciates the varied styles. You might have heard this music about rock radio stations. To do that effectively a company needs somebody at the top who knows that staff are required and precisely what talents are needed, don’t have might it’s the blind leading the particular blind…It’s not Nova till it’s Nova. (Apology to Lenny Horrorwitz.) Makes complete sense to somebody on novacaine. There’d only be a handful of veteran mass media talent with the knowledge in order to program classic rock australia wide. I’m not kidding; rare because hens teeth. I was lucky enough to get have been employed at 3 to 4 of Australia’s great rock tv stations. 3AK Melbourne “Where no Wrinkly’s Fly” (went via wallowing to number one throughout three period survey’s.) 5AD Adelaide “Where Your Friends Are” having an obnoxious programme director who still clings to life’ and also “Constant Music” 4BK with programme director John p Harding. (They don’t make guys just like Pete anymore in radio, he had the passion for AM.) 7LA Launceston also did its share regarding rockin’ that town. For those that point out times have changed, they just don’t realise it but they absolutely know very little about . Don’t call me Shir…fine ok…!
The classic stone that DMG put together was a total joke, with nobody joking. So far off the mark it ended up being embarrassing. I can say without having fear of contradiction that whoever ended up being programming the two stations, did not have the slightest clue about the final 50 years of classic stone. The format was destined to fail, there was no way it might succeed because it was not a new definitive classic rock combination! Not even close. Only a person as green as a 3 week old Queensland “Lady Finger” strawberry would format a classic stone signal biased toward chronological age. I know of a 18-year-old women who is into Led Zeppelin, a new 14-year-old into Rolling Stones, the list goes on and on. Programming music channels based on age and to a smaller extent, gender belongs in the 80’s. If a metro train station did a rock format properly today, positioning becoming “Sydney Rocks” or “Melbourne Rocks” and programmed every single city relative to its radio stations music heritage the channels would seriously erode the competition. But it’s not only the music youngsters, the entire package must talk, entertain and inform. A continuous effort for radio supervision to comprehend due to reasons discussed above.
In summary, it’s unfortunate that DMG is seen by many because Ten Network of radio stations. Listener perception is important. Trustworthiness is paramount to enduring good results. I would like to see Lochie and his friends get their act together and also shake it up in 2012 but they need some seriously skilled radio professionals not people who have five minutes practice playing with a new multimillion dollar franchise. I would like to have nothing but great things to convey via Starship Murdoch but there is no event skyline from my perspective; however. Somebody must fix the particular “black hole”. “I canna get anotherrr ounce oot of the girl Cap’n, were going’ in!!!”, creates tagza.com.