I always did wonder why The Wizard's show stopped coming on. Mojo found another home, but Jeff's show was the real loss to me. After his show ended, Techno and House started to fade from Detroit's airwaves (except for mix-shows on the weekend) . Hell, when 107.5 switched to a "classic" Mowtown type of sound, local Rap acts lost out big time (Anyone remember hearing J to Tha D, Smiley, Poppa J. Smoove, or Detroit's Most Wanted on that station?). Corporate entities like Clear Channel and Radio 1 will help spur the growth of pirate radio that will play what the people want to hear... Not Jay Z 20 times a day.
The future passed you by. Labwerx Music http://www.geocities.com/labwerx ----- Original Message ----- From: sound <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 2:13 PM Subject: Re: [313] FW: An Open Letter to Big Tigger-DHHC (please send to all media) (fwd) > you know, just stations getting into more corporate mode and less of a > freeform mode > it wasn't specifically just for jeffs shows, everyone had to do it, but > could you imagine jeff having to write out a playlist for every wizard set? > and then having to get it approved? just too much trouble so he stopped > > > >jeff stopped playing because the stations started requiring pre-approved > > >playlists and it was too much hassle > > > > Why did they require pre-approved playlists? > > > > >> It has exacerbated the problem definitely, but urban radio in Detroit > at > > >> least has been problematic for at least the last 15 years. Both the > > >> Wizard and Mojo lost their jobs because of the phenomenon the DHHC is > > >> talking about and this occurred way before the TeleCom act. > > >> > > >> > > >> peace > > >> lks --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
