Re: [TV orNotTV] Seacrest Gets 'Today' Gig, Matt Still Host

2012-04-30 Thread David Lynch
On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 23:52, Terry Knab te...@knab.org wrote: Try living in tornado alley and considering radio dead.  Far from it.  You can't find out what's going on in a tornado zone on XM/Sirius or Pandora. Not gonna happen. Depends on the quality of your local radio station. On the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Seacrest Gets 'Today' Gig, Matt Still Host

2012-04-30 Thread Ed Dravecky
Terry Knab te...@knab.org wrote: The point you are missing is that idiots like Seacrest have effectively shut the door on ANYONE getting into the business. Ryan Seacrest didn't come guns-a-blazin' into America's radio stations demanding that local hosts be replaced by his syndicated pap.

RE: [TV orNotTV] Seacrest Gets 'Today' Gig, Matt Still Host

2012-04-29 Thread Terry Knab
Another reason I won't watch the Today show. I REFUSE to watch anything with that no-talent hack on it. From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark Jeffries Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 3:18 PM To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Subject: [TV orNotTV]

Re: [TV orNotTV] Seacrest Gets 'Today' Gig, Matt Still Host

2012-04-29 Thread Bob in Jersey
Terry K, to Mark Jeffries: Another reason I won’t watch the Today show. I REFUSE to watch anything with that no-talent hack on it. [MUTE] -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] Seacrest Gets 'Today' Gig, Matt Still Host

2012-04-29 Thread PGage
On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Terry Knab te...@knab.org wrote: Another reason I won’t watch the Today show. I REFUSE to watch anything with that no-talent hack on it. Terry, I think you have posted this sentiment a few times to the list, and I have seen other people with very strong

RE: [TV orNotTV] Seacrest Gets 'Today' Gig, Matt Still Host

2012-04-29 Thread Terry Knab
[mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of PGage Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 9:17 PM To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Seacrest Gets 'Today' Gig, Matt Still Host On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Terry Knab te...@knab.org wrote: Another reason I won't watch

Re: [TV orNotTV] Seacrest Gets 'Today' Gig, Matt Still Host

2012-04-29 Thread televisiongirl
On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 10:17 PM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: Until I started watching AI regularly a few years ago I had no real sense of who RS was, aside from a few media jokes about his Seacrest: Out! sign-off (which I don't think I have ever actually heard him say - is this one of

Re: [TV orNotTV] Seacrest Gets 'Today' Gig, Matt Still Host

2012-04-29 Thread PGage
On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 7:40 PM, Terry Knab te...@knab.org wrote: Why I detest Seacrest? He’s put so many legends out of work, and honestly, ruined radio as we knew it. As a broadcaster, I resent that one person can come in and displace Rick Dees (Clear Channel fired him for Seacrest),

Re: [TV orNotTV] Seacrest Gets 'Today' Gig, Matt Still Host

2012-04-29 Thread David Bruggeman
Seacrest has also dabbled in the reality television, and is credited as an executive producer on at least one of the Kardashian programs.  For a fair segment of the population, that would be sufficient reason to loathe the man. David -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received

Re: [TV orNotTV] Seacrest Gets 'Today' Gig, Matt Still Host

2012-04-29 Thread Joe Coughlin
than him. He just wants the facetime, and he doesn’t get it from me! ** ** ** ** *From:* tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *PGage *Sent:* Sunday, April 29, 2012 9:17 PM *To:* tvornottv@googlegroups.com *Subject:* Re: [TV orNotTV] Seacrest Gets

RE: [TV orNotTV] Seacrest Gets 'Today' Gig, Matt Still Host

2012-04-29 Thread Terry Knab
@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joe Coughlin Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 10:50 PM To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Seacrest Gets 'Today' Gig, Matt Still Host Seacrest didn't fire those people. He's a guy who is getting young ears where Dees and Kasem weren't. Clark hired him

Re: [TV orNotTV] Seacrest Gets 'Today' Gig, Matt Still Host

2012-04-29 Thread Kevin M.
I agree with virtually everything Terry stated, except the part about radio serving a purpose. I've been cruising around in my free Chevy Volt all weekend which came with XM. The car I bought used last year came with XM but the subscription lapsed and it is an expense I can't justify. But having

RE: [TV orNotTV] Seacrest Gets 'Today' Gig, Matt Still Host

2012-04-29 Thread Terry Knab
Message- From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin M. Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 11:46 PM To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Seacrest Gets 'Today' Gig, Matt Still Host I agree with virtually everything Terry stated, except the part

Re: [TV orNotTV] Seacrest Gets 'Today' Gig, Matt Still Host

2012-04-29 Thread Kevin M.
Go can't saturate as many as KZLA used to. There are community college stations with more coverage. I agree wholeheartedly that the essence of great radio is at the local level. I'm glad you have that in Joplin. We don't in LA, nor did we when I lived in San Diego. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or

Re: [TV orNotTV] Seacrest Gets 'Today' Gig, Matt Still Host

2012-04-29 Thread PGage
On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 9:46 PM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: I think it was Pgage who said Seacrest does what he does fairly well, and I do not disagree. However, what he does is offer bland, unchallenging, uninspired drivel to the masses. Radio stations should have niche