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 Friday, May 27, 2005
started 5/27/2005; 9:24:57 AM - last post 5/28/2005; 2:45:08 PM
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Doc Searls - Friday, May 27, 2005 
5/27/2005; 1:24:57 PM (reads: 5004, responses: 1)
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Digging the clues, one blog at a time 
| | We've heard about the Supply Side, Supply Side, Supply Side! Well sod off, it's the demand side's turn. |
Unclear Channel
| | Radio in Ohio sucks. We know, We've listened. |
| | Radio has changed. Gone are the days of big name personalities who weren¹t afraid to play what they wanted. Gone are the days when we could hear a newsman deliver the news about what was happening in my town without follow-ups on runaway brides or stories about a Game Show host bedding a contestant. |
| | Most importantly, gone are the days of multiple viewpoints and opinions. Instead we get corporate mandated opinions from talking heads. Corporate controlled music playlists, and so on. |
| | 3. Become slightly interested in what these "radiofreeohio" people are doing, particularly because they've been "interrupting" broadcasts on other frequencies with pirate radio-style cryptic statements and promises of change. |
| | Is this saying that the pirate station was jamming the signals of other stations? Seems to be. Flat-out illegal, that shit. If it's true. Can anybody clear that one up? |
| | By the way, I see that WOKY has a podcast link on their home page. |
Another reason somebody should hire the dude
Good read
Creature feature
| | Britt Blaser: A life form sharing the window on my virtual world reminds me that the greatest silicon-based experience is totally trumped by the most trivial carbon-based life form. |
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Ray Edwards - Re: Unclear Channel
5/28/2005; 6:45:08 PM (reads: 1284, responses: 0)
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Doc,
I'm only guessing based on the facts presented in your posting. But I'd be willing to bet an Andrew Jackson that this is the real story: it's all a big publicity stunt by Clear Channel.
Keep in mind that I don't know any of this as a fact, and I'm only speculating as to what seems like a likely explanation - in my opinion...
- Clear Channel is planning a format change, probably to a variant of the "Jack" format.
- They (Clear Channel) set up this "radiofree" site and placed those posts as a way to draw their unsuspecting competitor (WOKY) into promoting the upcoming format change. Of course the competitor (WOKY) has no way of knowing they're promoting a new format on a Clear Channel station until it's too late. They (WOKY) will have unwittingly drawn all kinds of attention to these "pirates" by talking about them on WOKY's airwaves and website.
- The "jamming" is actually a very old-school "stunt". It's probably a series recordings made my Clear Channel, planned out and carefully orchestrated to make it seem as though someone is "breaking into" their signal.
- All of this is probably designed to draw attention to the "pirates" and the "jamming" and the "radiofree" people... building as much public awareness as possible before they (Clear Channel) "throw the switch".
- At the height of public curiouosity, Clear Channel launches their new station and it becomes apparent that WOKY and the public were duped.
Again, it's just a guess. But that's what it sounds like to me. While it may be a bit, er, sneaky... I don't think it likely that anything illegal is going on.
Ray Edwards
http://radioxfactor.com
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