Posted by the ghost of eddie schwartz on November 05, 2009 at 20:04:25:
In Reply to: Re: Feder: A rude 'Pig Virus' infects WGN Radio posted by Patrick Kevin O'Kelley on November 04, 2009 at 17:41:15:
: Allowing folks to be likable air talent requires the programming self-restraint to let people be who they were hired to be, rather than macro-managing minutia.
: When listeners expect the WGN brand of comfort zone and don't get the content along with the individuality that they've come to expect, there's a heckuva lot less reason for them to be there.
: Respectfully, Methany might find much more value in turning the term "coaching" into the productive art of "encouragement". It's contagious.
: Orion Samuelson might have referred to this as "personally cultivating the crop" rather than simply "spraying the 'cides".
wally phillips used "degrees" back when wgn actually was good...back when being good was necessary, of course