Spelunking on the Radio

OK. I have to admit, I really was getting tired of hearing the disc jockeys on KKLH say "The-e-e-e-e Radio Station." But at least they were alive. They've been replaced by pre-recorded blurbs that, for some reason, we have to hear between every song (except the last song before a commercial break). What? Do they think we're too stupid to remember what radio station we were listening too? Never mind the stupidity of saying they're having 40 minutes of commercial free music if they keep playing commercials for themselves. More music, less everything else!

And what's with the "deep cuts"? Whoop-tee-doo! First off, they're not that deep. I mean, anything from Boston or Aerosmith cannot seriously be called a deep cut. Why don't they truly play something deep, like Pavlov's Dog or Alieota, Haymes, and Jeremiah? I'll tell you why. It's because they're not on a convenient CD format that can be pre-programmed. They would actually have to have somebody spin a record. Is that even still taught at the Columbia School of Broadcasting?

But here's my biggest complaint. If "deep cuts" are so cool, so good, so anticipated...why don't they play them more than once an hour? How about always?

In all fairness, it's good to have a radio station in the morning that plays more than just crude people laughing at their own jokes. And it's good to have a station in the afternoon that plays something other than Van Halen and AC/DC. But even at that, they're still not better than a CD.

OK. I'm glad to get that off my chest. I'm sure it will make a difference in the programming of the local radio stations.