Comments on: Making podcasts that don’t suck: Thoughts from a listener http://tygerbox.com/2008/09/28/making-podcasts-that-dont-suck-thoughts-from-a-listener/ It is as they say: Just another WordPress weblog. Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:56:09 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: revme http://tygerbox.com/2008/09/28/making-podcasts-that-dont-suck-thoughts-from-a-listener/comment-page-1/#comment-5 revme Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:35:38 +0000 http://tygerbox.com/?p=168#comment-5 Good article -- and as someone who works in radio, every single point applies there, too. And, sadly, even amongst broadcast professionals, this advice STILL needs to be said. (For example, the morning show here on one of our country stations is GODDAWFUL, and it basically hits every single one of these rules. And I'm in SEATTLE. A... number 12 market, I think we are. But not exactly Podunk, Kansas or anything. Actually, I take that back, they don't typically do the fake self-deprecation - if anything, that might make them a little more palatable. Maybe an addendum to that one about how you shouldn't talk about how awesome you are, either. In fact, you know? Just don't talk about your show's quality at all. Ever. And, confidential to Seattle Country Station Morning Show: Do NOT ever spend time bitching about how you did NOT get nominated for a huge award. In fact, even if you DID get nominated for it, I wouldn't even mention it -- or if you do, in passing. If you WIN, then, sure, mention it, but don't harp on it. And, PS: NO FUCKING SHIT you didn't get nominated. Good article — and as someone who works in radio, every single point applies there, too. And, sadly, even amongst broadcast professionals, this advice STILL needs to be said. (For example, the morning show here on one of our country stations is GODDAWFUL, and it basically hits every single one of these rules. And I’m in SEATTLE. A… number 12 market, I think we are. But not exactly Podunk, Kansas or anything. Actually, I take that back, they don’t typically do the fake self-deprecation – if anything, that might make them a little more palatable. Maybe an addendum to that one about how you shouldn’t talk about how awesome you are, either. In fact, you know? Just don’t talk about your show’s quality at all. Ever.

And, confidential to Seattle Country Station Morning Show: Do NOT ever spend time bitching about how you did NOT get nominated for a huge award. In fact, even if you DID get nominated for it, I wouldn’t even mention it — or if you do, in passing. If you WIN, then, sure, mention it, but don’t harp on it. And, PS: NO FUCKING SHIT you didn’t get nominated.

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