There's more ads down here, and they help support us so, y'know, check 'em out...

Thursday, April 16, 2009

A News-Related Tangent, Triggered...

by Altrok Radio

Every time I stumble across a sidelong mention, somewhere on these here internet connection-type thingies, of Linda Ellerbee or Lloyd Dobyns, (two people who, it's safe to say, rarely get mentioned on Indie/Alternative music blogs) I think of NBC News Overnight...which inevitably brings me to this appreciation of said show. There's a decent Wikipedia article on the subject as well - which, inevitably, links to the aforementioned appreciation, as well as a YouTube video of parts of its final broadcast.

It wasn't representative of how good news broadcasting was then, or how bad it is now. It was representative of how good news reporting could always have been and can still be, but generally wasn't (and isn't.)

(Though I suspect Countdown and Maddow may owe it a little something. Then again, for irreverent news, one can go way back to 1975, and the 17 Update Early In The Morning with Bill Tush. Tina Seldin and Rex the Wonder Dog.)

posted 4/16/2009 04:22:00 PM

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home

 
Please Look At Our Advertisers (Or The Website Gets It)
Congratulations, you've found the hidden text.
 
Welcome to Altrok.com, also available at AltrokRadio.com and AltrockRadio.com. Here's where the remaining listeners of several fine radio stations have retreated, regrouped, and built a replacement strong enough to stand on its own. It builds on the independent legacy of New Jersey's FM106.3, New York's WPIX and WLIR, Oklahoma's 105.3 The Spy, the pre-buyout mindset of KROQ, WBCN and WHFS and of every other alternative station that was destroyed at a moment's notice - not because they weren't making money, but because there was bigger money to be found elsewhere.
 
We've stood by as truly independent alternative rock radio died. Sure, something called "alternative" took its place, but we know for sure that anything that "tests well" with soccer moms just ain't alternative. (Even if some of us happen to be soccer moms.) So we've taken matters into our own hands.
 
This really is independent alternative rock radio, visible here at Altrok.com and audible at our web radio station. It has the classic music that fired our passions back in the day - or that we maybe only heard about from our elders - but it's mostly made of the new music that does precisely the same for us now. We're paying attention to scenes all over the world, watching the energy build, and waiting to see what it creates. Wherever it happens, we'll make sure you can hear about it here. We've been slowly building all this since 2001, and now that you've noticed us, we're glad you're here.
 
Of course, it's only here because you want it to be here, and it can only stay if you help it along - especially by checking out our advertisers (they support us) and by listening (the more that listen, the more visible we are.) Please use the "feedback" link above to let us know whether it works for you, and what you want it to be as the future unfolds. (And if you need help hearing it, let us know that, too.)