I try to vote everyday, but the Mullets's percentage keeps getting smaller and smaller. I think that multiple votes are treated as negative votes. Is this the show that some group was protesting

This discussion has been very interesting and informative. I just wanted to tell you an anecdote about local impact. My daughte used to come to work with me. She made a couple of commercials for WJMA

Russ has a good point. Interns are a great way to augment paid staff. Plus, having a high school report from all the coverage area's high schools is another way to add vital local content. <<

Yes, Ralph, you are on the right track. More: Working with local high schools' English/Journalism classes, local stations could develop stringers. The kids could cover all manner of things; town

True. Another thought I had when thinking about an obituary program for Maine AIRS is calling it "Dead Air." Les- still living in the early 70's On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 12:16:24 -0400, "Dominion Market

I'm glad my modest proposal generated more bouquets than brickbats! I'm not sure in 2003 obituaries are really good radio - but there's no reason why Media General/WJMA couldn't maintain a sponsored

"Stiff City." That's a good one. Kids & radio; a deadly combination. It reminds of the time I got two song titles mixed up and combined them in such a manner that it caused all the telephone lines

That's a good one, Seth. Shortly after I came to WJMA I sent an air check to a friend who had worked at our college radio station. He just couldn't get over hearing an obituary from "Freddy's Funeral

When I worked at WYTI in Wytheville (which was, by the way, the only station I've worked at with the same atmosphere and tone and history of local service and small-town community involvement that

One of our most "popular" and important features that we read on Maine AIRS is the obits. And if our readers read them too fast, I get a call or two from listeners who ask us to "slow down. I didn't

Sterling ideas, Ralph. When I was a kid, I used to think it was hokey to run obits on the air. But, man, that is local news that people need to know, especially in a community with only one weekly

his son, John, and his grandson, Carter! Yeah for family businesses! --- Alexis B. Smith, Orange County Public Schools, Orange, VA

Les, Ralph Dawson Sr is deceased. "Young" Ralph (John Ralph) runs the show now along with wife Zenta. Except for the change from Esso to Exxon, the place does not appear to have changed since you

I vaguely remember Ernie. I traded at Dawson's Esso/Exxon mostly. I remember Ralph Dawson, who is probably deceased. Is his son running the station? Or is this very old news? Les of the early

Very sad news. Ernie was one of pillars of Main Street and it has not been that long ago that you could still see him prowling the parking lot there on the corner. I remember about 20 years ago I

Ross, We'll all miss Ernie. We kept doing the live spots on Wednesdays (Ladies Day at Main Street Texaco) up until a few years ago. Sixty seconds maybe on a good day. Usually Red and Ernie were

Ross, I am sorry to hear of Ernie Crane's death. Mama had told me he was very ill. I don't think she had heard the news when I left Orange yesterday. Hope all is well with you and yours. Youtha

For those of you outside the Orange area... Phil Goodwin's news this morning had a story about the death yesterday of Ernie Crane owner of Main Street Texaco (formerly Exxon, Esso). He died at the

Maybe what WJMA needed was a Rush-style conservative like the Lord High Potentate.

I perhaps was unclear in my earlier postings regarding my negative feelings toward the current state of broadcasting. My irritation is not specifically or primarily focused on WJMA, its present