Michael1973
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Post by Michael1973 on Apr 7, 2008 9:20:39 GMT -5
Okay, we've all experienced tuning in to a show such as AT40 only to find the station messed up and aired last week's show (or some equally frustating scenario). And I'm sure that's even more common now that stations are more automated. But what I heard yesterday defies explanation.
My local station aired last week's AT20 show in it's entirety -- with one exception. After the first commercial break, they aired about 20 seconds of the correct show, followed by a quick pause, and then returned to last week's show.
What could possibly cause this to happen? Without that one glitch, it would be easy to assume that they either loaded the wrong show by accident, or perhaps they simply never received the correct one. Any ideas?
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on Apr 7, 2008 9:32:38 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't get it either. How can a mix-up like this happen? I remember twice it happened back in the late 90s/early 00s when they were supposed to air the yearend countdown but either aired the first half again the second weekend or aired the last chart of the year when the first half was supposed to air. Very stressful! LOL!
I don't get it tho. Do they leave the previous week's CDs in or is it something they actually plan because for some reason the shipment came in late or something? In both cases for me, I believe the correct show was reaired on the Sunday repeat (where the Saturday show was the mix-up) and I don't think shows get delivered on Saturdays unless radio shows can bypass the Canadian postal system which doesn't go during weekends, I don't believe anywhere in Canada.
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atlantaboy
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Post by atlantaboy on Apr 7, 2008 10:10:46 GMT -5
Yeah I remember Kiss 108/Boston doin that all the time when I was a kid with the Rick Dees WT40 (this week's show - commerical break - part of last week's show - commercial break - back to this week's show)...back then I figured that the show came in separate segments or somethin, and someone mixed up last week's segment with this week's - but if the shows come on entire CDs, that's a pretty bad mix-up lol
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Michael1973
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Post by Michael1973 on Apr 9, 2008 10:15:20 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't get it either. How can a mix-up like this happen? I remember twice it happened back in the late 90s/early 00s when they were supposed to air the yearend countdown but either aired the first half again the second weekend or aired the last chart of the year when the first half was supposed to air. Very stressful! LOL! You know, this happened too last December, on the same station I mentioned above. They aired Part 1 of the year-end show both weeks and never aired Part 2. Oddly, I'd been thinking recently that it was a while since they messed up like that, and sure enough...
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