Here in Ottawa, we have a station called Live 88.5 and I actually enjoy listening to the DJs on there.
In a perfect world automation does not exist. The difference between you and me is that I have adapted to change. You went onto say that “Radio is supposed to be a companionship and have that human touch” If that were true why do statistics of PPM show people tuning out when a jock speaks? I agree that radio is supposed to be something special. Cross to point me out and to go on record saying that I am “killing radio” is a really strong and bold accusation. I simply took an idea and created an another method to achieve it. I did not invent automation, it is already a standard at many companies around the world. There are plenty of PDs out there who will not agree to something like this and that is perfectly okay- but it is absurd to think that this idea will replace every single human on the air. If I took the time to teach her, I can make her say a vast array of intros regarding any format of music. Shes a program that has the ability to learn. So yes there are real situations where she can be used.Īgain, anything you say on the air she can say as well. Yet another situation in which Denise would be perfect for. No one wants to go in and do overnights in a situation where they will not be paid for it. However this is a PPM world we live in and in a PPM world more and more program directors want 7 second liner jocks. She cannot take over the role of a human personality. I will be the first to admit she is not human, that is obvious. Sure it can be perfected to be even better but still none the less a proof of concept. It was a one time deal to show the proof of concept worked. The concept was simply an alternative method of achieving automation. She is not a robot, she is an artificial intelligence program. That is not the case and if you believe that you are mistaken.Īnything you can say on the air Denise can as well. Or that people listen solely for the jock. It is the egotistical mind frame of human personalities that makes them want to believe that radio cannot survive without them. PPM proves once a jock starts to talk they flip stations. The first thing I have to say is as much as personalities on the air do not want to believe this… listeners do not care about jocks.
Your feeble attempts t sending hate mail to KROV did not stop this from happening. I must say a lot of you are very much misinformed.
I have read your article here as well and have seen many of the comments. Cross I saw your video segment for the upcoming Radio Wars documentary. Message: With all due respect this will be my one and only post on here. Subject: Rebuttal Regarding Your Promotion To My Project In the spirit of fairness and equal time, I present his email unedited and without comment. Last night, I received an email directly from Dominique. I’ve been especially critical of this move because–well, you can go back and read for yourself. a modified computer program originally purchased for $200–to the line-up of a station in Austin, Texas, has been the source of much radio industry talk over the last ten days. Radio programmer Dominique Garcia’s move to introduce a non-human DJ–i.e.