Commercial audio pays their salary and the last spot sold in a quarter probably goes directly to their bonus. Engineers care most about quality; GMs care most about sales. John Willkie > -----Original Message----- > From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Tony Neece > Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 9:56 AM > To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [opendtv] Re: White paper from CEA > > Oh I forgot to say. I have met several GMs. What I was referring to is, > since they supposedly have the ultimate authority at a station, if they > watched very much and got as annoyed as I do about commercial audio so > cleverly processed as to waken the dead, even if the VU meter or even > light-line peak meters do not hit near the red zone, they might ask the > advertisers if it is really a good idea to rankle their intended targets. > Fearing to tickle the hand that feeds them, they might at least tell the > finance guru to loosen up a bit when engineering asks for funds for > countermeasures. > Also they might suggest to producers that, even on shows targeted to > youth, > it might be nice if the background rock music didn't obliterate the > dialog. > > Regards, > Tony > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at > FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > unsubscribe in the subject line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.