I will miss the posts here and getting caught up on the gossip. It was my place to go and get my radio news fix.

You’ll be missed but I know you’ll do great in your new ventures. You always do!

Without this website there will be much chaos and confusion throughout the land of the stick and the home of the mic. Signals will bounce off unintenend targets creating nulls and voids all over the place. Coverage areas will go missing and there will be much depression amongst those yearning to fill in the blank left by management types who deem it unworthy to communicate with their employees or others. Transmitters will sulk and STL dishes will weep out of alignment, mixers will make themselves out of EQ and limiters will pout. Compressors will wait until engineers are down the road before self-adjusting out of wack….

So it has come time to climb to the high mountain top and look to the horizon as the Idaho Radio News cravan exoduses into the setting sun…. Who will save us from our void….Who will come forth from the masses to save us from the blinding ignorance that is forthcoming….Who will dare set camp upon this barren landscape and lay claim to endless prospects of taking on the task of re-building IRN or its new incarnation???

Who amonst you is brave enough to assume the task of informming, stimulating and educating both pro and newbie alike? Who will comfort the afflicted…..And afflict the comfortable? Who among you is a leader among mere men (and women for that matter) Are there no dragonslayers among you?

Well anyway…. Damn -saying goodbye really sucks. Thanks for all the good times, the insights, the mutual aid and support, It just wont be the same with out Don at the helm of IRN…But at least we had the time together (all of us) and just like those of you who “remember when..” with respect to the good old days of radio we can also rejoice that we had this time together as well….

So Don-in saying goodbye, may you find the success and happiness you seek and are certainly deserving of…and lets all hope that somewhere out there past the void of darkness that seemingly is ascending that someone…someone is putting on their suit of armour and warming up their keyboard with domain name in hand…..to lay claim to that which is so needed amongst the Fraternity of Idaho broadcasters here assembled.

Good night….and Good Luck.

It is an unfortunate reality that interest in terrestrial radio is starting to diminish. It seems as though people are turning away from their radios and gravitating towards computers and personal media players for music, news, commentary, and entertainment. This is in no small part due to the fact that the quality of programming offered by local radio stations has also diminished. The enormous multi-million dollar corporations that have bought up most stations in most markets, are doing nothing but choking this industry to death.

This site has been a refreshing oasis of caring thoughts and ideas from interested people, in what has otherwise become a desolate barren wasteland of sterile corporate radio. That is because people who visit and comment on this site, care about radio’s past, present, and future. These individuals are mostly the “little people” who have made radio great. Unfortunately, media companies have largely taken this ability and creativity out of the hands of these individuals. Reading this blog has assured me that these people are still out there, and as long as they are, the industry of radio may still stand a chance to survive.

As a long time visitor to this site, I ask that If an interested party volunteers to take the helm, please give them the opportunity. Don’t let it die.

But I gotta wonder, haven’t we heard this before? I’m not completely believing you that its coming to an end! LOL

All the best to you

Dave

Thanks again!