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Originally Posted by crockett
Radio stations are the worst.. Many of them don't even have $5/hr DJ's anymore but use computer controlled set ups with pre recorded voice overs. Clear Channel has destroyed the radio industry in central FL for example.
They own most of the main stations and buy out any of the smaller ones then play the same 50 bargain basement songs over and over..
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That's why I listen to WMNF 88.5 Community Radio in the car, always - one of the best listener supported stations in the country, right here in Tampa Bay. An ex was a CheapChannel DJ years ago, and I was in the local radio/TV clique for a couple years by association (they were all part of the same pack). Watching how their on-air talent got used, marginalized and cast away made me sick to the whole commercial radio and TV industries. I have many foul insider stories about them.
But the question was about shooting TV scenes.. I was in Austin, TX, when my brother owned a bar on Pecan/6th Street, and Lone Star beer was shooting a commercial at and around the funky restaurant on the corner. They blocked street and sidewalk traffic off and on, tore the place up with lighting equipment and cables everywhere, for almost a WEEK. The local business owners groused constantly about "the TV people." The result was a six second shot in the commercial that was so processed you could barely recognize where it was. They must have had some budget they wanted to blow, wanted to have their expenses paid to hang out for the SXSW Festival.