Eric Floden wrote: > I am not familiar with (do not listen to) Radio Disn, but I have never, ever > cared for ANY of the Disney stuff. A friend called him Walt Dismal and I > must agree. Keep it away from me -- I have not seen one worthwhile thing > from Disney since Mr. Walker & Mr. Wheeler (1950's I bet)
As the father of a 4-year-old girl, it's pretty hard to avoid Disney. If I never see a "Disney Princess" toothbrush or nightlight or storybook again, I'll be very happy (which means I'd better hope that baby #2, due in June, is a boy!) That said, they've finally learned not to take themselves quite so seriously. We took Ari to see "Enchanted" last week, in which Disney rather successfully pokes fun at the whole "princess" mythology it's created, and it was a good laugh for all. And there's some absolutely brilliant storytelling coming out of the Pixar division, where Disney's had the good sense to leave well enough alone. "Ratatouille" was one of the best movies I saw last year. As for Radio Disney, in my experience it's fairly light on Disney content. Most of the "Disney" part of the playlist comes from the Disney Channel (think Hannah Montana), and Ari's not quite old enough to be part of that audience yet. Soon enough, I suppose. I should also respond to a couple of the comments from Russ, Paul and others earlier today: There are only a handful of frequencies with more than one Radio Disney outlet. 1680 has KAVT-CA and WDSS-MI, and that's probably one of the more difficult ones. 990, with the two Florida stations, would also be challenging to distinguish. I have trouble here with Cleveland and Boston both on 1260. Beyond those three, though, for the most part the Disney stations are pretty quickly recognizable and identifiable, especially when you know that a few of them do dual IDs (WALL 1340/WEOK 1390 and WAMF 1300/WWLF 1340/WOLF 1490 come to mind) and are easily distinguished that way. And, yeah, they're well-modulated with very little silence - but that just gets back to the days when there was a lot more music on the AM dial, doesn't it? I stand by my earlier statement: if anyone under the age of 15 is even vaguely aware of AM radio today, we have Radio Disney to thank for that, and that has to be a good thing in the long run if this hobby is to exist at all down the road. s _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
