Tough to say...the people they're seeking to connect with are not the same people they connected with in the 1940s...or even in the 1990s....
There is a comfort level we subliminally appreciate when we hear repeated sounds...that's why KYW has sounded largely the same since the 1960s... Anytime any "sounders" are changed on any station, there's bound to be a big "dust-up" unless the station emphatically wants to sound different. Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA On 9/20/07, Sandy Finlayson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My main > point is that I don't think these new tunes will connect with people in > the same way the old ones did. > > Sandy > > > -------------------------------------------------------- > Mr. Sandy Finlayson > Philadelphia, PA > > 'Nothing makes a man more reverent than a library' > Sir Winston Churchill > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Cuff > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 2:16 PM > To: Shortwave programming discussion > Subject: Re: [Swprograms] Fwd: Be first to hear BBC World Service's new > sound > > "Lilli-whatever" has a martial, imperial history in its use on the WS, > and I am sure the thinking is purposefully to soften the sound > somewhat. > > I would imagine focus group testing on this type of change must be > agonizing -- given the diversity of world cultures, how would one ever > reach consensus on the appropriate "sound" for the BBC? > > I am not "right-brained" enough to be able to add value to that type > of process, I'm afraid... > > Richard > > On 9/20/07, Sandy Finlayson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > The new tones sound very 'vanilla' to me. Gone are the days when the > > distinctive Lillibulero could be recognized as 'THE' BBC WS > identifier. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Swprograms mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the > URL shown above. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Swprograms mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown > above. > > -- Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA International broadcasting / shortwave blog: http://www.intlradio.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above.
