Comments on: Michael Jackson Dies. Will Radio Respond? http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2009/06/25/michael-jackson-dies-will-radio-respond/ News, views and tough love for radio. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:17:28 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Paul Riismandel http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2009/06/25/michael-jackson-dies-will-radio-respond/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Paul Riismandel Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:56:27 +0000 http://www.radiosurvivor.com/?p=138#comment-38 On WNUR the DJ on the 4 - 7 PM Rock Show shift played a few Michael Jackson songs upon hearing the news last Thursday, and immediately she was deluged with calls. So the show ended up being mostly an impromptu Michael Jackson tribute as requests kept flooding in. One problem the DJ faced was that WNUR has almost no Michael Jackson CDs or records, given the station's focus on indie rock and non-mainstream music. So she turned to the internet and YouTube to find songs she could stream. It's certainly not something an automation system could have done. On WNUR the DJ on the 4 – 7 PM Rock Show shift played a few Michael Jackson songs upon hearing the news last Thursday, and immediately she was deluged with calls. So the show ended up being mostly an impromptu Michael Jackson tribute as requests kept flooding in.

One problem the DJ faced was that WNUR has almost no Michael Jackson CDs or records, given the station’s focus on indie rock and non-mainstream music. So she turned to the internet and YouTube to find songs she could stream.

It’s certainly not something an automation system could have done.

]]> By: Jennifer Waits http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2009/06/25/michael-jackson-dies-will-radio-respond/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Jennifer Waits Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:02:18 +0000 http://www.radiosurvivor.com/?p=138#comment-37 KFJC's Cadillac Margarita is doing a 4-hour tribute to Michael Jackson right now from 10pm to 2am Pacific time. http://kfjc.org http://www.kfjc.org/music/playlist.php KFJC’s Cadillac Margarita is doing a 4-hour tribute to Michael Jackson right now from 10pm to 2am Pacific time.

http://kfjc.org
http://www.kfjc.org/music/playlist.php

]]> By: Jennifer Waits http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2009/06/25/michael-jackson-dies-will-radio-respond/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Jennifer Waits Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:10:14 +0000 http://www.radiosurvivor.com/?p=138#comment-36 KCRW is doing a tribute right now and has a special remembrance page set up http://www.kcrw.com/music/michael-jackson KCRW is doing a tribute right now and has a special remembrance page set up

http://www.kcrw.com/music/michael-jackson

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