[Tradjazz] Radio OKOM

[Bruce McNichols]

Paul,

You forgot to say "You guys don't play my records often enough!"
But seriously folks, thank you for the kind words.

McN


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul J Monat" <pjmonat at wildcornet.com>
To: <tradjazz at list.okom.com>
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Tradjazz] Radio OKOM


> Bruce,
>
> I learned a long time ago that no matter how well you do something, you'll
get complaints and even backbiting!
> You could personally pay for the use of the Yankee Stadium, pay out of
pocket for 20 bands at $500 per musician per hour, allow all jazz lovers
free entry and you'll still be pummeled for not giving out free beer!!!!!
>
> You do VERY well and "I will pray for you, my son."
>
> Warmest,
>
> The wild one
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce McNichols [mailto:muskrat at bestweb.net]
> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 8:05 AM
> To: tradjazz at list.okom.com
> Subject: [Tradjazz] Radio OKOM
>
> Some folks have commented to me that they haven't heard anything newer
than
> 2005, on Radio OKOM.  The fact is, we are regularly adding new programs to
> the mix.
>
> As of now, we have over a month's worth of programming which repeats.  In
> our early days we made announcements about upcoming trad jazz events.
> Because the programs repeat, we soon realized that this was not a good
> situation.
>
> Somewhere in 2005, we stopped making these announcements.  OKOM's founder,
> Bill Taggart, wanting to continue his credo of "spreading the faith," then
> developed our Trad Jazz e-mail Discussion Group, to provide a publicity
> vehicle for our friends in the biz.
>
> Further, we began recording the programs for 57 minutes, rather than for a
> full hour.  When we get our scheduling computer going, certain programs
will
> run on pre-determined days and times.  The last 3 minutes of each hour,
will
> be used for timely promotional announcements for trad jazz events,
> recordings, etc.
>
> Although you may not be hearing mentions of things after 2005, the fact
is,
> many of the programs are considerably newer than that.
>
> OKOM is a money-losing operation, run by all volunteers.  We all have real
> jobs and therefore must eke out the time we devote to OKOM, from our
already
> busy schedules.
>
> It may not be perfect, but considering what we're working with, it's
amazing
> how good it is.
>   AND WE'RE TRYIN' HARDER EVERY DAY!
> McN
>
>
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