Quote: cruisinradio wrote in post #31Sorry Cookie- I can't let that post go without replying, Cruisin often has more listeners than BigL! Just look at shoutcast. And it makes no attempt to gain any. RNI costs more to run than BigL, and has many more listeners- and they ask for no money. Whether BigL asks for money or not, is of no interest to me- but, I won't have things said about my station by saying things that try to put it down. I have been a radio and voiceover pro (and by that I mean make money) since the 70's when I was making ad's for Capital and LBC etc. Putting down something I am involved in by dismissing it as "hobby" just isn't acceptable.
Hopefully, that is all I shall have to say on this matter.
I'm very sorry to have caused you offence with my post. It was carefully worded to not to offend anyone, obviously not carefully worded enough. Anyhow, it didn't refrer to your station, or indeed any other than Big L (the station in question) and for comparrison to Carlonine "and other similar stations", as a model for the way it is run and funded.
If it's my use of the term "hobby station" you've taken exception to, let me assure you no disrespect was intended to such stations (what would you have me call them?). There are many small stations run as a hobby, many are superb and I've been happy to get involved with one or two.
As for the cost of running Big L, or the number of listeners, with the greatest respect, unless you have very detailed inside info, you have no idea as to the the figures involved. Big L's owner chooses not to make these figures public and I will respect that. Suffice to say, the server and bandwidth required to service our many listeners can't be had for a fiver a month! As for the Shoutcast figures, that's been done to death many times here and elsewhere, so I'll not comment further.
So hope that's put the record straight. Once again, my post wasn't intended to put down any station or offend anyone. There are many types of station out there and many ways that they are funded, no one any more valid than any other. Each to their own eh?
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I have read and re-read all of the posts on this thread and cannot find anything which will/should or does offend. There is nothing written here that has not been discussed on many other forums including GS site and DS forum, therefore to prevent any escalation I will close this thread now. Thanks for your understanding. Regards. Col. [The Reaper]
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Anyhow, it didn't refrer to your station, or indeed any other than Big L (the station in question) and for comparrison to Carlonine "and other similar stations", as a model for the way it is run and funded.
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