Edited or not?

faceless · admin Joined: 25 Apr 2006

I heard a call on a show last week where someone complained that the adverts from the Galloway shows on Spidered News were missing the adverts... Now, as most of you know, I spend a fair bit of time editing the files to get rid of the extra crap that means nothing (unless you really do want a talkSPORT prepaid debit card, of course) and as a listener I personally much prefer not having to hear such stuff.

Anyway, the point of this thread is as the poll suggests - would you rather hear the ads or not?

Mandy · Joined: 07 Feb 2007

Personally, I prefer the show to be 2 hours (no adverts) rather than 3 hours (with adverts).

One issue is that I sometimes record the chat GG has with the prior presenter (usually around 9:45), though this means the start time isn't fixed, and I then pause the recording after this chat till GG is on properly.

The issue is whether it is worthwhile for faceless to do this editing (i.e. to save the listener time).

Actually, from an advertiser's viewpoint, I think the adverts would be a plus .. as such, since ultimately the adverts pay for GG to do the show, I am now veering that the public version should have ads, and the private CT version should be ad-free.

faceless · admin Joined: 25 Apr 2006

The issue is about whether people who listen would prefer to hear adverts or not... that's all.

popinjay · Joined: 02 Jan 2007

I don't like ads.

luke · Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Location: by the sea

i much prefer listening to the show without ads, i sometimes listen to the archive instead of the live show just so i don't have to listen to them - talksport has way to many ad breaks

seems weird that someone would complain that the adverts were missing?!

major.tom · Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 2:45 am Post subject:

You can probably guess from my small contributions that I'm not a fan of ads, traffic & weather, sports updates or even the "chat" he has near the end of most episodes with the host(s) of the up-coming show. I feel they detract from the show, and certainly from my own listening enjoyment. I edit this stuff out before listening and if I later notice any ads I'd missed, go back and chop those out too. Picky, huh?

The ads for the pre-paid debit card and "how would you like to win a big-screen high-definition television" reverse auctions are especially tricky buggers to find, since they often fall in between calls and don't show up in Audacity with the tell-tale blaring-loud sonograph (if that's the correct term).

faceless · admin Joined: 25 Apr 2006

I'll see your 'hi-def tv' sonograph and raise you a latest cricket score...

Laughing

major.tom · Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 2:51 am Post subject:

major.tom · Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 2:55 am Post subject:

harry perkins · Joined: 11 Feb 2007

No ads, but please keep the music, its part of the experience. I was away on crooners weekend and would have liked to hear the crooners.

Mandy · Joined: 07 Feb 2007

nekokate · Joined: 13 Dec 2006 Location: West Yorkshire, UK

I don't mind either way. If you uploaded them with the adverts and news included they would be online faster and it would save you a bunch of editing work. Plus, who can't just skip forward 2 minutes with a single click of the mouse anyway?

faceless · admin Joined: 25 Apr 2006

they wouldn't be online quicker because the files are at least 1/3 larger with the ads - meaning it would also take that much longer to downlaod. I do the editing as the show is playing live, so that's not an issue.

Personally I don't want to be clicking FF every few minutes, which is the reason why I've always got rid of the ads.

Ash · Joined: 22 May 2007 Location: Al-Ard

No ads please... sometimes, i listen to them on my way to university or while trying to sleep...those ads really wind me up...