You know what really grinds my gears?

[Caulfield]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

The fact that in 2021 local radio stations still act like the only music that came of the 1970s was Steve Miller, Foreigner, and Journey.

could be worse, they could be only playing Kiss, disco and the Partridge Family

[Hammerhunker]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

The fact that in 2021 local radio stations still act like the only music that came of the 1970s was Steve Miller, Foreigner, and Journey.

70s was an underrated decade, I think because most younger people associate 70s with disco, which is a farce.

Check out the hits that came from 1974, very impressive.

[LambertandHam]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

70s was an underrated decade, I think because most younger people associate 70s with disco, which is a farce.

Check out the hits that came from 1974, very impressive.

70's gave us "Rainbow" with Ronnie James Dio and Ritchie Blackmore.

[Majingir]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

The fact that in 2021 local radio stations still act like the only music that came of the 1970s was Steve Miller, Foreigner, and Journey.

could be worse, they could be only playing Kiss, disco and the Partridge Family

Could be even worse, they could act like music pre 2015 didnt exist.

[SuperBowlNachos]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

The fact that in 2021 local radio stations still act like the only music that came of the 1970s was Steve Miller, Foreigner, and Journey.

Sirius XMs has stations dedicated to each decade and they still manage to only play the same 20 songs

[pietasterp]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Sirius XMs has stations dedicated to each decade and they still manage to only play the same 20 songs

I know, how is this possible? Satellite radio has/had such potential, but it's alarmingly shallow in its approach to music, almost as bad (but not quite) as terrestrial radio.

[BurghFan]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Sirius XMs has stations dedicated to each decade and they still manage to only play the same 20 songs

Kind of like how SyFy only seems to show a subset of movies over and over again, many of which I wouldn't even consider Sci-Fi. They used to show so many different movies over the weekend that I was always checking the listings to see if anything caught my interest, but now I don't even bother.

[pietasterp]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Burgh's post above reminded me of a gear-grinder, which I may or may not have already complained about in this thread before: channel drift (aka network decay).

Everyone knows what this is (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_drift) but it's the "MTV effect" basically. Travel channel converting to TRVL and all-paranormal, all-the-time is the latest example I can think of. Horrible.

Totally grinds my gears, too.

[Majingir]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Burgh's post above reminded me of a gear-grinder, which I may or may not have already complained about in this thread before: channel drift (aka network decay).

Everyone knows what this is (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_drift) but it's the "MTV effect" basically. Travel channel converting to TRVL and all-paranormal, all-the-time is the latest example I can think of. Horrible.

Totally grinds my gears, too.

Not just channels, even food places do this too.

Pizza places now sell sandwiches, pastas, fries, wings, desserts, you name it.

And companies who specialize in a specific kind of product also try making products in different fields. You known for making TVs? Let's try making phones, power tools, lawn mowers too.

But TV as a whole, outside of live sports, is there anything else which needs to be watched right away? People can just record stuff or watch on demand the next day, the channel really doesn't matter anymore. Channel loyalty isn't really a thing anymore. I cant name a specific channel I watch many(meaning more than 3) shows of, it's all scattered all over the place.

[pietasterp]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

True, but there isn't a whole lot of travel-related programming these days, and it was nice having a channel dedicated to it (even if the programs were only somewhat related to travel). Now, more than ever, I could use some good ol' fashioned vicarious travel programming.

[LambertandHam]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Kind of like how SyFy only seems to show a subset of movies over and over again, many of which I wouldn't even consider Sci-Fi. They used to show so many different movies over the weekend that I was always checking the listings to see if anything caught my interest, but now I don't even bother.

Certain movies, mainly stuff like Ocean's 11 use to be on cable so much you could set your watch to them.

[l3ulvl]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Yeah History channel is the best example, but I can't complain because I like their programming better now

[pietasterp]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

At least most of History channel's programming still has some tenuous connection with Americana or history (however peripheral), even if loosely defined. Ghost Hunters has nothing to do with travel programming whatsoever.

[kehlis]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

At least most of History channel's programming still has some tenuous connection with Americana or history (however peripheral), even if loosely defined. Ghost Hunters has nothing to do with travel programming whatsoever.

Agreed, I was surprised to see History brought up because I watch it pretty regularly (especially now that Travel channel has changed what they are) and haven't noticed a difference and generally enjoy their content.

[dubcity]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

History actually still shows some legit history docs. But the days of them showing wall to wall shows about the American Revolution, Civil War, WW1-2, 1960s, etc, are long gone. It's Ancient Aliens, American Pickers, Oak Island, etc. I would care more if I couldn't stream endless history documentaries all over now. They're looking for casual viewers like everyone else.