Second of all, I hate to start the month off with a rant, but I'm gonna anyway. Consider it my present to me from me ;).
Ok, so a certain radio station in Victoria is holding a contest. It's a fun, fun, fun contest! Create a cheer and then the top 3 get chosen (by the radio station, not the on-air guys), and then the listeners get to vote on those to crown the winner with a trip to Cabo!
So, those who have entered so far, for the most part, have entered CHEERS. Not SONGS, but CHEERS - you know... words without a tune attached.
BUT... there's one guy. He's very creative and I love what he's doing. Unfortunately, he's doing SONGS, not CHEERS. He's taking songs which are already written down, changing the words like Weird Al, and then using THAT as his 'cheer'. If he gets his second attempt included in the top three I will have a HUGE problem with it and here's why:
It's. A. Song. Not. A. Cheer. A song is something with a tune (and he does end up singing it at the end, not 'rapping' it);
His 'cheer' is based on a song which was very popular in the '80's. It's not an original creation which the majority of the entries are. Some are short, some are long, but they're all original works of the entrants, not a theft of someone else's work. Would that lead into copyright infringement if chosen? Would the station then have to pay the writer of the original song a certain amount if they used the song? I think this could expand into a legal matter if they're not careful.
When the prize is something this big - a trip for two to an all-inclusive to Mexico - then play by your own rules. Stating the definition of the word cheer includes 'song' isn't going to work either. A cheer is a cheer and a song is a song. The on-air personalities said the judging panel has ruled that songs are out and cheers are in, and so it should be. This is a big prize that a lot of people are hoping to win, so it should be played by the rules that they created.
Did I enter? Yup! Will I be upset if I'm not in the top 3? Sure, but if I'm out and he's in... I'll be VERY angry and will end up turning away from the station to the only other station my radio can get in my dungeon at work. Will it matter to the station if I do? Probably not - they have a large number of listeners. But I'd hope, in the interest of fairness, that they'd understand the second song is not a cheer.
And honestly, I can write parody songs too. I can choose a song from the '80's or '90's and put different lyrics to it as an entry... but then it wouldn't be a cheer, it'd be a song, and they didn't ask for a song. They asked for a cheer.
Nanaimo
Coast FINALLY has a contest you can play online! Go here to enter "Santa Shops Here". Enter your info, spin the wheel, and you might win. Enter every day!
All Day
Morning Show
102.3 The Wave - Buccaneers tix
Midday Show
Afternoon Show
Evening Show
Daily Schedule
0720 - 106.9 The Wolf - Marshall's Music Mess
1200 - 1300 - 106.9 The Wolf Rock Request Lunch $25 g/c to Smitty's
1200 - 1300 - 102.3 The Wave Retro Lunch $25 g/c to BP
Duncan
Daily Schedule
0720 - Nearly Impossible Question
1500 - 1600 - Common Thread
Victoria
Ocean's morning show has your $250 Christmas Cash at 0810 and your free Christmas tree starting at 9AM, just after Mary's Boy Child plays. You have til NOON to get your cheer in for the Cabo contest.
All Day
Morning Show
98.5 Ocean - Dirty Dancing Stage Show BTBO tix
91.3 The Zone - Jay-Z tix 1070 CFAX - Royals tix
103.1 KiSS - Katy Perry tix
98.5 Ocean - $25 g/c to Shine Café
107.3 Kool - Katy Perry tix
98.5 Ocean - Free Christmas tree
Midday Show
1070 CFAX - Friday Free For All - $100 to the Old Spaghetti Factory
91.3 The Zone - Christmas at the Farm passes100.3 The Q - Royals tix
100.3 The Q - Snowed-In Comedy Tour tix
107.3 Kool - Royals tix
107.3 Kool - Khalid BTBO tix
Afternoon Show
107.3 Kool - $50 to Lure (FRIDAY only)
91.3 The Zone - Not So Silent Night passes
103.1 KiSS - Reindeer Games for key to Santa's sleigh
107.3 Kool - Katy Perry tix
Evening Show
91.3 The Zone - Royals tix
Daily Schedule
0730 - 107.3 Kool - What's That Sound? - $200 and $50 to Big Wheel Burger
0740 - 91.3 The Zone - Current Swell tix "Don't Forget the Lyrics"
0750 - 100.3 The Q - Rock Door - Pork and Bains & Oil Change cert
0810 - 103.1 KiSS - Laundry Change Trivia
0810 - 98.5 Ocean - 5 in 5 for $250 Christmas Cash
0815 -1070 CFAX - Hockey Getaway qualifier (Tuesday & Thursday only)
0815 - 100.3 The Q - Past Polka Monster - Bobble Ed & Grizzlies Suite Tix
0820 - Dylan vs The World
0840 - 91.3 The Zone - Dylan Vs The World Trivia
0920 - 91.3 The Zone - Dead or Alive
1140 - 100.3 The Q - Dirty Bits for Dirty Dancing tix
1200 - 1300 - 103.1 KiSS - Old School Lunch (there's a prize involved!
1630 - 107.3 Kool - $50 g/c to Lure (Friday only)
1700 - 100.3 The Q - My Favourite Song
Happy winning!
