You need to rephrase "we take one week a month off".
Alrighty - we do three shows per month. How's that.
Now it seems like they hate doing the show most of the time and can't wait to get it over with.
We regularly go over the four-hour mark during broadcasts for which we have no hard-out. I would submit that this suggests we are enjoying what we're doing.
Keep the website/twitter feed up to date and accurate. By Wednesday the site should have the info about the following weekend.
I do not understand the confusion here. I always, with the singular exception of two weeks ago (for which I have taken responsibility and I ask once again for your forgiveness), update the website by Thursday at the latest to reflect what is coming up for that week. Also, my understanding is that Twitter and Facebook are updated nearly everyday.
What is the disconnect here, Datamike? This isn't a matter of opinion. Either your assertion is correct, that we don't update our website and social media outlets to inform listeners of upcoming shows - or mine is, that we do. We can't both be right.
I think most of the homebrewers ARE interested in craft beer and how the pros do it, but not as the focus of the entire show.
Indeed, which is why it's not the focus of the entire show. It's the focus of PART of the show.
For the sake of perspective, let's go through some of the homebrew-centric topics from 2012.
- Paul Sangster and his collaboration with Widmer (March 4)
- Partial extract experimentation (March 11)
- A conversation with Ninkasi winner Mark Schoppe (July 1)
- The homebrew scene in Brazil (July 15)
- Cask ale systems at home (August 6)
- Pumpkin beer (October 29)
- A segment on Doc's Belgian Golden (November 4)
- Tasting/Judging with Brian Cooper (Novermber 11)
- Session beers (November 19)
Not to mention all the other homebrew-y stuff that went on in 2012, like conducting the Hop Grenade IPA homebrew competition, a repeat as AHA homebrew club of the year and all the commentary that came with that win, the new DVDs about homebrewing pale ale, interviews with all of the AHA governing committee candidates, about a million conversations with the aforementioned procession of pro-brewer guests about their homebrewing background....I could go on.
Plus, of course, there are always the other shows on the BN, which look to get even more homebrew-centric in 2013 with the revamp of The Jamil Show's format, as well as the coming introduction of a new show.
And perhaps most importantly.....9 out of 10 show ideas I receive are people suggesting breweries to interview. 1 out of 10 is a homebrew topic. I attempt to execute basically every homebrew suggestion that I hear. I don't have the luxury of picking the best ones because I hardly receive any to begin with.
I've said it before but I'll repeat it: I am not a homebrewer. I am a radio producer. If 90% of the suggestions I receive are for pro-brewery interviews, then I have to assume that's what the homebrew world wants to hear when they listen to the radio.
You speak for the BN and its sponsors, not for yourself.
Just because you declare something to be so does not make it so.
Listen to any show in the history of radio - you will hear a message (usually in the outro) somewhere along the lines of....The opinions expressed on this show are not necessarily those of the staff, management, sponsors, or this station.
It is indeed possible for me to say things and be speaking only for myself. From now on, consider this to be my permanent disclaimer:
The opinions expressed by Moscow are FOR SURE NOT those of the staff, management, or sponsors of The Brewing Network.
and 15 minutes of brewing knowledge, and this is how I feel it still is. Sure the brewcasters seem to have shorter fuses with the call-ins and DOTW calls, but who the fuck cares. This is entertainment mixed with brewing. If you want strickly homebrewing information read a book.
Lets all just grab a beer and talk about it. -PorkSlapper
