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Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-overtime-pay dept.

partridge writes "Carson Daly's simulacrum is the new Max Headroom. I guess this makes Clear Channel Communications the current embodiment of Network 23? Now we just have to wait for the blipverts to start making consumer's heads explode."

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  1. Re:Wha? by nomadic · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Oh, also TechTV occasionally shows reruns.

  2. What am I supposed to do? by Rocko+Bonaparte · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I read all this and couldn't help but mutter, "Wha?" I'm not a compulsive mouth-breather or anything; I just don't know what I'm supposed to think here. So please, who in the article am I supposed to hate? I am under the impression I'm supposed to hate somebody there. Is ClearChannel the bad guy? And what's this got to do with blipverts? ...Or even Max for that matter.

    Wha?

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  3. Did I miss the point? by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "With a lot of cutting and pasting, the engineers create 11 customized hourlong countdown shows for cities like New York, Philadelphia and Detroit, and two national pop and rhythm-and-blues countdowns for other markets. The customization means Mr. Daly can seem to be telling listeners in a particular city their most-requested songs for that day -- without ever seeing the city's top-10 list.
    Clear Channel has been widely criticized for its use of so-called voice-tracking technology, which enables prerecorded D. J.'s to sound to listeners in a distant city as if they were both local and live."

    So... what's the BFD as long as he doesn't soound like a Speak N Spell?

  4. It all makes sense now... by Kozz · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I mean, they don't even NEED Carson Daly himself. They just bought his brain on eBay.

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