Comments on: May 2009 Schedule http://kakm.org/2009/05/11/may-2009-schedule/ Channel 7 - Anchorage, Alaska Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:43:54 -0900 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Robert Williams http://kakm.org/2009/05/11/may-2009-schedule/#comment-5557 Robert Williams Sat, 16 May 2009 21:03:03 +0000 http://kakm.org/?p=1515#comment-5557 I would like to request that you do a bit better job of screening your hosts for the auction and any other event where a person will be expected to have good language and speaking skills. The gentleman who has been announcing the descriptions of the item up for auction (and providing commentary)just doesn't seem to be very articulate and, more problematic, he does not appear to have a good knowledge of how to pronounce even common Alaska names. He certainly seems to be personable but I have to say that if I were a sponsor who had provided an auction item and found that my name or the name of the business was consistently mangled by the recipient; I would be pretty upset. I was amazed that when Rick ? commented that he was a lifelong Alaskan. I don't think there is a "Chugiach State Park" but there is a Chugach State Park. Perhaps you could do a bit better job of screening guest or other hosts of this and other events or, at the very least, have someone go over the names BEFORE air time. Almost all Alaska libraries and broadcast media have compies of pronounciation guides by Tom Duncan and Russ Tabbert as well a Donald Orth's Dictionary of Alaska Place Names. Any media person could benefit greatly by spending some time with any or all of these titles. Yours for better broadcasting, Robert Williams 277-9394 I would like to request that you do a bit better job of screening your hosts for the auction and any other event where a person will be expected to have good language and speaking skills.
The gentleman who has been announcing the descriptions of the item up for auction (and providing commentary)just doesn’t seem to be very articulate and, more problematic, he does not appear to have a good knowledge of how to pronounce even common Alaska names. He certainly seems to be personable but I have to say that if I were a sponsor who had provided an auction item and found that my name or the name of the business was consistently mangled by the recipient; I would be pretty upset. I was amazed that when Rick ? commented that he was a lifelong Alaskan. I don’t think there is a “Chugiach State Park” but there is a Chugach State Park.
Perhaps you could do a bit better job of screening guest or other hosts of this and other events or, at the very least, have someone go over the names BEFORE air time. Almost all Alaska libraries and broadcast media have compies of pronounciation guides by Tom Duncan and Russ Tabbert as well a Donald Orth’s Dictionary of Alaska Place Names. Any media person could benefit greatly by spending some time with any or all of these titles.

Yours for better broadcasting,

Robert Williams
277-9394

]]> By: Charles Brobst http://kakm.org/2009/05/11/may-2009-schedule/#comment-5555 Charles Brobst Fri, 15 May 2009 05:08:28 +0000 http://kakm.org/?p=1515#comment-5555 Who is the CLOWN you had for an auctioneer Tuesday night. L M F A O Can you get a bid want to get a bid, Give me a break. Get a professional auctioneer and get some class in your auctions. Who is the CLOWN you had for an auctioneer Tuesday night. L M F A O Can you get a bid want to get a bid, Give me a break. Get a professional auctioneer and get some class in your auctions.

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