12/29/2006

Cleaning up loose ends as the year draws to a close- and that includes hitting a little more of your feedback! We’ve gotten an awful lot of mail and e-mail this year, thanks to you constant viewers, and we do appreciate it all- I’ve often said, in radio, you get much more immediate feedback, thanks to phone calls while you’re on the air- but television has improved a lot thanks to e-mail. We can hear what you think , and respond to it, a lot faster and easier. So, for the last time this year- let’s share some of the most asked questions of the year now! One thing I should address that we get a lot -is the requesting of movies-yes, feel free to ask about titles you’d like to see! Although we can’t get many of them- other stations or cable nets have them, broadcast rights aren’t offered, etc.- there are times when we can try to get certain films. However- please don’t write and ask us to show a certain movie on a certain day. This is one way that we are definitely NOT like radio- we are not playing down your requests. Our schedules are usually set up quite a bit in advance, and we can’t do the “you say it, we’ll play it” bit. I’ve gotten e-mails and letters on a Wednesday demanding that I play a certain movie the next Saturday. Not gonna happen, kids. Some of you have been requesting movies we’ve done before, but right now, with our “strictly Universal” schedule, all we’ll be running are the movies provided by them, on their schedule (I know I say that a lot, but it’s the explanation as to why we do reruns of some movies, and why we haven’t gotten to the bigger films yet- we’re going by THEIR schedule- so, please be patient!) Another question we get a lot- “can I take a tour of your studios? Can I come watch the show? Can I throw chickens?” Much as we’d love to have Sven fans in, right now that’s not possible- we don’t do tours, and our studio is currently not set up for an audience. I’ve been telling the powers that be that we should try to do a studio audience show JUST ONCE- and I’ll keep asking them to do so. When we do, most likely we’ll have to do a lottery to choose the audience members, since we’d get so many requests. It would definitely be a fun time, though… We always get asked about Sven dvds. Right now, nothing is planned, but we are talking about it. There are also no cds of our songs, but it’s something else that’s been discussed…we’ll let you know if anything concrete is set up. No, there’s no Sven-brand concrete available either… “Why didn’t you read my letter? Why didn’t you show my picture?” Please! It’s not that we don’t love you, or that we don’t appreciate you! You have to understand- we get a LOT of mail and e-mail every week. Lots of drawings and photos as well. We only have limited time for our mail segments, so everything can’t possibly get on the show. I’ve also had people ask “why don’t you do real long mail segments like you used to- don’t people send anything anymore?” As I just said, we get lots of stuff, but, several things cut back on our mail time- more commercials on our station (that’s a good thing!-for us, anyway) the length of the movies, etc.-and, the fact that e-mail does get responded to via e-mail! We always try to show things as soon as we can, if we can- but everything can’t make it to air. Also, we can’t just mention your name on the air-so many people request that, and, quite honestly, it wouldn’t be very entertaining to hear me read a long list of names- if you want to hear your name on the air- send me a unique letter or drawing- that puts the odds of it ending up on air more in your favor! Just remember- I personally read and see everything you send, whether it hits the air or not! So, there you go- the answers to some of the FAQ of this year. Keep the new questions coming, as well! Contact me at svengoolie@wciu.com …your letters, drawings, photos, and e-mails keep this a unique two-way street!(Just think of me as a major pothole