Korean Job Discussion Forums

[LL Moonmanhead]

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[jdog2050]

[Smee]

The one in Gwangju can be pretty cringe-worthy, too. But, the main demographic is Koreans looking to practice English, so there's no real need to tailor content to native English-speakers.

I could do without the PSAs that say if you think Koreans are only out to use you for your English it's all in your head and you need to change your point of view.

[OiGirl]

I am seriously addicted but then I listened to all the EBS English shows before I had this option.

[Yaya]

Stupid station because of stupid staff, PERIOD! The music shows are all jokes and aren't worth listening to even if your life depended on them.

[Lost]

Everything before 8pm is [MOD EDIT for swearing].........The hosts bother me........they don't seem sincere or natural.......more like jackasses or arrogant idiots who used to teach English and fell into the job by luck. The evening dj's are better as is the music. All said.......Happy my cd player isn't broken in the car.

[Intrepid]

Shane and Erica used to be on regular TBS Radio, and I used to change stations to avoid their cringe-inducing banter whenever they came on. They're awful--it beggars description, really.
Their having a show on EFM keeps them away from my traffic reports, thank god.

[Jane]

[Crockpot2001]

The music flat out sux. If I want K-pop, I can simply walk by any SK telecom store where it's blasting outside. However, I sort of like to hear some of the programs and the story time stuff. I live in an area where K-history and culture is washed out.

[FistFace]

It's said to be the radio station run like a hagwon, with massive staff in-fighting.

They've uprooted much of their staff at least twice since beginning less than a year ago. They did hire some true professionals, but I know one just up and walked out in a very short time period.

Classic case of management being in jobs for reasons they probably shouldn't be running something totally into the ground.

[Smee]

Here's a post from April about some of the shake-ups:

http://www.zenkimchi.com/news/?p=1446

Looks like they fired a bunch of the people they brought in to be the face of the station.

Like I said in a post a few above this, there isn't enough of a foreign audience to call for a For Us By Us (tm) station. Most of the listeners are Koreans . . . hell, how many of you actually own a radio?

You can't really have news programs on these stations because most of the news breaks on the papers and blogs a few days earlier, so the news isn't exactly new. Likewise you can't really have too much commentary---shows in a talk radio format---because it'd be considered not only too controversial, but would be too difficult for Korean listeners. So you're basically left with Arirang FM and K-pop. Again, since the audience is Koreans, that's right up their alley.

[jdog2050]

[agentX]

the 11am show on both channels has a lot of useful info because it covers local news and happenings for their respective service areas. I'm not the biggest music fan, so I skip most of the music programs. I've played K-Popular a few times in class- students are ambivalent about it. maybe they need to play Wondergirls a lot more. Hell I don't know.

I wish they would podcast their 11am and 6pm programs because half their English speaking audience is on duty and can't hear them. The 6pm show can be a snoozer sometimes but occasionally they'll nail a great interview (How did they hook up with MIKE freaking GRAVEL?) No sense in complaining here- I'll just ask about it on their msg board someday.

There is a Busan channel now 90.5fm, and some of the other cities are adding stations as well. Maybe with an increase in quantity there will be an increase in quality.

[Lost]

I just looked at the efm website..........pretty boring/ straightforward. Not much there either. I wonder how or if this station will really take off in Seoul/ Korea. Is Arirang better? I've never really listened to it either.

Funny thing......check the Sid Kim message board under "sid"......seems like there is a little "drama" there. Silly stuff.

Either way........lets hope some proper radio comes to Seoul soon. I enjoy listening to the radio in the car and office. I can only take so much of the "eagle".

[Yaya]