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Contrary to popular belief we actually get quite a bit of sunshine in Portland during the summer. Normally we have nice clear days during the months of July & August. I can usually make plans for outdoor activities without worrying about the weather because I know it's going to be nice. July started that way this year after a few days it switched back to cloudy and rainy weather. WTF? Right now it's 68 degrees Farenheit and overcast. Dammit! Don't the weather gods know that I'm going kayaking in the Willamette river today? My first paddling trip since I've moved to Oregon and it's cloudy in July? The weather report calls for a high 78 and mostly sunny in the evening so I might get lucky, but I trust the weather report about as far as I can see it.
I really like KNRK (94.7 FM) but because of their tower location I was only able to listen when commuting in the car. Earlier this week I tuned in at my desk and now I can listen at work. This makes me very happy, but those damn "Christmas in July" (CiJ) sale commercials are real annoying. This is what is killing broadcast radio. It's not the clone stations where you hear the same songs on a short rotation. It's the bad, annoying and down right insulting commercials they play. On top of that most stations play a 40-90 minute block of music but then they play a 15-30 minute block of commercials. I know that if a commercial starts on the radio I might as well change the station because they'll still be playing commercials when I get to the end of my trip.
Thankfully, KNRK plays a few songs and followed by a few commercials. They're still really bad ones, but is that the fault of the station or the advertiser? I'm going to say the advertiser because I hear the same commercials on other stations. The CiJ ones are really bad, but there's a local bank which has some whining boy asking his girl to make a committment and open a joint checking account together. Gah! One more company that I'll never use because I can't stand their commercials.
