‘Trout Tunes’ celebrates second anniversary
By Cliff Hicks
Staff Reporter
Today marks the anniversary of
“Trout Tunes,” a show now only of
fered in Omaha, but which may soon
be making its Lincoln debut.
“Trout Tunes” is run by Ryan
O’Connor, who started it as a public
access show in the fall of 1991. Ac
cording to O’Connor, he and a group
of his friends were griping that a lot of
bands coming through Omaha weren’t
getting airplay.
“There was no way to get them on
college radio and some of the stuff
coming through (Omaha) beat the heck
out of what the industry wanted to
hear,” O’Connor said.
“Trout Tunes” aired its first show
in October of 1991, on Cox Cable’s
public access channel. Soon, almost
15,000 people were watching the show
regularly.
“Because of the fact that we had a
large following, it got the interest of
local TV stations who said ‘We’ll con
sider carrying it,”’ he said.
O’Connor then found a partner in
Roger Speakman, who runs Hollywood
Export & Video Productions in Omaha.
They produced a pi lot and were picked
“There was no way to get
them on college radio
and some of the stuff
coming through Omaha
beat the heck out of what
the industry wanted to
hear. ”
RYAN O’CONNOR
producer of "Trout Tunes"
up by 02 TV on Cox Cable in April
1994.
An independent station, KCTI, in
Wichita, Kan., has also picked up the
show. “Trout Tunes” has been airing
there since January. Also, ABC and
CBS affiliates in Lincoln have shown
interest in carrying the show.
According to O’Connor, the aver
age television show airs 24 to 3 0 shows
per season, but “Trout Tunes” puls out
42 a year.
Each show has a featured band,
which get played three limes over the
course of the show, plus an interview.
The feature bands through May arc:
God Lives Underwater, Widespread
Panic, Gravity Kills, Fishbone and
Frank Black.
“Trout Tunes” gets some big name
acts. Some bands who have appeared
on the show include: the Millions,
Connells, Mercy Rule, the Samples,
Matthew Sweet, the Smithereens,
Blues Traveler, 311 and Toad the Wet
Sprocket.
“When you’re dealing with a na
tional act, you have to call the band’s
management, tell them what you’re
about, ask if you can tape the band and
gel an interview...
“As long as you’re not calling the
morning before the concert, they’ll
usually Ictus,” O’Connor said. “Some
bands you can only tape parts of.”
“Occasionally, a band’s manage
ment will get worried about bootleg
ging and whatnot, but over the fast
nine to 10 months, it’s become easier,”
lie said. “Labels are much nicer to you
if you’ve worked with them before.”
The show has changed greatly from
when it first began. Originally one
camera was used, but now they use
three cameras and switch it live,
O’Connor said.
“Wc do it (the mixing) the way
you ’d see sports coverage; most people
don’t do it the way we do it,” he said.
“Generally we take anywhere be
tween seven to 10 people out on a
shoot, so no one person is stuck doing
something all night without a break,”
O’Connor said. “We can get by with a
crew as small as five in an emergency,
but the front camera’s tired by the end
of the night.”
O’Connor works many jobs on the
show. In addition to editing, sorting
through the tapes, writing the show
and j ust everything it takes to get show
out, he’s also responsible for advertis
ing.
“I call prospectivcclicntsandtry to
get all the advertising set up,” he said.
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