I learned from reading ALL ACCESS tonight that WW1 Standards morning host Jeff Rollins and Middays/PD Karl Southcott have been let go. Possibly others. Not sure if this happened earlier this week or if they were given notice of an upcoming layoff.
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Changes at WW1 Adult Standards
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That's terrible. They're the best DJs on the radio.
I hope the music isn't next.
I hope the music isn't next.
I haven't heard Jeff since I read this but Carl Hampton (as he is known on air) sounds perfectly content.
Isn't it "Chuck" Southcott"?
I think Karl may be Chuck's son.
Yeah, Carl is his son and he changed the spelling for his on-air name.
I'm not sure, but I don't think there will be any DJs when this is all over. I haven't talked to the radio station yet because I've had so many other things to deal with today, but I will soon. I need to find out from them how to complain about Jason Aldean. The same company owns both stations now. Actually, the other station wasn't country before they bought it.
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This is interesting. While the man who runs the station was out, the woman they switched me to didn't know Jeff and Carl were leaving.
I hope this doesn't mean anything. Although there were several actual standards played when there were not commercial breaks, the only actual standards from way back then were during breaks. There was a glitch and nothing was happening during one required break, so I guess they ran the commercials during the next break. And they had time left over, so I heard what was playing. During the next optional break, the actual standard was one of the newer ones.
This is not a problem if your station doesn't run a lot of commercials. Mine runs a lot fewer commercials when not local.
This is not a problem if your station doesn't run a lot of commercials. Mine runs a lot fewer commercials when not local.
Nat King Cole's music sounds hopelessly out of place the way the current format sounds, and at long last his music seems to be limited to those optional commercial breaks, which at least on my station tend to have the music. But Tony Bennett was played at a time when Carl Hampton could say he was played. The music tends to be better on his show for some reason. It was once the same way with Joe Lacina. Wonder what he's doing now?
I also heard Roger Williams and Henry Mancini between commercial breaks. So they're not trying to do away with real standards, which is what seemed to be happening on Timeless Favorites.
I also heard Roger Williams and Henry Mancini between commercial breaks. So they're not trying to do away with real standards, which is what seemed to be happening on Timeless Favorites.
Unfortunately, it looks like Cumulus is clearing house at Westwood One. Most changes will take place this weekend. I was listening to Jeff Rollins this morning. After playing England Dan and John Ford Coley's "We'll Never Have To Say Goodbye Again" he said something like "Well, not until after tomorrow."
Sad. How much money are they really saving by replacing the jocks known in each of these formats? Some of these people have been around forever like Kris Wilson on Real Country or MacKenzie Rae on the classic rock service.
Sad. How much money are they really saving by replacing the jocks known in each of these formats? Some of these people have been around forever like Kris Wilson on Real Country or MacKenzie Rae on the classic rock service.
Nat King Cole's "When I Fall in Love" was played and "I've Got You Under My Skin" by what may have been Michael Buble came only two songs later. Neither during a commercial break.
Jeff said he had gotten up early to do a morning show for decades. I couldn't make out the song title but the song was by Norah Jones. He may have been talking about sunrise. It was one of those cutesy songs that I could do without but I guess I could live with. After all, some of her songs are actually standards.
Jeff said he had gotten up early to do a morning show for decades. I couldn't make out the song title but the song was by Norah Jones. He may have been talking about sunrise. It was one of those cutesy songs that I could do without but I guess I could live with. After all, some of her songs are actually standards.
I'd guess a couple million dollars a year. Not clear how many jocks are/were left who actually work for WW1 - a chunk of the people they've plugged into slots on the 24/7 formats over the years were already from Cumulus stations.
The music I heard this morning was actually better than what I heard last week. Plenty of actual standards. They did take a break from those for a while but as usual, came right back to including them.
But when the time came for a nice voice to tell us about the music or what was going on in the world, nothing. And just before the first commercial break, some canned voice before the station ID the station has used a million times since before Jeff Rollins was ever there.
But when the time came for a nice voice to tell us about the music or what was going on in the world, nothing. And just before the first commercial break, some canned voice before the station ID the station has used a million times since before Jeff Rollins was ever there.
I forgot to mention this. I don't know if it was related to the DJs being gone, but the song ended early before the news and then a smooth jazz song started up. It didn't last long but I'd have like to hear more of it. I just wonder if any affiliates that don't have news got the entire song or whether a new song started up.
This situation of a song starting and playing for a few seconds is a major problem on WAVO in Charlotte, which is obviously automated and doesn't use a satellite format.
This situation of a song starting and playing for a few seconds is a major problem on WAVO in Charlotte, which is obviously automated and doesn't use a satellite format.
Uh-oh. Cumulonimbus may soon regret their decision. A song just mysteriously stopped, I heard a voice, and then a new song started, then the other song came back. Then another song started, then after a few seconds they went to a commercial break. Now it could just be inexperienced people, because surely these mistakes don't just come from automation that's unsupervised.
Timing has been an issue for sure. I have a live stream on while I work and the music has stopped short of the hour and station ID by 15-30 seconds several times today. As the song ends, "Georgia on My Mind," an instrumental by Wes Montgomery, plays. I'm sure it's a filler tune used to bridge gaps (it happened once in a while in the past when the jocks were on the air), but it has happened 3 or 4 times since I have been listening today.
Chimp – "I forgot to mention this. I don't know if it was related to the DJs being gone, but the song ended early before the news and then a smooth jazz song started up. It didn't last long but I'd have like to hear more of it. I just wonder if any affiliates that don't have news got the entire song or whether a new song started up."
That's "Georgia on my Mind" by Wes Montgomery. One of their "filler" instrumentals.
That's "Georgia on my Mind" by Wes Montgomery. One of their "filler" instrumentals.
You'd think I'd have recognized it.
I remember one time after Timeless Favorites replaced Timeless Classics. A song like "Three O'Clock in the Morning" by Bert Kaempfert surely wouldn't have been played. But it was. They came up short at 3:00. It lasted a few seconds. It appeared they didn't provide a song at the top of the hour but there was an ABC newscast that aired if the affiliate didn't want to do anything else.
Normally when they stop a song and start another one like that, the affiliate is getting ready for a sports event and wants their music to end at the appropriate time. Or the automation is broken and they're trying to start their own music to fill in until the problem is fixed. But neither of these were the case here.
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