I thought the main premise of his show on 680 WRKO was to try to re-create the sound of "The Big 68" from the late 60s. On which Entercom station would this idea gain traction now?
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I thought the main premise of his show on 680 WRKO was to try to re-create the sound of "The Big 68" from the late 60s. On which Entercom station would this idea gain traction now?
I thought the main premise of his show on 680 WRKO was to try to re-create the sound of "The Big 68" from the late 60s. On which Entercom station would this idea gain traction now?
That's kind of up to him, isn't it?
That's kind of up to him, isn't it?
Not quite. Since WRKO is no longer co-owned with the other stations in the Entercom cluster, why would any of them be interested in recreating the sound of The Big 68?
In fact, even a simple 60s oldies show on Saturday nights on AMP or Mix or Magic would be out-of-character for the "wall of women" stations.
In fact, even a simple 60s oldies show on Saturday nights on AMP or Mix or Magic would be out-of-character for the "wall of women" stations.
If it would be out of character on one of those stations, it's definitely out of character on a station filled with man talk. That's why I believe iHeart dropped it.
My point is the Entercom people know the show, and now he works for them, so it at least makes it easy to have a conversation. Whether they have any need to recreate a 50 year old radio station is another subject. But maybe they'll consider transitioning him from being a board op to being on air. Stations are always looking for talent.
I'm confused: If Jeff was doing the 60s show on 'RKO Saturday night, then how could his "Saturday night shift" at WODS be in jeopardy?
The WRKO '60s show was Saturday evenings 7-11 PM. Then, he went across the street to WODS to work the overnight shift.
... In that case, I stand by my main observation, which is that an oldies show is a break in format for a talk station. The only other major market station I know that has done this is WABC, and they stopped it several years ago.
We also had another 50,000 watt AM station that did it recently until last summer in this major market, WMEX with Jimmy Jay and Jim Callahan's Saturday oldies shows.
This version of WMEX was never a "player" in the market, and the 50 kW was extremely directional, but it was technically geographically in the market, and was a talk station with Saturday oldies shows (and some on other weeknights toward the very end).
I thought the main premise of his show on 680 WRKO was to try to re-create the sound of "The Big 68" from the late 60s. On which Entercom station would this idea gain traction now?
How about 850 AM? That was once a major market "heritage" Boston station as WHDH. Of course, to accurately recreate WHDH's heyday musical format, it would have to be Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, and Doris Day, not The Beatles, Stones, and Motown.
However there was a Saturday evening rock'n'roll oldies show on WHDH hosted by "The Famous" Jim Sands for a little while in the early '80s, before he went to the oldies 1150 AM incarnation of WMEX and then WODS when it was "Oldies 103.3", so it has been done there.
How about 850 AM?
Saturday night is big for sports play-by-play.
It appears that RKO has dropped Beyond Reality Radio and is running Jim Bohannon till 1am followed by Coast to Coast.
It appears that RKO has dropped Beyond Reality Radio and is running Jim Bohannon till 1am followed by Coast to Coast.
Beyond Reality Radio was an Entercom show, so no surprise that it's gone.
Nobody enjoys a good cigar more than I do, but I am not going to listen to a radio show about it.
Jeff has a day gig with one of the Pete Falconi & friends radio stations up here in NH
I will admit I was wrong when I said a while back that it was a bad fit for WRKO, it was a very entertaining show, I was actually listening to it last Saturday night when I was out and about.
As for WODS, we'll have to see what happens over there, especially with the union requirement that there be a warm body on the board 24/7. His Saturday night shift may become the victim of voice tracking or syndication
It's not about Cigars. It's an alpha Male oriented political talk show.
Just an FYI: Bill Clinton is a huge cigar smoker. So was JFK. Lots of cigars are smoked in Boston's Democratic clubs. And you typically don't get lung cancer from something you don't inhale.
FYI - it;s not a show about Cigars. That's simply the hosts name. It's an alpha male oriented political talk show. More satire based content.
OK, so that's not the reason. We can rule that out. In that case, I stand by my main observation, which is that an oldies show is a break in format for a talk station. The only other major market station I know that has done this is WABC, and they stopped it several years ago. I know of no iHeart talk station that breaks format for a music show. I'm sure that's the main reason, because your other point is valid.
He's a good talent, he's done a good show, and maybe now he should pitch the idea to Entercom.
You're exactly correct here. It's a break in format that didn't generate any ratings or revenue. Had a great run, but, just wasn't a good fit for the overall big picture of what the station is.
FYI - it;s not a show about Cigars. That's simply the hosts name. It's an alpha male oriented political talk show. More satire based content.
Well then it is perfect fit for WRKO. Alpha male political talk......
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