Tom, Gail (and Danny) out (I assume Magoo too)
Roger Christian new morning man effective Monday
Roger Christian new morning man effective Monday
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Big changes at WECK
- Thread starter Rob Piotrowski
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Full article in The Buffalo News: https://buffalonews.com/2019/10/25/...-out-roger-christian-in-on-weck-morning-show/
Interesting. Only a month ago I saw a billboard promoting Tony, Tom and Gail. Two threads earlier, posters were lamenting Roger's dismissal from Entercom. Now Tom, Tony and Gail are out and Roger's back in. Strange how the wheel turns, isn't it.
That is a very unfair thing to say.
I've been in radio now for 60 years, and only rarely have I run into "slimy reptilian players". One or another has been an owner or a competitor, a few have been employees and even a few have been listeners or advertisers.
But my observation is that there are no more nor no fewer bad players in radio than in other fields of endeavor. I see it in the way that an IQ distribution is laid out: there are a few very bad ones at one side, and a few amazing people at the other, with most everyone else being good, decent people with some very shining qualities and a few spots of tarnish.
But to say that the industry is "rife with slimy reptilian players" is just a troll-like statement.
Isn't that what you said about Roger?
The point is that quality people often get treated poorly. Roger was terminated by Entercom for reasons that had nothing to do with job performance. They just threw him overboard. It's an "Everyman For Himself Pirate Ship" business...
Unless you're self-employed, it's the case in any line of work.
You can look at the glass half-empty, or half full. We know which side you will always choose.
Over the Air radio is a no-growth business, and in many markets it is a negative growth business. If there is a future for radio companies, it's going to involve new media but, for the moment, there has been no development of a profitable business model in that area.
So in the meantime, we have the choice of cutting expenses and looking for efficiencies or simple giving up and liquidating.
Reality often bites.
The person most affected by the latest changes at WECK is Gail Ann Huber. She's a single mom who had a job outside of radio which she left to return to radio. According to a Facebook post, Magoo picked up another work-from-home gig within a few days. He also voice tracks another station from home. Tom Donahue is likely the least affected of the former WECK morning show. He retired from a college teaching position with what probably is a comfortable state pension.
That doesn't sound like a "Glass Half Empty" analysis. That's "Glass Broken and Totally Empty"...
There are plenty of no-growth businesses, such as retail. But you don't see stores all closing... you see them looking for new opportunities online or via home delivery and new services.
The same is true with radio. While new business models are being worked on, it's still a very profitable business but not one with huge growth.
You know, growth like WeWork and Uber and all those great start-ups that never make a dime.
Glass half empty is ignoring the guy you say got a raw deal is now back on the air full time.
And let's celebrate those with substantial longevity.
I wonder what kind of shindig WBEN has planned for when Sandy Beach turns 100 next month.
I'm sure that he'll be making a lot more than he was with Entercom since he's moving to mornings and replacing three people....
Well, I guess I won’t be listening to WECK anymore. Danny on Monday mornings was appointment listening. And I would tune in Tom and Gail from time to time. But I rarely listened at other times. The music is fine. Occasionally, I would hear a tune I hadn’t heard in a while. Still, there are too many commercials. Buddy can’t seem to stick with anything. And he’s owned the station for just two-and-half years. First, he was full-service — timeless classics with CBS News and local newscasts. Then, CBS was dropped. A little later the local news. Then, the format switches to oldies. He brings back local news with Tony Magoo. A few months later, Magoo is out with the rest of the morning team. Tom Donahue was a heritage morning man at WECK. Like Roger at Star 102.5, Tom deserved to go out on his own terms. But this is the biz we’re in. But I don’t have to listen anymore, and I won’t be!
Wait. What? Word now from one of the fired members of the show, "firing came during a telephone conference call." Class-see!
I doubt that. RC probably got plenty of COLA raises over his many years---at the very least. His downfall was that he was likely making so much for his position that he couldn't be ignored in the ledger any longer, regardless of longevity. Radio now more than ever before, is not very sentimental.
I would bet all three WECK morning people made less cumulatively than RC was getting at ETM.
I guess you missed the tag on my post, huh?
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