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Liz Mantel Joins The Wolf Buffalo

Looks like The Wolf's got someone in PM drive, too; Scotty Kay is handling 3-7pm.

The rest of the schedule(Katie & Company from 10am-3pm and Rob & Holly from 7pm-midnight)is coming in from New York's WNSH(New York's Country 94.7).
 
FYI, they're still posting on LinkedIn looking for local talent. Audacy is looking for a morning show co-host "ready to build the all new 107.7 and 104.7, The Wolf into a Powerhouse." Maybe they were dragging their feet unveiling the morning show until it's complete and in place.

TSQ is also still on LinkedIn looking for a mid-day host for WBUF.
 
TheBigA said:
The difference is they actually follow through. If the job is posted, it usually gets filled by someone.
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It's been up for over a month now and it still hasn't been filled. Sometimes they follow through. Sometimes they don't. A sticking point may be EOE concerns, especially in the year when WNY licenses are up for renewal.
 
SirRoxalot said:
It's been up for over a month now and it still hasn't been filled.
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The position they're hiring for was previously filled by the PD Chris Crowley, who is leaving at the end of the month. So they have lots of time to fill it. It took them two months to hire Liz Mantel.
 
TheBigA said:
The position they're hiring for was previously filled by the PD Chris Crowley, who is leaving at the end of the month. So they have lots of time to fill it. It took them two months to hire Liz Mantel.
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Mantel was hired by Audacy not Townsquare...
 
TheBigA said:
The position they're hiring for was previously filled by the PD Chris Crowley, who is leaving at the end of the month. So they have lots of time to fill it. It took them two months to hire Liz Mantel.
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TSQ posted for a "Director of Content" for Buffalo when Crowley left. They also have mid-days at WBUF posted. That one was first posted over a month ago. It was recently re-posted, probably when Crowley left.

Audacy posted for a co-host for Liz Mantel a couple of weeks ago. They also had a post up for mid-days at The Wolf but that seems to have gone away.
 
To update on #22: The Wolf is going to need some new on-air folks and FAST; per AllAccess.com, New York's WNSH(94.7)dropped country today at 12 noon and switched to classic hip-hop as 94.7 The Block. Staff only learned of the format change yesterday(10/21).
 
ckg279 said:
To update on #22: The Wolf is going to need some new on-air folks and FAST; per AllAccess.com, New York's WNSH(94.7)dropped country today at 12 noon and switched to classic hip-hop as 94.7 The Block. Staff only learned of the format change yesterday(10/21).
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What does that flip have to do with Buffalo? Country has always been a tough format in NYC. It’s actually surprising it lasted this long. But it doesn’t mean Audacy will abandon all Country formats, especially if it takes a bite out of its competitors.

And it’s standard practice not to telegraph format changes. Yes (David E.) there are exceptions.
 
Plus keep in mind that 107.7 just went through a format change four months ago. They're not going to blow this station up again until they get some consistent numbers on it. That really hasn't happened yet.
 
TheBigA said:
Plus keep in mind that 107.7 just went through a format change four months ago. They're not going to blow this station up again until they get some consistent numbers on it. That really hasn't happened yet.
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Concur. Audacy is not going to s/can this format anytime soon. It's barely taken its first steps. There's a lot more development and expansion to be done, and stolen shares to be gained. This having been acknowledged, after weeks of spot checking, the The Wolf is... tiresome. Some of this has to do with the nature of today's country music. Granted, the days of "Willie, Waylon and the Boys" are long gone, but what passes for country these days, with some exceptions, is blatantly re-cycled 70s rock, totally absent a fiddle and a steel guitar. And y'know... if you're gonna play in Texas (or Buffalo), y'gotta have a fiddle in the band.
 
Rusty Bridges said:
Concur. Audacy is not going to s/can this format anytime soon. It's barely taken its first steps. There's a lot more development and expansion to be done, and stolen shares to be gained. This having been acknowledged, after weeks of spot checking, the The Wolf is... tiresome. Some of this has to do with the nature of today's country music. Granted, the days of "Willie, Waylon and the Boys" are long gone, but what passes for country these days, with some exceptions, is blatantly re-cycled 70s rock, totally absent a fiddle and a steel guitar. And y'know... if you're gonna play in Texas (or Buffalo), y'gotta have a fiddle in the band.
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Development & Expansion? They launched this format with no effort. It was surprising when they hired a morning person.

The format was "tiresome" on day one. There's a reason that Buffalo has only had one Country station for 20 years. A feeble WYRK clone won't have any impact. Audacy just gave up on Country in NYC. The rural areas where the 107.7 signal is strongest have had big population declines in the last 20 years. Very few will hear The Wolf's rabid howls and in a couple years Audacy will move on to the next "great" idea...
 
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tbolt909 said:
Very few will hear The Wolf's rabid howls and in a couple years Audacy will move on to the next "great" idea...
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Which is? You constantly complain about formats, and when they change, you continue to complain. Just what format would you put on that signal? Or any signal? Just what format is going to bring in those new listeners that you say radio isn't serving? What will bring in enough of them to actually pay the bills, let alone make money?

Carping and complaining without proposing anything constructive is simply whining.
 
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