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Keith Kennedy to WMJI mornings
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5x the work, same $$$. A "dream".
That's not the deal and you know it.
But what about all the stories from the "talent" that said owners/PDs/GMs were trying to pay them less since they were "only doing 15 to 30 minutes of talking/recording their shows now?
I sampled "Kennedy and Picciano" this morning and they haven't quite gelled yet. Jen even made a comment at the end of the break I heard saying something along the lines of "we'll find our rhythm soon." And I say this as someone that enjoyed Keith & Tony (and especially the old Keith, Tony & Meg) on KDD.
Keith's been on WKDD for a long time, with almost every cohost that's been in the mornings (Krissy at first, from the old Matt Patrick morning show, and then any combination of Tony and Meg), so I could understand needing to find a new groove when coming into an established (I guess) morning show, since it's something he had to do back in 2009 when he took over the morning show there.
As for Mark Nolan, I'd check back in sometime this week to see if he shows up. He could have had last week off as a planned vacation with the holiday, but who knows? Maybe he's voice-tracking twenty other shows and just pops up once an hour or something.
Also, does moving Keith over to WMJI now make all of the iHeart Akron stations all syndicated/voice-tracked?
I was going to ask which guaranteed humans are left in the Cleveland market, and I thought it was just whoever's left on 105.7, but Rover's Morning Glory is based here in town, so they technically count. That said... besides RMG, Keith Kennedy, Mark Nolan, and Jen Picciano, who's left?
As for Mark Nolan, I'd check back in sometime this week to see if he shows up. He could have had last week off as a planned vacation with the holiday, but who knows? Maybe he's voice-tracking twenty other shows and just pops up once an hour or something.
Also, does moving Keith over to WMJI now make all of the iHeart Akron stations all syndicated/voice-tracked?
I was going to ask which guaranteed humans are left in the Cleveland market, and I thought it was just whoever's left on 105.7, but Rover's Morning Glory is based here in town, so they technically count. That said... besides RMG, Keith Kennedy, Mark Nolan, and Jen Picciano, who's left?
How about all of the off air people? Rob Anthony Kopec is PD of WMMS.
Correct. Akron/Canton, Youngstown and Erie, PA no longer have any local on air talent. I'm not sure about the other small markets in Ohio.
Dayton still has at least a local morning show on WMMX. . And somehow the morning guy at Majic 95.9 in Marion, OH survived the cuts.
I believe WAKR still has live [at least in the mornings] on air talent. Ishart.......no.
Are there any other RVPs that double as air talent, let alone track on three different stations in the same market? /genuine
Mark and Jen should have stayed together on Majic in the mornings. If Keith wanted to be on that station, he could have just moved to afternoons. He should not be voicetracking all of the stations. He is now on three iHeart outlets between 5:30am and 7pm in both Cleveland and Akron (WMJI, WGAR and WKDD). That is not good. Mark and Jen both deserve better than what they're getting.
As for WKDD, that station is awful! Majic is getting that way too.
As for WKDD, that station is awful! Majic is getting that way too.
Funny...those stations occasionally play some of the same artists too. He needs to be on three stations to reach the same number of people he used to reach on just one. That's what a lot of you don't see. With all the media choices, it's diluted the size of the audience. Same with advertising. They need to buy spots on more stations and more places to reach the same number of people.
Why are these stations eliminating local staff? The audience is smaller. Fewer people means less money. Less money means less staff. You don't see this in Nielsen ratings because they just show you market share.
The same thing is happening with TV. At some point, you'll see the same news people on multiple TV stations. And places like Akron will get their news from Cleveland. All because the audience is now split among many different things.
Nexstar is the iHeart of TV:
Iheart's current death spiral is so hard to watch. They're slogan of "guaranteed human" is completely the opposite of the companies position the last 15 years. They will never stop the migration of listeners to streaming. They can't. Iheart's 7 minute commercial breaks can't compete with Spotify/YouTube/Amazon music etc. The only thing FM radio has going for it that streaming doesn't (unless it's a local based online station) are local people who know the communities. Folks listeners can actually see out and about at fairs, festivals, and concerts. Or who can report on local news and happenings. On air talent costs money, but what value does radio provide with out them?
If they had the same on-air staff as those other places, they could cut the number of spots. But people insist on live hosts for broadcast, while not demanding the same from streaming. It's unfair.
FM radio is free and doesn't require a subscription. No user names or passwords. No giving up personal information. No need for internet connection. Just turn it on, and it's there. The other thing is broadcast radio stations are restricted by the reach of their local antenna. That's regulated and controlled by the government. Spotify is a Swedish company that has no regulations or restrictions.
The stations where you need local people are news, talk, and sports. You don't need local people to introduce music made by global artists who don't live in Cleveland. Cleveland isn't the music city it was 40 years ago.
The fact is that broadcast radio isn't the same thing as an internet music service like Spotify. So comparing them is apples & oranges.
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