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ead061 said:
Which tells you how much stock you should put in anything Ira says. This is the same guy that wanted to dump the Hardline from the early days of the Ticket because they weren't any good (Same Hardline that's now #1 M25-54 in PM drive, that hardline). And isn't he the same Ira behind "The Cafe". You know, the station so successful they were on the air one whole day. :
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Little 1 - hehehe! Great point. Isn't that the same IRA that touts himself as having been a "consultant" for the Ticket? His one claim to fame? Gesh! ???
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MikeShannon914
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Paleeese...I'd put Ira's resume up against ANY of you all's anyday. And if you all knew anything about the backstory of Cafe 990, Ira was the last person one could possibly blame for its failure. All he did was design the format. Money and lack of management is what doomed the station, after THREE days on the air. Read the story on my site at www.knus99.com/amlist.html and scroll down to 990.
I think his KZEW invention speaks volumes all by itself.
Sheesh...taking an Ira Lipson to task. Pretty ballsy. Tearing into Chapman next? John Dew? George Gimarc?
I think his KZEW invention speaks volumes all by itself.
Sheesh...taking an Ira Lipson to task. Pretty ballsy. Tearing into Chapman next? John Dew? George Gimarc?
Wow, he invented an AOR station in the 70's. Him, and like 8 milliom other PD's across the country. This is where your obsession with DFW radio history probably works to your disadvantage. The Zoo may have been huge around here, but nationally? Ask someone NOT from around here, and you'll get a big blank look.MikeShannon914 said:
And Jeff brings up a valid point. What has "Eye" done lately. he got run out of KTCK realtively early on (1995?). So, he invented a format that appeals to women, and plops it on a band (AM) that traditionally caters more to men? That's brilliance?
And have you read how Ira describes himself:
I thought you guys HATED consultants? So consultants suck, except when they invented a station you have fine memories of, then consultants are great... :
"What has "Eye" done lately" says a poster to this board.
OK, what have YOU done lately? Fair question.
Me? I'm comfortable with the skins I have on the wall. Just got a couple more last month.
And I've known "Eye" for a couple of decades. He has my respect.
Lest we forget, the radio "drama" capital of Dallas was 1310 circa 1994-95-96-97. Mr. "trice up" himself would have to admit it was a rudderless ship back then (and his dislike for Eye isn't a secret either). The ego infestation there didn't change initially when the "laddie" showed up. He was a piece of work himself but by 1998 he finally got the thing to work.
Sadly, broadcasters don't run the business today. When they were in charge, the good ones stood out. Those who know the market know who they are.
OK, what have YOU done lately? Fair question.
Me? I'm comfortable with the skins I have on the wall. Just got a couple more last month.
And I've known "Eye" for a couple of decades. He has my respect.
Lest we forget, the radio "drama" capital of Dallas was 1310 circa 1994-95-96-97. Mr. "trice up" himself would have to admit it was a rudderless ship back then (and his dislike for Eye isn't a secret either). The ego infestation there didn't change initially when the "laddie" showed up. He was a piece of work himself but by 1998 he finally got the thing to work.
Sadly, broadcasters don't run the business today. When they were in charge, the good ones stood out. Those who know the market know who they are.
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MikeShannon914
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The Hi-Fi Club...what about it? Did I say MY resume?jeffdfw said:
And yeah, Gordon McLendon is ancient history, too. No need to try to learn anything from those who built this thing LONG before our smart whipper-snapper a$$es came in to save radio from itself. Look what "greatness" our generation has turned radio into.
Argue symantics if you want, but guys like Lipson, Gimarc, Dew, McLendon, Chapman, etc were innovators, NOT consultants. In my dictionary, a consultant is one who goes to an existing operation and tries to "right the ship," and has no regard for personnel, and has no insight or intuition or creativity, or any keen knowledge of the market he/she is "consulting" for. Consultants tweak formatics, not formats. Consultants see things only in black and white and strictly from the business end. Consultants aren't employed by the station and don't stay around the building constantly to see if their ideas are working.
Eye can defend himself quite well, I'm sure. I hope he'll take the opportunity.
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MikeShannon914
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And Jeff, you must have SOME concern with "ancient history" on radio...why do I have you down in the "thank you" section on my website? You must have sent me some significant historical info long ago. But I guess that doesn't help your argument today, right? But the positive thing here is, Little1 now has a friend! Congrats!!
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Don't worry about it, and thanks for the nice words. Yeah, I didn't mean to belittle anyone's accomplishments...I think a lot of Ira and that was MY knee-jerk reaction. Sorry.
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That and AM being dead to the vast majority of people under 40. The migration of news and talk to FM is because many of those AM stations are getting "too old" for advertisers. Adding or moving to FM allows them to reach younger listeners who will not go to AM.
It is surprising no one has made the switch here yet. I wonder if Clear Channel will convert one of their lower performing FMs to news/talk like they have in other markets and move Rush and Hannity from WBAP. They already have KTLK-FM 100.3 Minneapolis, WRNO 99.5 New Orleans, WPGB 104.7 Pittsburgh, WERC-FM 105.5 Birmingham, WRTR 105.9 Tuscaloosa, WFLF-FM 94.5 Panama City, WFLA-FM 100.7 Tallahassee, WSCC-FM 94.3 Charleston. They've notified the AM stations in Raleigh/Durham and Greensboro/Winston-Salem carrying Rush and company their contracts will be up and CC will be launching new FM talk stations there on WGBT 94.5 and WRDU 106.1 come January with Rush and Hannity.
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To mention a jerk like Ira in the same text as those guys is really sad... If allowed to he would have run the Ticket off the air. He would fax input after every segment... It was all garbage.. He knew nothing about Sports talk and had to be run off...Last seen in the "Humper-Plex"MikeShannon914 said:
Has any one noticed when Cowboys games are on 105.3, that they are at least 5 to 10 seconds [size=10pt]BEHIND[/size] TV. I am one of those fans who listen to Brad and Babe and watch with the TV sound on mute. I have watched the games OTA and via DirecTV and the radio delay is substantial. When the games were on KDBN the delay was with TV. I think they are running the games in delay. Any reason to run a live event in delay. When I ran the board for the Mavericks Radio Network on KLIF, I never used the delay.
The delay is most likely caused by the HD radio processing.
Delay is pretty standard now on live events (thanks, Janet Jackson), although I've noticed the Fan's Cowboys broadcasts are still a good 5-10 seconds AHEAD of the HD broadcast on U-verse.
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