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87.7's New Program Director Is...

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CleveFan

Kim Monroe

It was reported in All Access, and I was surprised by this move. I wonder what direction she'll take the station and what would happen to some of the staffers. Hopefully, she'll bring in more DJ's, but I think Rachel Steele is safe she worked with Kim back at the old "Xtreme Radio/X/K-Rock" years. Congrats to Kim!
 
Hopefully she'll add some newer music to the mix. The music is stale and very contrary to the "hip" image that it tries to portray.
 
CleveRadioInsider said:
Dumb question but who was the old Program Director?
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Marty Bender was the PD for the station. Not a dumb question at all. My guess is that the station wants to go in a different direction with Kim at the helm.
 
This station is a toy run on a shoestring for the benefit of tradeout for the owners and employment of a daughter and girlfriend.

Because it is really an LPTV analog TV license (channel 6), it will be shut down in 2015 when all LPTV analogs must convert to digital, rendering their 87.75 FM useless on an FM radio. In 2015, the newly converted digital TV license will then be cashed out to some TV company for big bucks. In the meantime, to keep the license legal and valid, they have to run some kind of programming. A lot cheaper to temporarily do audio only then to actually broadcast video, provide video programming, video control room, staff, etc.

This is not a serious operation. It is a temporary tradeout toy for the owners.

To expect any significant expansion of the operation (more deejays, an actual morning show, etc) is ridiculous.
 
HHH,

What are the odds of the FCC giving 87.7 operators (Cleveland, Chicago, etc) an extension in 2015?
 
HHH said:
This station is a toy run on a shoestring for the benefit of tradeout for the owners and employment of a daughter and girlfriend.

Because it is really an LPTV analog TV license (channel 6), it will be shut down in 2015 when all LPTV analogs must convert to digital, rendering their 87.75 FM useless on an FM radio. In 2015, the newly converted digital TV license will then be cashed out to some TV company for big bucks. In the meantime, to keep the license legal and valid, they have to run some kind of programming. A lot cheaper to temporarily do audio only then to actually broadcast video, provide video programming, video control room, staff, etc.

This is not a serious operation. It is a temporary tradeout toy for the owners.

To expect any significant expansion of the operation (more deejays, an actual morning show, etc) is ridiculous.
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I wonder what will happen with the ch 6 frequency as they have no digital assignment and unless they at some point flash cut and stay on ch 6 it looks like they are not getting ready for the transition.
 
iFartRadio said:
HHH,

What are the odds of the FCC giving 87.7 operators (Cleveland, Chicago, etc) an extension in 2015?
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Slim and none.

NPR HATES these things because they often operate close to some of their affiliates who are on 88.1, 88.3, 88.5, etc. and is doing everything they can to make sure that they shut down on time.

Also:

http://radioworld.com/article/pittsburgh-‘franken-fm’-request-denied/214835

http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/a...ixes-bid-to-allow-analog-fm-audio-from-digita
 
CleveFan said:
Kim Monroe

It was reported in All Access, and I was surprised by this move. I wonder what direction she'll take the station and what would happen to some of the staffers.
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She'll take the direction her bosses at CC tell her to. The days of a program director having any authorship of a station ended when the Telecom Bill passed.

I saw her once at that Sirius studio at the rock hall and it sure looked to me like she was mailing it in. Marty was more of a true programmer.

I didn't think that station had a staff! lol !
 
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She'll take the direction her bosses at CC tell her to. The days of a program director having any authorship of a station ended when the Telecom Bill passed.

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Ummm, 87.7 is not a CC station.
 
Quote: "NPR HATES these things".

CPB/NPR hated small College radio stations too, at least back in the 1970s, for somewhat the same reasons. They couldn't grow their already big stations and take over more of the non-comm band. I recall going to an IBS (Intercollegiate Broadcasting System) convention where one of the seminars was on defending your station's rights against these take-over artists.
 

She'll take the direction her bosses at CC tell her to. The days of a program director having any authorship of a station ended when the Telecom Bill passed.

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Ummm, 87.7 is not a CC station.
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My bad. It still doesn't matter who owns it. The days of PDs having any authorship are gone.
 
Time for new on air talent. People who know the music..Not just play it. This station is running on respirators. The music is too repetitous. Every artist has a bigger library of music then what we have been hearing.For example..B 52'S Love Shack and Roam over and over....Kim Monroe like the Kinks proclaimed 30 yrs ago...Give the People What They Want. Let's Rock!!
 
HHH said:
iFartRadio said:
HHH,

What are the odds of the FCC giving 87.7 operators (Cleveland, Chicago, etc) an extension in 2015?
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Slim and none.

NPR HATES these things because they often operate close to some of their affiliates who are on 88.1, 88.3, 88.5, etc. and is doing everything they can to make sure that they shut down on time.

Also:

http://radioworld.com/article/pittsburgh-‘franken-fm’-request-denied/214835

http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/a...ixes-bid-to-allow-analog-fm-audio-from-digita
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My guess is they will continue on as an internet only station once Sept. 2015 comes around.
 
The problem is ... and it is a problem for listeners who are musically connected in a deep way ... that virtually every broadcast programming pro says that the formats with tighter/smaller playlists yield better results.
 
inter1097 said:
HHH said:
iFartRadio said:
HHH,

What are the odds of the FCC giving 87.7 operators (Cleveland, Chicago, etc) an extension in 2015?
Click to expand...

Slim and none.

NPR HATES these things because they often operate close to some of their affiliates who are on 88.1, 88.3, 88.5, etc. and is doing everything they can to make sure that they shut down on time.

Also:

http://radioworld.com/article/pittsburgh-‘franken-fm’-request-denied/214835

http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/a...ixes-bid-to-allow-analog-fm-audio-from-digita
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My guess is they will continue on as an internet only station once Sept. 2015 comes around.
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Unlikely that they will continue as an internet-only station after the FM shutdown.

The only reason why they are doing this thing with an 87.7 station is to operate the Channel 6 analog license (Channel 6 sound is on 87.75 FM) in the cheapest possible way (audio, no video!) in order to show the license as operational so that they can make it to the digital TV conversion changover in 2015, and then cash out the digital license for $$$$ to somebody who will run it as a digital TV station.

In the meantime, the owners reap the fringe benefits of tradeout (listen to the ads to get a clue what they are getting....cars....rug cleaning.....furniture......restaurants, etc) and get to employ their daughter and girlfriend.

This is not a serious operation, folks. It is run on a shoestring as a placeholder. Outside of morning and afternoon drive on weekdays, they are a cheap, music playout computer in a closet.

By the way, It always cracks me up when I hear "proud to be live and local" in the middle of hours of automation!
 
I liked the station best when they were playing those 3 songs over and over again. My town, Indian Fever and C'mon Cavs. Now that was a great playlist! ;D
 
johnbasalla said:
The problem is ... and it is a problem for listeners who are musically connected in a deep way ... that virtually every broadcast programming pro says that the formats with tighter/smaller playlists yield better results.
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+1. Benn that way foerver on music stations.

Tight lists with alot of positioners saying how much music they play.....in an hour....in a row.......without commercials........and scamming the audience by telling them they are actually picking the music. Such bs.
 
87.7 has been a disappointment in my opinion so far. They brag about being live and local, but really there is only one viable DJ over there (Rachel Steele). Why be so tight with the playlist but be willing to have someone as your morning show host who is completely unqualified for that position and runs a trainwreck of a morning show?? Doesn't make any sense at all. There is so much good new alternative rock music out there, and they aren't playing nearly enough of it. Plus they have virtually nobody on the air hyping any of it up. There is almost no energy at that station, its just kind of there. Disappointing. What do they have to lose??
 
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