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They are not willing to take any chances at all over there. They have nothing worth listening to. No draw at all. Not a gambler among them. If it were your station how would you program it? I am absolutely certain they visit this site. No syndication please.

Morning Drive?
Afternoons?
Drive home?
Evenings?
 
> They are not willing to take any chances at all over there.
> They have nothing worth listening to. No draw at all. Not a
> gambler among them. If it were your station how would you
> program it? I am absolutely certain they visit this site. No
> syndication please.
>
> Morning Drive?
> Afternoons?
> Drive home?
> Evenings?
>
There little chance Salem will invest in a full day of competitive talk show hosts on 920 and in some ways I have to agree with them. I mean Clear Channel can not even make WGST into a competitor with WSB in town, Salem does have one station in town that they invest a full staff into but it wont be WNIV/WGKA/WAFS. I just do not see investing into a full talk show staff on 920 would be worth the investment, because WSB only has one purely local show in "Atlanta's Morning News." If the markets top money maker does not need a local issues talk show then it must not be a necessity for a newstalker to be a success. I wish we would have more local talk but WSB proves it is not necessary to be a rating success.
 
> They are not willing to take any chances at all over there.
> They have nothing worth listening to. No draw at all. Not a
> gambler among them. If it were your station how would you
> program it? I am absolutely certain they visit this site. No
> syndication please.
>

It's interesting you say "no syndication please" when that station's sole purpose for existing is to give Salem's talk network an affiliate in the Atlanta market.
 
I do not agree at all. WSB has a local feel to it. WGST has really boring hosts. The problem there is the programers. WSB was number one before they started syndicating. They have great programers. WGST can't compete because they don't know how. Without a local feel, and risk taking, 920 will never take off.
 
> I do not agree at all. WSB has a local feel to it. WGST has
> really boring hosts. The problem there is the programers.
> WSB was number one before they started syndicating. They
> have great programers. WGST can't compete because they don't
> know how. Without a local feel, and risk taking, 920 will
> never take off.
>

... and the people or should I say followers on the Dave Ramsey message board think that Clark Howard is changing his message because of Dave Ramsey's appeal, and that Dave Ramsey is "on fire" in Atlanta. Pleeeeese.
 
Their line up says it all - snoozeville

Check out their lineup http://920wgka.com/programguide.aspx , the least the station should do is put in a local morning drive show or afternoon drive show. That is the least they should do. Otherwise, get rid of the local programmer. He serves no purpose. They will be lucky to get a 1 share in a years time and that is highly unlikely.
 
Why not hire atleast one local host to stir things up a bit? They spent 16 million dollars and are spending more for an upgrade.

They are clearing Salem syndicated programming but so what?

No one is listening right now and there is little hope for the future with its current lineup of syndicated hosts that are largely unknown in this market.

And what is going on with 1190, that seems to be a totally wasted signal.

> They are not willing to take any chances at all over
> there.
> > They have nothing worth listening to. No draw at all. Not
> a
> > gambler among them. If it were your station how would you
> > program it? I am absolutely certain they visit this site.
> No
> > syndication please.
> >
>
> It's interesting you say "no syndication please" when that
> station's sole purpose for existing is to give Salem's talk
> network an affiliate in the Atlanta market.
>
 
David Paul in morning drive. That would wake up Atlanta. Of course, he may walk out after 3 minutes.
 
Re: Their line up says it all - snoozeville

> Check out their lineup http://920wgka.com/programguide.aspx
> , the least the station should do is put in a local morning
> drive show or afternoon drive show. That is the least they
> should do. Otherwise, get rid of the local programmer. He
> serves no purpose. They will be lucky to get a 1 share in a
> years time and that is highly unlikely.
>
I can't believe all these posts on WGKA and no one has mentioned Laura Ingraham. Give her a try. I know she's not local, but don't you get tired of Boortz day in and day out talking about himself (I'm a pilot, shop at Soloman Bros., I'm a libratarian) me, me, me, it's all about me.
Laura is a breath of fresh air smart as a whip, and not bad to look at either.
 
Re: Their line up says it all - snoozeville

> Check out their lineup http://920wgka.com/programguide.aspx
> , the least the station should do is put in a local morning
> drive show or afternoon drive show. That is the least they
> should do. Otherwise, get rid of the local programmer. He
> serves no purpose. They will be lucky to get a 1 share in a
> years time and that is highly unlikely.

Agreed. All syndication, all the time. It's no wonder why 920 is hardly getting any listeners.
 
> I do not agree at all. WSB has a local feel to it. WGST has
> really boring hosts. The problem there is the programers.
> WSB was number one before they started syndicating. They
> have great programers. WGST can't compete because they don't
> know how. Without a local feel, and risk taking, 920 will
> never take off.
>


WSB is doing a great job at feeling local and giving people false impressions.I know WSB was highly rated before putting Neal and Clark on the bird but I take it WSB, Boortz and Howard ares making a lot more money this way. Any local topic that would bore those outside Atlanta do not make Boortz anymore.
 
Re: Their line up says it all - snoozeville

> > Check out their lineup
> http://920wgka.com/programguide.aspx
> > , the least the station should do is put in a local
> morning
> > drive show or afternoon drive show. That is the least they
>
> > should do. Otherwise, get rid of the local programmer. He
> > serves no purpose. They will be lucky to get a 1 share in
> a
> > years time and that is highly unlikely.
>
> Agreed. All syndication, all the time. It's no wonder why
> 920 is hardly getting any listeners.
>

No ... it's the programming. Air Atlanta is all syndication too and they're at least on the radar screen since the tower upgrade.
 
Salem doesn't care about getting listeners...

The whole reason they own AM stations is to put another pin in the map for their national spotload, and to make their real money brokering time on the weekends
 
Re: Salem doesn't care about getting listeners...

> The whole reason they own AM stations is to put another pin
> in the map for their national spotload, and to make their
> real money brokering time on the weekends
>

If that's the case, they why bother even owning a radio station?
 
Re: Their line up says it all-gotta disagree

> > > Check out their lineup
> > http://920wgka.com/programguide.aspx
> > > , the least the station should do is put in a local
> > morning
> > > drive show or afternoon drive show. That is the least
> they
> >
> > > should do. Otherwise, get rid of the local programmer.
> He
> > > serves no purpose. They will be lucky to get a 1 share
> in
> > a
> > > years time and that is highly unlikely.
> >
> > Agreed. All syndication, all the time. It's no wonder
> why
> > 920 is hardly getting any listeners.
> >
>
> No ... it's the programming. Air Atlanta is all syndication
> too and they're at least on the radar screen since the tower
> upgrade.
>
WGKA has some live and local programming on the weekends. Citizen GA is pretty entertaining and if you think weekdays are a snoozefest you've obviously never listened to Laura Ingraham. As far as the local programmer - the WGKA staff - very easy on the eyes - including the local programmer! Yeah, I know it's radio but they should have a webcam - that would boost their ratings right there. If you don't believe me check them out at fireworks in Kennesaw and Marietta this weekend.
 
Re: Their line up says it all-gotta disagree

> > upgrade.
> >
> WGKA has some live and local programming on the weekends.
> Citizen GA is pretty entertaining

Isn't this a brokered show? Brokered shows are a way for Salem to make money, not garner audience. If a brokered show on WGKA is good, it's an accident.
 
Re: Salem doesn't care about getting listeners...

See above -- to put the pin in the map and show advertisers they have a station in Atlanta. Whether it gets 0.3 or 3.0 is irrelevant to what national advertisers will pay Salem.
 
Re: Their line up says it all-gotta disagree

As far as the local programmer - the WGKA staff -
> very easy on the eyes - including the local programmer!
> Yeah, I know it's radio but they should have a webcam - that
> would boost their ratings right there. If you don't believe
> me check them out at fireworks in Kennesaw and Marietta this
> weekend.
>
Do any of these do anything for the Fish or WNIV. I can not figure who the WGKA, WNIV or WAFS PD is all I see is Operations Manager. Does Kevin Avery have anything to do the AM signals. I think programming one of the handful of Salem stations that has a full on-air staff and actually competes for listeners along with the AM show may keep Kevin busy.
 
> They are not willing to take any chances at all over there.
> They have nothing worth listening to. No draw at all.

Guess I'll disagree. I flip around the dial all the time and usually find a few of their shows worth listening to. The only thing I don't care for is their focus on religious stuff at times. I know what they used to be, but it's not me at all. I enjoy Michael Medved's show because he constantly puts people on the air who disagree with him. It's interesting radio.
 
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