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Radioresearcher said:
JACK is consistently top 10 persons 25-54 and is the No. 2 biller in the cluster at over $40 million.

KLSX has been growing every month in PPM following programming adjustments made by Jack Silver. I believe Mr. Silver toward Don Barrett about the weekly growth which has KLSX No. 1 or 2 men 25-54 in middays and afternoons I believe.

I guess if you look at 6+ - which is what RBR did, you can make those arguments - but no one buys those demos.
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Regardless of how well KLSX does in midday or PM, overall you know CBS is looking at which of these two stations bring more to the bottom line. KLSX is loaded with expensive talent in all day parts compared to Jack.
 
I'm not suprised. Everytime I have listened to Adam Carolla the show has been a disaster. With and without Danny Bonadouce. Not clever, not funny and not interesting. Leykis has something going for him. He is not my favourite but he has an interesting persona.
 
BC_714 said:
4UH8SIMBKAGN said:
BC_714 said:
Tom Leykis would then become a DJ instead of talk-host I don't see him going to KLOS. He has never worked at a music station in Los Angeles. If he went to KABC he would have to go back to the future and become what he was in his heyday at KFI. After all the bashing he has done of "AM Talk radio," I would be very shocked to see him end up at KABC.
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Why would you label him a "DJ" if his show was all personality and no or very little music? Would you have considered Howard Stern from some of his K-ROCK New York (KLSX) days to be a dj because he played a couple of songs?
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Actually Stern did refer to himself many times as a "DJ" when he was on WXRK & KLSX. Putting on a show that has little or no music on KLOS in afternoon drive would kill the format. Also Tom's FM audience was made up of a very large hispanic male demo and they do not tune into KLOS. Maybe David Eduardo can chime in on this.
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Stern certainly can claim he is/was a d.j.. You missed my point. My point is what difference does it make if no songs or a couple of songs get played on a personality radio show on a classic rock station (and it would not make Leykis a "d.j." in your words if he did)? Leykis has the core male listerners on KLSX that (afternoon ratings challenged) KLOS needs badly. This wouldn't break "the mold" for radio or even Classic Rock radio.
 
BC_714 said:
One more thing which most people don't remember. Tom Leykis was briefly on 710 talk KMPC after they switched from sports in 1992 and if my memory serves me correctly he failed at that station. I just think Tom Leykis has just lost his national presence and going back to AM in L.A. would be a step down for him. BIG TIME! It will be interesting to see if Bob Moore does bring any of the KLSX talent over to Citadel.
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Not sure if you consider 2 years to be "brief" but Leykis arrived at 710 Talk in April '94 (after being on Boston's WRKO for 1 1/2 years) and left in spring '96 before arriving at KLSX later in '97 (?). During that time his show became syndicated. That whole station 'failed' and brought Tom down with it.
 
Radioresearcher said:
KLOS loses 50% of their audience at 10am (give or take) in men and persons 25-54. KLSX beats them by both measures. Why wouldn't they consider bringing the midday and afternoon shows over and then playing music after 6 or 7pm and on the weekends?
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I can hear the new liner-- "Mark and Brian and Tom Leykis all day, classic rock with Jim Ladd all night!" :)
 
I don't think Tom Leykis and his show would fit in at KLOS as a music station, but we'll see what happens. If KLOS goes TALK then that is a different story, but why would they want to abandon their classic rock format. I don't think we'll see Tom anywhere for the next few years because he will still be under contract collecting fat paychecks from CBS. 710 Talk went down in the early 90's and Tom was the cornerstone of that station. It was his big comeback to L.A. and his chance to go up against John & Ken and he failed. He then went on to Westwood One and KLSX and carved a whole new niche for himself. He had a good run at KLSX.
 
FHF this afternoon insinuated about Friday being their last show, but were careful not to say what was going on. They later mentioned that the first hour of their show was going to be rebroadcast today at 2PM....this would indicate that Danny has already been shown the door. I'm guessing staffers don't trust him not to say anything on air about the flip.
 
BC_714 said:
I don't think Tom Leykis and his show would fit in at KLOS as a music station, but we'll see what happens. If KLOS goes TALK then that is a different story, but why would they want to abandon their classic rock format. I don't think we'll see Tom anywhere for the next few years because he will still be under contract collecting fat paychecks from CBS. 710 Talk went down in the early 90's and Tom was the cornerstone of that station. It was his big comeback to L.A. and his chance to go up against John & Ken and he failed. He then went on to Westwood One and KLSX and carved a whole new niche for himself. He had a good run at KLSX.
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Contracts are easily broken in California. WW1/CBS will want out of it and so will he. Keeping yourself off the air is a negative especially when you are currently riding with some great PPM ratings in a demo Bob Moore needs. Again, there is no reason he can't be added to a classic rock station (a station that needs to start moving a little younger).

Frosti, Heidi and Frank have been talking about their last show this Friday on KLSX...Danny isn't on today so they're going to repeat their first hour at 2 PM.
 
Citadel is shedding salaries and you think they'll pay Tom even more than what he is making at CBS. I seriously doubt that. In this economy I don't see Tom leaving 3 years on his contract at CBS and joining Citadel. They just dumped Larry Elder because of his huge salary.
 
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FHF this afternoon insinuated about Friday being their last show, but were careful not to say what was going on. They later mentioned that the first hour of their show was going to be rebroadcast today at 2PM....this would indicate that Danny has already been shown the door. I'm guessing staffers don't trust him not to say anything on air about the flip.
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They also said they don't have a program director anymore.
 
BC_714 said:
Citadel is shedding salaries and you think they'll pay Tom even more than what he is making at CBS. I seriously doubt that. In this economy I don't see Tom leaving 3 years on his contract at CBS and joining Citadel. They just dumped Larry Elder because of his huge salary.
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If you are in radio, you'd know there is always money when they need it. Think of Don Imus.
 
The Don Imus thing was totally different because CBS wanted to dump him and not the format of the station. Doesn't sound to me like you have ever been in radio. We'll see what happens.
 
What if Tom Leykis' contract is guaranteed? He gets paid by CBS no matter what. He could go to ABC for $1 and still be making $1 more than he was.

Anyone know about any of the other show's plans?
 
Sandy, I'll bet its in Leykis' contract that if he were to go to any other station in any market, the contract would be voided. IOW there's probably a non-compete clause in there. Maybe he can write books about wine while he's sunning himself on the beach.
 
SuperRadioFan said:
Sandy, I'll bet its in Leykis' contract that if he were to go to any other station in any market, the contract would be voided. IOW there's probably a non-compete clause in there. Maybe he can write books about wine while he's sunning himself on the beach.
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No compete clauses are uninforcable in California. I'm surprised you don't know that.
 
4UH8SIMBKAGN said:
SuperRadioFan said:
Sandy, I'll bet its in Leykis' contract that if he were to go to any other station in any market, the contract would be voided. IOW there's probably a non-compete clause in there. Maybe he can write books about wine while he's sunning himself on the beach.
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No compete clauses are uninforcable in California. I'm surprised you don't know that.
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I dug up a link on no compete clauses in California. As I posted, they are not valid in California. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/07/BAUH12716R.DTL&tsp=1
 
Mea culpa, Glenn. I did know that, just had a brain cramp :eek:
So typically if Leykis goes to another station in the next few months what happens to the $$$ in his current contract?
 
SuperRadioFan said:
Mea culpa, Glenn. I did know that, just had a brain cramp :eek:
So typically if Leykis goes to another station in the next few months what happens to the $$$ in his current contract?
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Like what happened with Dees at Clear Channel, until CBS/WW1 make a legal settlement, he's going to get paid. They can make him work other duties within his job description if they wish, though. That happened to Big Ron O'Brien at KKBT who was called back in to do production months after he was taken off the air. Very demeaning.
 
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