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AC/CMC Morning Show Moving?

Don't quote me, but I heard a rumor that a top morning show in the market is looking to make a move to a competing station...

...details as I get 'em, if I get 'em.
 
Let's see, in the Top 5:

# 1 = Eddie Davis on Lite Rock 96.9 - is he moving to Kiss FM?

# 2 = Don Williams on WOND - is he moving to a senior citizens center?

# 3 = Jack and Diane on WAYV - are they moving to WZXL down the hall?

# 4 = Tom Joyner on WTTH - is he moving from Dallas and to Chicago and back every day?

# 5 = Joe Kelly on WPUR - is he moving down the hall to SlowJoe 104.9?
 
Zack John Mellencamp just called me...he said it's Mike and Diane on WAYV not Jack and Diane ;)...I think the post is refering to the Morning Edge from JSE.
 
What about Mike and Diane to SoJo? Also, I don't think the Morning Edge is together, if I'm not mistaken, one half of that team was dismissed and relieved of his duties.
 
Zackster said:
Let's see, in the Top 5:
# 2 = Don Williams on WOND - is he moving to a senior citizens center?

Lol, geez, I was expecting WIBBAGE or TKU for that matter.
 
DonJohnson said:
What about Mike and Diane to SoJo? Also, I don't think the Morning Edge is together, if I'm not mistaken, one half of that team was dismissed and relieved of his duties.
The Morning Edge was split up...but I think when JSE flips the Morning Edge may be getting together somewhere else...I'm pretty sure thats what the rumor refers to...
 
instigator said:
DonJohnson said:
What about Mike and Diane to SoJo? Also, I don't think the Morning Edge is together, if I'm not mistaken, one half of that team was dismissed and relieved of his duties.
The Morning Edge was split up...but I think when JSE flips the Morning Edge may be getting together somewhere else...I'm pretty sure thats what the rumor refers to...

Yea, but to where? There's no other rock stations in the market who would hire them.

A) Atlantic owns the Shark- Why would they rehire someone they've already fired?

B) ZXL- Fisher isn't going to bring on a former owner (Joe) of one of his competitors

Unless you have some inside information on another station in the market flipping formats to Alternative or Rock, I'd say it's safe to assume your wrong.
 
I'm not saying that they are getting hired anywhere...I'm saying thats what the rumor is getting at ;)
 
Well, despite Zackster's attempt at humor, you need to assess who has competition and who could/would move. Obviously a syndicated show like Tom Joyner isn't moving, although I guess technically one station could not renew his contract and another could pick it up, but that's not what I'm talking about.
 
Who Cares said:
Uh, I said a TOP morning show in the market. The Morning Edge does not qualify as such.

Well if that's the case, then we can basically eliminate any of the following morning shows on Rock stations because they aren't "TOP" morning shows:

A) Joe and Scott on ZXL= blows

B) Sean Patrick on MGM= even worse (which no one thought was possible)

C) Morning Edge on JSE= can't hear if it's cloudy out

Which leaves us Dave and Jerry on TKU, Eddie Davis on FPG, Mike and Diane on AYV, and Marc Miller on SoJO.

My guess (Who Cares works at Equity, so he would be aware of their anchor morning show moving) would be Mike and Diane. They are one of the only morning shows in the market with name recognition, and quite frankly, the only morning show worth paying for. The rest are garbage.
 
Who Cares said:
Yeah, that's right, Frank, uh, Don, I'm a sales person at Equity...oh wait, that was you. Whoops.

Swing and a miss!!!!

Sorry Scott, close but no cigar.
 
Good try, Frank. But you gotta be able to play ball to swing and miss...not even in the ball park, son. But, if I am wrong about you being, Frank, and I really doubt that I am...you then played Clue with yourself, Professor Plum and gave away who you truly are. Which then makes your opinions completely inconsequential (actually, that's not even an insult, since most people on here are just frustrated jocks and wannabees - including me!).
 
Unless a local morning show was moving to another station owned by
the same group, or in the same building, they would be taken off the
air immediately when the word got out.

So if there is anything going on, it would be a satellite show moving.

All kidding aside, let's hear a serious scenario.

Oh, and the salesperson named Frank at Equity left months ago.
 
Who Cares said:
since most people on here are just frustrated jocks and wannabees - including me!

Well, it took you long enough but you finally got something right.

Zackster said:
Unless a local morning show was moving to another station owned by
the same group, or in the same building, they would be taken off the
air immediately when the word got out.

I agree. However, just because it is posted here doesn't mean the owner knows. If it is true (which I doubt it is) I would give serious consideration to Mike and Diane leaving to go to SoJO. It would be a perfect fit and a huge score for 104.9. They could make a serious dent in AYV's following and many listeners of Mike and Diane would follow the duo across town.

I am interested in seeing how this plays out.
 
The owners, managers and program directors read this stuff.

You don't become a station owner by being clueless.

Jack and Diane aren't going anywhere.
 
Zackster said:
The owners, managers and program directors read this stuff.

You don't become a station owner by being clueless.

Jack and Diane aren't going anywhere.

Of course they read this stuff...but again...95% of the stuff posted on here is bs.

How long has it been reported that JSE was going to flip??? Yet, months later, it's still the same station.

The point is....just because it is written on here doesn't mean the owners buy into it. Sure, they may be aware of it, but if any of their morning teams are planning a move, I'm pretty sure they are going to be the last ones to find out, otherwise they'd already have yanked the show off the air.

IMO this thread has ZERO truth behind it.
 
The point is this board is run by two types of people: Brett, his cronies and his multiple fake handles, and frustrated wannabees (including part time jocks, displaced jocks, interns, etc.). Actually, they could all fit into the same category.

If you notice, the full time jock and the PD very rarely post on this board. Usually it's as a matter of correction of facts, or posting a job. They give it no credence.

Nor do the owners. So, if you think an owner of a station, or group of stations, is going to axe his/her morning show due to a rumor of them leaving, that's insane.

"Hey, uh, (insert morning show/team name here), sorry, but I read on Radio-Info.com that (insert fake handle here) said you were going to be leaving for the competition, so I'm going to fire you. Yeah, (fake handle) said they got it from a credible source, and I think it might be our bookkeeper. I know you've talked to our bookkeeper a couple of times in the past couple of weeks, so it has to be true. Yeah, it crossed my mind that the rumor might have been started by the competition just to mess with me, but I really think (fake handle) has his/her finger on the pulse of our radio market. He/she must be some high up person in one of the big radio groups. Might even be ours. Anyway, thanks for the memories, thanks for the ratings."

Please.

If they did react to rumors, which would be a horrible way to do business, don't you think it's more likely they would meet with the show/team and see about keeping them on board rather than simply cut them loose to go unabated to the competition?

And, since this board, and others like it, as well as just inter-broadcast company gossip runs ramped, wouldn't virtually every show get s**t-canned every other week?
 
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