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All News Adds Former GST'er Steve Nichols

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Jennifer Perry, Program Director at All News 106.7, is adding to the talent list. She's hired her former WGST/Georgia News Network colleague Steve Nichols to report and anchor the Weekend Morning news block. Nichols also worked in afternoon drive on Lake 102 several years back.
 
I am thrilled for Steve!

I remember him fondly as the Afternoon drive jock at Lake 102! I spent many an afternoon after school listening to him and called him hundreds of time to request a song and have a chat.

He even helped me with a report on being a radio DJ for school. He was nice enough to drop by my house one evening so I could interview him.

Keep up the great work, Steve!
 
Steve anchored his first morning shift this morning- he sounded really good, and was well trained for air by Jennifer Perry and the All News team! This helps to alleviate much of the weekend woes over at 106.7- which had been understaffed for quite a while.
 
Great to see Steve go to All News. ack when I was Assistant Program Director at WGST, I interviewed Steve for a board op position. I knew he was overqualified, but I was able to bring him on until, then news director, Paul Mann had an opening in the newsroom, and the rest is history. The thing that most impressed me about Steve was not his previous experience, but his honesty. Congrats Steve! You deserve it!
 
David Hull is a full time personal chef. 106.7 calls from time to time for fill ins if he's available.

Steve Nichols is one first class guy. AN is fortunate to have him. He'll be a real plus for their weekend staff.
 
AlsoRan said:
David Hull is a full time personal chef. 106.7 calls from time to time for fill ins if he's available.

Steve Nichols is one first class guy. AN is fortunate to have him. He'll be a real plus for their weekend staff.
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Right on both points. David continues to be just a fill-in, and is used when Jackie Howard (scheduler extraordinaire) needs someone.

Steve is a great guy, indeed. Unfortunate that he's stuck in morning drive- with Joannie and Cezanne, the master painters that have become stock traders. :) But- Steve has a great attitude with everything he does.
 
It still bothers me to know the crap they put on weekend mornings. I avoid the station like the plaque those mornings. Maybe 5 -7am would not be as bad as the current schedule. Cumulus has put a real effort in this station yet does something so stupid on weekend mornings.
 
Rick Rose 2.0 said:
It still bothers me to know the crap they put on weekend mornings. I avoid the station like the plaque those mornings. Maybe 5 -7am would not be as bad as the current schedule. Cumulus has put a real effort in this station yet does something so stupid on weekend mornings.
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Let's get something straight- extra revenue is REQUIRED to keep this thing going. Just like it is on WSB, it helps with billing. Billing is THE MOST important thing in all-news radio, as it employs the news staff that bring the product to air. Please don't forget that the "legendary" WBBM- from my old company, CBS- also airs infomercials on weekend mornings as a revenue source. I think Sunday is throwaway, but Saturday isn't (and that's where informercials are out of place.) Also-- please remember that a guy lost his PD job because of "The Magic Dr. Pinkus'" fish pills. Cumulus is gonna air them.
 
So David Hull is a personal chef. I hope his client has a food tester. Just kidding! That explains why we don't here those beautiful pipes on a regular basis. Prior to the infomercials, he was appointment listening for me on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
 
rickydradio said:
So David Hull is a personal chef. I hope his client has a food tester. Just kidding! That explains why we don't here those beautiful pipes on a regular basis. Prior to the infomercials, he was appointment listening for me on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
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I wish David Hull was still there- but can't blame him. Babysitting Joannie and Cezanne (painters turned female stock traders) and Dr. Pinkus' fish pills isn't quite the job I'd enjoy doing.

Otherwise- weekends are really shaping out with Steve, Randy Wyles, Drew Nelson and Marti Covington. Still has quality- even during weekends.
 
Rick Rose 2.0 said:
It still bothers me to know the crap they put on weekend mornings. I avoid the station like the plaque those mornings. Maybe 5 -7am would not be as bad as the current schedule. Cumulus has put a real effort in this station yet does something so stupid on weekend mornings.
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Agree dumb ass move, airing infomercials is a choice not a requirement, the PD who lost his job over it was trying to protect the integrity of the station's brand and was shown the door for it. When and if cash flow isn't an issue anymore perhaps they'll get rid of the paid crap. The successful all news brands like WTOP pass on taking the easy $
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Joannie and Cezanne give options. The listeners have the option to listen to something else. ;D

For the longest time, I thought her name was Saezan and kept trying to hear an accent. There's an accent all right.

Back in the day, WGST's early Sunday news block was some of the best all week. Nobody from management listened on Sunday mornings and the staff could almost do whatever they wanted. Howard Gunter and his awful puns. Fun times.
 
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