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Archway Broadcasting has let us go!
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Greg,
What did you expect? The stations ratings have been consistantly declining due to an eratic music philosophy, no focus, no marketing, no street exposure and your show has tanked due to a lack of imagination and uniqueness thus your show has nothing to offer todays listener...plus you gripe on the air about everything...people get tired of that real quick! Don't get me wrong...I think you have the talent....you just need to make the commitment. By the way...what was up with the latest TV spots....you guys looked like you just did a guest segment on "Dawn Of The Dead".....whose idea was that?
And it's not just you...its the entire operation.....did you see the latest that your former employer just posted in the ratings department.....all of Archway's stations in this market combined, totaled less market share than Bob 93.3. ....that's pathetic!
And to make matters worse, Archway just bought 5 stations in Decatur, IL from Next Media for 8.7 million dollars, 3 of those stations are the top 3 stations in the market....one can only speculate what will happen next......
Stay tuned!
What did you expect? The stations ratings have been consistantly declining due to an eratic music philosophy, no focus, no marketing, no street exposure and your show has tanked due to a lack of imagination and uniqueness thus your show has nothing to offer todays listener...plus you gripe on the air about everything...people get tired of that real quick! Don't get me wrong...I think you have the talent....you just need to make the commitment. By the way...what was up with the latest TV spots....you guys looked like you just did a guest segment on "Dawn Of The Dead".....whose idea was that?
And it's not just you...its the entire operation.....did you see the latest that your former employer just posted in the ratings department.....all of Archway's stations in this market combined, totaled less market share than Bob 93.3. ....that's pathetic!
And to make matters worse, Archway just bought 5 stations in Decatur, IL from Next Media for 8.7 million dollars, 3 of those stations are the top 3 stations in the market....one can only speculate what will happen next......
Stay tuned!
Well, my previous post was erased, so I guess I'll have to think of a kinder way of addressing you and your comments BUT understand that I agree with half of what you've said.
I have to get to work...If you get the chance, listen to The new sound of 99.5 The X...IT JUST ROCKS! My new gig is afternoons 2pm-7pm
I will say this...That show was NOT MINE! That show was Archway Broadcastings and the consultant's sitting in NY City. My show wins! My show is compelling and my show entertains...I've won with every morning show I've had complete control of...It's a fact! Your "you just need to make the commitment" comment is unjust and unfair...you have NO IDEA! I was the most commited person there!
I just won't be taken advantage of in radio...That's why I'm no longer there! I don't work for free and I won't allow others to walk on me...not a good quality to have in radio....as you see, it got me fired!
I have to get to work...If you get the chance, listen to The new sound of 99.5 The X...IT JUST ROCKS! My new gig is afternoons 2pm-7pm
I will say this...That show was NOT MINE! That show was Archway Broadcastings and the consultant's sitting in NY City. My show wins! My show is compelling and my show entertains...I've won with every morning show I've had complete control of...It's a fact! Your "you just need to make the commitment" comment is unjust and unfair...you have NO IDEA! I was the most commited person there!
I just won't be taken advantage of in radio...That's why I'm no longer there! I don't work for free and I won't allow others to walk on me...not a good quality to have in radio....as you see, it got me fired!
Greg,
The unfortunate part of this business for on-air jocks like yourself....is that you will work for what the GM thinks you are worth......nothing more and hopefully nothing less.
The GM bases that judgment on your ability to get ratings, your committment to show prep, your creativity, your willingness to be out front as much as possible, your attitude, your desire to pick up the slack when help is needed, your refusal to talk negative about the company and other people around the office, his perception of your weaknesses (poor negotiating skills, needing a job, etc. etc), connect with your listeners, build local advertiser loyalty with you and your show, establish leadership and build peer respect.
You work on and perfect these elements and you will strengthen your perceived worth and increase your compensation capability.
The unfortunate part of this business for on-air jocks like yourself....is that you will work for what the GM thinks you are worth......nothing more and hopefully nothing less.
The GM bases that judgment on your ability to get ratings, your committment to show prep, your creativity, your willingness to be out front as much as possible, your attitude, your desire to pick up the slack when help is needed, your refusal to talk negative about the company and other people around the office, his perception of your weaknesses (poor negotiating skills, needing a job, etc. etc), connect with your listeners, build local advertiser loyalty with you and your show, establish leadership and build peer respect.
You work on and perfect these elements and you will strengthen your perceived worth and increase your compensation capability.
That would be great in a perfect world but lets just say for the hell of it that...Someone works in a situation where all they did was give 120% and it wasn't enough, they watched people who had no idea about what needed to be done to win take on roles of power, watched people who didn't deserve to be rewarded, get rewarded, what if your work ethics were based on a flawed ratings service, what if you were at the station everymorning at 3am but it didn''t matter because the GM didn't see you there? What if all you did was show prep but because it wasn't seen...it didn't matter? what if you've won in the past and you're suggestions fell on deaf ears? What if you did 10 times more free events than paid events? What if it was everyone else talking ------ in the halls of the station and all you did was listen but was blamed for talking negative? What if you worked for a company that was involved in the 2nd biggest payola scandal in the history of radio? What if you were talked to like a piece of ------ by your PD? What if your PD lunged at you because you stood up for yourself? What if the new GM fired more people and more people quit in one year then in the 13 years that you worked for that compnay? What if you worked for a radio station that lost more listeners due to transmitter problems rather than programming but programming was blamed? What if you wanted to make your life in the area you worked in but had a stupid non-compete contract and know your on a sinking ship? COULD YOU STAY POSITIVE? COUD YOU FIND IT IN YOURSELF TO GET UP AT 3AM EVERY MORNING? I DID AND I DIDN'T QUIT.....LOL / I HAD TO GET MYSELF FIRED....GET IT?
The fact is this...I'm at a great company now and I've never been happier and I once again know why I loved radio to begin with...All I can do is work harder, remember that my last station is the past, and do what I DO BEST....
Ask anyone (for the exception of those not willing to take responsibility for the sinking ship) who the hardest working people in that building were...it was Crystal and Myself...if they argue it's because they wern't at the station early enough or not there on the weekends to see it!
Good luck to those idiots (idiots not including Gina ROD or Dylan) and good bye! It was a fun 12 years...can't say that for the last year...
The fact is this...I'm at a great company now and I've never been happier and I once again know why I loved radio to begin with...All I can do is work harder, remember that my last station is the past, and do what I DO BEST....
Ask anyone (for the exception of those not willing to take responsibility for the sinking ship) who the hardest working people in that building were...it was Crystal and Myself...if they argue it's because they wern't at the station early enough or not there on the weekends to see it!
Good luck to those idiots (idiots not including Gina ROD or Dylan) and good bye! It was a fun 12 years...can't say that for the last year...
Greg,
You are going to be a better jock for that experience and you are better off where you are now…….take a look back at what you were swimming in.
Archway’s new top brass blew in like a nasty cold front with their [*EDIT], know-it-all attitude and did the following: assembled a local management team headed by a GM with no GM experience and incapable of making a decision, staffed all but one department head position with arrogant incompetents with even less experience and a closet full of deceit and who ran off good and talented people, encouraged co-workers to turn on each other, made decisions affecting the station and various innocent people based on the lies of a few people who had a self-serving agenda, overlooked the mainstream-CHR listener failing to musically position Hot for that listener, did not grow the on-air talent with good coaching because the last couple of pd’s could not coach themselves out of a closet but were tolerant of poorly planned and last minute show prep, mediocre production, amateur events/promotions, terrible imaging, no marketing, and last but not least….the never-ending technical problems with the signals…..the end result…a loss of more than 50% of their market share.
They are either stupid or brazen or both…… they were talking in public about firing you! Let me repeat that…they were talking in public about how and when they were going to fire you…Which, as you know was overheard by a competitor. These people are so [**EDIT] they should be referred to as ‘[**EDIT] instead of broadcasters, ……….in fact, they are the broadcasting equivalent to Gilligan’s Island …..That’s it! They are the Gilligan’s Island of broadcasting!
Their performance has been laughed at in every market they have entered and the same will hold true for their latest move to Decatur. Word on the street says their purchase of Decatur is an attempt to build up their cash flow as a group so they look better on paper for the purpose of hooking-up with another lender with deeper pockets. But it won’t work because their handy work speaks loud and clear and any lender worth a damn will figure it out. Remember, they still have not re-built the STL system in North Carolina, which I don’t have to tell you what that means, yet they have the money to invest in Decatur? Very Shrewd!
Who do they think they are kidding? Oh, you mentioned something about payola…..well, grab a cold one, pull up the recliner and turn on the big screen, cause the show is bout to begin!
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You are going to be a better jock for that experience and you are better off where you are now…….take a look back at what you were swimming in.
Archway’s new top brass blew in like a nasty cold front with their [*EDIT], know-it-all attitude and did the following: assembled a local management team headed by a GM with no GM experience and incapable of making a decision, staffed all but one department head position with arrogant incompetents with even less experience and a closet full of deceit and who ran off good and talented people, encouraged co-workers to turn on each other, made decisions affecting the station and various innocent people based on the lies of a few people who had a self-serving agenda, overlooked the mainstream-CHR listener failing to musically position Hot for that listener, did not grow the on-air talent with good coaching because the last couple of pd’s could not coach themselves out of a closet but were tolerant of poorly planned and last minute show prep, mediocre production, amateur events/promotions, terrible imaging, no marketing, and last but not least….the never-ending technical problems with the signals…..the end result…a loss of more than 50% of their market share.
They are either stupid or brazen or both…… they were talking in public about firing you! Let me repeat that…they were talking in public about how and when they were going to fire you…Which, as you know was overheard by a competitor. These people are so [**EDIT] they should be referred to as ‘[**EDIT] instead of broadcasters, ……….in fact, they are the broadcasting equivalent to Gilligan’s Island …..That’s it! They are the Gilligan’s Island of broadcasting!
Their performance has been laughed at in every market they have entered and the same will hold true for their latest move to Decatur. Word on the street says their purchase of Decatur is an attempt to build up their cash flow as a group so they look better on paper for the purpose of hooking-up with another lender with deeper pockets. But it won’t work because their handy work speaks loud and clear and any lender worth a damn will figure it out. Remember, they still have not re-built the STL system in North Carolina, which I don’t have to tell you what that means, yet they have the money to invest in Decatur? Very Shrewd!
Who do they think they are kidding? Oh, you mentioned something about payola…..well, grab a cold one, pull up the recliner and turn on the big screen, cause the show is bout to begin!
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You've pretty much nailed everything on the head...If I came across harsh in my previous posts, it was because it came across as if you were blaming me for the lack of dedication, creativity and commitment it took to do that morning show. I agree with everything else you've said in your well written statements about that company and BELIEVE me, I have the big screen on!
I just want to clear some things up...
I'm not bitter. I'm so glad I was fired! I know things happen for a reason and I'm in a GREAT place now. I'm working with a staff that isn't depressed, burnt out, sad, scared, unhappy, taken advantage of and broken down. Those people left behind are good friends that I want to see leave and find what I found. A truly great company that cares, wants to teach, wants you to grow, rewards and pushes you to be better with out tearing you down to nothing.
It's great to see people happy again and working together as a radio family and believe it or not, that's how things were at one time at that station. It's really sad to see a station like The Hot Fm, which in my opinion was one of the greatest CHR'S in the Carolina's end up like it has.
I'm so looking foward to working and becoming friends with this staff. It's something that was missing since Archway took over and now I have it back at my new company.
btw... If this is who I think it is...throw me some remotes...jesus...I may love it at my new company but I ain't making the money I was making at that last place...lol ;D
I just want to clear some things up...
I'm not bitter. I'm so glad I was fired! I know things happen for a reason and I'm in a GREAT place now. I'm working with a staff that isn't depressed, burnt out, sad, scared, unhappy, taken advantage of and broken down. Those people left behind are good friends that I want to see leave and find what I found. A truly great company that cares, wants to teach, wants you to grow, rewards and pushes you to be better with out tearing you down to nothing.
It's great to see people happy again and working together as a radio family and believe it or not, that's how things were at one time at that station. It's really sad to see a station like The Hot Fm, which in my opinion was one of the greatest CHR'S in the Carolina's end up like it has.
I'm so looking foward to working and becoming friends with this staff. It's something that was missing since Archway took over and now I have it back at my new company.
btw... If this is who I think it is...throw me some remotes...jesus...I may love it at my new company but I ain't making the money I was making at that last place...lol ;D
Greg,
Archway is what Archway is with no real hope in sight.…..when they first took over they made one mistake after another while we were all scratching our heads, but not long after that they got on the right road there, everybody seemed happy and most of us thought they were close to turning the corner, but last year they began making a string of bad decisions very similar to when they first took over - which has brought them back down to where they are today. Go figure.
The remote thing can be political as you know…..patience…. my son….patience!
Archway is what Archway is with no real hope in sight.…..when they first took over they made one mistake after another while we were all scratching our heads, but not long after that they got on the right road there, everybody seemed happy and most of us thought they were close to turning the corner, but last year they began making a string of bad decisions very similar to when they first took over - which has brought them back down to where they are today. Go figure.
The remote thing can be political as you know…..patience…. my son….patience!
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You are just the cleverist Mr. Poopiepants!
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Gene Vanpatten said:
Greg,
Word on the street has it that Bill Bailey has packed his bags.........what's the story?
Hmmmmmm, I heard somthing simular but you beat me to the punch guidoponzini, because I've been WORKING MAKING MORE MONEY AT MY NEW COMPANY...THANK YOU ARCHWAY FOR FIREING ME!...HAHAHAHA...here's the scoop...
Not sure how true this is but a little bird tells me this... he was told that he may want to start looking for another job. In other words... we are friends, I hired you, I can't look bad by firing another GM so please help us both save face and leave...please, pretty please or I'll bring Greg back and he'll wear his shirts that say "I'm not a team player" and the the most hated shirt "There's no I in team but there is an M and a E"...Ok, I made the last part up but that's the scoop....Did you hear the same thing?
Not sure how true this is but a little bird tells me this... he was told that he may want to start looking for another job. In other words... we are friends, I hired you, I can't look bad by firing another GM so please help us both save face and leave...please, pretty please or I'll bring Greg back and he'll wear his shirts that say "I'm not a team player" and the the most hated shirt "There's no I in team but there is an M and a E"...Ok, I made the last part up but that's the scoop....Did you hear the same thing?
Greg...
I have not heard any particulars, but I did hear a wild one regarding Archway and NextMedia. The rumor is that Archway is going to be bought by NextMedia and then sell the assets in Greenville/Morehead City.
Also, rumors are flying that NextMedia is talking to a couple of other groups about merging as well. I think Stinehour has a relationship with the Nextmedia owners so that seems to be the only foundation for the rumor.
It does not explain why they just bought Decatur, IL. from Next or maybe it does....time will tell.
I have not heard any particulars, but I did hear a wild one regarding Archway and NextMedia. The rumor is that Archway is going to be bought by NextMedia and then sell the assets in Greenville/Morehead City.
Also, rumors are flying that NextMedia is talking to a couple of other groups about merging as well. I think Stinehour has a relationship with the Nextmedia owners so that seems to be the only foundation for the rumor.
It does not explain why they just bought Decatur, IL. from Next or maybe it does....time will tell.
INTERESTING! ??? That would mean The Hot Fm HAS TO FLIP FORMATS! BOB is the Top 40 market leader...WAIT! All those stations will have to flip....wow, if that's true, that would be one hell of a market shake up...I'm betting Next will buy them and flip The Hot Fm Spanish or Christian or they could get some balls and flip The Hot Fm Rock and kill Rock 105...
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