Best "Feder Reader Response" I've seen!

[RockManAC]

It sums up the flip of WJMK to Jack pretty well...

"Stan Perrin: To put this in the starkest terms, this is the moral equivalent of dumping Bozo."

For the record, I did sample Jack the other day. I'd still rather listen to 9.

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[uncamark]

> It sums up the flip of WJMK to Jack pretty well...
>
> "Stan Perrin: To put this in the starkest terms, this is the
> moral equivalent of dumping Bozo."
>
> For the record, I did sample Jack the other day. I'd still
> rather listen to 9.

And is proof of Feder's unhealthy obsession with Bozo, only because it involves the TV station owned by the Sun-Times' competition. I'm sorry, but outside of Ned Locke, who was a wonderful man who truly loved kids, Bozo is and was crap. "Cartoon Town/BJ and Dirty Dragon" was even on its worst days imminently more creative and compelling children's television than Bozo ever was. Kids simply aren't watching broadcast TV kids shows anymore and Bozo simply doesn't appeal to them. Even as a loss leader for Cartoon Network, Kids WB! is not doing that well if they're getting out of weekday programming this fall. Would Feder be this obsessed if Conrad Black or Murdoch had owned 'GN?

Sorry for going OT, but I really get tired of this.

 

[-TJ-]

<font color=3333ff>Don't worry about him AC, I agree with you.

This one is great to me:
R.D. Lulu: How abrupt these morons are. I hope this station faces the very same fate that WMET did in 1985.

I wonder if Infinity will make spots for Jack that say "No more OLD!" with a bunch of retirees cryin in wheel chairs with cains?

(No more noise).
LOL
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[uncamark]

> Don't worry about him AC, I agree with you.
>
> This one is great to me:
> R.D. Lulu: How abrupt these morons are. I hope this station
> faces the very same fate that WMET did in 1985.
>
> I wonder if Infinity will make spots for Jack that say "No
> more OLD!" with a bunch of retirees cryin in wheel chairs
> with cains?
>
> (No more noise).
> LOL

The line actually was "The noise is gone."

That was a different situation. Doubleday knew when they hired Dave Martin as national PD that he didn't like AOR in general and that he was probably going to flip their stations. Also, 'MET couldn't be a high biller, since after their brief flirtation with a rock-leaing CHR format they were back to a hard AOR and only appealing to dope addicts, drunks and teenage geeks--not exactly a prime audience for advertisers, and the Loop had already dumped that audience to go after adults.

Martin and 'MET could've done well, except that there was a glut of mainstream AC on FM back then and the combination of those awful TV spots with the baby crying and the unspeakable lameness of Cat Simon just drove their potential audience away. There wasn't any reason for someone to change from Q101, 'CLR or 'FYR, except for the lame morning man and those lengthy Hugh Heller jingles.

 

[whiteyoday]

> > Don't worry about him AC, I agree with you.
> >
> > This one is great to me:
> > R.D. Lulu: How abrupt these morons are. I hope this
> station
> > faces the very same fate that WMET did in 1985.
> >
> > I wonder if Infinity will make spots for Jack that say "No
>
> > more OLD!" with a bunch of retirees cryin in wheel chairs
> > with cains?
> >
> > (No more noise).
> > LOL
>
> The line actually was "The noise is gone."
>
> That was a different situation. Doubleday knew when they
> hired Dave Martin as national PD that he didn't like AOR in
> general and that he was probably going to flip their
> stations. Also, 'MET couldn't be a high biller, since after
> their brief flirtation with a rock-leaing CHR format they
> were back to a hard AOR and only appealing to dope addicts,
> drunks and teenage geeks--not exactly a prime audience for
> advertisers, and the Loop had already dumped that audience
> to go after adults.
>
> Martin and 'MET could've done well, except that there was a
> glut of mainstream AC on FM back then and the combination of
> those awful TV spots with the baby crying and the
> unspeakable lameness of Cat Simon just drove their potential
> audience away. There wasn't any reason for someone to
> change from Q101, 'CLR or 'FYR, except for the lame morning
> man and those lengthy Hugh Heller jingles.
>
Ah, memories...the WMET rock noise was gone and it went AC for about 18 months; then it switched to the Rock & Roll hybrid WRXR for about 18 months; then it switched to WNUA...anybody know how many owners have had 95.5 in the past 20 years?

 

[rsc]

...anybody know how many owners have had 95.5 in the
> past 20 years?
>

Metromedia

Doubleday

Pyramid

Evergreen

Chancellor

AMFM

Clear Channel

 

[RockManAC]

> Evergreen
>
> Chancellor
>
> AMFM

Those 3 were pretty much the same people, just with a different name... They of course merged and were subsiquently bought by

> Clear Channel

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[RadioAllen]

> ...anybody know how many owners have had 95.5 in the
> > past 20 years?
> >
>
> Metromedia
>
> Doubleday
>
> Pyramid
>
> Evergreen
>
> Chancellor
>
> AMFM
>
> Clear Channel
>

You missed one, between Doubleday & Pyramid -- can't remember the name but it was owned by the Shadaq family (? Shadaq Communications ???) They're the ones who implemented RXR "Chicago's Class FM" and then a year later sold station to Pyramid.

I was there at the time. Went from WMET to WRXR to WNUA -- 3 owners, 3 call letters, 3 formats, 3 years -- what a treat!