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BJ Shea replaces Stern

> > BJ Shea is a shameless unoriginal Xerox copy of Tom
> Leykis.
> > If the ponderous duplication of a nationally syndicated
> talk
> > show host's act in the local Seattle market is the road to
>
> > success...well I guess BJ Shea is a star.
>
> I see a difference between BJ and Tom. BJ doesn't talk
> non-stop about T&A, he also talks openly about other things
> of relevance to his listeners whereas Tom Leykis usually
> loses me in the second hour. It isn't all one topic.
>
>
> >
>
one of yesterday's topics on BJ's show was the top video games off all time. Something most(if not) all of us can relate to. I doubtLeykis would ever spend time discussing that. Mr. Shea also spent time talking about the smoking ban. It's kind of hard to tell whether Leykis is in reruns or doing a live show, because he's always talking about the same stuff. IMHO, Tom's officially "jumped the shark".<P ID="signature">______________
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> I see a difference between BJ and Tom. BJ doesn't talk
> non-stop about T&A, he also talks openly about other things
> of relevance to his listeners whereas Tom Leykis usually
> loses me in the second hour. It isn't all one topic.

Leykis is starting to change things up. He typically does this after his Flash Friday season ends. He is starting his annual shows. On Tuesday, he opened his annual Fortune Magazine issue that showed the fifty most powerful women in business, the best looking of which were Oprah and Martha Stewart. Next Wednesday, probably from 5-7 P.M. he will discuss family get togethers that went screwy for one reason or another; always a good listen before Thanksgiving. Before Christmas, he will have drunk drivers call on cell phones in to demonstrate the ineffectual DUI laws that are in place, in spite of the PSA's telling us not to drink and drive. And one of his more interesting shows is "Hate the Homeless" where we are reminded that some of our neighbors become purely hateful at the sight of seeing a homeless person, or anyone poor, for that matter.

When he does these shows, I listen as they are really good. Of course, I am a 40 year old and have heard Leykis 101 ad nauseum. It seemed that 101 was the only topic for four months running, but that's fine for men in their 20's. It is those guys that he wants to reach anyway.
 
> > > BJ Shea is a shameless unoriginal Xerox copy of Tom
> > Leykis.
> > > If the ponderous duplication of a nationally syndicated
> > talk
> > > show host's act in the local Seattle market is the road
> to
> >
> > > success...well I guess BJ Shea is a star.
>
> I don't completely disagree, but all this talk that every
> hot talker is a "Leykis clone" is getting old. The format is
> so much of a niche phenomenon and there aren't many hosts
> involved. Of course they mostly sound alike. But there are
> about 196 people trying to sound like Rush Limbaugh in
> news/talk, and nobody harps on that. In every city in
> America, you can find several stations doing wall-to-wall
> news/talk, all of which is the same. In Phoenix, we have 8
> stations ripping each other off with political talk under
> your assumption.
>

They both have similiar views on women in the workplace, marriage too soon, attention whores etc.., but that is where the similarities end. I have listened to Tom for about 8 years and I can't rally listen anymore. Same old stories and topics all the time. I know he emerges in new markets from time to time and needs to fill in his new audience. I have heard them all, "I used to date a girl and if she is listening she knows who she is..." For me Tom has jumped the shark also. BJ'S topics are ususally more diverse and interesting. But a clone? I don't think so. Just more hate from whiners that have no success in the industry.
 
>
> They both have similiar views on women in the workplace,
> marriage too soon, attention whores etc.., but that is where
> the similarities end. I have listened to Tom for about 8
> years and I can't rally listen anymore. Same old stories and
> topics all the time. I know he emerges in new markets from
> time to time and needs to fill in his new audience. I have
> heard them all, "I used to date a girl and if she is
> listening she knows who she is..." For me Tom has jumped the
> shark also. BJ'S topics are ususally more diverse and
> interesting. But a clone? I don't think so. Just more hate
> from whiners that have no success in the industry.
>

I don't think the show is going to change one bit! The Experience will LIVE in KISW and will slam a shovel, sideways in Robin and Maynard's ass!!...THOMP!!

If they change the show in anyway, they are insane!!...The midday spot is going to be The Men's Room then Ronny T or The Vocal Minority at night...
 
> > From my understanding, BJ's worked in almost every format
> > during his 20 year career.
>
> What?
>
> For most of his "twenty year career" he was a sidekick on
> the top-rated morning show in Rochester NY, then eventually
> got PM drive at that station. And now KQBZ.
>
> That's TWO formats. Quite a far cry from "almost every
> format".
>
You forget the time he spent in Pheonix and also San Francisco
 
> I don't think the show is going to change one bit! The
> Experience will LIVE in KISW and will slam a shovel,
> sideways in Robin and Maynard's ass!!...THOMP!!
>
> If they change the show in anyway, they are insane!!...The
> midday spot is going to be The Men's Room then Ronny T or
> The Vocal Minority at night...
>
Wow! With such well-spoken and articulate supporters such as yourself, how could the show fail to be a raging success among advertisers and listeners alike?
 
Personally, I am not concerned as to who will replace Stern. I just bought a Sirius radio and will listen to Stern that way. The true debate should be how many people like me will do the same thing.
 
> Personally, I am not concerned as to who will replace Stern.
> I just bought a Sirius radio and will listen to Stern that
> way. The true debate should be how many people like me will
> do the same thing.

Something I've been talking about up here for some time (the growing numbers of satellite/internet radio listeners and the decline of terrestrial radio.) The FCC (and the puppets of the Bush regime in charge of it) and unimaginative PDs/management of local radio stations can thank themselves for the mess terrestrial radio is in.

Personally, if Infinity has any sense, they would have let Howard go by now. He's not happy with Infinity, Infinity is not happy with him. The biggest winner between them is Sirius, who's gotten lots of free promotion at Infinity's (and terrestrial radio's) expense. And Infinity allowed this to happen. But I wonder if the ad revenue from Howard's last days on Infinity was so important to Infinity that they would willingly trash their first (second?) quarterly profits of 2006 for it. If there's any major loss, stockholders are going to bail from Infinity and jump where the money (and Howard) is, which will only make things worse for local radio.

Broadcasters are then going to have to do what they should have been doing since this whole debacle started-rally listener support and stand up to the FCC. Not for Howard Stern this time, but for their survival. They have to be able to compete with satellite's edge or broadcast radio will be like broadcast TV is, a lowly, geeky, heavily censored second to the cable networks only your grandma would listen to (not many folks use regular rooftop TV antennae anymore-even with HDTV....)

Sometimes, a quick buck now just isn't worth it later..........


>
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> > I don't think the show is going to change one bit! The
> > Experience will LIVE in KISW and will slam a shovel,
> > sideways in Robin and Maynard's ass!!...THOMP!!
> >
> > If they change the show in anyway, they are insane!!...The
>
> > midday spot is going to be The Men's Room then Ronny T or
> > The Vocal Minority at night...
> >
> Wow! With such well-spoken and articulate supporters such as
> yourself, how could the show fail to be a raging success
> among advertisers and listeners alike?
>

Now this is where I got you...I listen on the Internet, out-of-market and have nearly 10 years in radio and TV here Boise so in reality, I don't care what the advertisers in Seattle think about me...It's only what the sales people at Entercom can do with what they have...That is a track record to draw 18-34 year old males to the radio...Doesn't matter what frequency the show is on, the old listeners will follow like sheep...More than likely, all the rich, pompous assholes who subscribe to satellite radio are too stupid to understand how Internet streaming audio works...and the other listeners who listened to Stern will look around for something else for a while then check out KISW...

"Who?! BJ SHEA?? What? BJ SHEA?! BITCH? WHAT!?"

Sorry, that was just for my entertainment...
 
Why Larry! I actually agree with you on this one!

In terms of terrestial radio standing up to the FCC, find creativity again to compete with the new indirect competitors (internet, satelite etc...) It's Not going to happen. The industry is fighting to keep the rules the same that they have always been. They are scared to be a technology industry that constantly has to reinvent itself. This is because the majority of the PDs are quite frankly Not educated and Not capable of thiking critically about issues. They perfer to just regurgitate formula after formula as if there has been no changes in radio since 80s....

If you don't believe me check out this article about satellite radio the puget sound broadcastions association put out. It is a joke. The entire point of the presentation is to prove that the industry doesn't need to change or react to satellite. It is a far cry from research. It is propaganda namely in that the people putting together the information had clearly reached their conclusions prior to examining any data at all. LOL! "Lets have a real talk about satellite radio" ---- LOL! What a stupid industry!

http://www.psrba.org/ - click resources and satellite presentation


> > Personally, I am not concerned as to who will replace
> Stern.
> > I just bought a Sirius radio and will listen to Stern
> that
> > way. The true debate should be how many people like me
> will
> > do the same thing.
>
> Something I've been talking about up here for some time (the
> growing numbers of satellite/internet radio listeners and
> the decline of terrestrial radio.) The FCC (and the puppets
> of the Bush regime in charge of it) and unimaginative
> PDs/management of local radio stations can thank themselves
> for the mess terrestrial radio is in.
>
> Personally, if Infinity has any sense, they would have let
> Howard go by now. He's not happy with Infinity, Infinity is
> not happy with him. The biggest winner between them is
> Sirius, who's gotten lots of free promotion at Infinity's
> (and terrestrial radio's) expense. And Infinity allowed this
> to happen. But I wonder if the ad revenue from Howard's last
> days on Infinity was so important to Infinity that they
> would willingly trash their first (second?) quarterly
> profits of 2006 for it. If there's any major loss,
> stockholders are going to bail from Infinity and jump where
> the money (and Howard) is, which will only make things worse
> for local radio.
>
> Broadcasters are then going to have to do what they should
> have been doing since this whole debacle started-rally
> listener support and stand up to the FCC. Not for Howard
> Stern this time, but for their survival. They have to be
> able to compete with satellite's edge or broadcast radio
> will be like broadcast TV is, a lowly, geeky, heavily
> censored second to the cable networks only your grandma
> would listen to (not many folks use regular rooftop TV
> antennae anymore-even with HDTV....)
>
> Sometimes, a quick buck now just isn't worth it
> later..........
>
>
> >
>
 
I couldn't get those links to work...

... but regardless after reading everyone's hateful posts, I think it's great. There is a market for Shock Talk, and BJ does it very well. Just because you don't like a format (shock talk, news talk, rock to country) doesn't mean that it isn't good. There is a place for everything.

I do agree with some people who replied that many people are just jealous. I think this would be a great move. BJ has not only proved himself on air as a contender, but also behind the scenes. He fights for what he wants.

I would be thrilled to see BJ in this position. I think he would do it well. He is morning show calibur. Just because you don't like his show doesn't give you a right to judge him on his talent, or where he fits in best. He fits the format, and if he's the replacement, he will do well. I'm sure of it.
 
> Now this is where I got you...I listen on the Internet,
> out-of-market and have nearly 10 years in radio and TV here
> Boise so in reality, I don't care what the advertisers in
> Seattle think about me...It's only what the sales people at
> Entercom can do with what they have...That is a track record
> to draw 18-34 year old males to the radio...Doesn't matter
> what frequency the show is on, the old listeners will follow
> like sheep...More than likely, all the rich, pompous
> assholes who subscribe to satellite radio are too stupid to
> understand how Internet streaming audio works...and the
> other listeners who listened to Stern will look around for
> something else for a while then check out KISW...
>
> "Who?! BJ SHEA?? What? BJ SHEA?! BITCH? WHAT!?"
>
> Sorry, that was just for my entertainment...

That was excellent. Feel free to just keep on entertaining yourself there in Boise.
 
What's a laden print? I have a pretty good idea what a latent print is... but laden?? Is that like Osama Bin LADEN??

C'mon Larry.... take another toke.



> Do we have any other evidence maybe? Anyone check those
> paper bags for laden prints? (I saw them touching those bags
> a few times.)
>
> They are a likely bunch demographically for KISW. But I'll
> wait until forensics reports back...
> >
>
 
> What's a laden print? I have a pretty good idea what a
> latent print is... but laden?? Is that like Osama Bin
> LADEN??

Well, those guys in the videos aren't too skinny-or tall, so it can't be Osama.
>
> C'mon Larry.... take another toke.

Sorry for my misspelling. My bad....


>
>
>
> > Do we have any other evidence maybe? Anyone check those
> > paper bags for LATENT prints? (I saw them touching those
> bags
> > a few times.)
> >
> > They are a likely bunch demographically for KISW. But I'll
>
> > wait until forensics reports back...
> > >
> >
>
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> Ha... BJ is going to replace Howard Stern on KISW. Here is
> the proof.
>
> http://www.entercomseattle.com/video/kisw01.wmv
>
> http://www.entercomseattle.com/video/kisw02.wmv
>
> http://www.entercomseattle.com/video/kisw03.wmv
>
> Couldn't be anyone else in my opinion.
>

It will be official on Tuesday, 11/29.
As per kisw.com,
"Live press conference on KISW announcing Howard's replacement! Tuesday, 11/29 at 11am."
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10am - 3pm on 100.7 The Buzz
Streaming @ http://wmc1.liquidviewer.net/KQBZ/</P><P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by gimmiefuel on 11/21/05 01:48 PM.</FONT></P>
 
> Broadcasters are then going to have to do what they should
> have been doing since this whole debacle started-rally
> listener support and stand up to the FCC. Not for Howard
> Stern this time, but for their survival. They have to be
> able to compete with satellite's edge or broadcast radio
> will be like broadcast TV is, a lowly, geeky, heavily
> censored second to the cable networks only your grandma
> would listen to (not many folks use regular rooftop TV
> antennae anymore-even with HDTV....)

Yes, that abyssmal broadcast TV which outperforms every basic cable channel combined every minute of every day, the stations that sell their second-run programs to the cable channels when they're done with them. Sex and the City on HBO is a cultural phenomenon (perhaps), not a ratings phenomenon. More people were watching Tony Danza talking to C-list actresses at 11:30am than watching a bunch of whores use the "F" word on a channel they have to pay to watch. I have XM, and quite frankly, the only thing I listen to with regularity anymore is John & Jeff and Dr. Laura... music channels suck, Mariah Carey's "Hero" was on the same channel three times during a recent five-hour drive. No surprise, it's programmed by CC! And Opie and Anthony bore me, too... hearing profanity just for the sake of it gets old quick.

> Sometimes, a quick buck now just isn't worth it
> later..........

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