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Bone Format Flip *DELETED*
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JamzUSA
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Re: Bone Format Flip
> I've seen a lot of people on here asking if the bone is
> going to flip or not and what it's going to flip to. I'm
> night jock / APD for a Cumulus station in West Texas. I can
> tell you for a fact that they are already working on the
> format flip. As to what the format will be, I've heard
> several different ones but I'm not going to say what they
> are for the simple fact I'm not sure which one it is but as
> soon as I know, I'll post all the info. There is a guy at
> the station I'm at that has friends at corporate so it
> shouldn't be long seeing as the acquisition of Susquehanna
> will happen sometime between now and May 5th...
>
> Rex on the Radio
>
Hmmmm....interesting....
> I've seen a lot of people on here asking if the bone is
> going to flip or not and what it's going to flip to. I'm
> night jock / APD for a Cumulus station in West Texas. I can
> tell you for a fact that they are already working on the
> format flip. As to what the format will be, I've heard
> several different ones but I'm not going to say what they
> are for the simple fact I'm not sure which one it is but as
> soon as I know, I'll post all the info. There is a guy at
> the station I'm at that has friends at corporate so it
> shouldn't be long seeing as the acquisition of Susquehanna
> will happen sometime between now and May 5th...
>
> Rex on the Radio
>
Hmmmm....interesting....
A
AbsoluteTruth
Guest
Re: Bone Format Flip
> > I've seen a lot of people on here asking if the bone is
> > going to flip or not and what it's going to flip to. I'm
> > night jock / APD for a Cumulus station in West Texas. I
> can
> > tell you for a fact that they are already working on the
> > format flip. As to what the format will be, I've heard
> > several different ones but I'm not going to say what they
> > are for the simple fact I'm not sure which one it is but
> as
> > soon as I know, I'll post all the info. There is a guy at
> > the station I'm at that has friends at corporate so it
> > shouldn't be long seeing as the acquisition of Susquehanna
>
> > will happen sometime between now and May 5th...
> >
> > Rex on the Radio
> >
> Hmmmm....interesting....
>
Though a flip isn't unexpected, it will be interesting to hear which direction they are going to take.
Since a lot of us here don't have much background with Cumulus, can you give us a little information on the company attitude?
I've read some postings in other markets on their M.O of coming in and there being a lot of firings.
> > I've seen a lot of people on here asking if the bone is
> > going to flip or not and what it's going to flip to. I'm
> > night jock / APD for a Cumulus station in West Texas. I
> can
> > tell you for a fact that they are already working on the
> > format flip. As to what the format will be, I've heard
> > several different ones but I'm not going to say what they
> > are for the simple fact I'm not sure which one it is but
> as
> > soon as I know, I'll post all the info. There is a guy at
> > the station I'm at that has friends at corporate so it
> > shouldn't be long seeing as the acquisition of Susquehanna
>
> > will happen sometime between now and May 5th...
> >
> > Rex on the Radio
> >
> Hmmmm....interesting....
>
Though a flip isn't unexpected, it will be interesting to hear which direction they are going to take.
Since a lot of us here don't have much background with Cumulus, can you give us a little information on the company attitude?
I've read some postings in other markets on their M.O of coming in and there being a lot of firings.
Re: Bone Format Flip
> > > I've seen a lot of people on here asking if the bone is
> > > going to flip or not and what it's going to flip to. I'm
>
> > > night jock / APD for a Cumulus station in West Texas. I
> > can
> > > tell you for a fact that they are already working on the
>
> > > format flip. As to what the format will be, I've heard
> > > several different ones but I'm not going to say what
> they
> > > are for the simple fact I'm not sure which one it is but
>
> > as
> > > soon as I know, I'll post all the info. There is a guy
> at
> > > the station I'm at that has friends at corporate so it
> > > shouldn't be long seeing as the acquisition of
> Susquehanna
> >
> > > will happen sometime between now and May 5th...
> > >
> > > Rex on the Radio
> > >
> > Hmmmm....interesting....
> >
> Though a flip isn't unexpected, it will be interesting to
> hear which direction they are going to take.
> Since a lot of us here don't have much background with
> Cumulus, can you give us a little information on the company
> attitude?
> I've read some postings in other markets on their M.O of
> coming in and there being a lot of firings.
>
Well they better do something by May the 5th (or rather Cinco de Mayo) or it's espanol for these guys (I'm not saying it should be and it better not.)<P ID="signature">______________
FCC=Freakin' Clear Channel. Also known as sluggmunki_tx on tv.com</P>
> > > I've seen a lot of people on here asking if the bone is
> > > going to flip or not and what it's going to flip to. I'm
>
> > > night jock / APD for a Cumulus station in West Texas. I
> > can
> > > tell you for a fact that they are already working on the
>
> > > format flip. As to what the format will be, I've heard
> > > several different ones but I'm not going to say what
> they
> > > are for the simple fact I'm not sure which one it is but
>
> > as
> > > soon as I know, I'll post all the info. There is a guy
> at
> > > the station I'm at that has friends at corporate so it
> > > shouldn't be long seeing as the acquisition of
> Susquehanna
> >
> > > will happen sometime between now and May 5th...
> > >
> > > Rex on the Radio
> > >
> > Hmmmm....interesting....
> >
> Though a flip isn't unexpected, it will be interesting to
> hear which direction they are going to take.
> Since a lot of us here don't have much background with
> Cumulus, can you give us a little information on the company
> attitude?
> I've read some postings in other markets on their M.O of
> coming in and there being a lot of firings.
>
Well they better do something by May the 5th (or rather Cinco de Mayo) or it's espanol for these guys (I'm not saying it should be and it better not.)<P ID="signature">______________
FCC=Freakin' Clear Channel. Also known as sluggmunki_tx on tv.com</P>
Post deleted by rexontheradio
Re: Bone Format Flip
> Lew and John Dickey both started out as jocks in radio way
> before Cumulus. I read a lot of posts of people saying
> "Well, the Dallas Susquehanna stations are gone down the
> hole now that Cumulus owns them." "All they'll do is voice
> track and people in Cumulus wear MANY hats." I actually find
> the last comment funny seeing as that goes on in EVERY
> company. Who doesn't want to save money? Cumulus doesn't VT
> much AT ALL and when I first started with the company,
> that's almost what I expected but ended up proving me wrong.
> With Lew and John both starting out as jocks before Cumulus,
> they believe in staffing their stations for the simple fact
> that they know what it's like to have VT's and someone from
> another state take your job. The consultants with Cumulus
> are some of the best I have to say. I used to work at Clear
> Channel and granted, Clear Channel does know what they're
> doing most times, but Cumulus consultants aren't coming in
> from the streets and being trained to make sure all stations
> abide by these programming rules like Clear Channel. Cumulus
> consultants have much experience that I've noticed being
> here and are more open to what the PD of the station want's
> to do. They are also willing to work with us on what fits
> the market which I think is very smart. At Clear Channel
> they were tough about that. That's just a little background
> on Cumulus. If you want to know more lemme know and I'll see
> what I can help with.
>
> Rex on the Radio
>
You sound just like all the other Cumulus corporate kiss-asses. Cumulus is just the opposite of what you described. They LOVE to voice track and they love to only have two full-time employees per station. They don't care about ratings or quality. They care about the bottom DOLLAR line - PERIOD. I don't know how long you've worked at the station in West Texas (KBAT, I presume), but, trust me, the illusion won't last long.
> Lew and John Dickey both started out as jocks in radio way
> before Cumulus. I read a lot of posts of people saying
> "Well, the Dallas Susquehanna stations are gone down the
> hole now that Cumulus owns them." "All they'll do is voice
> track and people in Cumulus wear MANY hats." I actually find
> the last comment funny seeing as that goes on in EVERY
> company. Who doesn't want to save money? Cumulus doesn't VT
> much AT ALL and when I first started with the company,
> that's almost what I expected but ended up proving me wrong.
> With Lew and John both starting out as jocks before Cumulus,
> they believe in staffing their stations for the simple fact
> that they know what it's like to have VT's and someone from
> another state take your job. The consultants with Cumulus
> are some of the best I have to say. I used to work at Clear
> Channel and granted, Clear Channel does know what they're
> doing most times, but Cumulus consultants aren't coming in
> from the streets and being trained to make sure all stations
> abide by these programming rules like Clear Channel. Cumulus
> consultants have much experience that I've noticed being
> here and are more open to what the PD of the station want's
> to do. They are also willing to work with us on what fits
> the market which I think is very smart. At Clear Channel
> they were tough about that. That's just a little background
> on Cumulus. If you want to know more lemme know and I'll see
> what I can help with.
>
> Rex on the Radio
>
You sound just like all the other Cumulus corporate kiss-asses. Cumulus is just the opposite of what you described. They LOVE to voice track and they love to only have two full-time employees per station. They don't care about ratings or quality. They care about the bottom DOLLAR line - PERIOD. I don't know how long you've worked at the station in West Texas (KBAT, I presume), but, trust me, the illusion won't last long.
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KPLEXCOMPLEX
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Re: Bone Format Flip
> > > > I've seen a lot of people on here asking if the bone
> is
> > > > going to flip or not and what it's going to flip to.
> I'm
> >
> > > > night jock / APD for a Cumulus station in West Texas.
> I
> > > can
> > > > tell you for a fact that they are already working on
> the
> >
> > > > format flip. As to what the format will be, I've heard
>
> > > > several different ones but I'm not going to say what
> > they
> > > > are for the simple fact I'm not sure which one it is
> but
> >
> > > as
> > > > soon as I know, I'll post all the info. There is a guy
>
> > at
> > > > the station I'm at that has friends at corporate so it
>
> > > > shouldn't be long seeing as the acquisition of
> > Susquehanna
> > >
> > > > will happen sometime between now and May 5th...
> > > >
> > > > Rex on the Radio
> > > >
> > > Hmmmm....interesting....
> > >
> > Though a flip isn't unexpected, it will be interesting to
> > hear which direction they are going to take.
> > Since a lot of us here don't have much background with
> > Cumulus, can you give us a little information on the
> company
> > attitude?
> > I've read some postings in other markets on their M.O of
> > coming in and there being a lot of firings.
> >
>
> Well they better do something by May the 5th (or rather
> Cinco de Mayo) or it's espanol for these guys (I'm not
> saying it should be and it better not.)
>
spanish classic rock..all santanna all the time
> > > > I've seen a lot of people on here asking if the bone
> is
> > > > going to flip or not and what it's going to flip to.
> I'm
> >
> > > > night jock / APD for a Cumulus station in West Texas.
> I
> > > can
> > > > tell you for a fact that they are already working on
> the
> >
> > > > format flip. As to what the format will be, I've heard
>
> > > > several different ones but I'm not going to say what
> > they
> > > > are for the simple fact I'm not sure which one it is
> but
> >
> > > as
> > > > soon as I know, I'll post all the info. There is a guy
>
> > at
> > > > the station I'm at that has friends at corporate so it
>
> > > > shouldn't be long seeing as the acquisition of
> > Susquehanna
> > >
> > > > will happen sometime between now and May 5th...
> > > >
> > > > Rex on the Radio
> > > >
> > > Hmmmm....interesting....
> > >
> > Though a flip isn't unexpected, it will be interesting to
> > hear which direction they are going to take.
> > Since a lot of us here don't have much background with
> > Cumulus, can you give us a little information on the
> company
> > attitude?
> > I've read some postings in other markets on their M.O of
> > coming in and there being a lot of firings.
> >
>
> Well they better do something by May the 5th (or rather
> Cinco de Mayo) or it's espanol for these guys (I'm not
> saying it should be and it better not.)
>
spanish classic rock..all santanna all the time
Re: Bone Format Flip
> You sound just like all the other Cumulus corporate
> kiss-asses. Cumulus is just the opposite of what you
> described. They LOVE to voice track and they love to only
> have two full-time employees per station. They don't care
> about ratings or quality. They care about the bottom DOLLAR
> line - PERIOD. I don't know how long you've worked at the
> station in West Texas (KBAT, I presume), but, trust me, the
> illusion won't last long.
Actually, at my old cluster that Cumulus took over, they voicetrack a lot less than the previous operators did. Only one station there is now voicetracked at all between 6 AM and midnight when the previous operator was live in drive only and voicetracked completely after dark at all but one station. However, they did it at the expense of their part-timers and by working their full-timers a lot more. The previous operators had all of their full-time on-air talent working 5 day work weeks and minimum 8 hour days. Cumulus has them working 6 day work weeks, and I understand the minimum 8 hour days Monday thru Friday are still in effect. Also, all of the stations used to have at least three part-timers, some had four. Now, each has zero or one.
> You sound just like all the other Cumulus corporate
> kiss-asses. Cumulus is just the opposite of what you
> described. They LOVE to voice track and they love to only
> have two full-time employees per station. They don't care
> about ratings or quality. They care about the bottom DOLLAR
> line - PERIOD. I don't know how long you've worked at the
> station in West Texas (KBAT, I presume), but, trust me, the
> illusion won't last long.
Actually, at my old cluster that Cumulus took over, they voicetrack a lot less than the previous operators did. Only one station there is now voicetracked at all between 6 AM and midnight when the previous operator was live in drive only and voicetracked completely after dark at all but one station. However, they did it at the expense of their part-timers and by working their full-timers a lot more. The previous operators had all of their full-time on-air talent working 5 day work weeks and minimum 8 hour days. Cumulus has them working 6 day work weeks, and I understand the minimum 8 hour days Monday thru Friday are still in effect. Also, all of the stations used to have at least three part-timers, some had four. Now, each has zero or one.
> Post deleted by rexontheradio
Rex, it doesn't do much good for you to delete your messages when there's already a reply that quotes the whole thing... You might as well leave your messages there!
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Cheap
Advertising for an On-Air PD? That does not sound promising for a market 5 station.
> > > I've seen a lot of people on here asking if the bone is
> > > going to flip or not and what it's going to flip to. I'm
>
> > > night jock / APD for a Cumulus station in West Texas. I
> > can
> > > tell you for a fact that they are already working on the
>
> > > format flip. As to what the format will be, I've heard
> > > several different ones but I'm not going to say what
> they
> > > are for the simple fact I'm not sure which one it is but
>
> > as
> > > soon as I know, I'll post all the info. There is a guy
> at
> > > the station I'm at that has friends at corporate so it
> > > shouldn't be long seeing as the acquisition of
> Susquehanna
> >
> > > will happen sometime between now and May 5th...
> > >
> > > Rex on the Radio
> > >
> > Hmmmm....interesting....
> >
> Though a flip isn't unexpected, it will be interesting to
> hear which direction they are going to take.
> Since a lot of us here don't have much background with
> Cumulus, can you give us a little information on the company
> attitude?
> I've read some postings in other markets on their M.O of
> coming in and there being a lot of firings.
>
Advertising for an On-Air PD? That does not sound promising for a market 5 station.
> > > I've seen a lot of people on here asking if the bone is
> > > going to flip or not and what it's going to flip to. I'm
>
> > > night jock / APD for a Cumulus station in West Texas. I
> > can
> > > tell you for a fact that they are already working on the
>
> > > format flip. As to what the format will be, I've heard
> > > several different ones but I'm not going to say what
> they
> > > are for the simple fact I'm not sure which one it is but
>
> > as
> > > soon as I know, I'll post all the info. There is a guy
> at
> > > the station I'm at that has friends at corporate so it
> > > shouldn't be long seeing as the acquisition of
> Susquehanna
> >
> > > will happen sometime between now and May 5th...
> > >
> > > Rex on the Radio
> > >
> > Hmmmm....interesting....
> >
> Though a flip isn't unexpected, it will be interesting to
> hear which direction they are going to take.
> Since a lot of us here don't have much background with
> Cumulus, can you give us a little information on the company
> attitude?
> I've read some postings in other markets on their M.O of
> coming in and there being a lot of firings.
>
Re: Bone Format Flip
> > > I've read some postings in other markets on their M.O of
>
> > > coming in and there being a lot of firings.
> > >
> >
> > Well they better do something by May the 5th (or rather
> > Cinco de Mayo) or it's espanol for these guys (I'm not
> > saying it should be and it better not.)
> >
> spanish classic rock..all santanna all the time
>
Well, you don't expect any "govt" reports to tell you how many undocumented spanish speakers are moving (migrating) into the N. Texas area each month.....
But it's considerable.... and they do need Radio to support their market share....
But "someone" has a pretty good idea of how many Spanish speakers are here....
ergo the vast number of stations now supporting this ever growing number...
It's not personal..... It's strictly BUSINESS ! ! ! !
<P ID="signature">______________
1968-1978 -- THE "GOLDEN AGE" OF ALBUM ROCK MUSIC . . .
In spite of Disco and Top 40 in that period,
it yielded the "Motherload" of Great Album Rock Releases
--Enough for a Lifetime-- </P>
> > > I've read some postings in other markets on their M.O of
>
> > > coming in and there being a lot of firings.
> > >
> >
> > Well they better do something by May the 5th (or rather
> > Cinco de Mayo) or it's espanol for these guys (I'm not
> > saying it should be and it better not.)
> >
> spanish classic rock..all santanna all the time
>
Well, you don't expect any "govt" reports to tell you how many undocumented spanish speakers are moving (migrating) into the N. Texas area each month.....
But it's considerable.... and they do need Radio to support their market share....
But "someone" has a pretty good idea of how many Spanish speakers are here....
ergo the vast number of stations now supporting this ever growing number...
It's not personal..... It's strictly BUSINESS ! ! ! !
<P ID="signature">______________
1968-1978 -- THE "GOLDEN AGE" OF ALBUM ROCK MUSIC . . .
In spite of Disco and Top 40 in that period,
it yielded the "Motherload" of Great Album Rock Releases
--Enough for a Lifetime--
</P>- Status