On his Wikipedia page, it says Booker was fired with the rest of the jocks at K-Rock before the switch. True or not?
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Booker - Still there, or gone?
- Thread starter Rock Chick Lex
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Yes, unfortunately, he will now "collect a check to sit home from two stations now," according to Michael Klein from the Philadelphia Inquirer:
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/41010137.html
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/41010137.html
Doesn't make any sense. He pulled in very good ratings in Philly. CBS may as well have kept him and not just wasted their money paying him to sit at home.
well i guess his last airshift was monday along with oand a he wanted to tell everyone about the switch but a lady told him not to say anything there sould be anticipation!!!! i saw earlier that day onthe main page of radio-info that there were weeks of prep to help the jocks adjust now it turns they were all fired monday , after bookers shift there was no live for the rest of krocks time!!!!!
Rock Chick Lex said:
Sorry to inform you but bookers ratings were terrible at Q he under preformed the station and let's not forget about Blink fm. Booker doesn't know how to talk to woman he should stick to rock or a format speaking to guys. I doubt they would give him another shot at failing in mornings but it's radio and its all about who you know i guess
MorningRadio said:
Where are you getting that from?
In the April 08 Arbitron ratings released before he was fired, Booker had the largest cumulative audience among both women ages 18 to 34 and men-women ages 18 to 34. B101 was No. 1 in terms of audience share.
Booker’s show was fourth in audience share among age 18-34 demographic. The show’s weekly cumulative in that demographic was No. 1.
Look it up.
Rock Chick Lex said:
As long you know that CUME is not ratings. If there is no TSL, no passion and no real connection with an audience, cume can sometimes juts mean people listen for lack of anything else of they like the music format. Not saying that is what happened, just saying that cume doesn't mean someone had a successful show.
As an above poster pointed out, I have also heard that he didn't relate to a female audience as well as he could have.
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