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CC Layoffs in Rochester

"Not the same girl I went to the dance with!"

Ain't that the truth.

Thank you for your many years of service to the community, Bill. Best wishes and "keep 'em flyin'" as well!
 
VOR brings to this discussion a good observation, re: Brother Wease. Guess Clear channel had to cut some bodies to pay for Wease's hefty contract. Yes, I know it's a national CC edict, but still. Wease whines, while Lowe and credible news people like him get shone the door. Where's the justice? BTW, this would be an ideal time and opportunity for WYSL, WLGZ and perhaps WXXI to extend an invitation to Mr. Lowe to bid listeners a respectable on-air farewell. It would be an eleemosynary gesture, not a publicity stunt for the station that might choose to do so. Moreover, Mr. Lowe, although expressing a desire to no longer have to awake at 3 a.m., might make a welcome addition to a station like WLGZ, which is trying to break through the static and establish itself as a player in the 35-64 arena. I'm just thinkin'...
 
Element9 said:
VOR brings to this discussion a good observation, re: Brother Wease. Guess Clear channel had to cut some bodies to pay for Wease's hefty contract. Yes, I know it's a national CC edict, but still. Wease whines, while Lowe and credible news people like him get shone the door. Where's the justice? BTW, this would be an ideal time and opportunity for WYSL, WLGZ and perhaps WXXI to extend an invitation to Mr. Lowe to bid listeners a respectable on-air farewell. It would be an eleemosynary gesture, not a publicity stunt for the station that might choose to do so. Moreover, Mr. Lowe, although expressing a desire to no longer have to awake at 3 a.m., might make a welcome addition to a station like WLGZ, which is trying to break through the static and establish itself as a player in the 35-64 arena. I'm just thinkin'...
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PLEASE...... You even stated that it was a national CC edict, yet it is still Wease's fault????? I did not agree that these good Men were let go, but do we have to bleame Wease for everything?
 
Pod People

(How does a guy that correctly uses "eleemosynary" in a sentence manage to come up with a phrase like "shone the door"? Just goes to show ya, huh?)

C'mon, Bill. Become the Paul Harvey of Rochester. Do a daily "news and comment" on WYSL, WLGZ, and/or WXXI. You can do it in your pajamas and e-mail to the station. Don't want to get up early? Get it to them in time for the Noon show. They'll pay you a few bucks to add to your 9 months severance from Clear Channel. You did get at least 9 months severance, right? That's what Clear Channel promised the SEC.

Want to travel? Paul Harvey meets Charles Kuralt. Buy a decent USB microphone and a cheap laptop and you're in business. Background noise? No, that's atmosphere.

OK, take a few weeks to think about it. You're "sleeping in" until daybreak for the first time in decades, and you're disgusted by your experience with Clear Channel, but don't imagine for a moment that the "radio bug" has been extinguished. You'll be Googling "podcast" before you know it.
 
The Voice of Reason said:
I’m glad that Mr. Lowe took the time to write on this message board and hope he will continue to contribute his thoughts and opinions.
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As am I, and as do I.

The loss of a great competitor diminishes all of us in this rapidly-shrinking business.

And, Bill, if you're still reading this and would like a chance to say an on-air goodbye - there's an open mike waiting for you over on State Street as part of our weekly "Mixed Media" segment, just as soon as you've had a well-earned chance to catch up on all that lost sleep.
 
Although I have never worked with Bill Lowe, I have met him a couple times and we do have some mutual friends. Everyone I know considers him to be the ultimate professional and class act. Gotta tell ya, even after all my years in the biz, which is just short of Mr. Lowe's, and working for some real jerks, even I am shocked by his treatment by Clear Channel. He certainly deserves better. Maybe we should call them Low Class Channel. Good luck Bill. I hope we hear from you soon in one form or another.
 
Re: Pod People

SirRoxalot said:
(How does a guy that correctly uses "eleemosynary" in a sentence manage to come up with a phrase like "shone the door"? Just goes to show ya, huh?)
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I just finished reading "Fun With Adjectives." I'm still working my way through "Fun With Verbs." Obviously, I have more reading to do. You certainly have shown me the error of my ways.

SirRoxalot said:
C'mon, Bill. Become the Paul Harvey of Rochester. Do a daily "news and comment" on WYSL, WLGZ, and/or WXXI. You can do it in your pajamas and e-mail to the station. Don't want to get up early? Get it to them in time for the Noon show. They'll pay you a few bucks to add to your 9 months severance from Clear Channel.
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Lowe has the pipes, the smarts and a great style which would lend himself to such a feature.

SirRoxalot said:
You did get at least 9 months severance, right? That's what Clear Channel promised the SEC.
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Hey, the Mays boys took salary cuts to 500k. Lighten up...

SirRoxalot said:
Want to travel? Paul Harvey meets Charles Kuralt. Buy a decent USB microphone and a cheap laptop and you're in business. Background noise? No, that's atmosphere.
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Hmmm. You must be or have been a PD. Maybe a consultant?

SirRoxalot said:
OK, take a few weeks to think about it. You're "sleeping in" until daybreak for the first time in decades, and you're disgusted by your experience with Clear Channel, but don't imagine for a moment that the "radio bug" has been extinguished. You'll be Googling "podcast" before you know it.
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Brilliant ideas. New York State NPR stations might want to begin looking for underwriters before Bob Savage snaps Lowe up for WYSL. Props to Fybush for extending Lowe an invitation to appear on his show at WXXI-AM. Great minds...
 
I listen to the radio for information and news, not to be entertained.

Sad to hear that Bill Lowe got whacked along with the other on air personalities. Never met the guy, but he always seemed to me as a "middle of the road" type when it came to politics. And for WHAM radio, that in it's self was a miracle!

I sure hope that XXI can capitalize in the obvious downward slide the WHAM's news department is going.
 
kaustein said:
I sure hope that XXI can capitalize in the obvious downward slide the WHAM's news department is going.
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On the other side of the coin, faced with an expected reduction in national funding and grants, along with a possible cut in state aid, WXXI could go in the opposite direction by turning around and reducing their own news department and local programs.
I'm not saying this is what's going to happen, but taking into account the uncertain financial future the station faces and it's almost a certainty that everything is on the table right now.
 
I did have the pleasure of working with Bill for a short time during the Palvino years and am glad I had the opportunity. Thanks Bill, for your dedication to our profession - sorry you had to leave on such a downer.
 
FYI,
I am now watching on TV Dish channel 197 DOC - AIR RACER:"Chasing the dream" and guaranteed that it is Bill Lowes voice as the announcer.Been to many airshows and know that voice anywhere.
 
Ironic that this post returned because I was just thinking the other day how much I miss hearing Bill Lowe on WHAM.

While I'm sure the station's news department is trying its best to maintain its reputation as "Rochester's News Leader" I feel that there is a void on WHAM news without Mr. Lowe.

I just wish that another radio station in Rochester would hire some local talent (not just air TV news on the radio) so that WHAM would have some competition.
 
The Voice of Reason said:
Ironic that this post returned because I was just thinking the other day how much I miss hearing Bill Lowe on WHAM.

While I'm sure the station's news department is trying its best to maintain its reputation as "Rochester's News Leader" I feel that there is a void on WHAM news without Mr. Lowe.

I just wish that another radio station in Rochester would hire some local talent (not just air TV news on the radio) so that WHAM would have some competition.
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Great minds think alike. I swear that this morning before I read this (and the preceding) post I was thinking about Mr. Lowe and what he might be up to. Looking back at his post you only wish the "brains" at CC had let Bill say a classy goodbye to his many fans.
 
I worked with Bill at WNBF in Binghamton back in the stone age. He was then--and has remained--a consumate professional and a heck of a nice guy. What a loss to the Rochester market.
Don Fox
 
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