Changes at 93.3 The Bone

[nomansland91]

The article told you who he is. He has been the PD of The Ticket since 2003 (if memory serves).

 

[nomansland91]

Making Moves: Monday Morning
Programming moves: Cumulus gives Jeff Catlin, PD of Dallas’s “Ticket” KTCK, new duties over the entire Dallas cluster, including programming Classic Rock KDBN “93.3 the Bone” where Gary Thompson just left.


There ya' go DFW Radio 2000.

 

[johnqdoe]

Me, I'd still ponder culling out the oldest stuff, and (as I've suggested MANY times, and did last year with "Retro Radio" on KMNY,) go to a Modern Classic Rock format. Gary Thompson understood that concept, but didn't (or couldn't) implement it across the board. THAT'S where your Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Def Leppard, Van Hagar, etc comes in, intermingled with your Boston, Stones, Foreigner, etc. Sure, it doesn't have the depth of the old Album Rock stations (sorry, Rover) BUT it uses many "safe" tunes (mainly those that were pop successes) while mining songs from an otherwise untried music genre in DFW. That part makes it palatable to PDs who don't get a blanket blessing to program things by instinct or personal choice (as Jeff K. did, and you remember how unlistenable the station was then.)

I have compelety given up hope on Dallas Rock radio. When comes down to nothing more than what you'd hear played on a jukebox, at a local bar, or pool hall, then, I couldn't be interested. We're in an "American Idol" stage of music, and there's no end in sight. The day when only "The Hits" ruled the airwaves, is back, to stay, until Kingdome Comes, I suppose. The communal sharing of sowmthing other than big commercial hits was what I found so special about FM Rock radio, back in the day. Nothing going on in terrestrail radio approaches that feeling, and so, I am out of luck, in that department. I love the medium of terrestrail radio, for Rock Music. I just never was a Top 40 kind of guy. There was day, when the 'Sun shined', for me in radio. But now, it's like Groundhog Day, with just the Top 40, and that, and nothing but that.

But what does that tell you???? You go to the pool hall and you see people in your demo that listen to your station and they are playing Bob Seger, Boston, and Zeppelin on the jukebox. Those are songs these guys are PAYING to hear....and you insist cut 4 from side 2 of __________ album that came out in '71 would gather more listeners?

 

[TheRover]

Me, I'd still ponder culling out the oldest stuff, and (as I've suggested MANY times, and did last year with "Retro Radio" on KMNY,) go to a Modern Classic Rock format. Gary Thompson understood that concept, but didn't (or couldn't) implement it across the board. THAT'S where your Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Def Leppard, Van Hagar, etc comes in, intermingled with your Boston, Stones, Foreigner, etc. Sure, it doesn't have the depth of the old Album Rock stations (sorry, Rover) BUT it uses many "safe" tunes (mainly those that were pop successes) while mining songs from an otherwise untried music genre in DFW. That part makes it palatable to PDs who don't get a blanket blessing to program things by instinct or personal choice (as Jeff K. did, and you remember how unlistenable the station was then.)

I have compelety given up hope on Dallas Rock radio. When it comes down to nothing more than what you'd hear played on a jukebox, at a local bar, or pool hall, then, I couldn't be interested. We're in an "American Idol" stage of music, and there's no end in sight. The day when only "The Hits" ruled the airwaves, is back, to stay, until Kingdom Comes, I suppose. The communal sharing of something, other than big commercial hits, was what I found so special about FM Rock radio, back in the day. Nothing going on in terrestrial radio approaches that feeling, and so, I am out of luck, in that department. I love the medium of terrestrial radio, for Rock Music. I just never was a Top 40 kind of guy. There was day, when the 'Sun Shined', for me in radio.... But now, it's like Groundhog Day, with just the Top 40, and that, and nothing but that.

But what does that tell you???? You go to the pool hall and you see people in your demo that listen to your station and they are playing Bob Seger, Boston, and Zeppelin on the jukebox. Those are songs these guys are PAYING to hear....and you insist cut 4 from side 2 of __________ album that came out in '71 would gather more listeners?

Well, not "more", but a different audience....

And yes, instead of "Black Dog", again, I would like to listen to "Four Sticks".
But then, I Love music, MORE than I love Beer, Bongs, or Billards.... B-I-G DIFFERENCE there...
An important difference.

 

[charles123]

Has anybody noticed the songs they were playing this morning? Some they never played before:

Running On Empty: Jackson Browne
Maggie May: Rod Stewart
Come Together: The Beatles
Centerfold: The J. Geils Band
Jack & Diane: John Mellencamp
Hollywood Nights: Bob Seger
Reelin In the Years: Steely Dan


And probably more to come today. Sounds like they re-tweaked their playlist from when they re-launched the last time when Walton & Johnson were on here. Any thoughts??

 

[nomansland91]

They are trying to mirror KZPS due to the PPM data.