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Congrats to KRLD

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Snipped from Jim Rose Remembers Radio (www.jimroseremembersradio.com):

"The RTNDA (The Radio-Television News Director’s Association) Edward R. Murrow Award recognizes the "best of the best" since 1971. The 2008 Regional RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Awards indicate that News-Talk radio reigns supreme. And the winners are: ... KRLD-1080 Dallas; "

Congratulations, for what it's worth. I guess Galvin gets to hang on for a few more months now.
 
Hey, at least the beat out the Less Than Mighty 820. When you outsource your news department between the hours of noon-5am like WBAP, you deserve to lose. I'll also say id rather listen to Ernie and Jay than the tired old blatering of Mark Davis. No offense, but beating the dead horse of right wing politics isnt my idea of decent midday talk.
 
C'mon, that's not very fair. No matter who pays the WBAP news anchor's paycheck, each of them are broadcasting from the WBAP studio, LIVE, 24-7, and making full use of WBAP's news resources. Guys like Bob Crowley and Bob Leonard are seasoned newshounds (30+ years news experience) who complement the news operation...MUCH more than a warm $10/hour body with pipes who rips and reads and has no news training like at least one person I know at KRLD.

But that's not a big knock against KRLD...they have plenty of seasoned pros who do a very respectable job.

Talk show tastes are in the "ear" of the beholder. I'm not a regular listener of Ernie and Jay, but I can appreciate their style. Really, for me, it depends more on the topic than the 'presenter.'
 
As I recall, didn't KRLD's numbers jump quite a bit in the last trends? Is that mainly attributed to election coverage, or are they just having a lucky season?
 
MikeShannon914 said:
C'mon, that's not very fair. No matter who pays the WBAP news anchor's paycheck, each of them are broadcasting from the WBAP studio, LIVE, 24-7, and making full use of WBAP's news resources. Guys like Bob Crowley and Bob Leonard are seasoned newshounds (30+ years news experience) who complement the news operation...MUCH more than a warm $10/hour body with pipes who rips and reads and has no news training like at least one person I know at KRLD.
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I agree with your statement with the Bobs, those guys have talent, Im just saying besides them and the morning drive crew, (i.e. after noon-5am), there can be some serious improvement when it comes to product. I guess im old school and believe that news/weather should all be in-house. Im also suprised Spittle pulled this off, seeing he's had a time with KLLI.

Czech, I think the reasons behind the numbers is due to a couple of things, one being election related. Also I believe people are wanting more live and local during the working day than the typical syndicated right wing horsewhipping they're getting currently at 820.
 
Somehow I'm thinking that WBAP could care less about losing some award to KRLD.

They're wiping them out in the ratings (IIRC WBAP is #8 and KRLD doesn't make the top 20 25-54) and they're beating them by monstorus margins in revenue (WBAP is either #1 or #2)...

Less than mighty? By what standards? Subjective opinion?

And that's fine, but can I point out that what is really supposed to count here is what the listeners want, right? And obviously the listeners want much more of WBAP than they do of KRLD. Or do the listeners, and their opinions, not count anymore?
 
Indeed, congrats to KRLD, for pulling back from the precipice a few years ago. They've come a long ways from the Bigby days, and his 'Diddle' philosophy...(no content? then talk amongst yourselves)
It's a good thing to have a news team that is at least trying. Mike & Carla, Mark & Alice, Peter, even Kurt overnight, all sound good. It's also been a treat to hear Don Smith on Sunday nights. Too bad they won't pony up the $$ to hire some experienced reporters. (Schechner and Austin excepted)
BTW- what's the word on B.J. Austin?
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grantchester said:
They've come a long ways from the Bigby days, and his 'Diddle' philosophy...(no content? then talk amongst yourselves)
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I remember back a little further than that when they were going through a similarly rough time. I got an offer for a position that would have involved a total revamping of KRLD's image. The money was good-I mean very good-but considering who made the made the offer and management's philosophy at the time, it was clear that there was very little to promote on the air and I was better off by not taking the position. After that the programming got even worse and it became painfully obvious: if the hottest thing on the station was the daily scolding from Dr. Laura, you really needed help.
 
everyone's wise analysis of the news-talk radio stations here in the Dallas-Ft. Worth metorplex is really amusing. There's so much complaining about this person or that station. First off, don't you have anything better to do? and b.) i'm guesing that many of you worked in radio's golden days and don't really have a grasp on the current media climate. whether its radio, newspapers or t.v. --- they're all going through some very tough times now. There's no going back to massive newsrooms with specialty news beats or more local programming etcetra. the climate is changing because people want change. they're going to the internet and are going to satelite. there are alot of choices now-a-days and that's having an impact on these outfits that you compliain so much about.

sorry for the misspel. Never been great at it.
 
Helo KEKE, glad you've joined us. Also glad we amuse you.
You'll find this board is a worthwhile use of time, since you will often learn things about the business you wouldn't learn elsewhere. You may also hear some different ideas, giving you something to think about.
Yes, I did work in radio in the "Golden Days"... back when every AM/FM had several engineers and '1st phone' operators. Each had a couple of continuity 'gals', an accountant, a sales manager, a program director, music director and GM for each station (back before clusters eliminated most of those expenses and combined stations spread the cost over fewer people).
I remember, back in those days, the best selling beer in the nation was Schlitz. Ever hear what happened to Schlitz? Someone got the idea they could make more money if they brewed it faster and used cheaper ingredients. People stopped drinking it. It went away, because it was 'DE-CONTENTED'.
The climate is changing, people are changing, but if you knew how much $$ those stations spin off as "Free Cash Flow" you would be amazed. Back in the day, 10% profit was good... 25% was exceptional. Now if a cluster doesn't do more than 35% free cash flow, heads roll.
Glad you're joining us. Share your thoughts, si vous plais.
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One thing hasn't changed...part-time board-ops and traffic-types who've never won an RTNDA Murrow award, much less judged one, still pretending to be credible "broadcast crtics."
 
open_mike2000 said:
One thing hasn't changed...part-time board-ops and traffic-types who've never won an RTNDA Murrow award, much less judged one, still pretending to be credible "broadcast crtics."
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Lets leave Citadel out of this.
 
open_mike2000 said:
One thing hasn't changed...part-time board-ops and traffic-types who've never won an RTNDA Murrow award, much less judged one, still pretending to be credible "broadcast crtics."
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Well, it was your idiot "traffic type" who even brought this subject to light. And since when is credibility a requirement to post on this board? That would rule out about 99% of the postings here. Perhaps there's a more mature and respectable resource on the web that would fit your needs better, instead of worrying about what the rest of us are writing on here. However, I'm sure the attraction of reading a "rumor mill" is too tempting for most folks, anyway.

Maybe all one or two of the Murrow Award winners on here could start their own board.

Credibility pretty much ends when someone uses an alias, anyway. To me, that says a person is not willing to put their own name on the line to back up whatever they're posting. What's your alias, again?
 
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