ease up, cat
Hello- Real World calling.
No jocks is a by-product of new JACK stations, not the reason to do the format.
Many brand-new out-of-the-box stations (most, in fact) sign-on with no jocks.
The format is too new for anybody to know if no jocks will ever be on JACK FM.
Get your jaded, skeptical and over-critical head out of your you-know-what.
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> Read again it does not have DJs. This is an owners dream
> come true man!
> The most greedy and sleezy station owners will be jacking
> stations all over the country. Maybe not but it's not good
> jocks.
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> The full story below.
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> Moonves: Infinity to spin fewer stations
> Viacom Co-President/COO Les Moonves yesterday confirmed
> what's already been pretty well known in the radio industry
> - - that Infinity has cut back on plans to sell most of its
> radio stations outside the top 20 markets. "We're still
> looking to sell some of the smaller radio stations. Possibly
> we're not going to sell quite as many as we initially talked
> about in the first place, because we'll wait to see what
> happens with the split, where they all fit in. But we're
> currently having some conversations about getting rid of
> some of the smaller radio stations right now," Moonves told
> a Deutsche Bank Securities conference in New York. Earlier
> in his presentation, Moonves was upbeat about the future for
> Viacom's radio and outdoor businesses, which he admitted are
> currently low single digit growth businesses. "Hopefully
> they get to mid single digit growth in the near future. I
> think Joel [Hollander] is doing a terrific job. I think
> we're changing the formats at a number of stations. We're
> investing a little bit of money in promotion and
> programming. We've been running some experiments in terms of
> promotion. We've done a new format, as you've all heard
> about loudly here in New York, in the 'Jack' format. God, it
> seemed like we had shot somebody when we changed the WCBS
> format. The 'Jack' format is something that we've used in LA
> and a few other markets. In LA, it went from 15th to third
> in total listeners in about a six-month period of time, so
> obviously this is a format that works exceedingly well. It's
> sort of like your own iPod. It does not have DJs. It has
> 1,200 of your top songs and the format has worked
> extraordinarily well. We've also, as I said, put promotion
> dollars in eight of our stations - - six of them have seen
> double digit growth. So, I'm optimistic that if we look at
> radio realistically, as a smaller growth business, it's
> still a great business that's producing a ton of cash and as
> we look toward the potential split, cash is a very good
> thing - - I will take it any day of the week," Moonves said.
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> RBR observation: Yes, we noted that Moonves was careful to
> say "if" the split happens several times during his
> presentation. You've probably read, as we have, speculation
> that Viacom's management and directors are rethinking
> whether splitting the company is a good idea, since the two
> smaller entities could be more vulnerable to competitive
> attacks. The board is expected to vote on the idea later
> this month and, if they approve a split, shareholders will
> vote a few months later. The bottom line is that Sumner
> Redstone has absolute voting control of Viacom - - and will
> continue to have absolute voting control of both post-split
> companies. If he thinks the split is a good idea, it will
> happen. If not, it won't. No one else's opinion counts.
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> > This will be on the Miami, Orlando, Tampa & North Florida
> > > boards. Cox should flip its Jacksonville & Tampa
> stations
> > to
> > > "Jack" clones, modeled after Cox's 98-9 WMMO in Orlando.
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> > > Here it is!
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> > > Miami: WFLC (Dropping the "Coast" AC Format)
> > > Orlando: WMMO (Has been Floida's first adult hits
> station)
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> > > Tampa: WPOI (Dropping "Point" 80's Format)
> > > Jacksonville: WMXQ (Also Dropping 80's)
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> > Jack my ass. Does anyone know how long that format has
> been
> > in Dallas? Cause the station there doing Jack is the
> number
> > 14 station in that market. Doesn't make sense to me. Any
> > comments?
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