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Yeziknoradio said:
Hmmm...a Jack alternative? I think not. Plus there IS a difference in the Rochester music taste vs. Buffalo.
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Hmmm...a Jack alternative? I think not. Plus there IS a difference in the Rochester music taste vs. Buffalo.
Fickle? Hah!
Fickle hasn't done any business in Rochester. They'd be better off exporting The Lake to Rochester.
Ooops. My bad. I HATE to give Entercom any more STUPID ideas. Or, give Hank Dole any more outlets for those interminable chirping crickets and lapping Lake water.
Fickle hasn't done any business in Rochester. They'd be better off exporting The Lake to Rochester.
Ooops. My bad. I HATE to give Entercom any more STUPID ideas. Or, give Hank Dole any more outlets for those interminable chirping crickets and lapping Lake water.
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People tend to forget one thing...The Lake SOUNDED automated even when it was theoretically programmed live, except in afternoons when Loren Hunter was working and from time to time would have more to say about the music he was playing. You often could go a LOOONG time listening to that station without hearing a human voice.
That was its problem.
97 Rock, its main competition, has always had a brand identity largely because it had identifiable personalities, people who didn't talk excessively but had something interesting to say and a personality to project whenever they did crack the mike. Same with WCMF, the station's main target in the Rochester portion of its contour. Lake needed more of that kind of personality. They needed a Larry Norton or Brother Wease, with a Dave Kane or Carl Russo to follow up.
It's always sad to see people let go in this business and replaced by a machine. It's sadder still, when you see them let go because they were never really given the chance to establish a brand for the station and succeed, but confined them in a format that sounded far more mechanical than it should have if it wanted to crack the audience that stations like 97 Rock and WCMF built with a mix of music and human voices.
Although, come to think of it, since WCMF will soon be officially under the Entercom umbrella, might this be a prelude to a simulcast of some WCMF daytime shows (like Wease and Kane) into the Buffalo market on 107.7?
That was its problem.
97 Rock, its main competition, has always had a brand identity largely because it had identifiable personalities, people who didn't talk excessively but had something interesting to say and a personality to project whenever they did crack the mike. Same with WCMF, the station's main target in the Rochester portion of its contour. Lake needed more of that kind of personality. They needed a Larry Norton or Brother Wease, with a Dave Kane or Carl Russo to follow up.
It's always sad to see people let go in this business and replaced by a machine. It's sadder still, when you see them let go because they were never really given the chance to establish a brand for the station and succeed, but confined them in a format that sounded far more mechanical than it should have if it wanted to crack the audience that stations like 97 Rock and WCMF built with a mix of music and human voices.
Although, come to think of it, since WCMF will soon be officially under the Entercom umbrella, might this be a prelude to a simulcast of some WCMF daytime shows (like Wease and Kane) into the Buffalo market on 107.7?
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Wease has never done any business in Buffalo, and a simulcast from Rochester wouldn't gain any traction. If Wease started trying to add Buffalo references to his Rochester show, the Rochester folks would react about as well as the Buffalo folks would react to Rochester references. There's a lot more rivalry than commonality between the two cities.
Besides, Wease & Co. would want to be compensated. Automation is cheaper, and likely as effective.
Wease has never done any business in Buffalo, and a simulcast from Rochester wouldn't gain any traction. If Wease started trying to add Buffalo references to his Rochester show, the Rochester folks would react about as well as the Buffalo folks would react to Rochester references. There's a lot more rivalry than commonality between the two cities.
Besides, Wease & Co. would want to be compensated. Automation is cheaper, and likely as effective.
As one of the legions of ex-radio junkies who now listens only briefly in the morning while waking up and occasionally on the way to and from work (that is, if I’m not listening to a CD or—often better than radio these days—silence), this Rochester listener is especially disappointed to learn of the departure of the Lake morning team of Doc Phillips and Tom Donahue. I don’t know either personally, but both seemed “genuine,” and I enjoyed their dry wit and generally low-key presentation. Thumbs down on Entercom for this move!
Well, not surprisingly this was a headline the other day: "Entercom’s Expenses Rise Faster Than Revenues".
I noticed that they never replaced Brad Riter on WGR either. They have had a string of fill-in's like Dennis Williams from CH-4 and last night Jim Brinson did a one-off show.
I noticed that they never replaced Brad Riter on WGR either. They have had a string of fill-in's like Dennis Williams from CH-4 and last night Jim Brinson did a one-off show.
More from Business First:
http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/2007/11/12/daily24.html?jst=b_ln_hl
http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/2007/11/12/daily24.html?jst=b_ln_hl
Lake Lineup
I wondered what was going on when I heard Lorne Michaels live this afternoon. Now I'll have to tune in tomorrow to hear Dank Hole on the radio.
You'd think that they could at least have kept Big Tom. He was only a part-timer anyway, with a lot of history in the market.
I wondered what was going on when I heard Lorne Michaels live this afternoon. Now I'll have to tune in tomorrow to hear Dank Hole on the radio.
You'd think that they could at least have kept Big Tom. He was only a part-timer anyway, with a lot of history in the market.
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