Dave-FM PD Let Go

[mikesingh]

Like previously said... 92.9 AMP Radio would make a big splash if they take advantage of the rising popularity of EDM and the current pop frienzy.

 

[Mr_Place]

SportsRadio 92.9, Atlanta's only sports talk station on FM. Get ready for it.

 

[BIGSTICK]

SportsRadio 92.9, Atlanta's only sports talk station on FM. Get ready for it.

That would be worse than DAVE..

 

[crguy]

If CBS were going to flip formats, they'd be getting rid of more staff than just the PD - no?

This just sounds like they want to find someone else that can successfully program a Triple A station

Often times a PD will get let go and the new PD either brings in his own people/fires people or starts up an entirely new project. For all we know there is someone somewhere already planning to move dave forward or move CBS into a new format. I believe that is how dave-fm itself was originally launched summer 2004.

 

[robbie roundhouse]

SportsRadio 92.9, Atlanta's only sports talk station on FM. Get ready for it.

Just putting this out there. CBS's Sports Hub in Boston has been able to compete with WEEI thanks in large part tot the success of their morning show - Toucher & Rich - who met working in Atlanta. Any chance CBS goes sports on 92.9 and either syndicates Toucher & Rich or just brings them back to Atlanta?

 

[BIGSTICK]

Again, sports on FM is a waste of what little choices we have left on the lame dial. 93.7 simulcasting 680 is sufficient.

 

[rho01]

Dave FM shifts its music mix

First sign of change without Scott Jameson at the helm of Dave FM: no more 80s weekends.

In fact, a lot less 80s music period on Saturday.

The breakdown of music has shifted significantly to the past 22 years, according to Mediabase 24/7: 10% 70s music, 8% 80s music, 42% 90s and 40% the past 12 years.

On Friday, June 22, the breakdown was: 10% 70s, 50% 80s, 20% 90s, 20% 2000s to today

 

[jabba17]

Re: Dave FM shifts its music mix

First sign of change without Scott Jameson at the helm of Dave FM: no more 80s weekends.

In fact, a lot less 80s music period on Saturday.

The breakdown of music has shifted significantly to the past 22 years, according to Mediabase 24/7: 10% 70s music, 8% 80s music, 42% 90s and 40% the past 12 years.

On Friday, June 22, the breakdown was: 10% 70s, 50% 80s, 20% 90s, 20% 2000s to today

There goes that button...no wonder it sounded like crap today.

 

[acheron1982]

I guess I'm the odd ball here. Personally, it seems like all these stations "were" taking the previous decades and running them in the ground until they figured out it was also running their ratings into the ground.

Look with happened to B's all 80s weekend
Look at Star's all 90s weekend.

I love the 80s and 70s is my favorite but damn, some people under AARP consideration like some of the newer stuff rather that be in rock, rap or country.

 

[BIGSTICK]

Re: Dave FM shifts its music mix

First sign of change without Scott Jameson at the helm of Dave FM: no more 80s weekends.

In fact, a lot less 80s music period on Saturday.

The breakdown of music has shifted significantly to the past 22 years, according to Mediabase 24/7: 10% 70s music, 8% 80s music, 42% 90s and 40% the past 12 years.

On Friday, June 22, the breakdown was: 10% 70s, 50% 80s, 20% 90s, 20% 2000s to today

There goes that button...no wonder it sounded like crap today.

Yep, it just gets worse.......

 

[carolinaradio]

IMO, part of Dave-FM's issue that there is no stability in the musical/programming focus. Has there been any news of a new PD for Dave, or if they're hiring? That could be an indication of whether they plan to stick with it.

Speculating that Dave were to change formats; if WiLD is as CHR as it looks (I haven't listened online lately), I don't see how there would be room for an Amp-type CHR in the market with WiLD and Q100. WiLD is similar to the Amp stations which lean rhythmic. That would leave Sports (I don't see how 3 sports stations could be sustained in Atlanta) or classic hits, pretty much. Or, the Modern AC suggestion which was interesting.

 

[BIGSTICK]

IMO, part of Dave-FM's issue that there is no stability in the musical/programming focus. Has there been any news of a new PD for Dave, or if they're hiring? That could be an indication of whether they plan to stick with it.

Speculating that Dave were to change formats; if WiLD is as CHR as it looks (I haven't listened online lately), I don't see how there would be room for an Amp-type CHR in the market with WiLD and Q100. WiLD is similar to the Amp stations which lean rhythmic. That would leave Sports (I don't see how 3 sports stations could be sustained in Atlanta) or classic hits, pretty much. Or, the Modern AC suggestion which was interesting.

What do you suggest for this 100 k signal then? It needs to go back to doing classic oldies with deeper cuts...

 

[carolinaradio]

IMO, part of Dave-FM's issue that there is no stability in the musical/programming focus. Has there been any news of a new PD for Dave, or if they're hiring? That could be an indication of whether they plan to stick with it.

Speculating that Dave were to change formats; if WiLD is as CHR as it looks (I haven't listened online lately), I don't see how there would be room for an Amp-type CHR in the market with WiLD and Q100. WiLD is similar to the Amp stations which lean rhythmic. That would leave Sports (I don't see how 3 sports stations could be sustained in Atlanta) or classic hits, pretty much. Or, the Modern AC suggestion which was interesting.

What do you suggest for this 100 k signal then? It needs to go back to doing classic oldies with deeper cuts...

Like I've said many times - personally, I think classic hits would be the best choice should they do away with the Dave format. It's a big hole and CBS can pull it off better than anyone else.

 

[MRFLASHPORT]

I guess I'm the odd ball here. Personally, it seems like all these stations "were" taking the previous decades and running them in the ground until they figured out it was also running their ratings into the ground.

Look with happened to B's all 80s weekend
Look at Star's all 90s weekend.

I love the 80s and 70s is my favorite but damn, some people under AARP consideration like some of the newer stuff rather that be in rock, rap or country.

The problem is that corporate canned radio INSISTS on playing NOTHING but the same top 20 hits from those decades. No top 100's, no B-sides, no rarer cuts. Just the same washed out Cyndi Lauper, Journey, etc. Of course it gets tiring. It's the same crap over and over.

How sad, the 80's Rewind was actually DECENT, many top 100's, B-sides, rarer tracks. Glad I made a few tapes of it last month. (Go ahead, laugh, I still use cassettes at home). It was refreshing to hear songs I haven't heard since I was a kid in the 1980s, not the same washed out playlists some turd consultant says people actually want to hear.

Dave FM is now going to rot like a corpse, another so-called "alternative" station playing the same 100 songs that Project plays, both on their HD-1 and HD-2, and 99-X with their feeble signal translator.

Go ahead, put sports crap on it. Stick a fork in it, just another sign of how corporate consolidation murdered radio. Less choice will only continue to erode the audience completely away. Maybe then these dummies who run the airwaves will go out of business, and new people who aren't so obsessed with profits and ratings will help radio rise from the ashes, serving up local programming, local news, and music programmed by airstaff with the help of listeners.

Wake me I know I'm dreaming...

 

[MRFLASHPORT]

To those who keep suggesting "Bring back Z-93"!!....When stations die they die for a reason. You're getting too caught up in the nostalgia of Z-93 and forgetting that it ran its course. Cumulus reacted to all the "Bring back 99X" cries and look where it got them. Plus, Z-93 is actually alive and kicking in Atlanta, but it's called the River.

The River is nowhere near what Z-93 was. Z-93 played a music library that was much deeper and broader than the River with it's same tired 200 song Skynrd, Zepplin and top 20 rock hits of the 70's and 80's ever did. Z-93 had a great airstaff. Z-93 had great imaging. Z-93 also lasted 15 years (1989-2004) with the same format.

99X on a crappy translator or it's HD-2 counterpart with it's monophonic telephone line sound cannot compare, and it's 100 percent automated.

Stop comparing apples to oranges. What had been brought back is a shell of what once was. And listeners know it, which is why we tune it out.

 

[IT_Guru]

While I would love to see 92.9 become Classic Hits, at this point I have to be skeptical about it after seeing what CBS just did to WODS in Boston. Even if it became Classic Hits, how long would it last ... 2, 3 maybe 4 years if we were lucky? If it did become Classic Hits, how do we know CBS would put any effort into it like they have CBS-FM and K-Earth? Atlanta hasn't had a decent Oldies/Classic Hits format since Cox took over Fox 97.

 

[RadioDoogie]

To those who keep suggesting "Bring back Z-93"!!....When stations die they die for a reason. You're getting too caught up in the nostalgia of Z-93 and forgetting that it ran its course. Cumulus reacted to all the "Bring back 99X" cries and look where it got them. Plus, Z-93 is actually alive and kicking in Atlanta, but it's called the River.

The River is nowhere near what Z-93 was. Z-93 played a music library that was much deeper and broader than the River with it's same tired 200 song Skynrd, Zepplin and top 20 rock hits of the 70's and 80's ever did. Z-93 had a great airstaff. Z-93 had great imaging. Z-93 also lasted 15 years (1989-2004) with the same format.

99X on a crappy translator or it's HD-2 counterpart with it's monophonic telephone line sound cannot compare, and it's 100 percent automated.

Stop comparing apples to oranges. What had been brought back is a shell of what once was. And listeners know it, which is why we tune it out.

If you can even pickup the 99X on HD2. It's been down for two weeks now.

 

[carolinaradio]

WODS/Boston was an isolated case. I don't think it really speaks anything about CBS's commitment to the format. There had been speculation of the station flipping for quite a while, and its performance was mediocre (not to mention that market had another classic hits station that was doing quite better). That station did not have the strength of KOOL, KLUV, WCBS, KRTH, WOGL, WOMC, WRBQ, etc.

CBS has put a lot in to their two most recent classic hits startups, WOCL in Orlando and the re-birth of WJMK in Chicago. WJMK sounds good, but is treading water in its attempt to catch up with WLS-FM, who is also classic hits, is established, and also sounds good.

 

[jabba17]

To those who keep suggesting "Bring back Z-93"!!....When stations die they die for a reason. You're getting too caught up in the nostalgia of Z-93 and forgetting that it ran its course. Cumulus reacted to all the "Bring back 99X" cries and look where it got them. Plus, Z-93 is actually alive and kicking in Atlanta, but it's called the River.

The River is nowhere near what Z-93 was. Z-93 played a music library that was much deeper and broader than the River with it's same tired 200 song Skynrd, Zepplin and top 20 rock hits of the 70's and 80's ever did. Z-93 had a great airstaff. Z-93 had great imaging. Z-93 also lasted 15 years (1989-2004) with the same format.

99X on a crappy translator or it's HD-2 counterpart with it's monophonic telephone line sound cannot compare, and it's 100 percent automated.

Stop comparing apples to oranges. What had been brought back is a shell of what once was. And listeners know it, which is why we tune it out.

If you can even pickup the 99X on HD2. It's been down for two weeks now.

I thought translators had to go off the air if the "translated" signal went off the air...?

 

[jabba17]

To those who keep suggesting "Bring back Z-93"!!....When stations die they die for a reason. You're getting too caught up in the nostalgia of Z-93 and forgetting that it ran its course. Cumulus reacted to all the "Bring back 99X" cries and look where it got them. Plus, Z-93 is actually alive and kicking in Atlanta, but it's called the River.

The River is nowhere near what Z-93 was. Z-93 played a music library that was much deeper and broader than the River with it's same tired 200 song Skynrd, Zepplin and top 20 rock hits of the 70's and 80's ever did. Z-93 had a great airstaff. Z-93 had great imaging. Z-93 also lasted 15 years (1989-2004) with the same format.

99X on a crappy translator or it's HD-2 counterpart with it's monophonic telephone line sound cannot compare, and it's 100 percent automated.

Stop comparing apples to oranges. What had been brought back is a shell of what once was. And listeners know it, which is why we tune it out.

I think what people are wanting is a reprise of CHR Z-93, with the old jingles and imaging, albeit as a classic hits station covering the 1970s and 1980s. If WCBS can do it, why not WZGC?