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Opening show. First hour sucked. Second hour was better, but hour 3 ruined the tempo. He has no clue how to do radio. Doesn't understand about drive times, top of the hour and the demo. Think of a band that plays out of beat, leaving the dancers to crash all over the floor.
I never had a rocker that was good at radio. He was up all night and sounds tired. Rockers hate to be told what to do. If David is only doing this for fun it won't work. I suspect David is in kahoots with Howard Stern on a mission to trash the station. I give him 2 weeks before he quits. It's sad because he has a big order to fill. You can't just go in there and expect it to work without first understanding the needs of your listeners. We all remember the disaster Mickey Dolenz made out of CBS FM. Infinity had better get on the ball fast before more listeners go out and either get a pay radio or listen to other stations. I knew this would happen, but held off because I wanted to first listen to the show. I recomend he listen to Don Imus for an example of a radio show that stands up to the test of time.
 
> Opening show.
Although I'm in NYC I can hear Adam Corollas first show and will have to say that he is doing a superb job, There is no comparison between DLR and Corolla. They East Coast is missing out, at least unless or until changes are made. Let me put it this way, DLR is to Stern what Jack is to the golden 101.
 
Yikes!

I'm not going to say DLR is toast...but someone better do something...and fast..because he lost my attention very quickly, and I don't see listeners hanging on to hear about old time East Village stories and DLR singing....

For once in my life I actually miss Stern...but I'm still not paying for Sirius!
 
> > Opening show.
> Although I'm in NYC I can hear Adam Corollas first show and
> will have to say that he is doing a superb job, There is no
> comparison between DLR and Corolla. They East Coast is
> missing out, at least unless or until changes are made. Let
> me put it this way, DLR is to Stern what Jack is to the
> golden 101.
>
Hey Bob, how are you hearing Corolla? you got some underground hook up? Im curious as to how Rachel Perry will be with him.
 
Re: Adam Carolla...

> Hey Bob, how are you hearing Corolla? you got some
> underground hook up? Im curious as to how Rachel Perry will
> be with him.

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> > > Opening show.
> > Although I'm in NYC I can hear Adam Corollas first show
> and
> > will have to say that he is doing a superb job, There is
> no
> > comparison between DLR and Corolla. They East Coast is
> > missing out, at least unless or until changes are made.
> Let
> > me put it this way, DLR is to Stern what Jack is to the
> > golden 101.
> >
> Hey Bob, how are you hearing Corolla? you got some
> underground hook up? Im curious as to how Rachel Perry will
> be with him.
>
I listened to the entire first hour of the new Adam Carolla show this morning on KWOD Sacramento and I've got to tell you that she was nervous in her first newscast.
But, she was very ill informed of the facts when reporting the story about the trapped miners. She reported that the air quality in the mine was able to support life and then on her second newscast had to report just how grim it really was for the trapped miners. She can and will do better I'm sure!

Adam is OK if you want to hear him talk about erections while getting a butt massage from a male masseuse, his road trip to Lake Tahoe and the bad drivers on the road while on his summer vacation, how he hates truck drivers, and how he was going to try to give his
father $10,000 if he answered a question right.

Interesting sample this first
hour was but I went back to my mp3 player. I will listen again in the morning for another hour. Adam is a good talent and I'm sure he was nervous too and will get much better as he loosens up.
 
> > > Opening show.
> > Although I'm in NYC I can hear Adam Corollas first show
> and
> > will have to say that he is doing a superb job, There is
> no
> > comparison between DLR and Corolla. They East Coast is
> > missing out, at least unless or until changes are made.
> Let
> > me put it this way, DLR is to Stern what Jack is to the
> > golden 101.
> >
> Hey Bob, how are you hearing Corolla? you got some
> underground hook up? Im curious as to how Rachel Perry will
> be with him.
>
Without going into too much detail I'll say that although I'm in NYC I have access to feeds from all over the country and not via the internet. While I'd choose my I-pod with over 4,000 songs on it over either of these shows, Corolla hits the desired demographic head on. If I were in a position to make a trade, I'd trade DLR for Corolla any day.
 
DLR v. Carola

> Without going into too much detail I'll say that although
> I'm in NYC I have access to feeds from all over the country
> and not via the internet. While I'd choose my I-pod with
> over 4,000 songs on it over either of these shows, Corolla
> hits the desired demographic head on. If I were in a
> position to make a trade, I'd trade DLR for Corolla any day.
>
I listened to DLR for an hour. I bailed out during the interview of the 300 year old man. DLR is a cool guy but I just don't see it. Adam Carola's show was better. He is naturally funny. I do see possible hit potential.

New York radio needs New York talent. DLR is too California. I believe CBS is clueless in the city.
 
Re: DLR v. Carola

> New York radio needs New York talent. DLR is too California.
> I believe CBS is clueless in the city.
>
DLR never seemed very east coast to me, whatever that means anyway. It just seems like Carolla, if anything, would have been a better fit for the east and DLR for the west. But that's just one person's questionable opinion.

I guess I have no idea what CBS people are thinking most of the time anyway.
 
Not sure how someone is supposed to be in the morning slot in market #1 after doing a handful of radio shows in his lifetime...but he should loosen up and be the Dave from "Dave TV" and not be serious old man DLR...Needs a much better supporting cast too. Maybe he is only interested in doing this long enough to get Edward Vanhasbeen to pull his head out of his butt and reforn the greatest rock band ever...? He needs to unleash Diamond DLR.


> Opening show. First hour sucked. Second hour was better, but
> hour 3 ruined the tempo. He has no clue how to do radio.
> Doesn't understand about drive times, top of the hour and
> the demo. Think of a band that plays out of beat, leaving
> the dancers to crash all over the floor.
> I never had a rocker that was good at radio. He was up
> all night and sounds tired. Rockers hate to be told what to
> do. If David is only doing this for fun it won't work. I
> suspect David is in kahoots with Howard Stern on a mission
> to trash the station. I give him 2 weeks before he quits.
> It's sad because he has a big order to fill. You can't just
> go in there and expect it to work without first
> understanding the needs of your listeners. We all remember
> the disaster Mickey Dolenz made out of CBS FM. Infinity had
> better get on the ball fast before more listeners go out and
> either get a pay radio or listen to other stations. I knew
> this would happen, but held off because I wanted to first
> listen to the show. I recomend he listen to Don Imus for an
> example of a radio show that stands up to the test of time.
>
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Real life Dave vs. Video Dave

> Not sure how someone is supposed to be in the morning slot
> in market #1 after doing a handful of radio shows in his
> lifetime...but he should loosen up and be the Dave from
> "Dave TV" and not be serious old man DLR...Needs a much
> better supporting cast too. Maybe he is only interested in
> doing this long enough to get Edward Vanhasbeen to pull his
> head out of his butt and reforn the greatest rock band
> ever...? He needs to unleash Diamond DLR.
>
>
WEll in fairness though remember the Dave from "Dave TV" was a character and that was over 20 years ago. I would suspect the reson why he's doing this in the first place is because he's mellowed and to some degree matured a bit in those twenty years sice he was THAT David Lee Roth...........Just speculation. ......ALSO The halls of the station are now covered in blown up Jazz LP art replacing the gold plaques for slipknot etc, Jazz LP's blown up huge from everyone from Art Blakey to Mcoy Tyner quintet, that's Dave's vibe now, he's all about the jazz greats which I think is admirable, and the average Halen head probably would never think that Dave is that much a musical intellect,.......So in other words maybe he's not Dave from Dave Tv anymore, then again that was a character in a music video, it probably never was the read DLR.
 
Re: Real life Dave vs. Video Dave

I have read his book and hung out with him for a bit...I know that "character" was part DLR but not the entire package...and radio is not exactly "real" either...it's about entertaining. Dave has def NOT changed very much...besides visually...I hung with him in 2003 and he was still totally off the wall and crazy from the heat...He even stated in the last few weeks that he has been in contact with Alex VH and it is just a matter of time before real VH resumes. He did a mini tour over the last 2 months doing 99% VH tunes). The Jazzy DLR never worked. It didn't work in the mid 90s in Vegas and it won't work in 2006. Diamond DLR worked, thats a fact that has well over 50 million albums and arguably the best videos in the history of MTV behind it...K rock had slipknot on the walls? Why? They never played em.


> > Not sure how someone is supposed to be in the morning slot
>
> > in market #1 after doing a handful of radio shows in his
> > lifetime...but he should loosen up and be the Dave from
> > "Dave TV" and not be serious old man DLR...Needs a much
> > better supporting cast too. Maybe he is only interested in
>
> > doing this long enough to get Edward Vanhasbeen to pull
> his
> > head out of his butt and reforn the greatest rock band
> > ever...? He needs to unleash Diamond DLR.
> >
> >
> WEll in fairness though remember the Dave from "Dave TV" was
> a character and that was over 20 years ago. I would suspect
> the reson why he's doing this in the first place is because
> he's mellowed and to some degree matured a bit in those
> twenty years sice he was THAT David Lee Roth...........Just
> speculation. ......ALSO The halls of the station are now
> covered in blown up Jazz LP art replacing the gold plaques
> for slipknot etc, Jazz LP's blown up huge from everyone from
> Art Blakey to Mcoy Tyner quintet, that's Dave's vibe now,
> he's all about the jazz greats which I think is admirable,
> and the average Halen head probably would never think that
> Dave is that much a musical intellect,.......So in other
> words maybe he's not Dave from Dave Tv anymore, then again
> that was a character in a music video, it probably never was
> the read DLR.
>
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Re: Real life Dave vs. Video Dave

Maybe DLR he can do what Stern did for the last 5+ years: Talk for 5 days/week about what restaurants he ate at over the weekend and threaten to leave when his contract expires...


> I have read his book and hung out with him for a bit...I
> know that "character" was part DLR but not the entire
> package...and radio is not exactly "real" either...it's
> about entertaining. Dave has def NOT changed very
> much...besides visually...I hung with him in 2003 and he was
> still totally off the wall and crazy from the heat...He even
> stated in the last few weeks that he has been in contact
> with Alex VH and it is just a matter of time before real VH
> resumes...K rock had slipknot on the walls? Why? They never
> played em...
>
>
> > > Not sure how someone is supposed to be in the morning
> slot
> >
> > > in market #1 after doing a handful of radio shows in his
>
> > > lifetime...but he should loosen up and be the Dave from
> > > "Dave TV" and not be serious old man DLR...Needs a much
> > > better supporting cast too. Maybe he is only interested
> in
> >
> > > doing this long enough to get Edward Vanhasbeen to pull
> > his
> > > head out of his butt and reforn the greatest rock band
> > > ever...? He needs to unleash Diamond DLR.
> > >
> > >
> > WEll in fairness though remember the Dave from "Dave TV"
> was
> > a character and that was over 20 years ago. I would
> suspect
> > the reson why he's doing this in the first place is
> because
> > he's mellowed and to some degree matured a bit in those
> > twenty years sice he was THAT David Lee
> Roth...........Just
> > speculation. ......ALSO The halls of the station are now
> > covered in blown up Jazz LP art replacing the gold plaques
>
> > for slipknot etc, Jazz LP's blown up huge from everyone
> from
> > Art Blakey to Mcoy Tyner quintet, that's Dave's vibe now,
> > he's all about the jazz greats which I think is
> admirable,
> > and the average Halen head probably would never think that
>
> > Dave is that much a musical intellect,.......So in other
> > words maybe he's not Dave from Dave Tv anymore, then again
>
> > that was a character in a music video, it probably never
> was
> > the read DLR.
> >
>
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SDMF</P>
 
Re: Real life Dave vs. Video Dave

> I have read his book and hung out with him for a bit...I
> know that "character" was part DLR but not the entire
> package...and radio is not exactly "real" either...it's
> about entertaining. Dave has def NOT changed very
> much...besides visually...I hung with him in 2003 and he was
> still totally off the wall and crazy from the heat...He even
> stated in the last few weeks that he has been in contact
> with Alex VH and it is just a matter of time before real VH
> resumes. He did a mini tour over the last 2 months doing 99%
> VH tunes). The Jazzy DLR never worked. It didn't work in the
> mid 90s in Vegas and it won't work in 2006. Diamond DLR
> worked, thats a fact that has well over 50 million albums
> and arguably the best videos in the history of MTV behind
> it...K rock had slipknot on the walls? Why? They never
> played em.


?????????????????.............Where do I begin with you:


A. None of this has anything to do with his radio show, " I hung out with Dave in 2003 and he was just like the guy in the video" ok well it's 2006 and thats not who he is on the air. Sure he did great videos no one is arguing that, but that was 20 yeasr ago and he's doing a radio show, not a video show on TV.

B. Never played Slipknot?.......wrong, krock played them enough to have a thank you/congratlatory plaque for "wait and bleed" the single along with the album on the wall. If you want to argue that Rkcok didnt play them enough for your liking that's another story, Ive had the knot on my local show and my syndicated show (now defunct) and I can tell you very few stations played Slipknot very much, mostly dayparted but almost never in heavy rotation.
 
Re: Real life Dave vs. Video Dave

Ummm, lets see DLR changed the face of rock and everything about what a frontman does/is...He needs to put the same energy, ingenuity into the radio as he did with rock...and BTW, his past has EVERYTHING to do with his radio gig. Do you think he got hired for his mad radio-skills and super-tight demo and his previous radio experience? Do you? He got hired because he is a commodity with a past and a built-in fan base...it would make sense to "pander" to that fan base. Again, Jazzy DLR failed in the mid 90's it will again. He needs to go over the top...otherwise he is done. And since he just said that VH will be back...it makes even more sense to resurrect Diamond Dave...Not in my store you don't...


> > I have read his book and hung out with him for a bit...I
> > know that "character" was part DLR but not the entire
> > package...and radio is not exactly "real" either...it's
> > about entertaining. Dave has def NOT changed very
> > much...besides visually...I hung with him in 2003 and he
> was
> > still totally off the wall and crazy from the heat...He
> even
> > stated in the last few weeks that he has been in contact
> > with Alex VH and it is just a matter of time before real
> VH
> > resumes. He did a mini tour over the last 2 months doing
> 99%
> > VH tunes). The Jazzy DLR never worked. It didn't work in
> the
> > mid 90s in Vegas and it won't work in 2006. Diamond DLR
> > worked, thats a fact that has well over 50 million albums
> > and arguably the best videos in the history of MTV behind
> > it...K rock had slipknot on the walls? Why? They never
> > played em.
>
>
> ?????????????????.............Where do I begin with you:
>
>
> A. None of this has anything to do with his radio show, " I
> hung out with Dave in 2003 and he was just like the guy in
> the video" ok well it's 2006 and thats not who he is on the
> air. Sure he did great videos no one is arguing that, but
> that was 20 yeasr ago and he's doing a radio show, not a
> video show on TV.
>
> B. Never played Slipknot?.......wrong, krock played them
> enough to have a thank you/congratlatory plaque for "wait
> and bleed" the single along with the album on the wall. If
> you want to argue that Rkcok didnt play them enough for your
> liking that's another story, Ive had the knot on my local
> show and my syndicated show (now defunct) and I can tell you
> very few stations played Slipknot very much, mostly
> dayparted but almost never in heavy rotation.
>
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Re: Real life Dave vs. Video Dave

> Ummm, lets see DLR changed the face of rock and everything
> about what a frontman does/is...He needs to put the same
> energy, ingenuity into the radio as he did with rock...and
> BTW, his past has EVERYTHING to do with his radio gig. Do
> you think he got hired for his mad radio-skills and
> super-tight demo and his previous radio experience? Do you?
> He got hired because he is a commodity with a past and a
> built-in fan base...it would make sense to "pander" to that
> fan base. Again, Jazzy DLR failed in the mid 90's it will
> again. He needs to go over the top...otherwise he is done.
> And since he just said that VH will be back...it makes even
> more sense to resurrect Diamond Dave...Not in my store you
> don't...
>
>

So your programming suggestion is that CBS build their entire east coast syndication base around a character that their host played in maybe two music videos over twenty years ago, in which that character only appeared for maybe a total of 30 seconds...................Hmmmmmmmmmmm: I think you need a "bottle of anything,......and a glazesd doughnut....to go, go go go........."
 
Re: Real life Dave vs. Video Dave

No, not one character...but how about SOME characters? How about the Fabulous Picasso Bros for some bits? How about some type of direction instead of just reading the paper and radomnly talking about topics and praying calls will run the show? I love DLR and want him to succeed. But what he is doing now ANYONE could do and it makes ZERO sense IMO. He should play to his strengths, that's what I'm saying.


> > Ummm, lets see DLR changed the face of rock and everything
>
> > about what a frontman does/is...He needs to put the same
> > energy, ingenuity into the radio as he did with rock...and
>
> > BTW, his past has EVERYTHING to do with his radio gig. Do
> > you think he got hired for his mad radio-skills and
> > super-tight demo and his previous radio experience? Do
> you?
> > He got hired because he is a commodity with a past and a
> > built-in fan base...it would make sense to "pander" to
> that
> > fan base. Again, Jazzy DLR failed in the mid 90's it will
> > again. He needs to go over the top...otherwise he is done.
>
> > And since he just said that VH will be back...it makes
> even
> > more sense to resurrect Diamond Dave...Not in my store you
>
> > don't...
> >
> >
>
> So your programming suggestion is that CBS build their
> entire east coast syndication base around a character that
> their host played in maybe two music videos over twenty
> years ago, in which that character only appeared for maybe a
> total of 30 seconds...................Hmmmmmmmmmmm: I think
> you need a "bottle of anything,......and a glazesd
> doughnut....to go, go go go........."
>
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Re: Real life Dave vs. Video Dave

K rock had slipknot on the walls? Why? They never
> played em.

Duality was #24 on the top 92 of 2004. They played Slipknot quite a bit. Duality as a single was also top rated at active rock and alternative, cracking the top 30 of the year in alternative and top 10 in active rock radio.
Yep, guess they never played em.
 
Re: Real life Dave vs. Video Dave

> K rock had slipknot on the walls? Why? They never
> > played em.
>
> Duality was #24 on the top 92 of 2004. They played Slipknot
> quite a bit. Duality as a single was also top rated at
> active rock and alternative, cracking the top 30 of the year
> in alternative and top 10 in active rock radio.
> Yep, guess they never played em.
>
THANK YOU SLater

jesus the cynicism on this board!. Metal heads are always convinced that radio sucks because their favorite bands dont get radio airplay, then again they never listen to the radio stations they're so critical of, but then if you DO play their favorite band they're pissed because you only play the single "Krock sucks becuase they didnt play Slipknot "Peoplke = sh*t"........And always the little experts "KRock never played Slipknot"........Alright Ive got to go cue up some MESSGUGAH!!!.........Well not really but for a second you got psyched,


ya fricken babies, ya!!
 
Re: Real life Dave vs. Video Dave

Funny, I listened to Krock (not by choice) every day from 10a-5p during 2004 at work and I didn't hear Slipknot...I did hear em on CCC but never on 92.3. Never....must have meissed the sets where they "slipped" em in between Green Day, Audioslave, Franz Ferdinand, the Killers, and the Offspring...For the record, I am no fan of Slipknot...If I want to listen to something heavy, I listen to the Label.


> > K rock had slipknot on the walls? Why? They never
> > > played em.
> >
> > Duality was #24 on the top 92 of 2004. They played
> Slipknot
> > quite a bit. Duality as a single was also top rated at
> > active rock and alternative, cracking the top 30 of the
> year
> > in alternative and top 10 in active rock radio.
> > Yep, guess they never played em.
> >
> THANK YOU SLater
>
> jesus the cynicism on this board!. Metal heads are always
> convinced that radio sucks because their favorite bands dont
> get radio airplay, then again they never listen to the radio
> stations they're so critical of, but then if you DO play
> their favorite band they're pissed because you only play the
> single "Krock sucks becuase they didnt play Slipknot
> "Peoplke = sh*t"........And always the little experts "KRock
> never played Slipknot"........Alright Ive got to go cue up
> some MESSGUGAH!!!.........Well not really but for a second
> you got psyched,
>
>
> ya fricken babies, ya!!
>
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