Delilah OUT

[JockFan]

Looks as though they kicked her to the curb and hired John Symons. Nice move. This could be a real problem for her though. Loosing her 2nd largest market. When will NYC do the same?

 

[PDPete]

That's great news! It just goes to show that live and local works a lot more often than not. Hopefully he can open up the playlist a bit as well to reflect what they play on the station during the day.

I'm just wondering if his show will be limited to Christmas music for the next two months, or whether they will shelve the Christmas music during his show. We'll see what happens tomorrow night.

 

[bucwhyl]

Let me guess.... Fresh 105.9 will pick her up. Right?.... :

 

[calguy]

Let me guess.... Fresh 105.9 will pick her up. Right?.... :

That would be a bad move. Hopefully she's done in the Windy City.

But she may stick around in New York unless CC wants to stop the hemorrhaging now.

 

[chgodave]

I'm also more curious about how it will work with John Symons. Wondering if his show will really still be called "Love Notes" since it will now compete against "Love FM", his former station. If it does retain the name, it will be bolstered by the PPM's, because people writing in "Love" in diaries could have (or could be) credited wrongly to either the show or to 100.3.

In any event, it will be nice to not have 5 hours of mostly "down" music and conversation on 93.9 from now on.

 

[Rhythmon]

But she may stick around in New York unless CC wants to stop the hemorrhaging now.

Not sure what you mean by 'stop the hemorrhaging now' Calguy. Is Delilah doing poorly - is she not living up to CC's expectations, since they wooed her away from Jones? I've been out of the loop, and would definitely like some more information regarding how the Delilah show is performing in Chicago, NY and Nationally

 

[mediamayhem]

I'm also more curious about how it will work with John Symons. Wondering if his show will really still be called "Love Notes" since it will now compete against "Love FM", his former station. If it does retain the name, it will be bolstered by the PPM's, because people writing in "Love" in diaries could have (or could be) credited wrongly to either the show or to 100.3.

In any event, it will be nice to not have 5 hours of mostly "down" music and conversation on 93.9 from now on.

Once diaries are done and it's the world of PPM it won't matter, it only matters that people listen. In fact, let them be confused a little. Confusion would only help Fresh. If when they hear Symons show a listener "thinks" they are listening to the station they always listened to (Love FM) and continue to do so, PPM will pick up Fresh and give them the credit. Thought for the next two months the pendulum will swing the other way, toward Love.

 

[SeanMGilbow]

What goes around comes around.

Before you got him in Chicago, John Symons had the highly rated "Love Songs" show on Saga's Sunny 95 (WSNY 94.7) in Columbus.

Ten years ago, Delilah was competing with John Symons on a station now under Saga's ownership.

When "Lite Rock 108" became "Star 107.9," the nation's first all-80s station, Delilah went off the air.

Until John Symons left Sunny 95 and headed to the Windy City in the spring of 1998, replaced a few weeks later with...Guess who?

Interestingly, Delilah plays a greater variety of music than Sunny does locally. Hopefully, this will change with the new PD.

Best wishes to John on the move from a former listener in Columbus. Frankly, I'm surprised he hasn't gone national. He deserves to.

 

[calguy]

But she may stick around in New York unless CC wants to stop the hemorrhaging now.

Not sure what you mean by 'stop the hemorrhaging now' Calguy. Is Delilah doing poorly - is she not living up to CC's expectations, since they wooed her away from Jones? I've been out of the loop, and would definitely like some more information regarding how the Delilah show is performing in Chicago, NY and Nationally

Well they put her on in LA and she lasted about 6 months. People turned 104.3 off at 10pm when she came on and the night numbers plummeted. Don't know that ARB numbers for Lite in New York, but that station has dropped significantly since she came on board. In all fairness they made several bad moves like dropping the "Lite" from their logo and firing their long time morning talent as well.

 

[DToTheJ]

Don't know that ARB numbers for Lite in New York, but that station has dropped significantly since she came on board. In all fairness they made several bad moves like dropping the "Lite" from their logo and firing their long time morning talent as well.

The DJ that previously hosted "Lite at Night" on WLTW, J.J. Kennedy, was with the station since the inception of its Lite format until she was canned for Delilah a year ago, along with the aforementioned "long time morning talent", Bill Buchner.

 

[uncamark]

Let me guess.... Fresh 105.9 will pick her up. Right?.... :

Not when they're running sweepers saying that Neil Diamond, Roberta Flack, Barbra Streisand and John Denver are "old Lite music"--and even though I haven't heard those artists on the times I've run across 'LIT lately, I'm assuming that Delilah still plays some of those artists, since they fit into a "love song" show.

In fact, I would assume that Fresh won't do a dedications show at night at all once jocks come in--does Fresh do one in New York?

 

[TheBootlegger]

There are people who are just waiting to pounce on that show, cancel it, and call it "dead". I, for one, would much rather have Delilah on my station than compete against her with some guy who never had numbers when he was on the air in Chicago the last time. It is easy for a PD to dump a show when there is not a likely place for it to land. For now....

 

[DToTheJ]

Not when they're running sweepers saying that Neil Diamond, Roberta Flack, Barbra Streisand and John Denver are "old Lite music"--and even though I haven't heard those artists on the times I've run across 'LIT lately, I'm assuming that Delilah still plays some of those artists, since they fit into a "love song" show.

In fact, I would assume that Fresh won't do a dedications show at night at all once jocks come in--does Fresh do one in New York?

See, Fresh in New York just says they're "not like the old Lite" without mentioning artists like you referred to that WLTW has not touched in over a decade. Also, I do not believe Fresh does a dedication program.

 

[JockFan]

Bootlegger...That guy had serious numbers all 8 years he competed against WLIT. He beat every host of the Lite at Nite, including Delilah. He's there now because he had those numbers and Delilahs sucked. Chweck you facts.