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Did Mike Brown "Buy WLW Radio " ?

Did Mike Brown "Buy WLW Radio " ?

Just like Mike Brown ( Bengals ) You can put a product
on the radio ( that sucks ) and still make money !

WLW radio home of some great radio people aka Rich
King , Jockey Joe, BurBank, and JFPO just to name a
few; has dumbed down the air sound for years ; but this
latest attemp to bring hipness to the Grand Old Lady of
Broadcasting has fallen short !

WLW has reduced its 50,000 watt signal to the quality of
a 500 watt station in Po-dunk, Tn. It would be hard enough
to fill afternoons with these call letters; but what they have
done is laughable. Not laughable as in Comedy Talent !
Eddie Fingers stopped being funny way back in WEBN ''''
history. What carried him on EBN was the music and some
misfits ( wildman & other freaks ) that appealed to the brain
dead, and the people who thought they were real cool.
WEBN stopped being real cool after about 1974. What Clear
Channel has done is match a very limited radio person with
a no talent Puker aka Tracey Jones . One mans opinion !
Jones is pathetic on the air ! Both these guys have taken
WLW radio to a new low in the industry. Parks should be
proud of what he has put on the air; but just like Brown ;
you can put crap on the field and still make a buck.

WLW is now pretty much a joke in the industry among the
professional Broadcasters that have a signal and character
of what went on before. WLW has dumbed down the quality
of their programming. They can not hold a candle to stations
like WJR , WBZ , WLS, WBBM, and the list could go on; even
WTVN in Columbus sounds more professional !

WLW's call letters used to mean something; but no more in
my opinion. You could put Chris Henry on the air and have
him say the F word every half hour and get ratings I guess !
If the Fcc would allow it !
Eddie and Tracey could not get a job on little WMOH in
Hamilton... The "voice quality" of both these amatures is
lack-luster at best. They sound like two little kids on a CB
radio pirate station out of their basement in NorthSide.

What a joke. Hey Darryl ; heres a News Update.......
Crap in and Crap out buddy ! You of all people should be
ashamed of what you put on the air !
 
Re: Did Mike Brown "Buy WLW Radio " ?

I have spoken with a guy who used to work at WLW a looooong time ago and he says that he doesn't listen to WLW anymore because he thinks so little of their programming. He also complained about the state of their transmitter building, but I've never been there so I wouldn't know.
 
Re: Did Mike Brown "Buy WLW Radio " ?

Radio Fish Heads said:
What a joke. Hey Darryl ; heres a News Update.......
Crap in and Crap out buddy ! You of all people should be
ashamed of what you put on the air !


News flash: Darryl is the local PD. There are more shot-callers above him!!
 
Re: Did Mike Brown "Buy WLW Radio " ?

WLW stands for Worlds Lowest Wages. I still have a hard time believing that they are the #1 station in Cincinnati.
 
Re: Did Mike Brown "Buy WLW Radio " ?

I don't know when the survey of Professional Broadcasters was taken. Im not crazy about Tracy myself but the numbers are there
 
Re: Did Mike Brown "Buy WLW Radio " ?

By the way the entire R-I board bitches all day and night about syndication yet WLW is live and local and you bitch about that. Go figure!
 
Re: Did Mike Brown "Buy WLW Radio " ?

It doesn't matter whether the programming is local or syndicated. The point of this thread is that the quality of the programming has been dumbed down in the last few years.
 
Re: Did Mike Brown "Buy WLW Radio " ?

You have to assume the 'target audience' of WLW has definitely been tuned down when you listen what's offered as talk radio 3-6pm.

Re: signal strength...I can vouch for it being diminished; when the Catholic 740 comes in stronger..there's an issue.

Still enjoy: Willie and the upstart Deters though.
 
Re: Did Mike Brown "Buy WLW Radio " ?

If you think WLW sucks now, wait until the suits in the Ivory tower at Bain get a hold of them. No telling what may happen. But it will happen, if there is a way that money can be made and costs can be saved.

The state of radio is in deep, deep trouble. WLW has been able to avoid some of the major cutbacks for years, but now, NOBODY is safe. In 5 years, that station will have mainly syndicated programming, with about 3 or 4 news people, at the most.

Write it down. What used to be a great radio station is now small time. The afternoon show is a disgrace. Eddie Fingers is far too talented for a sidekick like Tracy Jones bringing him down. But, just wait for the changes...they are coming, and it will be massive!
 
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