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Does Cox Have The Kahunies?

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ShadowFan

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Would they blow up WHTQ and challenge Real Radio 104-1 with Shannon Burke in mid-day? CC would wet their pants!

I say no...they wouldn't spend the money, DBO is already draining cash.

How 'bout putting Burke on DBO noon to 3..DBO can stand to lose an hour of Bortz and move Clark Howard to evenings...

Again I say it won't happen...Howard is a Cox production and they probably love the clearance where it is.
 
ShadowFan, agreed your right on target, CC will not spend the cash, Burke, noon-3Pm would work
if he could pass CC'S employment application process, their pretty fussy about who they hire, and really what should they do with WHTQ?
ShadowFan said:
Would they blow up WHTQ and challenge Real Radio 104-1 with Shannon Burke in mid-day? CC would wet their pants!

I say no...they wouldn't spend the money, DBO is already draining cash.

How 'bout putting Burke on DBO noon to 3..DBO can stand to lose an hour of Bortz and move Clark Howard to evenings...

Again I say it won't happen...Howard is a Cox production and they probably love the clearance where it is.
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CC is Clear Channel, who fired him, so that's a big no. The original post was about Cox.

I'm sure this will be a time buy on the likes of 660, 810 or some other lower echelon facility. Maybe it's why 810 dumped Guetzloe.
 
Perhaps the Spanish term he is seeking is: "cojones"

In Hawaiian I think the slang term is "alas" like "kicked in the alas".

The Kahuna has spoken ;D
 
Parttimer is correct to say, Shannon Burke will be bringing his check-book along with his new title, depending upon the station, Executive producer.....Money talk's and well y'all know the rest, although most Orlando radio station's frown upon one shooting their wives, most I've heard draw the line at shooting their dog's, and that's another issue all together, it's only ones guess which station Shannon Burke will end up.....The excitement is building...and Parttimer is on top-of-it...
 
Forget about competing or worrying; Personally, I think Clear Channel should dump the talk format on WTKS altogether. It's no where near as big as it was in the 90s and early 2000's, and the numbers have fallen tremendously since then. Does it actually still bill that well? I'd much rather they dump it and launch a music format (maybe one of their Rhythmic AC's. I think that format would be perfect for Orlando).
 
WTKS was #6 in the market 12+ in their last trend. That was their highest number in quite a while.

Cox's Star 94.5, an Urban AC, is #1 in the market 12+. So yes, it's a good format for the market, but it's already taken.
 
That the format is a good fit for the market, but if you flipped TKS to compete with it you'd just be splitting that pie and probably end up with lower numbers than you have now.
 
I am honestly suprised WTKS is still "guy talk". Classic Alternative on the weekends is pretty fantastic, and I wonder if something like that could fill a void between JRR and HTQ? It's a long shot, I know...and its really a hit-or-miss format.

And for some reason I just don't see Cox throwing in the towel on the only classic rock format in town. They are notoriously slow to act on failing formats which makes me think they either hire freakin'-outta-this-world-phenomenal sales people or they really don't care so long as it pays the bills!

And if 96.5 is to switch to anything I'd imagine WDBO-FM or newer rock of sometype leaving WMMO to pick up some more classic rock tunes. The one format they do pretty well is rock.

Radio-X
 
Good luck to Burke, whatever the past. Nothing stations like WORL or WEUS do not serve his future. He needs to find a gig out of town. Big players won't touch him with a ten foot pole. He's really not that big of a talent.
 
radiodxrichmond said:
I am honestly suprised WTKS is still "guy talk". Classic Alternative on the weekends is pretty fantastic, and I wonder if something like that could fill a void between JRR and HTQ?
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Both of which have lower ratings than TKS...

radiodxrichmond said:
And for some reason I just don't see Cox throwing in the towel on the only classic rock format in town. They are notoriously slow to act on failing formats which makes me think they either hire freakin'-outta-this-world-phenomenal sales people or they really don't care so long as it pays the bills!

And if 96.5 is to switch to anything I'd imagine WDBO-FM or newer rock of sometype leaving WMMO to pick up some more classic rock tunes. The one format they do pretty well is rock.

Radio-X
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Bubba and HTQ are doing well with men 18-34 and apparently that's all they care about, or at least it's enough. Remember, they also have Star, Party, MMO, K92 and DBO to sell, so they are apparently content if this gives them some male demos to work with.
 
Another proposal for Cox Radio is to move rhythmic top 40 station WPYO (95.3 FM) to 96.5, which has a much stronger signal, and then make 95.3 FM a simulcast of WDBO (580 AM), which would help WDBO gain listeners on the FM dial.
 
WDBO doesn't need FM. No reason to confuse listeners after a lifetime in the format. Then what do you do with 580? Sell it?

Power 95.3 doesn't need to move either. It pulls strong numbers and competes just fine with the 100k sticks of XL and Jamz.

As far as the rock and country stations go... they've got everything set to compliment each other. Like Parttimer said, the formats and where they reside on the dial all serve a purpose in sales. If HTQ and MMO would just program the classic rock hits formats a bit better, they'd easily challenge WJRR. But I've said that 100 times on this board and they never change. Something must be working that we don't know about.

Oh.. and the stations all have very little overhead. So I bet they profit even with what looks like lackluster ratings. Bet Real Radio can't say that with bigger numbers.
 
billalm said:
WDBO doesn't need FM. No reason to confuse listeners after a lifetime in the format. Then what do you do with 580? Sell it?

Power 95.3 doesn't need to move either. It pulls strong numbers and competes just fine with the 100k sticks of XL and Jamz.

As far as the rock and country stations go... they've got everything set to compliment each other. Like Parttimer said, the formats and where they reside on the dial all serve a purpose in sales. If HTQ and MMO would just program the classic rock hits formats a bit better, they'd easily challenge WJRR. But I've said that 100 times on this board and they never change. Something must be working that we don't know about.

Oh.. and the stations all have very little overhead. So I bet they profit even with what looks like lackluster ratings. Bet Real Radio can't say that with bigger numbers.
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In the long run the feeling is that traditonal news talkers like DBO do need to move to fM eventaully to keep the demos under 55+.

While Party does well on the little 95.3 signal, it might be #1 on a blowtorch like 96.5.

But I can't see them blowing up HTQ just yet, becuase it gives them male numbers and Bubba's expense is likely on WHPTs books for the most part.
 
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