East Texas radio management

[johnqdoe]

Seems like it's really bad across the board. I'm sure there are a couple of exceptions somewhere...BUt if the suits calling the shots don't know what they're doin, how do you expect a stellar product on the air. Is it a case of just being happy with what $$$ is coming in?? Do they not strive to put a better product on the air?

 

[nuzguy]

Not as long as an improved product interferes with $$$$. As little care and knowledge as exist among collective management types today, it doesn't appear if anyone would get off his duff and move it even if the finest radio station in the world could be built and maintained for zero dollars. The suits, for the most part, are not only incompetent, they, further, are just simply lazy.

 

[a_and_m_king]

As long as they can sell the airtime and make the money, I don't think the quality of the product matters. It's all about the Benjamins.

 

[nuzguy]

Very true. Time was when stations were locally owned and considered to be part of the community, the quality of the product was important. Now stations are no more than a line on a bean counter's ledger 2000 miles removed. Management counts the dollars and sends them up the road to carpetbagging ownership that could not care less.

 

[johnqdoe]

I was hopeful that the arrival of Access 1 would force SOME kind of improvement. Just because it's a smaller market doesn't mean that the radio has to be as bad as it is in East Texas. There are exceptions of course...Randy & Amy are pros on KOOI...KDOK is held in high esteem...But KYKX, KNUE, KKTX, KISX and others all seem to be thrown away with little or no effort.

 

[nuzguy]

Solid observations on the couple of stations in the market that make an effort. Unfortunate that A-1's presence in the Tyler-Longview area has made no discernable positive changes at all. KNUE and KDOK are at least swinging at the ball while the other stations are content just to have a signal on the air. As was posted earlier, the losers see no percentage in improving their performance when money is coming in--and that's all they care about. Otherwise their only move is to feed the audience the SOS. And what few listeners the stations have left just consider the programming SSDD.

 

[klifhanger]

East Texas Broadcasting Inc. based in Mount Pleasant has got to be the worst. It's all about sales with lack of respect to program content and that terrible Waitt radio network out of Omaha.They gutted the Sulphur Springs Station,much to the regret of its townfolk. They have the same format on 96.9 Mnt Pleasant and 95.9 in Sulphur Springs,and the signals over lap each other.95.9 had achance acouple of years ago but it was undercut by the favoritism shown 96.9 when that station did personal appearances/remotes in Sulphur Springs. 96.9 has only 1 live on air personality and there is an off air reason gender affection for it.
Their "Great American Giveaway" contest held for the past two years is question due to the winners being related to sponsors,close friends of sponsors, or some form of relation to ETB.
Yup a good ol boys co. if yo uever saw one and they get upset if a low power fm is in their area advertising.

 

[nuzguy]

If there are irregularities in who wins contests (relatives, the good ole' boy network, whatever/whoever), seems that both the local district attorney and the FCC possibly would take an interest in such allegations of rigged contests, if indeed that's what it amounts to or actually is.

 

[klifhanger]

True,but there has to be "solid proof" and in a "good 'ol boy" relationship that can be covered up quite well. DA's are elected,and station owners often contribute to candidates,and so it goes.

 

[nuzguy]

Unfortunately, you are correct. Time was the FCC would take an interest, but no more.