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[longhorn]

Re: Discrepancies in East Texas ratings??

> > Longhorn,
> > you seem to be a Rusty Reynolds fan.
> >
> > Any special reason?
> >
>
> Well...Rusty is a fan of the maroon in College Station, he
> gags at the notion of being associated with a "longhorn" but
> it would be a good cover for "Boob Gambil" to hide his true
> self and bump his gums on this page. When it all comes down
> to it..If it were not for Don Jones the Bull would have
> nothing, if there is any discussion of how the bull has
> improved it should be in his favor. Rusty only pays the
> guy...in fact when Dale Knippers was PD Rusty wanted him to
> fire Don..Dale being the smart guy he is held on to Don
> because he knew Don was a potential bad ass. Rusty also
> wanted Gary Greenwood to fire Don...now Rusty owes what
> little success he has with the Bull to Don. Rusty is a smart
> guy, very smart but his OM is...well...for lack of better
> terms...a (BLEEP) head..ok, now everyone fire back. Good
> luck
>


Sorry. You are wrong. It's true I talked with Mr. Gambill and tried to get on at the Bull some time back, but they weren't hiring weekend on-air staff then. Since then, I haven't heard anyone on weekends except the regulars, and they seem to voice track at least part of it.

And I never said the Bull improvements were attributed to any one person, I just made note of some of the positive changes in an early part of the thread to better numbers in Gregg County this time around, and in Smith County last time. But to copmlete my comments, those Smith County numbers seemed to disappear this time, so the Bull is probably no better off now than ever.

 

[longhorn]

Re: Discrepancies in East Texas ratings??

> > Well...Rusty is a fan of the maroon in College Station, he
>
> > gags at the notion of being associated with a "longhorn"
> but
> > it would be a good cover for "Boob Gambil" to hide his
> true
> > self and bump his gums on this page. When it all comes
> down
> > to it..If it were not for Don Jones the Bull would have
> > nothing, if there is any discussion of how the bull has
> > improved it should be in his favor. Rusty only pays the
> > guy...in fact when Dale Knippers was PD Rusty wanted him
> to
> > fire Don..Dale being the smart guy he is held on to Don
> > because he knew Don was a potential bad ass. Rusty also
> > wanted Gary Greenwood to fire Don...now Rusty owes what
> > little success he has with the Bull to Don. Rusty is a
> smart
> > guy, very smart but his OM is...well...for lack of better
> > terms...a (BLEEP) head..ok, now everyone fire back. Good
> > luck
> >
> No reason to fire back. "longhorn"stampeded and tripped
> himself in the earlier part of this thread as to who he is
> and his connections. He ain't so smart after all..shucks.
>


LOL! I'm not a "he", I'm a "she"... and my "connections" ARE in a radio station with access to the book and other information, but apparently not where or who you may be thinking.

I do have one question though. If "Rusty owes what little success he has with the Bull to Don"... (see above) and everyone keeps saying the Bull is a failed station, aren't you really saying Rusty owes the failure to Don? LOL!

(Just kidding Don, I think your the best thing the Bull has, and enjoy listening.)

 

[longhorn]

Re: Discrepancies in East Texas ratings??

> > No reason to fire back. "longhorn"stampeded and tripped
> > himself in the earlier part of this thread as to who he is
>
> > and his connections. He ain't so smart after all..shucks.
> >
>
> But the "pride and ego serum" has suddenly injected inside
> longhorn's horns (and man, are they BIG!). Once your true
> self shows out, that's it.
>
> Someone get me a hammer so I can bend down his horns!
>
> I'm kidding you, longhorn!....Just don't take this
> seriously!
>
> True you have got to give it to the Bull for pulling up rank
> on KYKX. In spite of personnel and other misleadings, they
> did something right in beating KYKX. But they have a long
> way to go unless Access 1 can do something about their
> priide and joy and toss him and his flunkies out the window
> (ya'll know who I'm referring to). Like the snoman and many
> others said in previous posts of late, they need to get Dru
> off the staff, get some new blood and make KYKX legendary
> again.
>
> My congrats go to the Blaze for the 5th year in a row being
> the most listened to station in East Texas. Russell, on the
> other hand.....somewhere near the basement....(laughing
> hysterically). Oh, well.......
>

LOL again! I'm not taking it seriously. I don't take any of this seriously. There's not a serious, intelligent, thoughtful, courteous, talented, decent, moral, worthy person on the whole board! HA! (now, don't YOU take this seriously Breeze!)

But like I said earlier, beating up on people (even Dru at KYKX) doesn't serve any purpose to improve or better the business. I just think it's time for everyone to focus on the fact that radio is getting beat to death by tv, cable, newspaper, XM, Sirius, CD's, the Internet and a host of other competition.

It just seems to me it would be better for everyone to work together instead of constantly trying to tear each other apart. But then, I guess that's just human nature.

Like I said earlier, I haven't been on the boards in a while, and probably won't check in again until the next "ratings time, let's see who we can bash" period happens. When is that... January or February, right?

 

[snoman]

> > .
> >
> > > > How do you know, either way? Do you work there?
> > > >
> > >
> > > No, it is common knowledge that they are owned by the
> same
> >
> > > company. Given "The Blaze's" incredible share, it is
> > doing
> > > well enough to help its sister station.
> > >
> > Sounds like A) Owner B) Staff member who has taken offense
>
> > at your observation snoman. Gotta love it when their
> > weakness is exposed.
> >
>
> Neither one. Tried to get hired on to do weekends quite
> some time ago, but no luck... or maybe it was extremely good
> luck. I was just curious as to how anyone outside of the
> Bull would have any idea of what the bill paying situation
> was.
>
No, I work for a mass media company that owns multiple stations. I know how billing works. When you have a dominant station that is making money and gets great ratings, you can afford to have one that isn't necessarily doing as well. Not to mention, their AE's could be packaging spots for both stations. As in, if you buy so many spots on "The Bull", they'll throw you a couple on "The Blaze" and vice versa. It's the norm for sales departments now.

I don't know what is actually going on behind the scenes there, but I'm just going by what is standard in the industry these days.

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[snoman]

Re: Discrepancies in East Texas ratings??

Longhorn, Most of us are not trying to tear anybody down personally. i don't know Dru, so I have nothing to say about him from a personal standpoint. I've never worked with the man, so I have nothing to say about him from a professional standpoint. I can only observe what I hear and what I see from a data standpoint. The once mighty KYKX that used to pull down double-digit and high single-digit shares is now basically mired in mediocrity and drives a lot of us crazy, because they used to sound so good.

We're not trying to tear down the business. We're only venting our frustrations at what it has become. I don't pretend to have all the answers. I can only observe and give opinion and that's what I do here. I always try to accentuate the positives when I see them. In the Ark-La-Tex area, I don't see a lot of positives anymore, sadly. I see a few corporations that have homogenized and gutted several great radio stations. KYKX is at the top of that list. I agree that it is more the corporations fault these days, than it is a Programmer that has his hands tied.

The biggest problem that I have with radio is that Corporations don't live by the policy of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"... KOOI. And they seem to be content with stations that are barely treading water... KYKX & "The Bull". It is just mind-boggling when there are so many other avenues you can try.

I'm sure most of the people that post, who have been in the business for a substantial amount of time, feel the same way I do... frustrated. These boards are our outlet for that. If that offends you, I don't know what to tell you. That's basically what the boards are for... observations, news, and commentaries. You know the old saying, people have to have something to bitch about, or they're not happy. I guess this makes most people happy. I know I feel relieved when I can get something that I hear that frustrates me, off my chest. I feel even happier about it when someone else hears the stupidity and agrees with me. I try not to call names, or step on toes, or result to personal attacks, especially with my fellow posters. I used to participate on Music Board like that, and that's why I left.

It's always nice though to hear a differing view. That's what makes the boards great. If we all agreed on everything, I don't think we'd have much to discuss. So don't stay away too long. And, I hope you can see my point-of-view. <P ID="signature">______________
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