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Egierski done at Regent/Evansville

This is bad news about Dan. I had the opportunity to meet him while covering NCAA Division II basketball. He's a classy guy and a passionate sports broadcaster. I'm sure he'll do well in his next endeavor. I hope Regent is smart enough to hang on to USI men's bball and the high school sports. Those are the program elements that local advertisers want their names attached to. Just running ESPN personalities and some major league "game of the week" stuff isn't going to bring in the local ad dollars needed in an Evansville market.

> Dan Egierski is out a Regent in Evansville. His show was
> cancelled on WYNG ESPN 94.9 FM.
>
> More:
http://www.courierpress> .com/ecp/local_sports/article/0,1626,ECP_749_4608054,00.html
>
>
> Wonder if WYNG will change formats soon due to loss of
> sports director???
>
 
I say for Regent, nuke ESPN and go Hot AC on 94.9.

It's a low cost format, good co sell opportunties with sister WDKS, and it superserves the 25-34 Female audience that wants Today's Best Music without that "Rap or other stuff"

> This is bad news about Dan. I had the opportunity to meet
> him while covering NCAA Division II basketball. He's a
> classy guy and a passionate sports broadcaster. I'm sure
> he'll do well in his next endeavor. I hope Regent is smart
> enough to hang on to USI men's bball and the high school
> sports. Those are the program elements that local
> advertisers want their names attached to. Just running ESPN
> personalities and some major league "game of the week" stuff
> isn't going to bring in the local ad dollars needed in an
> Evansville market.
>
> > Dan Egierski is out a Regent in Evansville. His show was
> > cancelled on WYNG ESPN 94.9 FM.
> >
> > More:
> http://www.courierpress>
> .com/ecp/local_sports/article/0,1626,ECP_749_4608054,00.html
>
> >
> >
> > Wonder if WYNG will change formats soon due to loss of
> > sports director???
> >
>
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It's also worth noting Regent also released Lee Denney from WBKR as well as their promotions director. Lee was a former anchor for WFIE and WTVW.

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> It's also worth noting Regent also released Lee Denney from
> WBKR as well as their promotions director. Lee was a former
> anchor for WFIE and WTVW.
>


Not as big of a deal as Dan getting sacked from WGBF-AM/WYNG.

WBKR could consolidate a bunch of stuff. Hell, Jon Prell could be the PD for both stations. There isn't much difference between KDQ and BKR, one targets Evansville, the other targets Owensboro. That's about the only difference.

Dan's termination is a bigger deal. You let go a sports director go, who the hell oversees sports on two stations? Our Poster Kent did bring up a good thought a while back, he wondered if Regent should find airtime on WGBF-AM to air the ESPN sports stuff while still airing Rush and Coast to Coast. I say put ESPN in Mornings and Afternoons and on some of the weekend schedule, air Rush and Hannity and Coast to Coast, and still air Warren Koff's newscast(just air it later at 6pm or so).

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How dare you say that one person's dismissal is of greater importance. Lee Denney is sixty-five years old. Instead of giving him the option of retirement, Regent fired him. The promotions director was released because she didn't have an airshift; her organizational and graphics arts experience be damned. Dan Egierski's dismissal makes no sense other than he might've been making too much money in the eyes of Regent. But to say "Dan's termination is a bigger deal." compared to the other two is a little much.

As far as your opinion for Hot AC for 94.9, dream on. The signal can't compete with WIKY, who is basically a "Hot AC" in the eyes of Evansville. An equal signal like 105.3 didn't have a chance playing "Lite Talk with Less Rock" and a nightly dose of John Tesh reading pointless showprep between Phil Collins Records. WIKY has a deep heritage and it takes more than a rimshot signal playing a "Better Mix of Music" to bring down the beast that is WIKY. There is a place for 94.9, but the Regent braintrust will never find the answer.<P ID="signature">______________
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> How dare you say that one person's dismissal is of greater
> importance. Lee Denney is sixty-five years old. Instead of
> giving him the option of retirement, Regent fired him. The
> promotions director was released because she didn't have an
> airshift; her organizational and graphics arts experience be
> damned. Dan Egierski's dismissal makes no sense other than
> he might've been making too much money in the eyes of
> Regent. But to say "Dan's termination is a bigger deal."
> compared to the other two is a little much.

Well, in this case it is. As you said, promotion directors are a dime a dozen. Dan' according to the people of Evansville was a legend in covering local sports. That's a greater loss then firing someone behind the scenes who didn't particulary stand out. As I've stated, WBKR and WKDQ are interchangable, They each survive because they were designed for seperate markets, even though their signals can be heard in the other's territory quite well.
>
> As far as your opinion for Hot AC for 94.9, dream on. The
> signal can't compete with WIKY, who is basically a "Hot AC"
> in the eyes of Evansville. An equal signal like 105.3
> didn't have a chance playing "Lite Talk with Less Rock" and
> a nightly dose of John Tesh reading pointless showprep
> between Phil Collins Records. WIKY has a deep heritage and
> it takes more than a rimshot signal playing a "Better Mix of
> Music" to bring down the beast that is WIKY. There is a
> place for 94.9, but the Regent braintrust will never find
> the answer.
>

Who said anything about taking WIKY down? That's not the goal, the goal would be to shave points off of WIKY, thus ensuring Regent stations like KDQ remain at the top, while also giving a couple of your sisters a station you can co sell(like WDKS and mabye even WJLT?). I could have gone more loonatic and suggested Urban, but "Club 94.9" would hurt sister WDKS and wouldn't atract many advertisers, in fact some might get their white sheets together and burn a cross at 41 and Lincoln. So with that in mind, and the obvious past failure of Classic Rock and Country on 94.9, Hot AC is all that is left.

You are so right about Regent never finding a answer. 94.9 has always had a dog reputation and always will.
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The promotion director in question is a friend of mine who I hardly consider "a dime a dozen", in fact I never used those words.

"How dare you say that one person's dismissal is of greater
importance. Lee Denney is sixty-five years old. Instead of
giving him the option of retirement, Regent fired him. The
promotions director was released because she didn't have an
airshift; her organizational and graphics arts experience be
damned. Dan Egierski's dismissal makes no sense other than
he might've been making too much money in the eyes of
Regent. But to say "Dan's termination is a bigger deal."
compared to the other two is a little much."

Long story short, three people lost their jobs and their lives will move on. My point with you is please remember there's a human factor. Commenting the other two job loss isn't important is a little tacky. That is why I have a problem with your statements. It would be kinda like inquiring who's going to buy the station hours after the owner passes away.


> Who said anything about taking WIKY down? That's not the
> goal, the goal would be to shave points off of WIKY, thus
> ensuring Regent stations like KDQ remain at the top, while
> also giving a couple of your sisters a station you can co
> sell(like WDKS and mabye even WJLT?). I could have gone more
> loonatic and suggested Urban, but "Club 94.9" would hurt
> sister WDKS and wouldn't atract many advertisers, in fact
> some might get their white sheets together and burn a cross
> at 41 and Lincoln. So with that in mind, and the obvious
> past failure of Classic Rock and Country on 94.9, Hot AC is
> all that is left.


The failure is the lack of signal over the metro. As long as 94.7 is on the air in Owensboro, 94.9 will remain an Frequency Modulated Enigma.



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> The failure is the lack of signal over the metro. As long
> as 94.7 is on the air in Owensboro, 94.9 will remain an
> Frequency Modulated Enigma.

Is this the same station I heard last week in Effingham, Illinois??
Let me see..ESPN 94.9..ID was WYNG!
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WYNG&service=FM&status=L&hours=U

This station has a kick ash signal that competes with WFBQ in Terre Haute and the above mentioned top market Effingham. Sad to see it being under-used and negelected. Seems to me that they could couple whatever format to WGBF-FM. Therefore, you have a signal that booms to the north and covers the south.

Justa idea.
 
> > The failure is the lack of signal over the metro. As long
>
> > as 94.7 is on the air in Owensboro, 94.9 will remain an
> > Frequency Modulated Enigma.
>
> Is this the same station I heard last week in Effingham,
> Illinois??
> Let me see..ESPN 94.9..ID was WYNG!
http://www.radio-l> ocator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WYNG&service=FM&status=L&hours=U
>
>
> This station has a kick ash signal that competes with WFBQ
> in Terre Haute and the above mentioned top market Effingham.
> Sad to see it being under-used and negelected. Seems to me
> that they could couple whatever format to WGBF-FM.
> Therefore, you have a signal that booms to the north and
> covers the south.
>
> Justa idea.
>

If nothing else, how about a simulcast of WGBF-AM on WYNG?

Maybe for Egierski South Central might flip 1400 WEOA to sports talk (Fox Sports or Sporting News radio) and give him a 2-3 hr. weekay show??
 
> Maybe for Egierski South Central might flip 1400 WEOA to
> sports talk (Fox Sports or Sporting News radio) and give him
> a 2-3 hr. weekay show??


Sports on 1400 could work. If South Central wanted to take it a step further, put Urban on 107.1. The signal is strong for a Class A.
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>
> Sports on 1400 could work. If South Central wanted to take
> it a step further, put Urban on 107.1. The signal is strong
> for a Class A.
>
And now we sit back and wait and see what unfolds...
 
> Not as big of a deal as Dan getting sacked from
> WGBF-AM/WYNG.

That depends on who's deal you're talking about. The two at WBKR might not agree.
 
A simulcast of WGBF-AM is scary. If Rush or Hannity came in any clearer I think I might throw up.

Fox sports radio is a waste, not even worth it. Paul Allen is going to sell Sporting News anyway, so who even knows if that's going to be around. Wait for WYNG to lose ESPN (which they obviously will), put that on 1400, put an urban on 107.1, take STO and go TRUE mainstream, bring back a few more pop records and play the hits. STO is great, I'll always love it. An urban and a Mainstream CHR CAN work together, if done right.
 
Re: That brings me to some questions...

Can a Urban FM, WSTO, and WDKS co exist in a market like Evansville? Or is someone the odd man out(WDKS?)

Prehaps Regent should just move WGBF-FM's Rock Format(and calls) to 94.9, nuke the WYNG calls(they still have the Country Stigma attached to them) and do something else on 103.1, mabye put the Hot AC or a Jack FM type station there?

And how is WSTO not considered "Mainstream" Currently? I still see a lot of mainstream stuff on there. Yes, I know you guys in Evansville don't know about the "Big Market" formats and sounds and stuff, but WSTO playing a tad more rap then it has been does not automatically qualify it for Urban Reporter Status.

In any event, I expect changes. I'm loving it already.


> A simulcast of WGBF-AM is scary. If Rush or Hannity came in
> any clearer I think I might throw up.
>
> Fox sports radio is a waste, not even worth it. Paul Allen
> is going to sell Sporting News anyway, so who even knows if
> that's going to be around. Wait for WYNG to lose ESPN
> (which they obviously will), put that on 1400, put an urban
> on 107.1, take STO and go TRUE mainstream, bring back a few
> more pop records and play the hits. STO is great, I'll
> always love it. An urban and a Mainstream CHR CAN work
> together, if done right.
>
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Re: That brings me to some questions...

> Can a Urban FM, WSTO, and WDKS co exist in a market like
> Evansville? Or is someone the odd man out(WDKS?)

Kiss won a few years back when 96STO was "Brilled" with more commercials than music. Today, Hot 96 has revived 96.1 and Kiss seems old school. But don't bury Kiss just yet, if it's making a profit, and as we know Regent likes a cash flow stream, they'll leave it alone beyond the occasional downsizing (Regent likes to swing the hatchet at the end of the fiscal year). Though "106 Jamz" might be a possibility. Its Class A signal covers the metro and reaches Owensboro and Madisonville.

> Prehaps Regent should just move WGBF-FM's Rock Format(and
> calls) to 94.9, nuke the WYNG calls(they still have the
> Country Stigma attached to them) and do something else on
> 103.1, mabye put the Hot AC or a Jack FM type station there?

That won't happen since part of 103GBF's bread and butter comes from an area 94.9 won't cover, Western Kentucky. 103GBF has a loyal following in counties in Kentucky like Daviess, Ohio, McLean, and Webster along with Spencer County Indiana. Add those counties to the metro ratings and 103GBF does well. For what it is worth, I always thought they should've put GBF on 105.3 when they had the chance and spun off 103.1 Urban.

I keep bringing up 94.7, licensed to Philpot in Daviess Country Kentucky. The transmitter of both 94.7 and 94.9 are within inches of legal separation. Since the Evansville market is unofficially combined to include Owensboro and to some degree Madisonville, you have to have to cover that area and 94.9's signal doesn't go to either place. Whatever you do on 94.9, it has to focus on life north of Evansville.

> And how is WSTO not considered "Mainstream" Currently? I
> still see a lot of mainstream stuff on there. Yes, I know
> you guys in Evansville don't know about the "Big Market"
> formats and sounds and stuff, but WSTO playing a tad more
> rap then it has been does not automatically qualify it for
> Urban Reporter Status.
>
> In any event, I expect changes. I'm loving it already.


The ultimate changes would be a radio version of the Grandpa Jones song "I am my own LMA"!
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Re: That brings me to some questions...

>I am enjoying this banter...The best guesses and hunches to what is coming down in this "Opera".....Has anyone considered that Regent's (with WBKR's Evansville Four County Metro Share) Total Market Share has put them in the FCC's and Justice Department's catagory of having TOO MUCH MARKET SHARE in the Evansville Metro and thus they must decide who to spin off(showing up in the Evansville Metro) and too whom???? I like the idea of 1400 (Under and LMA from South Central to a local group) going ESPN and if "Jack" does not make it after three to four full books, going URBAN AC/CHR...That AM has weighted numbers and is soooo successful in the inner-city wards of Evansville and Henderson(Higher 12+ than 94.9 and other FM's).. Even with their small night signal that does not make out to north Vanderburgh county, but well to the south side of Henderson and Newburgh east to the cornfields on the Posey/Vanderburgh County Line west..... South Central gets around FCC/JD rules by having 107.1 sole ownership with John P. Engelbrecht; Third generation Engelbrecht...John David's (President of SCC and J.P.'s Father) Son and the grandson of the late GREAT John A. Engelbrecht who came out of WWII and started WIKY-AM/820 (Now WSWI at the University of Southern Indiana, in which he donated 820AM to) and later one of America's first successful FM MOR/AC stations; 104/WIKY...Still the king of the Evansville Hill and paying their staff better than many Indy and Cincy stations.....Hot AC on 94.9??? I just don't see it.... On the Kentucky signal of 94.9....Their transmitter and exciter is approaching thirty years old!! When they turned up the modulation a couple of months ago, the old "Betty" started huffing and puffing and it normally is set at 90% power because the meters go crazy at full tilt! I remember with then owner Hurlbut and their engineer Eifland put it on line when 94.9 was Mono-WYER/AC in the late seventies....They finally put it to stereo when WYER went AOR in that period and into the eighties until Fenniman made it WRBT (Ribbit) and a Classic AOR.....They had strong numbers in Evansville with 4 to 6 shares in that era..... The current signal was tested on equipment by me and another engineer a month or two back..... With a new transmitter and exciter, they will push their marketable signal out another 5 to 6 miles in most directions.... The cross bleed from WBIO-94.7 will always keep their signal non-competitive from Rockport/Grandview east to Tell City along the river and to the west end of Owensboro... Surprisingly, 94.9 has a marketable signal in a standard FM car tuner in the "Apollo" and Tamarack Lane areas and throughout west Daviess County...... Remember the metro book is Vanderburgh/Warrick/Henderson and Posey Counties...The Federal MSA is not recognized by Arbitron at this time...That would add Gibson (IN) (to 94.9's favor) and Webster (KY) (to no one's favor in this case).... The 54 dBU protected Class "B" status of 94.9 and the addition of a new Transmitter/Exciter/Processor would be totally metro friendly in the current four county Arbitron and even improve their Webster (KY) signal (which is in the new Federal MSA map along with Gibson (IN).....94.9's marketable auto signal is about 45 dBU and goes northwest to Effingham, IL...North to Farmersburg, IN (12 miles south of Terre Haute where 94.9/Class "A" out of Danville, IL starts to come in)...Northeast to between Worthington/Spencer, Indiana...East to English and Carefree, Indiana (on I-64) and south to 15 miles out of Madisonville, KY (which has a translator for Hardin, KY's Southern Gospel FM at 94.9 in Hanson-Madisonville which I hear is to be moved..If so, that would put the 45 dBU down to Madisonville)...Southwest to Morganfield, KY and Harrisburg, IL...Then west-southwest to West Frankfort/Benton and west to the Mt.Vernon, IL area.... That's between 750 to 800 thousand persons 0+ living in that area..... The question now is which station will Regent spin off and to WHOM?????? SBE Member "Skip"
 
Re: That brings me to some questions...

> On my friend, Dan "The Man" Egerski.....I think 75% of his work is through a media agency in town (Media Mix)...They actually buy the USI basketball game time from Regent and resale and understand he will continue to be "The Screaming Eagles" play-by-play guy....That's great... I wonder about UE's situation with their close to the same arrangment with Regent's 94.9???? If I had the bucks, I'd buy 1330 from WORD (who is having an expensive hard road with WVHI...Bought it then had to buy the transmitter site for alot and then found the transmitter building and transmitter beyond repair and the tower lighting system and directional system totally out of wack and still is).....If you get them to fire sale it and cut their losses on its fall with non-streamed Christian talk, then here is what I'd do.....

Apply to move the transmitter to the bottoms south of I-164 and go from 5kW day-ND and 1kW night/DA three towers to 5kW day/ND and 500 watts night/Non-Directional...When 1330 went on in the late 40's the east side was a swamp and their were nothing but farms between Evansville and Newburgh...Their current night signal, even when in tolarence does not cover 1/3rd of the Metro population after dark! They are protecting 1330 in Greenville, SC with this out of date system.... Sell the current tower location for lots and farming and pick up enough for one tower to be moved to the bottoms....Then go ESPN or Fox and you'd cover 85 miles in the day and about 20 to 25 miles good at night... With the ground conductivity in the bottoms it might go thirty on a regional channel...Get a new transmitter and Optimod and "Wa-La"!!!! Make Dan the Manager! I think I can get ten business guys who'd miss 94.9's low quarter hour but high TSL to buy it and upgrade... Then even split to do multiple high school games on 1330 and on-line.... Since 94.9 has gone to $5 buck deals their finally getting sponsors on-the-air....Got to prove your small and loyal audience will buy beer, cars, wings, tip strippers, play ESPN rocks and sissors and attend Otters, Bluecats and USI/UE type of events......Rock On Sports... "Skip" the Voice of Castle Sports and the STATE CHAMP "Lady Knights"...What a ride that was!
 
"I think 75% of his work is through a media agency in town (Media Mix)...They actually buy the USI basketball game time from Regent and resale and understand he will continue to be "The Screaming Eagles" play-by-play guy...."Sorry to bump an old thread, but can anyone confirm this? I hope Dan's days on the Evansville airwaves aren't completely over...
 
Hot flash... The deal for WYNG to WAY-FM Media Group is OFF... Seems Regent could'nt get the lease on the tower land straightend out.... Too bad... I was to go on payroll soon... ESPN lives on for a while, while another buyer can be found to get this off Regent's list of stations (Due to JD and FCC market guidelines)..... Dan's out of work and so am I (outside of the volunteer GM stuff at 96.9/"The Wire")...Oh Well???"Skipper T."
 
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