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Elvis Duran should stay in New York!

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OK I'll do my part to dilute the PartyFM posts here.

Last month I was in Tampa, I tune in to Mix 100.7 in the morning and what do I hear. None other than Elvis Duran!
He used to be my favorite morning show back when it was the Z Morning Zoo. Now it just sounds bland and not specific to any market. I've heard that he's simulcasted on 20 stations or so now.

I wish every morning show was local. Elvis Duran is good, but I don't want to hear him everywhere I go!

Ughhh I hate radio. Another reason why my portable HD radio has been collecting dust.
 
OK...I'll take the other side and get a controversy started here...just like the dance party kids.

I was on the road in Philly last week and heard Elvis there, and didn't think twice about where the show was eminating from. I just was getting into what they were talking about. And they do a great show. I didn't expect them to talk about steak sandwiches or the Phillies. I really didn't care. Just be entertaining and fun, involve the audience, break for traffiuc and weather, and play a song I like. They did all that, and I enjoyed the show a lot, even though I knew they weren't in Philly. There wasn't anything bland about it at all.

I was that way with Stern. I didn't want to miss him just because I was on the road. So it was great when he was on almost everywhere. The funny part is that now that he's actually on everywhere, with the satellite, I haven't listened once.
 
As I've stated before, the day of the live and local deejay is gradually drawing to a close. The time will come when everything will be syndicated. And actually, I think the only people who will miss live and local will be the old school radio fans. Not too many people today care if their radio station is live and local, as long as it's entertaining. Heck, my 23 year old daughter only listens to the radio in the car and that's when she forgets her i-trip. A lot of people don't listen and those that do, don't really care. So what if Elvis Duran in on in 20 different cities in the morning. It's supposedly an entertainig morning show and people listen. Don't be surprised if Z-100 syndicates their afternoon show, too. And maybe even the evenings. Most overnight shows are now voice tracked. Some by a voice who works at the station, others by a voice from another market. Right now, as a programmer, I could get a syndicated morning show, mid-day show, afternoon show and evening show. I could program an entire radio station and pay one personality salary. As one poster pointed out, "unfortunately syndication is here to stay." :(
 
Isn't Elvis now in Atlanta? I could've sworn that Froggy was at one of the Atlanta stations on air
 
vinceapple said:
As I've stated before, the day of the live and local deejay is gradually drawing to a close. The time will come when everything will be syndicated.
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I don't see it going away completely. Different stations and companies have different priorities. The role of being a DJ is changing, though. It's kind of returning to what radio was in the 30s and 40s. It can be local or syndicated, but it has to be more than just music.
 
Perhaps Letterman, Leno, and O'Brien should be local also. Maybe last night's American Idol should only have been broadcast to Boston. I like the idea of national radio. That's why I like Satellite. Radio can still have local elements, but it doesn't have to be entirely local.
 
>>>Radio can still have local elements, but it doesn't have to be entirely local.<<<

You know, it's funny. Back in the golden age of radio, radio was mostly national. Most of the programming came from the big networks. Then the programming went to television and radio was forced to reinvent itself. So the day of the disc jockey came along. And most radio stations were 100% live and local with friendly voices to help get us through our days. WMCA, WABC, WOR, WNEW, WINS, WHN, and on and on. All 100% live and local. And everyone listened and knew the disc jockey names and when they were on. And things went on this way for quite some time. Then, suddenly, radio was deregulated and these giant corporations began gobbling up stations left and right. Some corps even gobbled up more than they could chew. And then, they all started losing money. And then, they all had to find a way to save money. And then, along came syndication. And lo and behold, these big corporations found a way to save money on the salaries of on-air personalities. And now, in essence, radio is going back to the days of the big networks. Except now instead of CBS, NBC and MBS, it's Citadel and Premiere and Dial Global.

Just the other day, I took an informal survey of my own. I asked some folk who does mornings, afternoons and evenings at Z-100. Just about everyone knew Elvis Duran. But not one single person knew who does afternoons or evenings. You see, it really doesn't matter anymore. Local or syndicated, as long as there's something on the radio that people find entertaning, they'll listen. How many radio stations are in the dark after the sun goes down?
 
not to mention the fact that by 1981, MTV came along,eclipsing Top 40 radio for time, as Top 40 had gone all wimp rock by the late 70s anyway..
the youth quake moved on, as video killed the radio star(deservedly; all those horrid Air Supply records, yuck...)
 
Sorry but I don't see it strictly as a way of saving movey. In fact, the big syndicated talent will get paid a whole lot more than if they were just at a local station. But I see it as a way of bringing national excitement back to radio. It's one thing to be big in your home town (even if that town is New York). It's quite another to become the King of All Media. The seeds for this were sown by Howard Stern, and it made him a national superstar. Now that he's gone, there's a vacuum in radio that needs to be filled. I see it as a huge opportunity for quality talent who know how to communicate and build an audience. They will bring listeners back to radio.
 
d21ofnj said:
Isn't Elvis now in Atlanta? I could've sworn that Froggy was at one of the Atlanta stations on air
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Froggy is on in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale market from WHYI, Y-100. He used to be the producer of the Kenny and Footy Show, the #1 ranked English speaking morning show in the market. Clear Channel decided not to renew Kenny's contract and the show eventually shut down when Footy retired after 20 straight years on being in the mornings on the same station. Now the entire station is "voice tracked/syndicated" instead of local. I have stopped listening due to that.

Now back to New York topics.
 
Ray Dio said:
Perhaps Letterman, Leno, and O'Brien should be local also. Maybe last night's American Idol should only have been broadcast to Boston. I like the idea of national radio. That's why I like Satellite. Radio can still have local elements, but it doesn't have to be entirely local.
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Well then! How about "All Night America" with Lewis Rosenberg? I'm sure we can clear you on all those former daytimers who now run with 50 watts at night. ;-)
 
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