EMF Buys WKLU - Staff receives notice

[moster426]

Maybe at some point, although I doubt it in todays world, that someone somewhere in a position of authority with some radio group or station, will see the lightbulb go off, and realize what made radio great years ago. It was the interaction with the listeners, both face to face and on the air. Although the mystic of radio is gone with the advent of the internet and other items, it is still all about that one on one relationship between the on air person and the listeners. Be involved in their lives and their community and let them have a glimpse into your world. Everything now is about brevity, say more with less and keep the chatter to a minimum. Wow, what a great way of thinking, see where it has gotten radio. People aren't listening because what is being said most of the time is self serving to the station only and really does not entertain or educate in some way the listeners. Be a part of your listeners lives and do something great in the community. Our lives as radio people are not any different than the lives of the listeners. Share with them and let them share with you.

 

[Keith Kidd]

I wondered what that meant too. I was thinking maybe a Woodstock flashback.

Oh crap. If you won the internet they'll surely jail you for child porn. Or better yet illegal music transfers. I KNOW that Algore created though so he owns it.

;D Yeah I know, I read that and thought..wha? It was very darling though. I'm surprised he didn't grow breasts while he was typing that out.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know radio isn't as hot now as it was 30 years ago radioho. You need paper work for this? When is your common sense going to kick in? That’s another problem with radio today, everyone needs books to tell them every little thing that’s going on. They don't want to use their heads and observe as well as look at the books. You have eyes? See. You have ears? Listen. The only people who say radio is what it use to be are people who don't remember 30 and 40 years ago, because they weren't there. How pretentious is it to actually think you are doing it just as well as back in those days and that listener-ship is the same as back in those days. That’s a damn ego trip if I ever heard one man.

You need numbers? Here’s some numbers: 75643spillthewine56735getthatgirl67994. There, there’s your freakin’ numbers. Here’s some more: 56goodtoyou678goodtoyou45goodtoyou460I’llbegoodtoyou456. Those came from when I worked at the Three Dog Night Radio Consultants Group. Enjoy. I tell a lot of radio history here to, do I need to do bibliography for you as well? When everybody else at this board starts backing up their statements with stats and charts, then I will. Where is your proof that Russ Oasis hot lines all of the time? Your many other screen names that back you up? Those don’t count. Did you work there, is that how you know? People tell you? Good, prove it. Proof with real names, not screen names. Oh wait, you want to protect them right? Back it up buddy boy. You say a lot of stuff on here that you need to provide proof of, especially if you require everyone else to.

 

[radioho]

Of course listening HOURS are down - as would be expected with modern technology. But the number of listeners that use radio DAILY has NOT dropped, but has INCREASED as the population obviously increases. Percentage of listenership has been consistent for DECADES!

These are historical facts that can be looked up easily on the net and quoted. I quote arbitron - what are you quoting? Your ass sitting at a desk with a chip on your shoulder because no one will give you a board op job?

At the Brickyard last weekend - heard PLENTY of Q95, X103, Hank, FMS - TONS of radios on. Why is that? Surely these people own CD players and iPods - but I distinctly heard station IDs - of all varieties.

btw, all your drivel and NO suggestions on how to improve what you say is broke. How will radio pick up all these listeners you say are gone? By you on there talking to me? Please.

 

[cspotrun]

And your answer to radio mr allknowing? Or do you need to consult your god for that too? Mindless drivel. The name 'KIDD' says it all. YAWN.

ho, you are just jealous because YOU want to be "Mr. Allknowing, all the time. Radio is not what it used to be, everybody agrees with that, and Radio is at fault to some degree plus competition for people listening to it is divided.
but its not dead YET. amazing, because "Radio" itself is trying to commit suicide. so ENOUGH ALREADY!

 

[radioho]

FACT: Individual listening HOURS are down - as would be expected with modern technology and more media options. However ...

FACT: The number of listeners that use radio DAILY has HAS INCREASED as the population increases. Duh!

FACT: Percentage of listenership among US population has increased EVERY DECADE and continues to climb.

Please LOOK IT UP before you speak of what you do not know.

Just because WE don't like what we're hearing, you can't just SAY listenership is down, when in FACT it is NOT!

 

[gr8oldies]

OK, the solution is to do radio in the 60s. Then everyone will throw away their iPods and iPhones. Sad to say whenever this topic comes up, that's the gist of the opinion thats expressed. yeah, turn the clock back and everything will be fine. So should Q95 run the Drake Chenault format or the TM Stereo Rock reels?

 

[Keith Kidd]

OK, the solution is to do radio in the 60s. Then everyone will throw away their iPods and iPhones. Sad to say whenever this topic comes up, that's the gist of the opinion thats expressed. yeah, turn the clock back and everything will be fine. So should Q95 run the Drake Chenault format or the TM Stereo Rock reels?

Yeah, that's what they should do. Thank goodness you got that out of it. I thought for a minute you were going to say something dopey.

Going live from Drake Chenault and TM was radio growth. It was a phase UP in an already POPULAR medium and with already successful stations. Radio has since taken many steps down. And yeah, if creativity and a better connection with listeners was back in place, things would get back to the way it was eventually. The corporations as I have repeatedly said, don't want that, the big ones don't anyway. They'd rather change radio and bleed it for as much as they can.

ipods and iphones have nothing to do with it. If radio was attractive, it would flourish in spite of all of the other mediums and technology out there. If something is good, it's good, and people will flock to it. One does not have to replace the other.

Tell you something else, I think WFBQ automated had more personality then a lot of these stations do now "live". I mean, if you are going to be rather one deminsional, do it like that. It would be a step up. I'd listen to that again. It's not ideal, but it's better than a station that sticks its head up its own boring ass.

 

[ChiefEngineer]

At the Brickyard last weekend - heard PLENTY of Q95, X103, Hank, FMS - TONS of radios on. Why is that? Surely these people own CD players and iPods

Possible Reasons

Naked and no place for the ipod
Dropped the ipod in the mud
Xm won't work because of espn interference
Yellow shirters prohibited ipods because it looks like platice'
Too drunk to program the Ipod
Wait, which playlist can i play withou looking like a tard
Last time I too0k a boom box to the brickyard some redneck broke it
Have to run my car to power the big cd amp and that costs gas

Isn't it neat to see that everyday people (if you conclude Nascar fans are inbred down home backwood cro magnon early homosapiens then forget it) realize they:
DON'T HAVE TO HASSLE WITH THEIR COMPUTER OR IPOD AND CAN STILL JUST TURN ON THEIR FRIEND THE RADIO? Sorry about the caps lock but I'm too lazy to fix it cause I'm doing a live broadcast. We have 100 people participating and at least 10 times as many listeners. And this is a niche format small station..not FBQ or WIBC.

 

[gr8oldies]

1. People are leaving radio in droves because they're anren't enough, or good enough DJs.

2. They are leaving radio for iPods, which have no DJs.

3. People would ditch their iPod and come back to radio if radio brought back 60s and 70s style DJs.

4.If what people really want are DJs, why isn't someone programming "personality" on the internet or iPhone? You'd think someone would have figured that out and be making a mint.

 

[radioho]

1. People are leaving radio in droves because they're anren't enough, or good enough DJs.
2. They are leaving radio for iPods, which have no DJs.
3. People would ditch their iPod and come back to radio if radio brought back 60s and 70s style DJs.
4.If what people really want are DJs, why isn't someone programming "personality" on the internet or iPhone? You'd think someone would have figured that out and be making a mint.

Make no sense. If they are going for iPods, it's because ALL THEY WANT IS MUSIC! What "personality" are they getting from iPods? This isn't the 60's where you had NO CHOICE for entertainment. The mentality of the 60s was MUCH different and much less demanding of quality than it is today. DJs weren't necessarily that good - we just didn't have any choices to get THE MUSIC from ANYWHERE else.

 

[justalurker]

I wonder if the people complaining about radio today are in radio today.

Yes, it's old people picking on the young. That must be it.

There are too many people on the beach who live to tell the story of how great it was back in the day, how they walked three miles uphill both ways to the transmitter building to change a tube. They always seem to have an answer for how to run things and yet they are not running any thing any more. At least not in radio. Just trying to know the source ... thanks for the ignorant answer.

There ARE listeners. Arbitron counts them for us,

I never said there wasn't anyone listening at all, I said listener-ship has dropped as compared to decades ago when radio was a very VERY popular medium. Does Arbitron give you that kind of history lesson does it? Yes, Arbitron counts things. It places things in order whether thousands are listening or less than a hundred are listening.

See "CUME".

they keep calling the station and showing up for station events.

Station events? Is your station having events, or is your station attaching itself to events already happening in your community? Due to fears of lawsuits and about 50 other reasons to do with money, stations really don't hold their own events anymore. They find an event, go to it and place their logo everywhere. That's not a station holding an event, that's a stations van visiting an event that the station had nothing to do with putting together.

Wow, someone must have pee'd in your Cheerios. Yes Virginia, stations still hold events. Smart stations will also take advantage of every branding opportunity that doesn't hurt the station (such as appearances) but there are stations out there building their own promotions. Not that your attack has anything to do with the issue in my message anyways ... that people listen and are involved. It really doesn't matter if the event was underwritten with the risk taken by the station or just branded by them - the issue is how people see the station.

Not everyone wants a mindless iPod mix of music they have already heard with no personality.

Well, that's nice to know you feel that way.

Your feeling is just that too. A feeling. Or are yours the only ones that matter?

Radio listeners are tuning in for what is new ... even if the old pros may consider it corny or bad radio.

Non-existing radio.

Have you stopped listening?

They are getting connected to other listeners via the shared experience radio can offer.

Huh.... what does that statement even mean?

Sorry, I forgot that back in the day one didn't have to be educated to be in radio ... so perhaps you need someone to explain the English language to you. Slowly? I hope this is slow enough for you:

A shared experience is something two or more do together. Some shared experiences are good, others are not so good. Getting on a bus or train for a commute is a shared experience. Getting through traffic is a shared experience. Shopping is a shared experience. People who live in this world have a lot of shared experiences. Often they get to share about their shared experiences with others who have shared the same experiences or similar enough experiences that those experiences too become a shared experience.

You can advocate a world where everyone owns an iPod (if so, send me one ... I don't have one). A world full of self absorbed people who listen to their music and perhaps try to ignore the world around them. But that kind of existence leaves one lacking connections. Radio can provide those connections - providing something to talk about around the water cooler (even if it is how bad that idiot Kevin was on the radio this morning) or a place to hear someone address the situation they are in (stuck in weather/traffic). Or even just sharing the moment listening to a song together (yeah, corny, but catch two people listening to the same song on their iPods and you'll see *A* reaction ... either positive "hey we like the same thing" or negative "that was my favorite song before I knew that loser liked it" but a reaction).

It is called being part of the world ... being connected ... something that radio can perform quite well. If your station isn't doing it perhaps you don't know radio as well as you thought.

Does your audience share experiences with you? Most of the time stations talk promotions and plays station VO hype throughout the hour without really connecting to what the audience is thinking or feeling. If there's not a promotion or a chance to make a dollar bill, most stations won't discuss it or acknowledge it. Ever chat on the air with a caller just to be doing it? The question is, is the audience hearing your stations experience or are you connecting with theirs?

Gross generalizations about the worst station out there (perhaps the one you might run or be running) is just stupid. My point was (and remains) that there are good stations out there. You just seem stuck on the bad ones. But like it or not, even listening to the worst radio station in the world is a shared experience. You don't have to like it to share it.

So *YES* ... my audience shares experiences with me. Perhaps the audience does not always get a chance to share on the air but that is the DJ's job, not theirs. It is the role of the DJ to play the song and say the thing and the role of the listener to listen. Be good enough at playing the song and saying the thing and the listener will want to actively share with others ... perhaps by turning up their radio and letting others listen or recruiting other listeners wherever that listener goes. How many callers you put on the air isn't the only metric.

It is just easier to have a shared experience when it comes from a single source. Put something good on the radio and thousands of people will share the experience with you. Drive the wrong way on the interstate and you'll create a different shared experience. I prefer radio.

 

[xmusicmatt]

When is the oldies expected to be replaced by KLove?

 

[MikeStandardsFromIndiana]

when EMF bought 106.7 in Lafayette it was at least a month before the flipped from WGLM to being K Love

 

[Rowdy1234]

It took 2 1/2 weeks from the sale announcement date before EMF took control of the 106.7 frequency in Lafayette via an LMA. They didn't get access to the business office until the closing of the sale a month and a half later, which was approximately a week after the FCC approved the sale.

Since EMF is purchasing KLU's business office, I'd say it'll take another month or so before we start seeing any format changes.

 

[bigtime]

Time to start easing into the new format with songs like "Put Your Hand in the Hand", "Jesus is Just Alright" , "I Don't Know How to Love Him", "Day by Day" etc

 

[indyjon]

Actually expect the more Alt/College format known as Air-1 to be piped in on 90.5. With the more popular AC/Pop K-Love moving to 101.9.

Air-1 = Kutless, Skillet, Paramore, Rootdown, The Afters, mikeschair, Fm Static, Decyfer Down
K-Love = Newsboys, MercyMe, Jeremy Camp, Third Day, Kutless, Tenth Avenue North, Francesca Battistelli

 

[KyDXIn]

Doesn't SIZE MATTER?.... both Gold and WKLU had weak signals...Bring in some boss jocks.... heritage call letters.... on a flame throwin' signal....and I would like to think it could fly here for more than a year or two.

Reb Porter is a name that comes to mind. Steve Super Cooper is another. Their names are already synonamous with that era of music in our city. It's a fabulous format for those of us who love radio.

and "radio" needs people who love radio. God Bless you.

Amen! And the radio industry needs to eliminate these companies that are gutting stations in the name of profits.

 

[gr8oldies]

So we can require stations to operate at a loss? "You're going to own this station and you're going to bleed red ink!".

 

[cspotrun]

So we can require stations to operate at a loss? "You're going to own this station and you're going to bleed red ink!".

i don't see alot of stations making "profits" these days, if they're Gutting, chances are they are doing it to stay on the air right now. and by the way, I WANT STATION OWNERS TO MAKE MONEY, THAT IS HOW I GET PAID and have a JOB!! after Government run health care and the auto industry, i'm guessing there will be some who can't wait for an American version of Government run radio like the BBC, to get rid of those UGLY, "Profits" in the broadcasting Industry.