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Wow....Entercom sent KQK's Perrin and RVR's Bannister out the door just 2 months ago, and now it appears they are hiring a replacement for the FM100 am show.
Did the ratings for RVR and KQK not stomp that of FM100? This is clearly a brilliant "management" decision.
Can't Olson run a board? I mean, dead air sounds better than he does.
And the "numbers" proved it.

 
did you say Entercom or Clear Channel. If Cumulus gets a sharp MM with some local vision they could really clean up. Dan Baron seem to be a corp puppet and Morgan B an empty suit. They make Flinn Broadcasting look like the smartest guys in the market
 
Molly2011 said:
did you say Entercom or Clear Channel. If Cumulus gets a sharp MM with some local vision they could really clean up. Dan Baron seem to be a corp puppet and Morgan B an empty suit. They make Flinn Broadcasting look like the smartest guys in the market
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Obviously some personal agendas going on here. So let's just look at the tale of the tape: entercom- flipped snap to classic hits and hired Conley= good move; more ratings, more money. Flipped 93x to espn, hired parish, caulkins, Vernon, brought on grizzlies = dominant sports station and emasculated WHBQ-am, again more money, more ratings. Wrvr consistently top 5, 25-54, fm 100 top 5 25-54. Clear channel stations are struggling to stay relevant outside of the urban arena. Cumulus can't figure out what to do with a 100kw station (Kim). So, barons a puppet but looks like good moves. Either he is the one making good local moves or corporate is wise. Pick your poison because the numbers dont lie. 92.9 and fm100 are KILLING the whbq's. What the heck makes flinn so smart Molly? #Theyaregettingtheirbuttskicked.
 
I've got to agree with Michael about payroll reduction. Bannister and Perrin were making "too much" money. I'm sure they can find people that will work for at least a third, if not half, less pay, for those positions. While I'm not a fan of Ron Olson, he has managed to have the same job in radio for about 35 years now. That's saying a lot. I don't know how he's kept that job that long, but he has.
 
Flinn. Local decission. Reasonable ratings. Loyal to his employees. It's not always about the ratings. I will bet he takes as much to the bottom line as the so called big dogs but has much better employee relations. Radio should be fun as well as make a profit. Go ask anyone on air or in sales at entercom cumulus or clear channel if they enjoy their job
 
I’m not exactly president of Olson’s fan club, but there sure seems to be some serious professional jealousy in this thread. Ron Olson, whatever you think about him, is a Memphis icon. How many of you remember who took WHRK from an also ran to the perennial urban powerhouse for decades? Yep. Olson. Album rock, Top 40, AC – he’s done it all. He’s had a radio career spanning some of your lifetimes. Plus, he’s a nice guy. I suspect Ron would tell you to get back with him when you get to your 4th decade on the air – and he wouldn’t hold his breath. Is his time over? Maybe. But given the recent layoffs apparently still Ron’s worth his salary, longevity pay and all. But Jeez, folks. Some of you have little green monster issues.
 
radiosaur said:
I’m not exactly president of Olson’s fan club, but there sure seems to be some serious professional jealousy in this thread. Ron Olson, whatever you think about him, is a Memphis icon. How many of you remember who took WHRK from an also ran to the perennial urban powerhouse for decades? Yep. Olson. Album rock, Top 40, AC – he’s done it all. He’s had a radio career spanning some of your lifetimes. Plus, he’s a nice guy. I suspect Ron would tell you to get back with him when you get to your 4th decade on the air – and he wouldn’t hold his breath. Is his time over? Maybe. But given the recent layoffs apparently still Ron’s worth his salary, longevity pay and all. But Jeez, folks. Some of you have little green monster issues.
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I remember the book when he took K97 to #1, no one had touched FM100 in years. Then after he got them established, he went back to 1960 Union and took FM 100 right back to the top. Think of this: when Prestiagiacomo, then Conley were let go, Olson endured. That he is where he is after nearly 40 years in commercial radio is stunning. Is he my favorite? Not really. Are there people in this town who have continued to listen to him since they were in elementary school? Absolutely.
 
Molly2011 said:
Flinn. Local decission. Reasonable ratings. Loyal to his employees. It's not always about the ratings. I will bet he takes as much to the bottom line as the so called big dogs but has much better employee relations. Radio should be fun as well as make a profit. Go ask anyone on air or in sales at entercom cumulus or clear channel if they enjoy their job
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Molly, far be it from me to espouse the virtues of the big dogs. my point is simply that when you stack up flinn's decisions vs others, they don't measure up. Their ratings stink! They used to have the dominant sports brand and they allowed entercom to take it. Q is getting jackknifed by fm100 and I seriously doubt they are "taking more to the bottom line". Lastly, if you don't think the business is about ratings and revenue then you are naive. It is and always has been very competitive and bottom line focused. We would all, especially me, like to believe that pure local radio wins. In some cases it does (Jerry Lee, Philly) but in this case it does not. Flinn is no better and I will say worse in many cases than the "big dogs". it's not a perfect world nor a perfect business but I think its pretty easy to pick out the winners in this one.
 
With all due respect, what folks don't seem to remember is the #1 Ron Olson K-97 book was in between two #1 double digit 12+ Rock 103 books. From their inception, I don't recall K-97 ever being far from the top. FM100 was #1 when?
 
robgrayson said:
With all due respect, what folks don't seem to remember is the #1 Ron Olson K-97 book was in between two #1 double digit 12+ Rock 103 books. From their inception, I don't recall K-97 ever being far from the top. FM100 was #1 when?
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Hey, Rob.

If memory serves (and sometimes it doesn’t nowadays), K-97 was behind WDIA and WLOK and running in the lower tier of the top 10 stations.

This was around 1980 or so. The reason I remember this is because I was at WQUD / WRVR, still on Central at the time, and Steve Butler did a bit on what it meant to be "Jammin" - K97's imagers - and Olson called up the comment line and ragged him about it.

I agree that FM 100 was never a number one station 12+. They were certainly on top for a while in the Randy Lane era in demos, and they were the #1 biller for years and years. No disrespect to what 103 accomplished, but Olson was simply the topic.
 
No prob, dude. I was just bragging. I don't get to do that much anymore, so when I see an opening...

Incidentally, I did all nights on Disco Stereo K-97 in 1978, via automation. At the time I was doing middays at WMPS (680), and part of my job was to record the all night breaks for FM on a really long cart. It was crummy if you messed up, because you had to go all the way back and start over.
 
FM 100 has been number one 12+ at least twice and was 2 or 3 numerous times. Here's the #1 Arbitron 12+ winner for the first part of the 1980s:

Spring 1980--WHRK (12.6)
Fall 1980--WZXR (13.4)
Spring 1981--WMC AM (11.8 )
Fall 1981--WHRK (16.7)
Spring 1982--WZXR (10.7)
Fall 1982--KRNB (11.0)
Spring 1983--WZXR (11.5)
Fall 1983--FM 100 (9.6)
Spring 1984--FM 100 (10.7)
Fall 1984--WHRK (11.7)
 
I stand insurrected.
 
Hmm, I didn't know that Ron Olson was ever at K-97. He hasn't been at FM 100 quite as long as I thought. Still, I don't hate Ron Olson by any means. It's just that I feel there have been better people over the years in radio that have been shown the door. I think Ron is good on the air, but I just don't think he's great.
 
snazzyjazzy said:
Hmm, I didn't know that Ron Olson was ever at K-97. He hasn't been at FM 100 quite as long as I thought. Still, I don't hate Ron Olson by any means. It's just that I feel there have been better people over the years in radio that have been shown the door. I think Ron is good on the air, but I just don't think he's great.
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Since I've already made one incorrect statement, I'm going out on a limb here, but I think Ron was at 100, left, and came back.
 
Even if Ron left FM 100 and came back, he's still held the same job for over 30 years, maybe 35 years. There can't be too many people in commercial radio across the country still going that have done that. Perhaps, it's a combination of talent, not wanting to make too much money, and kissing up to the right people, that have kept him there that long.
 
Olson came to FM100 in the mid-70's. He did afternoons for a number of years before moving to mornings.
 
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