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Firings at WICC

oldschooltv said:
Anyone know how that Quinnipiac station is? I'm not close enough to tune in, but I heard they do a good job at local news around New Haven. Are they the only one left doing local news in greater New Haven?
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WQUN AM-1220 Hamden. Times have changed since they were a daytimer and changed format frequently. 1220 CDQ as Top 40 and WNNR as oldies were valiant efforts. They now have an older audience as WQUN, while old Top 40 competitors WAVZ and WNHC (now WYBC-AM) have no documented audience and they've beaten 5000-watter WELI (admittedly 12-plus) more than once.
 
CTListener said:
All this is caused by the collapse of advertising. And it's affecting all media, not just radio. Case in point: I've never seen so many roadside billboards advertising billboard availabilities as I have in recent months.

Eventually, the economy is going to turn around. My question is, does radio start hiring again when advertisers return or does it keep running "lean and mean"? Come to think about it, if the recession ends in, say three years, and most sectors of retail have been reduced to near-monopolies -- as Best Buy will be once Circuit City disappears; who's to say the Staples/Office Depot and Lowes/Home Depot wars won't end the same way? -- will the survivors even bother to advertise? After all, Wal-Mart barely does, and really doesn't need to, since, in many markets, it's the only place to go for much of what it sells if the customer wants the best price. So why would Best Buy continue to put circulars in every Sunday paper every week if its only competitor in the sector has been eliminated?

Scary thought: Maybe the business model for businesses that rely on advertising for cash flow -- like the media -- is broken worse than the economy as a whole.
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Radio advertising can work in conjunction with other forms of advertising. It is worthless by itself.
 
Well, I am finally going to jump into the fray here. After working at WICC for nearly 15 years up until 2003, I can't imagine who VideoKilled is. Plus I can't say or suggest in any way, shape or form that Tim Quinn, Mike Colby, or Anne Rondepierre (as well as office staffer Michelle Roy), all long time friends of mine, deserve to be jobless and got what they had coming.

There were dozens of times that I filled in on the Morning Show and worked with Tim Quinn. Never a problem there. And from working in engineering and dealing with the newsroom on a non-air basis, I found Tim to be a professional, a possessor of great humor and a no nonsense director of his department.

Mike Colby found himself on the short end of the stick three times at WICC/WEBE. His career goes back many years prior to mine. Here is a man who was willing to do anything and everything to help out the station(s). He didn't have an ego problem and did several different shifts with various responsibilities. Yet Hansen felt compelled to throw him away three times.

Anne Rondepierre has a heart of gold and bore no ill-wishes of anyone at the stations. She was always friendly, easy going and again, had no problem with an ego. She did her job and did it well.

VideoKilled sounds like he has a lot of resentment for folks down at 350 Fairfield Avenue, and he has a right to feel that way, as misdirected as it may appear. But anytime you want to hear about back-stabbing, about dirty deals, about personal behavior taking place of professionalism, you come see ME about it. I could go on forever about it, and I have paperwork documentation to back up every one of my claims. That's what happens when you save every memo and letter you were asked to read, file or destroy. During all those years I spent down there, I can't recall any single airstaffer that suffered the way VideoKilled claims he did at the hands of other airstaffers.... and I think I would have heard about it, although his allusions are very vague to say the least.

Plus I can't recall any airstaffer down there that referred to people continually as "DUDE".

To be continued, I'm sure.

Mark Edwards
 
VideoKilled sounds like he has a lot of resentment for folks down at 350 Fairfield Avenue, and he has a right to feel that way, as misdirected as it may appear. But anytime you want to hear about back-stabbing, about dirty deals, about personal behavior taking place of professionalism, you come see ME about it. I could go on forever about it, and I have paperwork documentation to back up every one of my claims. That's what happens when you save every memo and letter you were asked to read, file or destroy. During all those years I spent down there, I can't recall any single airstaffer that suffered the way VideoKilled claims he did at the hands of other airstaffers.... and I think I would have heard about it, although his allusions are very vague to say the least.

Plus I can't recall any airstaffer down there that referred to people continually as "DUDE".

To be continued, I'm sure.

Mark Edwards


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I will run circles around your radio experience and have enough energy left to run the NYC marathon. I know exactly what type of cronyism and nepotism takes place at these stations. Brother, I witnessed it and lived it for many years. You can't tell me JACK. Corparations like Cumulus losing money trumps all of that bs. The good thing is I get to see all the backstabbers, cut throats, spineless weasels etc finally getting what they deserve. The good thing is the worst is yet to come. ;D
 
oldschooltv said:
videokilledtheradiostar said:
I have a real job because radio was about to put me on skid row. Dude, I have seen it all. Been there done that.When I worked in the business stations were locally owned and the local owners genuinely cared about the staff. Suffice to say I worked at a very popular CT AM/FM for ten years. Those stations were bought and sold 4 times in that time period. And back then you had management that would stand up for quality air talent. I actually thought quality programing mattered. It's all about the bottom line. Most stations are either vt'd or satellite after 7p. Curious as to what is going to happen next? The local talent is no more. ELI doesn't have any local programming M-F. It used to be the New Haven news leader. SAD! Perhaps corporate will eventually learn.
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Anyone know how that Quinnipiac station is? I'm not close enough to tune in, but I heard they do a good job at local news around New Haven. Are they the only one left doing local news in greater New Haven?
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They are the ONLY station that cares about what is happening locally.
 
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