Flame throwing nights on Q100: Billy Bush & Dead Air

[caller10]

Yes it's flame throwing CHR nights Atlanta style on Q100: Billy Bush and about 15 seconds of dead air at one point. Welcome, my friends to market #7.

 

[TheMusicMan]

Oh boy. Where do I even begin with this nightmare?

Cumulus has flushed Q100's only remotely entertaining daypart besides mornings. First things first, the production is absolutely unacceptable. The segues are sloppy, and the various production elements (music, sweepers, etc.) don't always flow like they should. Hearing a moment or two of dead air between elements isn't unusual at all. Moreover, the station is not adequately branded during the show. Yes, I know this is a PPM world, but imaging is still important. I'd like to think that maybe Q100 is avoiding station identification so listeners don't actually associate this monstrosity with their brand, but I doubt they're that smart.

Not impressed by the content, either. Lots of C-list interviews and almost no personality depth when an interview isn't being teased. Say what you want about Seacrest, but his show is vastly more topical and entertaining than Bush's. Whenever I hear a half-assed "Here's Black Eyed Peas, 'I Gotta Feeling'" with NO other content over a song intro, I want to scream at the radio. There's no energy or forward momentum whatsoever. Finally, the show's slow-paced format is a total mismatch for nights. I also find the music comical, in that various rhythmic recurrents which Q100 refuses to touch during the day and didn't even bother play as nights-only records during the late Adam Bomb days (Akon's "Beautiful," Ne-Yo's "Miss Independent," Flo Rida's "Right Round") suddenly start showing up. Then you randomly hear a Jan Jeffries favorite like "Clocks," "Love Like This" or "Time of My Life." Brilliant.

I don't care what the ratings say, Cumulus has completely dismantled Q100. Isn't this supposed to be one of their marquee stations? I've always thought Darik on Star is a superb talent, but at least he had solid competition with Adam. Nights are now his and his alone. Especially considering Star's improvements in recent weeks, I really hope Q100's days of running the table against Star are coming to a close.

 

[URradiolistener]

Oh boy. Where do I even begin with this nightmare?

Cumulus has flushed Q100's only remotely entertaining daypart besides mornings. First things first, the production is absolutely unacceptable. The segues are sloppy, and the various production elements (music, sweepers, etc.) don't always flow like they should. Hearing a moment or two of dead air between elements isn't unusual at all. Moreover, the station is not adequately branded during the show. Yes, I know this is a PPM world, but imaging is still important. I'd like to think that maybe Q100 is avoiding station identification so listeners don't actually associate this monstrosity with their brand, but I doubt they're that smart.

Not impressed by the content, either. Lots of C-list interviews and almost no personality depth when an interview isn't being teased. Say what you want about Seacrest, but his show is vastly more topical and entertaining than Bush's. Whenever I hear a half-assed "Here's Black Eyed Peas, 'I Gotta Feeling'" with NO other content over a song intro, I want to scream at the radio. There's no energy or forward momentum whatsoever. Finally, the show's slow-paced format is a total mismatch for nights. I also find the music comical, in that various rhythmic recurrents which Q100 refuses to touch during the day and didn't even bother play as nights-only records during the late Adam Bomb days (Akon's "Beautiful," Ne-Yo's "Miss Independent," Flo Rida's "Right Round") suddenly start showing up. Then you randomly hear a Jan Jeffries favorite like "Clocks," "Love Like This" or "Time of My Life." Brilliant.

I don't care what the ratings say, Cumulus has completely dismantled Q100. Isn't this supposed to be one of their marquee stations? I've always thought Darik on Star is a superb talent, but at least he had solid competition with Adam. Nights are now his and his alone. Especially considering Star's improvements in recent weeks, I really hope Q100's days of running the table against Star are coming to a close.

I could not agree more. With Jan's taste in music and how he has the majority of record reps steering away from him, another station he's ruined because of that is KRBE in Houston. Replacing Carson, who was a very good jock, with this trash is an insult, not only to Carson but to the station in general. I love how I read excerpts from interviews with Jan and the Dickey's and they express how important LIVE and LOCAL is, not only to the station for revenue purposes, but to the city. I've heard of several PD's at Cumulus CHR's who talk about how embarrassing it is telling a client who wants a club remote/appearance that their night jock is satellite. A majority of the time it's not just because it's satellite, they only have ONE jock and that's the PD. Wanting to "win" in radio now days means having talent in my opinion. You have to provide something an iPod cannot. Be LIVE and LOCAL again, have more than one live jock on a station. If Cumulus really WAS the "Best Run Radio Company" then they would give what the listener WANTED and not what they THINK the listener wants.

 

[JasonD]

There is a huge difference on Q100 without Adam Bomb at night. He was leaps and bounds ahead of Star and the Beat both in talent and pacing of a night show. Star still sounds Hot Ac with their night guy and the Beat is just liner card radio

 

[jal41]

Q100 switched to the live satellite version of Billy Bush. They were using the internet version (which integrates into the automation) when he was on 10PM-2AM.

Cumulus is adopting a national approach to CHR. All of the new Cumulus CHR's have the "i" moniker. Many of them are using Q100's Brittany in middays (via voicetracking). Q100 may become i100 before all is said and done, and The Bert Show many be syndicated to all Cumulus CHR's.

 

[DToTheJ]

Q100 may become i100 before all is said and done...

How will this affect message board posters always asking about how occurrences in Atlanta radio affect Q100? ???

 

[electroboy73]

It sickens me, for real! And the music does sound a little hotter, but I miss that added excitement of the "Bomb-Squad",
"the 5 at 9", etc. Billy Bush is so badly vox-tracked and edited! What about former Z-staffer, JoJo Morales!? Doesn't he still work at Q100? At least he could add some local flair between 7p - 10p like Adam did. Then put Billy Bush on at 10:00. The arragemnent, now on Q just seems so permenent, so cheap. Like, this is now the VERY, VERY last.....ABSOLUTELY THE LAST nail in the radio coffin! (BANG!) :'(

 

[bclark71.]

Yes it's flame throwing CHR nights Atlanta style on Q100: Billy Bush and about 15 seconds of dead air at one point. Welcome, my friends to market #7.

I heard from a reliable source that Rob Thomas is none too pleased about this. In fact, he was reportedly heard saying, "15 seconds of dead air is 15 seconds that Q100 could be playing my current monster hit song."

 

[alex4490]

Q100 may become i100 before all is said and done...

How will this affect message board posters always asking about how occurrences in Atlanta radio affect Q100? ???

Nah man, theres an "i100" in Pensacola-Mobile. And its Cumulus...Well, does that even make sense to do? They all sound the same- all the Cumulus CHR's..so its basically like listening to all the same stations but your in a different city! Pretty sad to me. Where is the variety?