Booger you are are not bringing any sunshine to the table. Brighten up, life is good and radio WAS really fun. If you are too young to remember it, too old to accept it or just too self trained to understand it then ask someone who was there.
Today the cold hard truth that I guess Booger is trying to explain is...the driving force behind radio in "olden" times is now off the box. Yep, they have their own personally programmed "radios" in their pockets and most couldn't tell you what station locally plays what or has WHO on the air.
The next level as in those over 40 but who can still remember to turn on the light and unzip before they water their Lilly are owning cars with that evil satellite radio demon handing them continuous music without clutter on numerous clear, never fading, channels. Sure they all say the same
thing when they get the new family Truckster, I WILL NEVER PAY FOR RADIO..then after that
trial freebie runs out they sign up. Then they only to visit local radio on certain Saturdays in the fall when
the Large Orange is beating Florida.
SO, with the opportunity for a powerful FM station to come out from under an LMA and be run by an
"older fellow" as in JP, who has always made a buck in the industry...is there a chance it just might pull some of those bird listeners or even a few of the pod kids over to the "dark" side?
Hey only Booger knows the answer to that. Personally, I think both hiring Ed for his
market connections AND putting him on the air is a beautiful and very smart move. Because he is an older fellow who Booger says no one remembers could that cause the station to bleed out and go toes up? Guess we will just have to hang out and see?
As for Mr. Mooney, he has moved back to Knoxville..isn't in the best of health but he is still very sharp and I can't see him getting back into the game. Not that I know...but heck the guy was a winner across the board even with San Juan so the question there would be why would he want to even consider getting into an industry that is a shadow of what it was when 1340 ruled Cumberland and was the king in the Tri County Pulse? Booger, your thoughts.