Genesis Leans On Weiner To Help AM Talk Trio

DToTheJ · Sep 14, 2011

Len Weiner's background is sports, having programmed major-market ESPN Radio affiliates as well as the network itself. Now, he's been called down to Tampa.
http://www.examiner.com/media-in-ta...rammer-len-weiner-to-head-tampa-radio-cluster

nfladxer · Sep 14, 2011

Well, from the outside, it would appear Mr. Maduri has brought in some heavier ammo. Up to this point, has Genesis made any noise in Tampa Bay? What's their track record? Would any of the Genesis stations benefit from an FM signal, if any were available?

rfrus · Sep 14, 2011

has Genesis made any noise in Tampa Bay?
August PPM. WWBA .5, WHBO .3, WMGG - (Not even a 0.0)
You tell me.

Parttimer · Sep 14, 2011

nfladxer said:
Would any of the Genesis stations benefit from an FM signal, if any were available?

Possibly the sports format on 1040.

DToTheJ · Sep 15, 2011

@rfrus: Let's cut 1470 a little slack - they've restructured their format... again?

Doesn't 820 now call itself a news/talk station hyping the resources of BN9? You'd think that would help their cause, at most.

LiveLocal · Sep 15, 2011

820 AM is not associated with BN9 in any form. BN9 only has radio partnerships with the Hall Group in Polk Co. and WUSF in Tampa.

FM 100 Means Music · Sep 17, 2011

1. Fire The Fabulous Sports Babe.

2. Move "Prime Time" to 10AM - 1PM.

3. Stop pre-empting The Scott Van Pelt Show.

4. Drop the Yankees.

5. Drop the god-awful brokered shows on Saturday.

6. Start promoting your station as the station for transplants who don't care about the Bucs, Rays, and Lightning. Focus all of your marketing on being the home of Mike and Mike and Scott Van Pelt in Tampa.

7. Hire some impersonators and start producing promos that mercilessly mock the Lightning's Dave Mischkin and Bobby Taylor and Dave's monotone delivery and Taylor's senile color commentary.

FM 100 Means Music · Sep 17, 2011

The ESPN brand with 1040 is making a noticeable, positive.

Um, what?

FM 100 Means Music · Sep 17, 2011

nfladxer said:
Well, from the outside, it would appear Mr. Maduri has brought in some heavier ammo.

It looks to me like Maduri has brought in a has-been desperate for a job.

DToTheJ · Sep 21, 2011

FM 100 Means Music said:
4. Drop the Yankees...

6. Start promoting your station as the station for transplants who don't care about the Bucs, Rays, and Lightning...

I'd imagine it would be possible to do only one of these two, not both... If Tampa wanted a vanilla sports radio station, one already exists on 1010 AM...

@LiveLocal: Right. I wrote 9, but I meant 10. I was one number off. My bad...