> > > To be honest the times that I listened to KIKK was when
> > > Stern was off, I stoped listening to Stern because most
> of
> > > the time when I did listen all he did was complain about
>
> > > other radio companies not sticking up for him or
> something
> > > like that, I even listen to swinging 650 sometimes
.
> > >
> > Why doesn't Infinity run the Swinging 650 format every
> day?
> > With a daytime only signal, it seems this would be the
> > perfect format for the early to rise, early to bed demo.
> It
> > seems to me that it would at least get some ratings for
> the
> > once legendary KIKK, since KXYZ has taken over the
> Business
> > Radio format.
> >
> I didn't think about Swinging 650, but it would be the ideal
> format for a station like 650, just for the excellent
> reasons you stated. Running TV News audio, even in a market
> that is starved for a News station is just filling time on a
> frequency and a waste. KFNC would be semi acceptable if you
> could pickup the signal other than in your vehicle and even
> then the reception is very iffy. I realize there is nothing
> legal that Cumulus can do about the horrid signal 97.5 has
> and they have done all they can. It is too bad really, KFNC
> may have a chance if people could hear the station.
>
> If Frishberg would let go of the ego and stick to his
> business sense he would let Brent Clanton run BizRadio 1320
> and promote the hell of the station. Clanton has the know
> how to make BizRadio into a ratings maker and eventually
> have the station on the air 24/7 with programming that would
> have people take notice of the station. Like adguy has
> said, first BizRadio has to promote the station so people
> know there is a Business News-Talk station in Houston. I
> don't think anyone surfs the AM dial looking for a station
> to listen to anymore. In Houston half the stations are not
> even in English or Spanish. When I compare AM radio in
> Houston to other cities I've been in the last couple of
> years, Houston AM is the biggest wasteland of spectrum of
> any city and likely has more stations with piss poor
> coverage than any other major or large city in the country.
> There isn't a single station that covers the entire market
> at night, including KTRH. Most don't even cover the city
> with an acceptable signal.
>
> Mike O
>
I know BizRadio all too well. Mike O, you have it correct. It should be called Radio Frishberg. Dan Frishberg will NEVER give up any of the reins to Brent Clanton. You are correct in that under Clanton's leadership and promotion that station will flourish, but knowing what really goes on over there will point to the complete failure of that outfit. First, along with Frishberg you have a collection of Snake Oil Salesmen and egocentric media wannabes, except Clanton, that have no experience whatsoever in radio or media as far as I know. You have Frishberg, a financial analyst with his own twisted ideas on how to sell radio. I saw it first hand and it was not good. He actually advised a potential client to put a spot on the air that did not mention the company or give out a phone number. He explained to this client that is what will get him noticed. That client followed his advise and had the BizRadio "guru of copy writing and producing" produce the campaign for about $8000. The "guru's" entire family works at the station mind you. That aside for now, I witnessed this debacle from the front row and cringed as each and every one of these spots aired and the phone sat in dead silence at the client's HQ. Needless to say that client was one of many that Frishberg, "the marketing expert" has chased away. On to the family; the wife is the traffic manager, HR director, accounting manager and credit manager all wrapped up into one. This person's media experience: NIL. No spot, promotion, stop set or anything of that nature ran correctly from day one. I think Frishberg sent this person packing back to his San Antonio HQ, leaving another 0 experience traffic manager running the show. Frishberg's sales manager is a motivational speaker that did not know the difference between local and national advertisers. In fact he did not know the meaning of "spot sales vs network sales". He did not even know that a national rep firm sells advertising in outside markets. I was there to guide him and had enough by Labor Day. Frishberg, at that time surmised that pretty women would market the station and sell ads via the local area Chambers of Commerce. Frishberg is notorious for sexual inuendo in the office and can be quite offensive to the women there. There is certainly the making of lawsuits. I'm surprised MRBI (the actual owner of KXYZ) is not concerned. The many things that go on over there would most certainly make those that challenge licenses stand up and take notice. There are people being paid by Frishberg and then paid again by the sales manager out of his own pocket. At that time, late summer, Clanton was losing what was left of his hair and obviously frustrated. Infinity should take notice and refire the business format on 650. Adguy had it right in another post. If you ask anyone about BizRadio and where you can find it, 9 out of 10 will tell you 650. I researched this and offered my advise to KXYZ and it went on deaf ears. Same thing when I insisted that the 6P cutoff was detrimental and should be expanded to at least 7P even at the expense of breaking someone else's contract. My thoughts are that Frishberg has blown through the $2-3M in setting up the Dallas station and has run out of suckers, oops, investors for this "network". I advised him and his people back in Feb that hundreds of thousands if not a million needed to be spent on outside promotion for at least a year. If anyone at Infinity is reading this post, they should really think about relaunching bizradio and not worry about KXYZ. As adguy said, no one knows that they are there and people today still associate bizradio with the the 650 signal. Clanton has to be tired of all the BS by now and he knows what he's doing with that format. Someone save Brent Clanton!
