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jimmyradio
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Im a sportstalk and radio geek and im bored on a saturday. Since we spend a lot of time talking about how bad WKNR is on this board Im goint to try to be proactive and come up with plan for how to fix that station. Not like its going to happen anytime soon but we can at least have fun with it.
If I ran WKNR under the current Salem ownership this is realistically what I would do to try to fix the station.
1) Overhaul the sound of the station and its imaging. The production they have is horrible. Even if they dont want to spend money on imaging and want to keep Michael Luczak doing all the voicework, the production could still be a lot better. Listen to ANY sports station outside of WKNR - Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Columbus, Detroit, Chicago, New York... they all have imaging and production that makes KNR look like a college radio station. All current bumpers, sweepers and IDs should be tossed and everything re-done. With all the OCB grads over there you would think they'd have some young talented individuals in the building who could put together much better production material than what they have now.
2) Give Brinda a partner. He's horrible on his own. When he and Kendall Lewis were together they had something good going (until their latter days together) If management had half of a brain they wouldve put Andre Knott on with Brinda from 9-12 - they wouldve worked well together. Problem is management is dumb and now Andre is over at WTAM.
3) Groom some young TALENT and give them a regualar show. Notice the word TALENT. Just because someone is young and works in the building doesnt make them talented. No offense to them but I just dont think any of the young guys currently over there cut it. Andre Knott was the one good young talent they had and now hes gone. If I was in charge I would find a young up-n-comer and give them a regular show - whether post games, a saturday/sunday morning combo show or something. Just give the station one more face and voice outside of Brinda and Roda and add some youthful energy and enthusiasm. I like Mark Schwab and Andre Knott from WTAM but either going to KNR is unlikely. Maybe bring in one of the update guys, Jeff Thomas or Ryan McNoughton for this role. Either would be good. If not they should look around for college grads or maybe steal one of Belfi's kids (get some revenge too) and add some young talent.
Even without major play-by-play WKNR can still be a good station. EVEN with Salem ownership being cheap and stupid it can STILL be a good station. A perfect example is the score in Chicago - they dont have any major play by play outside of the Blackhawks and they actually killed ESPN 1000 in the ratings. All WKNR needs to do is tweak some things and have someone with a clue running the place. I shouldve gone into radio. Instead Ill just go back to being bored and solving all the problems in Cleveland radio in my head.
-jimmyradio
If I ran WKNR under the current Salem ownership this is realistically what I would do to try to fix the station.
1) Overhaul the sound of the station and its imaging. The production they have is horrible. Even if they dont want to spend money on imaging and want to keep Michael Luczak doing all the voicework, the production could still be a lot better. Listen to ANY sports station outside of WKNR - Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Columbus, Detroit, Chicago, New York... they all have imaging and production that makes KNR look like a college radio station. All current bumpers, sweepers and IDs should be tossed and everything re-done. With all the OCB grads over there you would think they'd have some young talented individuals in the building who could put together much better production material than what they have now.
2) Give Brinda a partner. He's horrible on his own. When he and Kendall Lewis were together they had something good going (until their latter days together) If management had half of a brain they wouldve put Andre Knott on with Brinda from 9-12 - they wouldve worked well together. Problem is management is dumb and now Andre is over at WTAM.
3) Groom some young TALENT and give them a regualar show. Notice the word TALENT. Just because someone is young and works in the building doesnt make them talented. No offense to them but I just dont think any of the young guys currently over there cut it. Andre Knott was the one good young talent they had and now hes gone. If I was in charge I would find a young up-n-comer and give them a regular show - whether post games, a saturday/sunday morning combo show or something. Just give the station one more face and voice outside of Brinda and Roda and add some youthful energy and enthusiasm. I like Mark Schwab and Andre Knott from WTAM but either going to KNR is unlikely. Maybe bring in one of the update guys, Jeff Thomas or Ryan McNoughton for this role. Either would be good. If not they should look around for college grads or maybe steal one of Belfi's kids (get some revenge too) and add some young talent.
Even without major play-by-play WKNR can still be a good station. EVEN with Salem ownership being cheap and stupid it can STILL be a good station. A perfect example is the score in Chicago - they dont have any major play by play outside of the Blackhawks and they actually killed ESPN 1000 in the ratings. All WKNR needs to do is tweak some things and have someone with a clue running the place. I shouldve gone into radio. Instead Ill just go back to being bored and solving all the problems in Cleveland radio in my head.
-jimmyradio
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