Its finally been confirmed that WELI will begin to carry Imus's show beginning 1/7. Personally I welcome the news as I have a hard time getting the WABC signal here on the shoreline, but what are the general feelings about this? Is Imus still a big enough draw to make a mark here locally?
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Imus starts on WELI Monday
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The memo that the employees got said Imus starts 1/14, not 1/7.
What employees. Is the coach George Demaio still there.The station is just about syndicated 24/7 with no local news .
It appears as though Mr. Kristafer can lay claim to being the last guy in the building to turn out the lights.
I hear the next move for Cheap Channel is they're going to put a blow up dummy (think of the movie Airplane! with Otto the automatic pilot) in the chair behind the on-air console so they can say there's always somebody in the seat!
Joe Amarante's front page story in the New Haven Register is posted here...
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/01/05/3196199.htm
I tried to get to the Register's site, but it's been down all morning.
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/01/05/3196199.htm
I tried to get to the Register's site, but it's been down all morning.
with this being an election year, and Imus' penchant for getting the heavyweights I would expect a big spike in 'ELI's morning numbers. At one time (pre clear channel) WELI was a respected station with a nice followng. It would be nice to see the station reclaim some of its luster. Caliv, I think you may be right on the money. If I were Chaz and AJ, I'd be very concerned.
ORIGINALITY....
Somewhat anyway, that's what PLR's audience will LOVE about Imus.
I'm actually not an Imus fan myself but, I know that he brings soooo much more than PLR could EVER bring with those fools on in the morning. No more same thing e-v-e-r-y- day...
BTW/ Duggan, I completely forgot about the political angle...NICE CALL. That alone will smoke PLR.
It's gonna be a very interesting spring....wonder how ELI will do the rest of the day? I believe Glenn Beck had the highest numbers so now it would seem that ELI wins the first 2 dayparts in the demo....Any thoughts on MORE program changes to make this a ratings grabber. Maybe a live local show in the afternoon? Who knows
Somewhat anyway, that's what PLR's audience will LOVE about Imus.
I'm actually not an Imus fan myself but, I know that he brings soooo much more than PLR could EVER bring with those fools on in the morning. No more same thing e-v-e-r-y- day...
BTW/ Duggan, I completely forgot about the political angle...NICE CALL. That alone will smoke PLR.
It's gonna be a very interesting spring....wonder how ELI will do the rest of the day? I believe Glenn Beck had the highest numbers so now it would seem that ELI wins the first 2 dayparts in the demo....Any thoughts on MORE program changes to make this a ratings grabber. Maybe a live local show in the afternoon? Who knows
Reclaiming some of its luster how? By being a satellite downlink for another syndicated show? that's luster? That's garbage.
And I like listening to Imus.
And I like listening to Imus.
justareporter said:
Yep, it's radio seen purely as a revenue-generating utility -- an approach that's pretty much mandatory in publicly held corporations, where your executives bet only on sure things because they're answering to investors looking to maximize their retirement funds rather than thinking of taking chances that might not work out in the short term.
Never mind where the next generation of local talk hosts will be coming from once the few that remain in this state are laid off, retire or lose their enthusiasm. Chances are they'll be replaced by bird-feed. Rather, I'm wondering where the next generation of syndicated talk hosts will be coming from once the Imuses, Limbaughs, Savages and Hannitys either retire or run out of steam. Does the future of talk radio lie with actors, politicians and social activists who come with ready-made name recognition?
hey Justareporter,
please dont blame this lack of tallent completely on "the man".
let's look at glenn beck for example. he was a guy doing mornings in new haven and from what i hear begged to do a 1 hour talk show daily on weli...FOR FREE. he worked at his style and then started sending out demo after demo after demo until somebody liked him enough to give him an on air audition in new york city. he went off to florida some time later and busted his a$$ until he got syndicated. i believe he is now in the 7 figure range...a couple books and a national tv program.
can you name 1 person in the biz today that works that hard to acomplish a goal. all i see are jocks who think putting listeners down is good radio...or how about those jocks who voice trak 10 or more stations....THEY too have something to do with the state of radio today.
GREED, my friend is alive and well on both sides corp. and employee.
show me the kid who will earn it and you'll show me the next round of great talk show hosts....seems like nobody's hungry.
hard working tallented people will always survive.
please dont blame this lack of tallent completely on "the man".
let's look at glenn beck for example. he was a guy doing mornings in new haven and from what i hear begged to do a 1 hour talk show daily on weli...FOR FREE. he worked at his style and then started sending out demo after demo after demo until somebody liked him enough to give him an on air audition in new york city. he went off to florida some time later and busted his a$$ until he got syndicated. i believe he is now in the 7 figure range...a couple books and a national tv program.
can you name 1 person in the biz today that works that hard to acomplish a goal. all i see are jocks who think putting listeners down is good radio...or how about those jocks who voice trak 10 or more stations....THEY too have something to do with the state of radio today.
GREED, my friend is alive and well on both sides corp. and employee.
show me the kid who will earn it and you'll show me the next round of great talk show hosts....seems like nobody's hungry.
hard working tallented people will always survive.
I
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Glenn Beck made it in Florida for one reason only...Stu. If there was no Stu, Glenn would at best still be in New Haven. Stu got his nick name because for more than a year Glenn didn't even realize his own producer's name was Steven.
While from what I understand, Glenn was going to be syndicated in 2002, it was the events of September 11 that got him picked up quicker as stations were looking for something they thought might be more hard core rally America than Dr. Laura who occupied the time slot Glenn's show took over.
While Glenn does ocassionally make some interesting observations, his whole show relies on putting down listeners and thinkers, which he says he is.
Glenn constantly preaches about God, faith, morals and family values, but then uses inuendo (sp) and other naughty humor in his program. How is that living his values? Would God, or Jesus like his more-on trivia?
Don't misunderstand. I don't hate Glenn Beck. I do hate his program and would like for him to be more consistant with his alleged values.
Now of course he's put forth some of his own effort, but he certainly hurt a lot of people along his way.
While from what I understand, Glenn was going to be syndicated in 2002, it was the events of September 11 that got him picked up quicker as stations were looking for something they thought might be more hard core rally America than Dr. Laura who occupied the time slot Glenn's show took over.
While Glenn does ocassionally make some interesting observations, his whole show relies on putting down listeners and thinkers, which he says he is.
Glenn constantly preaches about God, faith, morals and family values, but then uses inuendo (sp) and other naughty humor in his program. How is that living his values? Would God, or Jesus like his more-on trivia?
Don't misunderstand. I don't hate Glenn Beck. I do hate his program and would like for him to be more consistant with his alleged values.
Now of course he's put forth some of his own effort, but he certainly hurt a lot of people along his way.
Info,
while i usually enjoy reading your posts i have to say...you totally missed my point.
it wasn't about stu....who i also believe was an incredibly hard working kid.
by the way....he was named "stu" when he was an intern for kc 101 about 8 months BEFORE he worked with glenn...I know this because i am friends with "stu" he actually got the name at a bar night at tail gators in ansonia.
this isn't about glenn making it because of stu...it is about 2 things...
1. people love to bitch about the sad state of radio yet nobody seems willing to bust their balls to go somewhere...it is much easier to point blame at corporate radio...don't get me wrong....corporate radio share holders and certain groups are killing the biz...BUT, let's go back about 8 or 9 years when jocks were taking out ads in trades and in all access etc... to promote their VT'ing there were TONS of jocks there feeding the soon to be corp. market managers the idea that ONE could be on many, many stations for a very little amount of money....then we can see the lack of talent around today...just my opinion but I don't really think most of these vt'ers are tallented either. they seem rushed to get it done so they can move on to whatever is next.
2. those like the PLR morning show that seem to half a$$ it each morning by simply doing the same old lame bit day after day after day will bite it....i personally think that they take a HUGE dip in the spring and worse in the fall....because the bring NOTHING of interest to the table day after day. they only have numbers cause there is nothing else for that demo.
KUDOS to who ever decided to bring Imus to New Haven....PERHAPS we will see a change in the way those LAZY idiots execute their show.....BUT, I doubt it.
while i usually enjoy reading your posts i have to say...you totally missed my point.
it wasn't about stu....who i also believe was an incredibly hard working kid.
by the way....he was named "stu" when he was an intern for kc 101 about 8 months BEFORE he worked with glenn...I know this because i am friends with "stu" he actually got the name at a bar night at tail gators in ansonia.
this isn't about glenn making it because of stu...it is about 2 things...
1. people love to bitch about the sad state of radio yet nobody seems willing to bust their balls to go somewhere...it is much easier to point blame at corporate radio...don't get me wrong....corporate radio share holders and certain groups are killing the biz...BUT, let's go back about 8 or 9 years when jocks were taking out ads in trades and in all access etc... to promote their VT'ing there were TONS of jocks there feeding the soon to be corp. market managers the idea that ONE could be on many, many stations for a very little amount of money....then we can see the lack of talent around today...just my opinion but I don't really think most of these vt'ers are tallented either. they seem rushed to get it done so they can move on to whatever is next.
2. those like the PLR morning show that seem to half a$$ it each morning by simply doing the same old lame bit day after day after day will bite it....i personally think that they take a HUGE dip in the spring and worse in the fall....because the bring NOTHING of interest to the table day after day. they only have numbers cause there is nothing else for that demo.
KUDOS to who ever decided to bring Imus to New Haven....PERHAPS we will see a change in the way those LAZY idiots execute their show.....BUT, I doubt it.
I
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I can agree with you on many of your points. Infact, same old, same old is the reason I gave up on listening to morning shows years ago. Howard Stern comes to mind, he hasn't been shocking or innovative since atleast the mid 1990s. I can also accept that a percentage of air talent is to blame for the spread of voice tracking.caliv said:
Your right, it's not about Glenn, but Glenn happened to be the example given. My whole gripe with Glenn is he doesn't work as hard as it might seem since he relies so much on cheap shots and inuendo. I will credit Glenn with being a good orator. He's fairly polished with his presentations and the Easter story set to Dark Side of The Moon is Awesome.
An example where hard work didn't pan out as far as radio was concerned is Tom Scott. Tom was a great local personality. Unlike some of the other local guys who stuck to the national or larger state issues, Tom was well versed in state politics. People used to call his show and talk about local zoning issues and such and Tom was right with it. Other local talent usually avoided such. I didn't always agree with Tom either, but I respected his program as he conducted his program more consistantly with what he preached. Same goes for syndicated host Sean Hannity. I don't agree with a lot of his views, but he puts more effort, compared to others, into sticking to issues and avoiding cheap attacks, the hate Hannity line doesn't count as those people chose to make themselves sound foolish. Now if only he would challenge Ann Coulter on her views.
I didn't know Stu all that well, by the time I really got to Radio Towers Park, he was on his way out. I didn't intend to imply that Glenn gave him the name Stu, simply that Glenn never took the time to ask what his name is. I can understand confusion, as with people using their radio name so often, there were times I had to stop and think to remember someone's real name.
Besides, with the Imus thing, this is one time where we can't really blame Clear Channel as in the Register story, Jerry says he accepted an offer from DRC, so he chose to move on, Clear Channel needs to fill the airtime with something. Since Clear Channel foolishly cut Paul Pacelli last year, they have no choice but to resort to a syndicated show to save their hide.
I hope Jerry does well at DRC. Now that he's no longer handling programming duties ontop of show prep, I'm hoping his new show will be able to delve deeper into things than it has on WELI.
I've conversed previously with very nice people who favor local hosts, so I don't want to offend them. But, in support of the proposition that national guys are entertaining and can carry a show better, would you really want to listen to "The Coach" George DiMayo every morning for three or four hours. I think the guy runs out of things just talking about high school sports (which isn't much of a hook for a non-native New Englander). Does George have the contacts, debate skills, or knowledge of politics Imus has? Krsitafter was decent company for the drive in, but Imus (or Schultz, or Miller or Limbaugh) are simply more conversant on a greater number of subjects. I think WELI will gain ratings, not lose.
WOW! Tom Scott....
I forgot all about him.....Think that CC would bring him in for afternoon drive? That might be a great show...
maybe have a sidekick/news guy.
Local and Live! Hope somebody @ CC New Haven reads this.
Now back to the original thought.....PLR IS IN SERIOUS TROUBLE ...(in my opinion)
I forgot all about him.....Think that CC would bring him in for afternoon drive? That might be a great show...
maybe have a sidekick/news guy.
Local and Live! Hope somebody @ CC New Haven reads this.
Now back to the original thought.....PLR IS IN SERIOUS TROUBLE ...(in my opinion)
>Think that CC would bring him (Tom Scott) in for afternoon drive?
The New Haven Register reported several years ago that Tom Scott said no when WELI intended to switch his time from mid-mornings to afternoons. Tom needs afternoons for his full time real estate work, and of course CC isn't going to pay anyone enough money and benefits for someone to leave other full time employment.
Too bad because Tom, a former state senator and congressional candidate, would be great; especially now with Governor Rell proposing property tax cap legislation again. Tom on the air used to criticize legislators and former Governor Rowland for "spending like drunken sailors". Also with the retirements of conservative leaders in the state house and senate, Lou DeLuca and Bob Ward, fiscal conservatives in Connecticut have lost strong public voices. Tom Scott on the radio in New Haven, like Dan Lovallo on WDRC, could be that voice. Wallet issues are good for talk radio.
The New Haven Register reported several years ago that Tom Scott said no when WELI intended to switch his time from mid-mornings to afternoons. Tom needs afternoons for his full time real estate work, and of course CC isn't going to pay anyone enough money and benefits for someone to leave other full time employment.
Too bad because Tom, a former state senator and congressional candidate, would be great; especially now with Governor Rell proposing property tax cap legislation again. Tom on the air used to criticize legislators and former Governor Rowland for "spending like drunken sailors". Also with the retirements of conservative leaders in the state house and senate, Lou DeLuca and Bob Ward, fiscal conservatives in Connecticut have lost strong public voices. Tom Scott on the radio in New Haven, like Dan Lovallo on WDRC, could be that voice. Wallet issues are good for talk radio.
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