In the end, Strawberry pulled some good numbers, and reading about them as he's sitting in nights. It's too bad. But isn't that the big, corporate, radio way these days though?
It's now evident that the spike in morning numbers at Alice was due to Stern going to Sirius and people giving them a little time in the interim until they made the switch to Sirius or settled into a new terrestrial habit. Although, being top 5 in a market like San Francisco is nothing to dismiss.
Congrats to both Strawberry and the Live 105 morning show for showing the serious growth they did despite all the mindless scrutiny from local industry folks nay-saying. Anyone who's been in this biz for more than 5 minutes knows that new shows don't become big overnight. Especially when you're replacing shows as established and successful as The Doghouse and Howard Stern.
18-34 in morning drive looks like this for the top 5 stations. #1 KSOL, #2 KMEL, #3 Wild, #4T Live 105, #4T Alice. One thing to point out: Seems that September was HEAVILY weighted for Hispanic and urban. KFOG, Alice, Live 105, KSAN all took big hits across the board in phase 3.
***Sarah and No Name have their audience, they love them, they'll be fine. We all knew they weren't as huge as the initial post-Stern numbers had everyone thinking. Again, top 5 in demo in market #4 isn't a terrible thing.
***Woody and the Live 105 AM show/co-op are where they are after 9 months on the air. Good for them! Like them or not, the show sounds organized and well planned out (unlike the Alice show). Sounds like a much younger/hipper L&T.
***Strawberry, sorry my friend. At least they kept you on the station. You have a job and went out the best way possible. Can you say "upper hand?"
AMBER ALERT: Where is Adam Carolla? Looking, looking, looking, um, uh, looking
I guess I'll have to get back to you. How much longer does this joke called Free-FM last? Will they bring the Doghouse back to try and fix this? Would that even work? They have got to do something. Not even Dr. House can fix this one!
Enough blabbering for now.
The Shadow Knows!