Very likely, KYW won't retaliate because it's staying focused creating the product and producing revenue. In Chicago, WBBM crushed the Metheny-Micheals fiasco at WGN. This ain't Delta House and it's not the 1988 CHR wars. The battle is fought on the streets. Nothing irks bomb throwers like being ignored. As long as KYW remains focused, it wins this battle.
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IQ 106.9 calls WPHT "Liberal BS"
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Regardless of the political slant of the station which is definitely anti-Obama, they don't really sound credible. The revolving door of former WKXW hosts when I listen don't even get phone callers. I was listening to Michelle Jersin last week and the only reason I kept listening was to see IF she would get a call! The traffic is actually the best part of the station because unlike KYW the IQ traffic people actually report on NJ roads. The morning traffic I believe is even better than KYW, but they seem to do 30 second reports outside of the morning which doesn't help much at all. The weather guy is a joke. I had some promise for the station, but outside of traffic there isn't really much to be desired.
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In Chicago, Michaels was trying to do WLW all over again, only 25 years too late. WGN may have been a bit stodgy, but they tried blowing up the station without having a new audience to replace the old one. They might've been successful if GN was on FM, but when almost no one under 60 listens to AM, trying to remake a AM station and make it "younger" is an impossible task these days.
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satech said:
Smercy is a lefty, and CBS is full of BS. IQ's bumpers are on the money!
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Radio Wreck said:
No way, they make the station awesome.
The fact that they are taking ob CBS is fantastic. Smercy is a jerk, and they are right to go after him.
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Slant said:
HA!!!!! The number 1 and number 2 most listened to talk shows in America are now 'washed up' ???
Yeah, no political agenda on your part, is there?IQ is the only GOOD station in Philly now. I haven't changed my dial since they debuted.Slant said:
Krazyjoe said:HA!!!!! The number 1 and number 2 most listened to talk shows in America are now 'washed up' ???
Number 1 and 2 nationally? Perhaps, but not in Philadelphia. And hard to sell on top of that.
The biggest mistakes people make coming into Philadelphia (or any other market for that matter) is thinking it's just like New York or Chicago or fill-in-market-name here. We're demographically different and have different tastes. All markets are different. You have to research a market before you move in, not just think that what happens "nationwide" (which includes a lot of red-state markets much more conservative than very liberal Philadelphia) will happen here.
Merlin will keep the format going for a year or two, unwilling to admit defeat, but for all realistic purposes IQ 106.9 is DOA.
IQ 106 could have been something decent. They could do live and local, but they need decent talent. Agree or disagree with Smirconish's politics all you want, but he's good at what he does and offers a class act, that is entertaining and interesting to listen to, same with Dom ( I have listened to both on WPHT). The folks on IQ 106 sound like this is their first radio gig, very mediocre. This is strictly about how they sound on the radio and how they do their shows, etc, not their politics. The dopey sounders bashing CBS are just that, dopey. Why plug your cross town rival, even if it is in a negative way? That sounds like sour grapes or just plain childish. In either case it just sounds unprofessional and they are broadcasting in the 8th largest radio market?? Sounds more like a carrier current AM college radio station from Podunk.
Be conservative, be liberal, be both, but be the station with a quality sound and performance. The best part of each hour on IQ 106 is ABC radio news. They ought to change their name from IQ 106 to Mediocre 106.
The local talkers in Wilmington, market # 77, on WDEL sound far better than these clowns up in the big city on IQ 106. IQ could learn a lot about how to air a quality news/talk format from WDEL (I am not in anyway affiliated with WDEL), but the difference in quality is like night and day. If you can't get WDEL on the radio (1150AM) to compare, listen on line at www.wdel.com. You'll hear what I mean about the difference, again not discussing politics, but radio broadcasting.
Be conservative, be liberal, be both, but be the station with a quality sound and performance. The best part of each hour on IQ 106 is ABC radio news. They ought to change their name from IQ 106 to Mediocre 106.
The local talkers in Wilmington, market # 77, on WDEL sound far better than these clowns up in the big city on IQ 106. IQ could learn a lot about how to air a quality news/talk format from WDEL (I am not in anyway affiliated with WDEL), but the difference in quality is like night and day. If you can't get WDEL on the radio (1150AM) to compare, listen on line at www.wdel.com. You'll hear what I mean about the difference, again not discussing politics, but radio broadcasting.
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The problem with the "New IQ" is that they aren't spending the same money as WDEL or any major market station.
The main traffic reporter is in NY
The sports reporter is in either NY or CHI depending on the day
The news anchor is in NY....
Only the two hosts, a producer and a reporter are in Philadelphia, that's no way to run a news station.
The main traffic reporter is in NY
The sports reporter is in either NY or CHI depending on the day
The news anchor is in NY....
Only the two hosts, a producer and a reporter are in Philadelphia, that's no way to run a news station.
And how will the listeners know this and why would it matter if they did? Getting traffic info off the web can happen anywhere. The 'reporter' could be in Wasilla or Beijing and it would make no difference as to the information related. Either it's good info or bad. It doesn't matter a wit to the listener where the traffic reader is located.Ajohns66 said:
Ditto.
....and they stink. The remote content is far superior. Same with the talk show hosts. Quality rules. In this day and age the content can be IPed in from anywhere and be great; similarly it can be 'local' and suck.
KYW is a news station. IQ is a News/Talker. Other than the godawful morning show which I assume is permanent, and some of the lackluster NJ101.5 refugees, most of whom are blessedly temporary spacefillers, this is a typical news talk station with the top syndicated talkers and a local drive time with newscasts on the hour. The bonus is the traffic reports.
This is Randy Michaels taunting CBS's dying operation on 1210. Remember, 106.9 isn't officially launched yet. That'll happen in July when Limbaugh is in place. Until then, the signal, and Michael SmerCommie, are being tweaked. Once the station does its official launch, I'd expect the broadsides to be directed at 'Live and Liberal WPHT on the staticy low fidelity AM band', not "CBS".DToTheJ said:
Re: Format launches by stations.
This was a slightly more difficult launch than normal -- Religious broadcaster that, according to reports, had done very little to upgrade the station for over 30 years. Lots of new equipment needed.
On the other hand: Isn't it pretty easy these days to load up a computer hard drive with a bunch of safe adult contemporary or classic rocks hits and put it on shuffle while you're "building the new station"?
Merlin's Chocolate pre-launch in NYC wasn't so great. But why not put on something safe that may not win any awards for execution but at least won't sound BAD?
Who knows, you might get reactions like this: "Hey, did you hear that new station on 106.9 that's playing all back to back music, no DJs, no (or few) commercials?" You might actually attract some listeners.
This was a slightly more difficult launch than normal -- Religious broadcaster that, according to reports, had done very little to upgrade the station for over 30 years. Lots of new equipment needed.
On the other hand: Isn't it pretty easy these days to load up a computer hard drive with a bunch of safe adult contemporary or classic rocks hits and put it on shuffle while you're "building the new station"?
Merlin's Chocolate pre-launch in NYC wasn't so great. But why not put on something safe that may not win any awards for execution but at least won't sound BAD?
Who knows, you might get reactions like this: "Hey, did you hear that new station on 106.9 that's playing all back to back music, no DJs, no (or few) commercials?" You might actually attract some listeners.
I don't see why they didn't just go to the bird with various conservative talkers (apparently that's the format they are shooting for), not just Hannity 24/7, the normal amount of Hannity along with Laura Ingraham, Huckabee, (they're already airing Beck), Savage, etc, with sounders saying this is only temporary, soon we'll be launching a fantastic live and local morning drive time conservative talk, along with some of the best of the national conservative talkers in the nation, etc,etc here on Philly's new home for real conservative talk, the new IQ 106.9. That way its all on auto pilot 24/7 while they rebuild the infrastructure of the station, and they are putting something decent (broadcast wise not getting into the political stuff) as they get ready for the real launch. That's what I'd have done.
The most important reason why they didn't offer other syndicated talkers is that they haven't negotiated the "rights" to broadcast them, which can sometimes be a complicated legal process.
And they certainly don't want to offer shows that the audience may like, that they have no intention of running once the regular format is in place. Hannity is going to be their PM drive-time attraction going forward, so they might as well give him as much of a boost as they can now. He's also the most recognizable voice they could put on the station that band scanners might stop and listen to. That then provides the new station with an opportunity to introduce itself to potential listeners.
I see your point, but these folks, I've heard on IQ 106.9, other than Beck and the ABC radio feeds are lousy.
So aren't they chasing the audience that they actually want back to 1210 WPHT, or New York's WABC and WOR, or even to Wilmington's WDEL or WILM? Any of those sound far better assuming you can get the station (all are available online) than IQ 106.9. It might have been better for them to have continued airing Hannity 24/7 other than when they air Beck's show (there's a lawyer show on Saturday afternoon that is OK and a nice change as it isn't right wing politics. Again, I'm talking broadcasting quality, not politics, as I'm not a fan of either and their (Beck and Hannity) extreme biased point of view, but they at least sound good on air, and if you're trying to attract conservative listeners, Hannity and Beck are two of the top national conservative talkers.
So when will Rush be moving to IQ 106.9? I assume that's when the "official" roll out of the new format will occur.
So aren't they chasing the audience that they actually want back to 1210 WPHT, or New York's WABC and WOR, or even to Wilmington's WDEL or WILM? Any of those sound far better assuming you can get the station (all are available online) than IQ 106.9. It might have been better for them to have continued airing Hannity 24/7 other than when they air Beck's show (there's a lawyer show on Saturday afternoon that is OK and a nice change as it isn't right wing politics. Again, I'm talking broadcasting quality, not politics, as I'm not a fan of either and their (Beck and Hannity) extreme biased point of view, but they at least sound good on air, and if you're trying to attract conservative listeners, Hannity and Beck are two of the top national conservative talkers.
So when will Rush be moving to IQ 106.9? I assume that's when the "official" roll out of the new format will occur.
Apparently, Merlin has been conducting on-air auditions of "talk talent" it may want to consider using to fill the part of its broadcast day that won't be news or syndicated talk. It has also been testing mid-day talk on its "news" station in Chicago, and using "talent" living in one city to do live programming for another.
Several of the "hosts" getting a tryout on IQ106.9 were formerly heard on NJ-101.5. That New Jersey station has been very successful at attracting a audience with a sometimes dumbed-down right-leaning talk format that covers a wider variety of local topics and that avoids the same kind of national politics heard on the syndicated shows. That audience is likely a little younger than the national shows, and might be described as mostly "blue collar." Some other people in its listening area call its format "a little stupid." But it does get impressive audience numbers and billing, and its slightly younger white blue collar appeal might work well in Philly.
The point is: that some of these people you heard who do not "sound good" on the air, have already proven themselves capable of serving that one, kind of dumbed down, audience slice. Merlin gave them a tryout, and may have plans to try that kind of programming in Philly, Chicago and even New York. That could bring a slightly different set of demographics to their audience when they are not running Rush, Sean, and Beck and, unlike with syndication, they could keep all the money from every spot they sold.
On the other hand, some of the former NJ-101.5 talent may be: Not New York, Not Philadelphia, but, good enough for NJ-101.5 ONLY, and only time will tell.
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