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Is Entercom that Clueless?

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coachguy

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The chatter about BCN or another CBS FM station flipping to sports has been out there for months. Man, I could see why. I tried, I really tried to listen to BCN last night just for old time sake. Wow-- BAD!

So Entercom starts their sports radio network around New England, many on FM but never touches their prized I Pod Mike FM station here in Boston.

How can a company be so clueless and set themselves up for failure. Air talent ( most) on EEI is so stale. Callers are so lame ( yes you Frank.....), people will jump to the new 98.5 BZ fm without even thinking twice about it
 
Bye Mike!  ;D Won't be one bit sad to see another one of those "ipod" "we play whatever" stations taken down and replaced by sports. Sports on FM... is simply amazing. Can't wait for it to arrive on 93.7 as well, how long is it gonna take for the death of Mike FM hahah?

Radio Wars, here we come.

This CBS descision is going to be a domino affect of format flips and reareangements. WBZ-FM will beat WEEI and then Mike FM will be taken down like NOTHING to become the new WEEI-FM.

This should be good  :D
 
this may sound dumb, but hear me out. Please don't say bad to me, this is just my idea.

Let's say if 93.7 was to put WEEI on there. My idea is, leave 850 the way it is.
And put "Fox Sports Radio Network" on 24/7 on 93.7 maybe with some music programs on there such as "Your Time With Kim" on weeknights,
Saturday 7am-9am "The Sol Cafe" 9am-Midnight Put Fox Sports Radio the rest of Saturday,
Sunday 7am-9am "Fox All Access" and 9am-Midnight "Fox Sports Radio"



My other Idea was on 93.7 WEEI FM was

Put Fox Sports Radio Weekdays Midnight-3pm
-3pm-7pm "The Ride With Doug and DeDe (That show is Urban Entertainment Talk, Sports Talk and Urban AC Music)
-7pm-Midnight "Fox Sports Radio"
Saturday and Sunday same as above



Why "Fox Sports Radio" 24/7? Because, there are some people out there who like other sports (such as Golf, Nascar, and Track and Field Talk) There are some people out there who like other sports than Baseball and Football. FOX Sports Radio talks about Golf, Nascar and Track and Field other than Baseball and Football. They even talk about Boxing sometimes. They are also entertaining as well.
(Yes, WEEI 850am has Fox Sports Radio=at night and different times on weekends. That's why it might be stupid. But if listenners want to hear local content, they can listen to WEEI, and the others can listen to the National stuff on 93.7. That's my ideas.
It might be stupid, but hey, it's a thought.
Regarding the music. Since FM, might as well have music in there sometime in the day, and The Ride With Doug and DeDe is very entertaining and is one of the BEST radio shows in the country. This idea might be better. (I should be a Program Director?) :)



Please don't say bad to me, these are only ideas.
 
is this would happen?
I have another idea
-Weekdays-
-Midnight-3pm "Fox Sports Radio"
-3pm-7pm "The Ride With Doug and DeDe"
-7pm-Midnight "Coach Willie Mae" He used to be on W I L D 1090am. Have him on. At that time, put on a Rhythmic AC format at that time with "Fox Sports Radio" updats at the top of the hour and bottom of the hour, right after that update, have Coach Willie Mae follow up with a Two Minute local Sports Update.
And the same with Saturday and Sunday as above.


When Coach Willie Mae was on W I L D he was madd cool. He was also community active. He was active in the community, he did good things for the community. He is very nice in person as well
 
YAY! More sports and more soft rock we really need more of that in Boston. :( Thank goodness for internet stations.
 
come on, ...

That's a good idea.

I didn't say "soft rock"

I said "Rhythmic AC" you didn't read my ideas carefully. Everytime I say something here everyone always say bad things and have bad attitudes
 
LAUROJRM said:
come on, ...

That's a good idea.

I didn't say "soft rock"

I said "Rhythmic AC" you didn't read my ideas carefully. Everytime I say something here everyone always say bad things and have bad attitudes
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Easy Lauro, I was responding to the subject heading not your quote. I think a rhythmic Ac is a great idea but with the clueless execs running our airwaves i wouldn't hold my breath. ;)
 
beantownradio25 said:
This CBS descision is going to be a domino affect of format flips and reareangements. WBZ-FM will beat WEEI and then Mike FM will be taken down like NOTHING to become the new WEEI-FM.

This should be good :D
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"The baloney, without Joni."

"The flack, without Roberta."

"The turkeys, without The Eagles."

:)
 
Why toss WMKK with its OK ratings and low overhead under the sports bus? Why not WAAF? They seem to be in about the same position as WBCN.
 
coachguy said:
So Entercom starts their sports radio network around New England, many on FM but never touches their prized I Pod Mike FM station here in Boston.

How can a company be so clueless and set themselves up for failure.
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The "prized I Pod Mike FM station here in Boston" which you dismiss so casually is ranked #4 in the money demo (adults 25-54). Only a fool would blow that up.

I'm guessing that all the armchair PD's posting here remember the continuous predictions of doom and gloom for Entercom, its Boston cluster and its various executives that littered this board a while back. I also guess none of you remember how accurate they all were. Ain't memory a funny thing?
 
magnadan said:
Why toss WMKK with its OK ratings and low overhead under the sports bus? Why not WAAF? They seem to be in about the same position as WBCN.
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WAAF is #5 with adults 18-34, WBCN is tied for tenth. Not even close to "the same position."
 
dumber than a box of hair said:
magnadan said:
Why toss WMKK with its OK ratings and low overhead under the sports bus? Why not WAAF? They seem to be in about the same position as WBCN.
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WAAF is #5 with adults 18-34, WBCN is tied for tenth. Not even close to "the same position."
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Out of how many stations? You know I know next to nothing about the radio biz. This is amazing to me because I remember both stations when they first started up and WBCN was always the classy one, had better music, better jocks etc. WAAF always seemed to be geared towards the guys who make the HD commercials. :D
 
No.

Move 107.3 back to Paxton and simulcast 850 on it. The two signals compliment each other PERFECTLY.

Buy 99.5 and put WAAF on it along with 97.7. Another almost perfect compliment!

Question: If classical went away on 99.5, would 99.1 pick it up?

Keep Mike on 93.7.

Or even more outlandish, if you can't buy 99.5 try to work a simulcast/revenue sharing agreement with WFNX. Their signal compliments 97.7 well too.
 
LA_Guy said:
Or even more outlandish, if you can't buy 99.5 try to work a simulcast/revenue sharing agreement with WFNX. Their signal compliments 97.7 well too.
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Maybe if 101.7 was still transmitting from Medford, and 97.7 from Abington, but not now with 101.7 on One Financial and 97.7 on Great Blue Hill. Despite all the billboards WAAF puts up around towns down here south of Boston, 97.7's signal is really not that good here. This is probably partly due to the antenna being on the north side of the tower. There are places such as Taunton, Norton, and Mansfield, where the signal even breaks up on a car radio. With the slightest bit of tropo, bits and pieces of WCTY Norwich, CT will start mixing in with it.
 
jlehmann said:
There are places such as Taunton, Norton, and Mansfield, where the signal even breaks up on a car radio. With the slightest bit of tropo, bits and pieces of WCTY Norwich, CT will start mixing in with it.
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Sometimes, however, the position of the antenna with respect to the tower structure is counterintuitive. A now-deceased friend engineered a station in central New York and achieved a relatively high gain toward the CoL by placing the antenna NOT on the side of the tower closest to the CoL but on the side opposite--and facing it AWAY from the CoL. Meanwhile, the competition did it the obvious way and wound up with a much inferior signal in the CoL.
 
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