> Anyone hear this woman? Is she funny or interesting?
> I've short commute to my picnic. Every time I tune in it's a
> song.
> Are they paying someone a million dollars a year to play
> records?
>
Like most other morning personalities, Monique can be funny and interesting at times. she has a very scratchy voice that is hard to listen to in the mornings, but the things she says are interesting most of the time. She does seem much more genuine than a lot of morning hosts. I honestly think that they are still trying to figure out how to balance the amount of music in the morning with the amount of chatter. The first week she was on, they played almost no music. then suddenly, the next two weeks the show was mostly music with only a little talking. Now this week, there is more talking, but not as much as the first week. I imagine that it will take a while to find the right blend of music and talking because they don't want to completely alienate the listeners who tune to Jack as an alternative to the constant yacking that is on the rest of the dial, but they also want to try to make this morning show work, so they don't want to completely clamb Monique up either.
I wonder if she is actually being paid a million dollars a year. As I remember, the contest was for a host to get paid a million dollars a year for five years, but I distinctly remember Monique saying about a week or so ago that she has a three year contract.
Monique is enough of a down-to-earth person who can also be funny that her show could be a success here once a reasonable balance is achieved between music and talking.
Just as a side note, Jack was my station of choice as I worked out at the gym in the mornings. Once Monique came on board, I went out and bought an MP3 player so I could still work out to music. I find this extremely ironic since the whole Jack format was designed to combat MP3 players and satellite radio, and here is our local Jack station making a programming decision that prompted at least one listener to buy a device that the station is supposed to stop me from buying. We still listen to Jack in the car on the way to work, but once I get more music loaded into my MP3 player, Monique's voice will no longer be heard in our vehicle.
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