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JEFF ROPER OUT AT WTQR

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goatboy

All Access reports. They may try to bring someone in CHEAP to pair with Angie, but the NEW CC may mandate that they put some syndicated crap in AM drive. Anyone remember when 'TQR was good? Remember when people laughed at Entercom for even going after them?
 
WTQR has been on the cutting block for a long time. It all started with the death of Big Paul. It has been downhill from there and yes most found humor in WPAW and now the laugh is on them. WTQR allowed this to happen and it starts at the top with Clear Channel. Local managemetn has no clue how to run a radio station!
 
Seeing what they did with Rush Radio I think it's almost a given they will hire someone that A)won't fit the market and B)won't work

Prediction, bad hire will work at WTQR for the next 8-12 months....then Clear Channel will blow that up, then probably blow up WTQR altogether and flip it to something else

They have screwed up that station beyond belief. That was a benchmark of excellence in Country Music & an icon station that won numerous awards on the national level.

A shell of its former self. Way to go Clear Channel.
 
Rod Davis is probably available. He used to be on Cat Country years ago.
 
Atticus said:
Rod Davis is probably available. He used to be on Cat Country years ago.
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Too funny, but sadly could be true... life goes on, brah!
 
goatboy said:
All Access reports. They may try to bring someone in CHEAP to pair with Angie, but the NEW CC may mandate that they put some syndicated crap in AM drive. Anyone remember when 'TQR was good? Remember when people laughed at Entercom for even going after them?
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Or they may let Angie handle it alone. I think Lora Songster is doing WMAG by herself.
 
;D

I'll do it for 5 K a week!!!BIGAPE Hell, I'll bring Dutchman Back with me!!!
 
How can one company screw up a major player like TQR in this market? Wow, did I just ask that stupid question? Seems Clear Channel has done everything possible to screw up this station and also seems they have done a fine job of it. If you've read the trades you know CC is back to their spooke and wheel management system and have consolidated Programming people and voice track people and soon we may not have to worry about who will replace Roper or Angie or anybody else. Take a look at the CC stations in the market and count the number of warm bodies they have on the air compared to 2 years or 5 years ago. The one way out use to be you did not pull the numbers, that changed to you cost to much, and now there may no longer be a need since some guy/girl in Atlanta may be voice tracking or syndicating the various air shifts. The next big step will be traffic for individual stations will also be consolidated into this same spooke and wheel. Soon there will be no staff other than sellers in the individual markets.
 
spoke/wheel sounds like the Airline HUB system.
now, the old joke about getting to heaven through
Atlanta has to change to something like this:
My radio reminds me of Atlanta.
 
It's a "hub and spoke" system not "spoke and wheel"

Hub = Atlanta
Spokes = Augusta, Columbia, Charleston, Macon, Jacksonville, Savannah, etc

I'm not sure if CC owns station in all those places but that's a fair example
 
Roper Lands In Texas

AllAccess.com is reporting that Roper will handle mornings at KCYY in San Antonio starting this Monday.
 
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Johnny Caudle said:
AllAccess.com is reporting that Roper will handle mornings at KCYY in San Antonio starting this Monday.
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Makes sense. He used to work with Randy Chase(KCYY PD) back when Randy was the PD at WWNU in Columbia , SC.
 
nuffsaid said:
How can one company screw up a major player like TQR in this market? Wow, did I just ask that stupid question? Seems Clear Channel has done everything possible to screw up this station and also seems they have done a fine job of it. If you've read the trades you know CC is back to their spooke and wheel management system and have consolidated Programming people and voice track people and soon we may not have to worry about who will replace Roper or Angie or anybody else. Take a look at the CC stations in the market and count the number of warm bodies they have on the air compared to 2 years or 5 years ago. The one way out use to be you did not pull the numbers, that changed to you cost to much, and now there may no longer be a need since some guy/girl in Atlanta may be voice tracking or syndicating the various air shifts. The next big step will be traffic for individual stations will also be consolidated into this same spooke and wheel. Soon there will be no staff other than sellers in the individual markets.
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Its about money. Because CC paid too much for the cluster, to someone else who paid too much for the cluster, who also paid too much ... and so on and so on. Bottom line is when WTQR (and include WSJS) was great it was because they had little or NO debt service, and could, therefore spend what it took to develop and market the product, and still make a decent profit.

WTQR and WSJS had live personalities around the clock. They had a solid, 24/7 news operation. There was strong in house, local music research. The marketing included billboards, television, and all sorts of other outside promotion.

When Summit sold, the slide began, although Steve Robertson's group did a pretty good job of protecting the product. When George Sauson bought from Robertson, he went further into debt and the cuts began. Along came CC and more cuts. While many will try to tell you that the streamlining was a product of the listener's demand, the truth is, being a full service, country music station was just too expensive!

While many would paid CC with that brush, truth is the bulk of the industry uses the same brush. Those operators who continue to provide the resources continue to dominate their markets and make profit. Debt Service takes a giant chunk from the picture.
 
To WOOT: who says: "It's a "hub and spoke" system not "spoke and wheel"


I thing what your lookin for is "spoken word"!!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

I spit out my steaming mug of Postum when I read that!!!! We all use to use the spoke and wheel system but they stopped making parts for them and Toby the engineer (who else here remembers Toby the engineer???????????) used to be the only guy I knew. Anyway, we all make mistakes and it's been a long wek. Smile!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

And, since its all recorded anyway, whey couldn't Roper stilll do both the shows then??? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;) Good luck to him either way. How long was he there and I never did get to hear him even one time????? :'( :'(
 
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