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KC 101 Radio Reunion Weekend in July 2009 for 30th anniversary?

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do you think they will do one for the 30th like they did for the 20th? Cheers Dr Johnny P LoveTrain-Host of Top 40 Classics online at wbul.usf.edu Tampa,Florida(Formerly of Naugatuck,CT) 8) ???
 
Does anyone care anymore? CC and corporate radio has destroyed this station. There is no personality to it anymore.
 
I remember to 20th...Gotta say it was sort of a joke.
WHY would you put DJ's from your competition ie WEBE and STAR etc on the air so they can do a 2 hour info-mercial...Or worse yet some burn out DJ that MOST of your listeners do not remember on the air doing shout out''s to some groupie from 1978.
Flash back weekends are best for old man stations like PLR....oh wait, those jocks have been there for 30 plus years...lol
Seriously, CHR isn't about turning 30...It's about the present, the moment, not back in the day.
The DJ's(from the past) sound soooo old and out of touch with today and it really doesn't do a thing for the image of the station to the "target" listener.
Anniversarys are for radio geeks like us and out of work DJ's.
So...Cheers to KC 101...here's to the FUTURE
 
Hey caliv-you're a bit of a jerk, huh? It's about solidifying your station in the community as something that has been there for you and now your kids. With so many things coming and going, isn't it nice to know that some things are still around? True that many radio geeks were excited about the reunion, but so were the listeners. How many times have wished that some restaurant you used to go to was still there and you can't figure out why it's not? Or whatever the place is/was. I was there that weekend and let me tell you that the phones were great. (Granted, that's about 5-10% of the audience, but, if requests means something then so do those people.) People who listened in high school and later that now have kids that listen were calling, thanking the station for still being around. It was so much like a family reunion and the energy in the building was fantastic. Better than it was on any other day there then and probably now. Their ratings are horrible now and the station is a joke, but that weekend was amazing. Not everyone that weekend still works at that station and if some did, so what? They still have jobs in the same place for more than a minute. Your attitude makes me think you're someone who's bitter because they never got a full time gig in radio and you hold that against anyone who has a joy and passion about the business. Yes, it has changed and not for the better, but that doesn't mean that the people who work in it can't hold a joy for something that they were so privileged to be a part of.
 
what i find most absurd is that it is just barely october of 2008 and there is a post about kc101 celebrating an anniversary in july of 2009. kc101 isn't a joke, this board is.
 
It's too bad about KC101 because it used to be a great station. I remember we had a 13 share (12+) when I worked there. I am not taking credit for that, just was happy to be part of the staff there. Wish I could remember the 25-54 numbers. But we had an electricity then. Whenever I talk to other alumni of the station, we all can't believe how horrible the station is now.
 
Sally,
When did you work at KCI?
Were you a dj or did you work in promotions?
Why do you think it was so much better then than now?
Do you even listen to KC 101 anymore?
I know several people who worked there and I don't recall any of them saying that the station is horrible now. I do however recall many stories about how completely F'd up the place was.
A sales staff run more like a brothel, a drunk pd and gm...many deals gone bad causing the station to later suffer as they attempted to build an honest reputation.... could go on and on.
Just curious to hear your "glory days" tales
Thanks
 
you know what caliv? thank you thank you thank you. i have heard the exact same stuff. the station wasn't a joke - it was worse. so many advertisers pledged they would NEVER EVER give their money to kc101 ever again because of thier business practices. have any of you that use #'s to prove your "point" even seen anything other than the 12+ numbers? you reveal your ignorance by judging 12+. have you ever considered that wkss kills 12-17 year olds and that inflates their 12+ numbers? do you even have any idea how screwed up numbers are in small markets because arb pulls data from larger market dmas and totally under samples the metro in those small markets?
 
and by the way - very typical of former employees to think that the business they are not at anymore is 'horrible' now that they're gone. "oh the good old days - when we had to do an airshift uphill in a blizzard, with no shoes..."
 
12+ rank speaks volumes about the other dayparts. To be ranked 10th as a CHR in your own market is truly shamefull! Several other stations from outside the market are kicking their azz! Cheap Channel should clear house and start over with a new building. That brick crap house isn't fit for homeless people.
The only reason they have the reunions is so that once upon timers can come back and feed their little egos
and realize how worthless and insignificant they have become to society.
 
12 plus doesn't mean squat....That's part of the reason arbitron gives 'em out for free.
Suggesting that CC should fire everyone and start fresh is pretty pathetic.
Overall I'd say the station sounds great....good sounding morning show and pretty tight in all other dayparts I listen to.
Can you even name one person on the staff Video??
As for the "brick crap house" I have no idea but, I gotta imagine it's not that bad.
Maybe you and Sally should start your own radio station and finally bring us some real radio.
I bet you'd buy the most awesomest jingle package and really kick some "azz" with that killer top of the hour id...kicking out 12 songs in a row with a non stop music mix.....lock it in baby and rip the knob off!
cause there aint nothing like back in the day.
 
Video and caliv-

I worked there over 20 years ago and yes, I was a full time air talent. It was a different animal back then that it has been in the last 10+ years. You're right about 12+ numbers, which is why I said I wish I could have remembered what the 25-54 numbers were, but the 12+ was what I could remember. That was back when Top 40 was trying to please the upper demos. The station hasn't had a 13 share 12+ in FOREVER, so it does show that the station has declined overall. They are being beaten by WKSS 12+, 12-17, 18-24...all their key demos. When I worked there, KISS and TIC-FM weren't even a consideration in the market. I can also assure you that the GM and PD I worked for were never drunk and I worked there before the whole 10-in-a-row, which sucked then and sucks now. Glad a lot of people don't use it anymore. The only station that could get away with "lock it in and rip the knob off" was the Z100 of that time. Everyone else was a lemming. I have always been a person who thinks Radio should be different in every market and should be programmed to their listeners. Just because I have been in the business for awhile, don't put me in that "box" of "old timers." I started very young and I have respect for the "old timers" I used to listen to because without them, there would be no now. If you ask any of them, they would tell you Radio is not good anymore because there are very few personalities anymore. I will be an "old timer" someday, but not now. Still working in the business working in a major market and not as a weekend board-op. You?
 
Sally,
You're silly....20 years ago was a completely different time...NOT better but, DIFFERENT.
BTW, 12-17 and 18-24 are not the key demo's it's more like 18-49 and last I heard KCI was doing just fine there.
Was WKSS even a top 40 when you worked at KC 101?
I won't put you in the "box of old timers" but in either the clueless or not in the demo box.
 
They are being beaten by WKSS 12+, 12-17, 18-24...all their key demos.
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are you kidding me? well, that's one thing that's changed in 20 years! ask how many buys come down for 12-17, 18-24, hell - even 18-34 in radio? not a single one. yes - you heard me. no avails on 18-34, except for beer money, but if you're killing 12-17 your comp probably screws those buys up for you too. 18-49 is the youngest you can go these days to bring in enough revenue.

so much has changed in the last 20 years. comparing numbers from 20 - hell, even 10 years ago - is not a true comparison. that's like comparing Kobe Bryant or even Michael Jordan with Larry Bird.
 
When i was there 1983-1993! Right after the Kops bloodbath.( Kops, Eastern, Noble, and finally CHEAP Channel) The late great west coaster Jay Stone was doing morning drive. KC was always number in almost every demo important to a AC and then CHR. The worst book was a 12.5 (12+) The station on average generated 10 million dollars a year in revenue. That's why Noble Broadcasting paid 30 million back in '86. Ten times the cost Eastern paid Kops three years later. Go figure!!!!
 
But if you know programming, not saying you don't, you know that the stronger the breakdowns of your demo are, the better the key demo is. If you're strong 12-17 & 18-34, then you're going to be stronger 18-49. If you're stronger 18-34 and 25-49, then your 25-34 numbers are going to be stronger. Etcetera and down the line. That's why I threw those numbers out. When I worked at KC101, KISS was a Top 40 and was only a blip on the Arbs in New Haven. By the way to "video," Dr. Chris and "Hozay" did the morning show in 1986-something like the early 90's. I don't know exactly when they started doing mornings. I remember Jay Stone and they were after him. I liked him too. You're right about the demos and the money they made. It was a money making machine back then. After Clear Channel bought the station, it's been mostly inexperienced guys/gals who get to program the station and be on it because they'll do it for no money and take on more tasks. That's the general statement for the business, but Clear Channel started it all. They brought VT'ing to a whole new level of insanity and the rest of the industry followed like lemmings. Everyone thought this would make radio more cost efficient and not affect the on-air sound. Well, that was a sham! Listeners don't care how cost efficient something is, they care about the quality. (I know, I'm preaching to the choir) But listeners/consumers also know the difference when they buy something cheap in the store or buy something that has more quality for it's price. Radio is so worried about satellite radio, but that's because terrestrial radio's quality in entertainment is so inferior. Okay, satellite's isn't overall much better, but I love the choices of music and other programming that are offered. Then the Ipod, because people are turning to it now because the localization of radio has gone bye bye. That's why listeners tuned into the radio. Now they get generic crap they could crinkle up and throw away.
 
Not going to name names because it's not important but there were some bone head managers at KC/AVZ from 1983-1993. An Ops Mgr who shall remain nameless and faceless agreed to air a live drops from a Bernie's midnight madness sale from two locations during a New Haven Nighthawks important away playoff game in Canada. When they knew damn well it was technically near impossible.
Or on KC never checking a Top 40 countdown show that got delivered with 2 same records. The Ops Mgr at the time tells the board op to pull the last two hours of the show from the cart rack and follow the playlist and song, station jingle the rest of the show. Classic moronic moves. ::) :eek: ::) :eek:
 
caliv said:
I remember to 20th...Gotta say it was sort of a joke.
WHY would you put DJ's from your competition ie WEBE and STAR etc on the air so they can do a 2 hour info-mercial...Or worse yet some burn out DJ that MOST of your listeners do not remember on the air doing shout out''s to some groupie from 1978.
Flash back weekends are best for old man stations like PLR....oh wait, those jocks have been there for 30 plus years...lol
Seriously, CHR isn't about turning 30...It's about the present, the moment, not back in the day.
The DJ's(from the past) sound soooo old and out of touch with today and it really doesn't do a thing for the image of the station to the "target" listener.
Anniversarys are for radio geeks like us and out of work DJ's.
So...Cheers to KC 101...here's to the FUTURE
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Kudos to you! Who wants to listen to these washed up has been's from the 70's and 80's that had aspirations for big market radio and fell flat on their face. We all know the story of WKCI back to the future. A huge yawn and an even bigger who cares??????? NOBODY!!... except self absorbed, non important in everyday life losers!!!!!
 
Video, I didn't hear that one about the countdown or the midnight madness, but I don't doubt those types of things happened and probably more than those too.
Nobody checked when they got the countdowns in...not smart. But that crap happens at most every station in the country and that comes from a lack of follow-through. I remember back when a then manager/host didn't show up for their Sunday morning shift at 6am. When it got closer to 5:30am, the jock called both hosts (one of them was usually there by 5:15 am) and neither host showed up until after 8am. The poor weekend overnight person pulled a mid-8am shift. Now, great for them to get the hours, but when you're doing overnights, that's a LONG SHIFT! When the hosts showed up, neither of them apologized nor thanked the jock for staying. Not a good type of work ethic to show your staff. I was the person who recommended them for the p/time gig so I got an earful. I felt badly, but I don't think it was long before they got a full time gig in another market. I think that for awhile, being at KC101 got to some people's heads in management. When Northeast Broadcasting sold the station, many of those people left and maybe not of their own accord.
 
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