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Kennedy-Suits experiment
- Thread starter cm454
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cm454 said:
Three weeks ago, the shares for 7-midnight were equal to those for 10 am to 3 pm and 0.1 below the 3 pm to 7 pm shares.
In other words, doing extremely well.
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OCradiodude
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DavidEduardo said:
When programs and stations are really doing well, they are not talked about on this board.
Owners should be very afraid if we start talking about their station or lineup at length. You know, like Movin' ;D
DavidEduardo said:
I am interested in the numbers that you quoted, I can see that they could be getting on a par with Rush and Laura given a couple of factors. From 9 to 3 a lot of people are actually at work and hopefully not listening to radio, though I know a lot do. However what jumped out to me was that it is only a tenth of a point less than the mighty John and Ken. KFI considers J and K their local powerhouse along with Handel, so my question is how does Handel stack up compared to the rest of the KFI day and Kennedy and Suits, specifically?
I will say this, that initially I found Suits alone highly unlistenable and after they combined him with Kennedy that the combo seemed extremely awkward and hard to sit through as well. During the recent Metrolink tragedy I had tuned over for KFI news coverage and thus heard a bit of Kennedy and Suits. I have to say it is much better than at first but still not top rated material and definitely not something I would go out of my way to hear.
I can’t believe that KFI is in or headed to “Movin” ratings territory (as suggested by OCRadiodude) but if Kennedy and Suits are their in top ratings tier they might have reason to worry just a bit.
nmoore6676 said:
70% of radio listening is at home and at work. Most workplaces are not offices, they are loading docks, factories, construction work, etc., where talk radio makes the day go faster for many.
In any case, a share in mornings means about two to three times the people of a share at night, since shares are percentages of people listening to radio, and listenership is higher in 6 AM to 7 PM than at night.
Handel is about 2 shares above all the rest of the station. And KFI is in the top three stations for the last survey week, first in mornings, fifth in mid-days, fifth in afternoons, fourth at night. Pretty consisten in 12+. In 25-54, they are 7th in mornings, 17th in mid-days, 7th in afternoons, and 13th at night and 15th for the full week.
No, it is just a pretty old leaning station, but doing well revenue wise. Still, the talk of an AM FM simulcast does not stop.
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4UH8SIMBKAGN
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Back to 50,000 watts on Thursday.
4UH8SIMBKAGN said:
Actually, as everyone in the SBE knows, it has been on 50 kw since early September, but they did not want to announce it till everthing had ben burnt in for several weeks.
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OCradiodude
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nmoore6676 said:
To clarify my original comment, I didn't specifically suggest that KFI was headed to the Movin' area in the ratings. I just meant that stations we talk about often typically are not the strongest of stations. Example: Movin', Saul Levine's AM stations, etc. KFI is still strong areas.
Younger demos don't want to listen to AM. That is one reason that an FM/AM simulcast is frequently talked about here.
OCradiodude said:
Yes that is true, but only Saul Levine's KGIL is getting NO ratings. I have to wonder if he asks himself why he bought it as it never does well I would suppose that KKGO is getting about the maximum possible for Country in this market as they are at or slightly above what KZLA did while that same signal as KMVN is not doing so well.
I understand why people prefer FM to, however in case of a big disaster such as the recent hurricanes and derivative winds in the Midwest AM is easier to get back on the air, even if the tower falls so if we give up on AM we lose disaster communications potential. Once TV goes digital (next year) all of those battery TV's and radios with VHF TV audio become useless and TV along with FM need those tall towers to operate in any event.
As mentioned earlier, Suits by himself wasn't very listenable at first. The addition of Kennedy made for a train wreck, but over time they have steadily improved. Not a regular destination for me, but sometimes I find myself listening for 15-30 minutes. Suits has improved greatly to the point that I can listen to him solo and Kennedy has claimed down to where she can make a good point and still deliver the schtick.
While John Ziegler had a few good points, his negatives outweighed and (I'm guessing) the program didn't show growth. K+S seem to be settling in, seem a good fit for KFI and if they continue to improve, the shows ratings are bound to grow, especially after huge breaking new stories like Chatsworth.
While John Ziegler had a few good points, his negatives outweighed and (I'm guessing) the program didn't show growth. K+S seem to be settling in, seem a good fit for KFI and if they continue to improve, the shows ratings are bound to grow, especially after huge breaking new stories like Chatsworth.
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WTFman
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For those who don't know...Kennedy & Suits will be subbing for Conway through Wednesday the 5th.
I like them as a team but I know there are several on this board who will groan. :
I like them as a team but I know there are several on this board who will groan. :
Absolutely terrible, can't stand either of them hosting. She's a whiny ass Santa Monica/Westside snob, and he's just not funny and stammers more than a drunken sailor in Tijuana.
Obviously KFI isn't giving up on Suits. Perhaps because he has managed not to piss off John Kobylt; but perhaps he has an ironclad contract, having seen what happened to his evening predecessor and he has to be paid anyway so why not use him.
On matters of military strategy he is by far much better but as a general news commentator he is a stammering and stuttering unlistenable train wreck.
I wouldn't be so harsh as one poster was on Kennedy, however she is in her element as a DJ. If she were to say become one of the players on the early part of Handel's show she might be good or if they had seen fit to pair her with Ziegler to soften the tone of that show that might have worked. Ziegler was at his best when Leah Brandon took more part in the program.
On matters of military strategy he is by far much better but as a general news commentator he is a stammering and stuttering unlistenable train wreck.
I wouldn't be so harsh as one poster was on Kennedy, however she is in her element as a DJ. If she were to say become one of the players on the early part of Handel's show she might be good or if they had seen fit to pair her with Ziegler to soften the tone of that show that might have worked. Ziegler was at his best when Leah Brandon took more part in the program.
nmoore6676 said:
Agree with you wholeheartedly on that.
Is he any worse than Conway? Nice guy and good with a partner on a format that is for fun, but listening to him try to cover the Tucson shooting on Saturday evening was brutal. Has anyone ever taught him how to do a radio show? Can he read a story without us knowing he reads it? Can do he any show prep at all and get his facts straight? I want him to succeed but he is often laughable, and I can't imagine KFI's audience is dying to hear him talk to Adam Carolla about gambling, either.
Seems like bill handel and john and ken have alot of power at that vstation for remmeber when handel had that dust up a few years ago with jamie on star 98.7 nuttin happened to him and he kept his job.
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