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dittohead1
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CONFIRMED! And he's off the website too.
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I was never a huge Miller fan but I am bit shocked that he gone already. Any rumors on who will replace him?
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chickontheradio
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Signal_Faded said:
Hmm... let me take a wild-ass guess. How about Ralph Bristol currently WORD/WYRD Greenville/Spartanburg?
You seem to have some SC radio knowledge...you have some inside info here?
Signal_Faded said:
Don't know about inside information, but here's some outside information...
http://www.mediachatter.com/
There are two articles about it on the page...
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chickontheradio
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Signal_Faded said:
I have a reliable source. The attorneys are said to be crossing ts and dotting is. Expect an announcement tomorrow or Friday.
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Robert_Nashville
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One more reason why I'm getting tired of listening to ANY local radio outlet; WWTN in particular.
Why should any listener invest his time and emotions in any local personality only to have that person just "disappear" overnight. It seems the only radio you can depend on are the ones big enough to be "everywhere" so that I can always listen regardless of what station does or doesn't carry him.
Why should any listener invest his time and emotions in any local personality only to have that person just "disappear" overnight. It seems the only radio you can depend on are the ones big enough to be "everywhere" so that I can always listen regardless of what station does or doesn't carry him.
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chickontheradio
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CCAlumni said:
Ralph ain't leaving for a lousy $70k. He is leaving behind lot of money in endorsement commercials and so makes more than that in Greenville. Cumulus had to pay out a ton just to buy out his contract.
Sorry Chick. Your are wrong on this one. Base is $68k plus endorsements. Ralph was very unhappy with new Entercom market manager and took the hit. He'll make more on live spots, etc. But he's no heavy hitter and I think you know that. To think there is a team of attorneys working on this matter is ridiculous.
This sounds like a HUGE opportunity to bring in a satellite fed nationally syndicated big name...imagine me saying that 
Seriously, why is it worth the space here to bring in small market talent that will continue to erode WWTN as
a leading talk station? This is exactly what WTN doesn't need. I am surprised G. Gordon Liddy was still showing as
well. I think he needs to retire as he's gotten painfully slower in speech. Dave Ramsey, the little local person
people used to laugh at for bring unpolished is to be praised for such a long, successful ride.
Seriously, why is it worth the space here to bring in small market talent that will continue to erode WWTN as
a leading talk station? This is exactly what WTN doesn't need. I am surprised G. Gordon Liddy was still showing as
well. I think he needs to retire as he's gotten painfully slower in speech. Dave Ramsey, the little local person
people used to laugh at for bring unpolished is to be praised for such a long, successful ride.
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chickontheradio
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CCAlumni said:
A friend corrected me on what he is making now so you're right about the salary part. But don't embellish, I didn't say anything about "a team of attorneys". It absolutely was held up by Ralph's rather restrictive contract and Entercom's requirement that they be paid for him to be let out of it. Cumulus' attorney took longer than expected to draw up the agreement. It's done now and Ralph made the on-air announcement yesterday. As far as Ralph not being happy with the Entercom market manager, that's entirely possible.
I for one, am actually sorry to see Kevin go. He was not bad to work with. Rumor has it that a certain local TV weather man will soon be branching out into talk radio. Any thoughts?
Wtn will never be the same, market is diluted and they have scattered all the legacy tallent on air and sales several times now. Billing is half of what was under gaylord ownership. It did so well under gaylord because they were too busy running the other stations in the ground to screw up wtn.
radionekkid said:
The main reason WTN's not the same is they've all but lost their local flavor, which is ESSENTIAL for a big talker. Sure you can make some money picking up syndicated feeds all day, but that's for the small stations, not the big talkers. So you might say what really happned with WTN is (1) they stopped thinking local, and (2) they stopped thinking big. There's just no local punch anymore. I'd say the time is right for someone to step up and completely pull the rug out from under WTN.
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80sNewsGuy
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Having suffered through Kevin Miller's "talent" for 3 years or so at WPTF here in Raleigh, I can
confidently say that whatever their reasoning, this was a POSITIVE move for
WWTN...
confidently say that whatever their reasoning, this was a POSITIVE move for
WWTN...
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Robert_Nashville
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Perhaps one of the professionals here can explain to me (a simple listener) what logic is behind “how” a station get’s rid of its on-air talent; especially when it comes to “talk” radio.
I had mixed feelings about Kevin Miller but he was at least somewhat entertaining and seemed “genuine”…which seems to be two important ingredients for a talk show host. I would also say, in my layman’s opinion, that for a talk show host to be successful, especially a local one, he/she needs to engender a real emotional connection with listeners…call it passion or friendship or camaraderie or whatever you wish but I don’t turn on a radio talk show simply to hear someone talk or to be entertained (although I DO expect to be entertained along the way).
To get back to my question above, if it’s true that a successful talk show host must have/build an emotional connection to his audience; why do stations like WWTN think they can simply make a host disappear and have no responsibility it that host’s listeners?
I fully understand that a station doesn’t want to air dirty laundry or discuss its private issues in a public way, but stations don’t even make an announcement that a personality is gone (I had to go search the net to find out for sure that Kevin was actually gone)!
Frankly, I’m sick of it…I’ve been an avid talk show listener almost all my adult live and I’m simply tired of investing my time and my emotions into a host that is here one day and gone the next without even a whimper that it’s happened…I’m tired of being taken for granted…I’m tired of stations assuming people like me will continue to listen regardless of who they put on or take off the air…it seems the only host a listener can depend on are those who are bigger than any one station…I guess if I have to give up the “local” feel that a local host brings to the table then I’ll just have to do that.
In the meantime, if someone can explain why stations do this I’d certainly like to hear it.
Thanks.
I had mixed feelings about Kevin Miller but he was at least somewhat entertaining and seemed “genuine”…which seems to be two important ingredients for a talk show host. I would also say, in my layman’s opinion, that for a talk show host to be successful, especially a local one, he/she needs to engender a real emotional connection with listeners…call it passion or friendship or camaraderie or whatever you wish but I don’t turn on a radio talk show simply to hear someone talk or to be entertained (although I DO expect to be entertained along the way).
To get back to my question above, if it’s true that a successful talk show host must have/build an emotional connection to his audience; why do stations like WWTN think they can simply make a host disappear and have no responsibility it that host’s listeners?
I fully understand that a station doesn’t want to air dirty laundry or discuss its private issues in a public way, but stations don’t even make an announcement that a personality is gone (I had to go search the net to find out for sure that Kevin was actually gone)!
Frankly, I’m sick of it…I’ve been an avid talk show listener almost all my adult live and I’m simply tired of investing my time and my emotions into a host that is here one day and gone the next without even a whimper that it’s happened…I’m tired of being taken for granted…I’m tired of stations assuming people like me will continue to listen regardless of who they put on or take off the air…it seems the only host a listener can depend on are those who are bigger than any one station…I guess if I have to give up the “local” feel that a local host brings to the table then I’ll just have to do that.
In the meantime, if someone can explain why stations do this I’d certainly like to hear it.
Thanks.
Well that's simple Robert. Stations do not care about you or what you think.
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