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KRMG Changes?

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Glenn Quagmire

Noticed Mark Willis is off the KRMG bio page: http://www.krmg.com/s/bios/

Also heard Dan Potter doing storm center coverage last week, I thought he was gone except for his weekly food show?

Can someone explain what's going on at 71st and Yale besides traffic, fine shopping, and a plethora of top-quality restaurants?
 
Glenn Quagmire said:
Noticed Mark Willis is off the KRMG bio page: http://www.krmg.com/s/bios/

Also heard Dan Potter doing storm center coverage last week, I thought he was gone except for his weekly food show?

Can someone explain what's going on at 71st and Yale besides traffic, fine shopping, and a plethora of top-quality restaurants?
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I don't know if there's anything earth-shattering about Dan Potter anchoring. Even though he gave up his day-to-day duties, I thought it was assumed he would do other things as needed.
 
ionosphere said:
Glenn Quagmire said:
Noticed Mark Willis is off the KRMG bio page: http://www.krmg.com/s/bios/

Also heard Dan Potter doing storm center coverage last week, I thought he was gone except for his weekly food show?

Can someone explain what's going on at 71st and Yale besides traffic, fine shopping, and a plethora of top-quality restaurants?
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I don't know if there's anything earth-shattering about Dan Potter anchoring. Even though he gave up his day-to-day duties, I thought it was assumed he would do other things as needed.
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I was under the impression Dan moved out of state. That yes he would do his food show, but it's taped, and you can always knock a couple of those out at a time.
 
Glenn Quagmire said:
ionosphere said:
Glenn Quagmire said:
Noticed Mark Willis is off the KRMG bio page: http://www.krmg.com/s/bios/

Also heard Dan Potter doing storm center coverage last week, I thought he was gone except for his weekly food show?

Can someone explain what's going on at 71st and Yale besides traffic, fine shopping, and a plethora of top-quality restaurants?
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I don't know if there's anything earth-shattering about Dan Potter anchoring. Even though he gave up his day-to-day duties, I thought it was assumed he would do other things as needed.
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I was under the impression Dan moved out of state. That yes he would do his food show, but it's taped, and you can always knock a couple of those out at a time.
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I've never heard he moved out of state. I think his food show is taped live at a culinary school in Tulsa.
 
Is this what you were looking for?

KRMG Morning Host Joe Kelley Now Tulsa Station's News Director:
http://www.newson6.com/story/14438784/krmg-morning-host-joe-kelley-now-stations-news-director

"I'm excited and honored to lead KRMG's news operation," Kelley said in a release.

"We have a great team of respected journalists, a management team that has provided us the tools to succeed, and our number one goal is to serve the citizens of our community who listen to KRMG on a daily basis."
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NightAire said:
Is this what you were looking for?

KRMG Morning Host Joe Kelley Now Tulsa Station's News Director:
http://www.newson6.com/story/14438784/krmg-morning-host-joe-kelley-now-stations-news-director

"I'm excited and honored to lead KRMG's news operation," Kelley said in a release.

"We have a great team of respected journalists, a management team that has provided us the tools to succeed, and our number one goal is to serve the citizens of our community who listen to KRMG on a daily basis."
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Wow...that's scary. Joe Kelley has about as much business being a news director as I do being a heart surgeon. Guess that shows how balanced KRMG's news operation will be.
 
Yes, they have made several changes lately. STILL I thought they did a great job with the storm/tornado coverage last week. Had them on earlier as the storm was in Oklahoma City then I caught them later when K95 was simulcasting KRMG. I didn't even check out 1170 as I am sure it was pretty lame. I bet KRMG has their first OAB nomination piece for next year and I hope they win. Going back to the early days of KRMG, they have always done a great job with community service and severe weather coverage.
 
shaneradio said:
Yes, they have made several changes lately. STILL I thought they did a great job with the storm/tornado coverage last week. Had them on earlier as the storm was in Oklahoma City then I caught them later when K95 was simulcasting KRMG. I didn't even check out 1170 as I am sure it was pretty lame. I bet KRMG has their first OAB nomination piece for next year and I hope they win. Going back to the early days of KRMG, they have always done a great job with community service and severe weather coverage.
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Let's not confuse what is going on here. 2011's KRMG does severe weather coverage because it's their hallmark. People across the state have tuned to 740 for years because of it. They do it because people listen to it in droves. Battery operated radios all over the area are stuck on 740. I think it is a little questionable to say they do it as a community service.
 
Well, lousy operators would just be running Rush or whatever comes via the bird through a storm. There's plenty of markets that would love to have a KRMG actually that had enough humans around it to do real weather coverage. Here in OKC we all generally go with a TV simulcast for weather. It's not quite as good as REAL coverage like KRMG provides, but when it's the TV or just business as usual, I sure like at least the TV option. Even if KRMG is watered-down it's still THE best news station in the state.
 
I second what Ionosphere said. StormCenter = $$$ for KRMG, BIG $$$.

Also, I'd listen to some of 89.5 / KWGS's award-winning stories before you say KRMG's still the best. :D KWGS won this year for Special Programming, & I expect even bigger things from them next year.

I was listening to KTOK over the web when the tornadoes were hitting the central part of the state and while it may have been a TV simulcast, it was gripping, compelling radio. I had other guys in the shop stop and listen and say, "who's THAT???"

After hearing what sounded like studio quality audio from a guy chasing the tornado in his car, Tulsa's coverage sounded a bit... dry.

Don't get me wrong, we watched The News On 6 (and Fox 23, and 2News Works For You, and NewsChannel 8), and we had the radio in the bathroom where we took shelter tuned to FM 102.3 / KRMG. Still, I wished for the "I'm watching it cross over XYZ Road!" coverage I was hearing on KTOK rather than the "the radar looks like there could be some rotation near Bixby... John Filbeck is there but sounds like he's on the moon; John, what do you see?" "Well, it's hard to te dhar e__ dgg ... ___w dfg ..." "We'll get back to John as soon as he gets to the top of a hill..."

YIKES.

...And no, I have no clue what KFAQ was doing. They've cut that news department to the quick, and last time I listened it was Brian Gann in a studio by himself trying to juggle all the information... he's a great guy and a great newscaster, but I got tired of the "ums" and "uhs." Maybe they've been able to improve things since then, but getting KRMG on FM and hearing them talk to the National Weather Service makes it a no-brainer for me.

KRMG was the best IN TULSA... but I'd love to see Tulsa TV / Tulsa radio take a lesson from whatever TV station KTOK was simulcasting. (Even though their warbly siren is worse than KRMG's "bing-bong!")

I DO salute Cox Radio Tulsa for (consistently) simulcasting all of their signals in Tulsa when there is a weather emergency in the city of Tulsa. Too many stations stay on auto-pilot when lives could be at risk. I also understand K-Hits and Bob-FM simulcast information about the tornado threat... an excellent decision as far as I'm concerned, and not something I expected from Bob-FM considering they are still jockless. Way to go, Renda!
 
Sure is. 35 years, and dumped without even a chance to say goodbye or a celebration of his work there. One year away from retirement, as I understand.

I wonder what it's like to not have a soul...

We'll see how long he's REALLY able to stay away from the news mic. Guys like him care too much to fade quietly away into the broadcast ether... wonder where he'll pop up?
 
Wow. That's sad. I didn't think Cox was quite like that. Appearently they can be.They must subscribe to the "Griffin Communications" retirement plan.
 
OKCRadioGuy said:
Wow. That's sad. I didn't think Cox was quite like that. Appearently they can be.They must subscribe to the "Griffin Communications" retirement plan.
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Can you elaborate on the Griffin Communications retirement plan? I'm interested! ;D
 
Glenn Quagmire said:
OKCRadioGuy said:
Wow. That's sad. I didn't think Cox was quite like that. Appearently they can be.They must subscribe to the "Griffin Communications" retirement plan.
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Can you elaborate on the Griffin Communications retirement plan? I'm interested! ;D
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Yeah, I don't get that statement.
 
Thanks for the kind words, Stan, about the Big 89 (point-5). We are having fun at KWGS.

I was saddened for Richard and KRMG when I heard the news. I have the up most respect for him and consider Richard to be one of my best friends. Working together for 20-years we did bumped our bull heads a few times (I don't even remember over what) that happens when people are passionate about their craft. I NEVER doubted that his heart was in the product. Even though I was his supervisor, I can't begin to enumerate the things I learned from him.
 
First Marshall and now Richard, both around retirement age. Something ugly over there at KRMG. May KWGS News continue to grow and prosper and serve KRMG a big ol' slice of karma pie.
 
Forget the Cox or Griffin retirement plan--Clear Ch has done this too--call it the Radio Retirement Plan. As on-air radio serves out its final years of relevance due to self-imposed obsolescence, it will jettison professionals and count on Gen Y-DC. Young--Dumb and Cheap. Since there's no longer real competition competence doesn't matter. The pecking order is set. An equal playing field of sucky works fine. Sure, Richard was probably making more $$ than many in that building [it's called a reward for excellent, loyal service], an "older" individual also threatens a company's health insurance premiums in many cases. Really not that much money involved, but a GM trying to scrape every override penny out of the job until he/she is put on the street is very aware.
 
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