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KZON to get Adam Corolla
- Thread starter johndavis
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> East coast gets David Lee Roth, some midwest stations get
> "Rover" out of Cleveland, West gets Adam Corolla. Jimmy
> Kimmel is consulting.
>
I'm not a fan of Stern and probably won't listen to any successor anyway, but as a purely business move, this is pretty smart.
No one person can succeed Stern. He (or she) would always be compared to him and would not be able to fill those shoes.
By splitting this up three ways, Infinity can:
1. Stand by and watch to see if any one of the three breaks out as a huge success and the other two eventually "pursue other interests."
2. Stand by and wait for any one of the three to decide this isn't for him (my money is on Lead Singer Dave for this one) and continue with the other two.
3. Stand by and watch all three earn enough ratings to realize a profit for Infinity.
This is a very good strategy. Infinity is hedging its bets well.
> "Rover" out of Cleveland, West gets Adam Corolla. Jimmy
> Kimmel is consulting.
>
I'm not a fan of Stern and probably won't listen to any successor anyway, but as a purely business move, this is pretty smart.
No one person can succeed Stern. He (or she) would always be compared to him and would not be able to fill those shoes.
By splitting this up three ways, Infinity can:
1. Stand by and watch to see if any one of the three breaks out as a huge success and the other two eventually "pursue other interests."
2. Stand by and wait for any one of the three to decide this isn't for him (my money is on Lead Singer Dave for this one) and continue with the other two.
3. Stand by and watch all three earn enough ratings to realize a profit for Infinity.
This is a very good strategy. Infinity is hedging its bets well.
O
oldiesfan
Guest
The Infinity press release stated that
Corolla would be on (assuming live) from
6-10am PT.
So what will KZON do until 7am in the
winter--air Roth for an hour or two?
(We really ought to do something about
our crazy "one-off" time zone ;-)
Corolla would be on (assuming live) from
6-10am PT.
So what will KZON do until 7am in the
winter--air Roth for an hour or two?
(We really ought to do something about
our crazy "one-off" time zone ;-)
Re: Time Zone? KZON
> (We really ought to do something about
> our crazy "one-off" time zone ;-)
Thinking outside the box, let the daylight savings time states leave the darn clock alone. If you need to start school, business or a broadcast an hour earlier or later. Do it.
Quit jacking the clock back and forth. Wipe the "daylight saving time" bologna off the books. Then start and stop times for radio and TV broadcasts could be more uniform.
> (We really ought to do something about
> our crazy "one-off" time zone ;-)
Thinking outside the box, let the daylight savings time states leave the darn clock alone. If you need to start school, business or a broadcast an hour earlier or later. Do it.
Quit jacking the clock back and forth. Wipe the "daylight saving time" bologna off the books. Then start and stop times for radio and TV broadcasts could be more uniform.
> > East coast gets David Lee Roth, some midwest stations get
> > "Rover" out of Cleveland, West gets Adam Corolla. Jimmy
> > Kimmel is consulting.
> >
>
> I'm not a fan of Stern and probably won't listen to any
> successor anyway, but as a purely business move, this is
> pretty smart.
>
> No one person can succeed Stern. He (or she) would always
> be compared to him and would not be able to fill those
> shoes.
>
> By splitting this up three ways, Infinity can:
>
> 1. Stand by and watch to see if any one of the three breaks
> out as a huge success and the other two eventually "pursue
> other interests."
>
> 2. Stand by and wait for any one of the three to decide
> this isn't for him (my money is on Lead Singer Dave for this
> one) and continue with the other two.
>
> 3. Stand by and watch all three earn enough ratings to
> realize a profit for Infinity.
>
> This is a very good strategy. Infinity is hedging its bets
> well.
>
I agree with this. Obviously some at Infinity remember the whole Opie and Anthony fiasco. It brought down their New York talker (WNEW). Infinity screwed that one up bad by throwing all their eggs into one or two baskets.
Obviously, Infinity is hedging their bets. Besides, they've created MANY opportunities for future syndication prospects for Westwood One.<P ID="signature">______________
The Liberal Talk Radio Update</P>
> > "Rover" out of Cleveland, West gets Adam Corolla. Jimmy
> > Kimmel is consulting.
> >
>
> I'm not a fan of Stern and probably won't listen to any
> successor anyway, but as a purely business move, this is
> pretty smart.
>
> No one person can succeed Stern. He (or she) would always
> be compared to him and would not be able to fill those
> shoes.
>
> By splitting this up three ways, Infinity can:
>
> 1. Stand by and watch to see if any one of the three breaks
> out as a huge success and the other two eventually "pursue
> other interests."
>
> 2. Stand by and wait for any one of the three to decide
> this isn't for him (my money is on Lead Singer Dave for this
> one) and continue with the other two.
>
> 3. Stand by and watch all three earn enough ratings to
> realize a profit for Infinity.
>
> This is a very good strategy. Infinity is hedging its bets
> well.
>
I agree with this. Obviously some at Infinity remember the whole Opie and Anthony fiasco. It brought down their New York talker (WNEW). Infinity screwed that one up bad by throwing all their eggs into one or two baskets.
Obviously, Infinity is hedging their bets. Besides, they've created MANY opportunities for future syndication prospects for Westwood One.<P ID="signature">______________
The Liberal Talk Radio Update</P>
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