Okay, it's throwdown time.
Hmmm... "Dewey", I've made you so angry you're probably shaking over there, and you had to post this TWICE to make your point.
You wrote:
> "To say the station
> "hasn't made a dent in the market" comes from the mind of a
> simpleton."
Okay, that's it. I've taken the high road here for the last several years in each and every discussion, but this is the last straw.
Simpleton? Let me tell you something.... No, wait, I been wanting to have a chat with you for about 4 years now so why don't you email me privately. You may disagree with my politics and such, but I take issue with your assertion that I don't have any real radio knowledge. Let me tell YOU something... Were I in your position I'd still be running ALL THREE radio stations, and I think after 25 years doing this I have *some* idea of how radio should be. To think, you get so rattled as to tear me up in public. Me, just a lowly night jock. Feel a little threatened?
Just remember, YOU took the gloves off.
Frankly, this whole 680 thing doesn't surprise me, coming from a member of the Germantown Democratic Club... or whatever it's called. You guys shout down anyone who doesn't agree with your politics - you guys, meaning Democrats, in general. Nice little elitist attitude you Dems have... and I'm not even a BUSH fan!!!
For the benefit of everyone else on the board... my apologies. I won't let this go on in public but I just gotta have a little conversation on behalf of me and a few others who've wanted this for a very long time... Please don't anyone else continue this branch of the thread, okay. This gets ugly, and I just delete it... this is my domain, after all.
Privately, "Dewey"...
[email protected]. No threats, no anger, just a civil discussion about our radio passion. Thank you.
> >"The statement that "everyone is getting excited about a
> station that hasn't made a dent in the market"..shows a real
> lack of radio knowledge by the author of that statement. Or
> maybe a desire not to give something new and creative it's
> due. Entercom/Memphis should be congratulated for taking
> basically a non- entity in Easy 680 and turning that
> frequency into a real radio station. To say the station
> "hasn't made a dent in the market" comes from the mind of a
> simpleton. All you had to do was observe the listener
> passion and excitement when Al Franken came to town. The
> listener response to that event was something you would
> never see at a music radio station event. It certainly had
> much more listener passion than the latest so called "media
> event"..the return of Drake and Zeke. That was a real
> snoozer! I don't see Drake and Zeke being invited to sit in
> on the editorial meeting of the Commerical Appeal, something
> Franken was invited to do. Plus what constitutes "making a
> dent"...is it all ratings? Come on, the station has only
> been on the air for a couple of months. It can take a good
> year for reliable ratings to surface given Arbitron's
> outmoded methodology. Listener response and passion is what
> constitutes "making a dent" and Progressive Talk 680 is
> making a real difference in the lives of it's listeners. All
> you have to do is check out the listeners comments on the
> air...oh wait, I forgot, those are all just station staff
> members who are calling in...my bad!
>
>
>
> > On what facts do you base your statement that PT680 has
> > > virtually NO audience? The numbers are not in as of now.
>
> > > Perhaps the equation should be WREC= windshield...Leon
> > Gray=
> > > a big hard object traveling at an unknown velocity. Like
>
> > > perhaps the wheels coming off Fleming's tired smoking
> > > neo-conservative vehicle.
> >
> > I gotta tell ya... you liberals are long on wishful
> > thinking. If you think any liberal gobbledy goop is going
>
> > to beat Mike Fleming I wanna hit off that fattie you're
> > smoking. Aside from the fact most of the material they
> > present is out in left field (pardon the pun), the shows
> on
> > 680 should be marketed as comedy since there's little
> > factual basis for most of their arguements.
> >
> > Wishful thinking... and I can't wait for the numbers to
> come
> > out and verify that.
> >
> > P.S. - This is not a slam of Leon - He's a great talent.
> > It's just this oooh and aaah over a station that isn't
> > making a dent in the market is driving me crazy... if
> y'all
> > only had the same enthusiasm for 98.1 with it's low
> numbers,
> > but I digress.
> >
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