to many country. ever sense party left. yes hot came in. but we need a rytmic station geared toword hispinaic. party did that , were did all the party listners weny. some to hot little to the box. the rest ? waiting for a new format change. cox needs to do nsomething with this classic country. its not making money . its ratings are in the toilet. please cox take classicc country out of its misery. plus bring back party back.
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lets get a chr rhym. station. take out ktht classic country.. whata think
- Thread starter Reynatony
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YES I COULD SEE UR POINT TOO. BUT I THINK COX NEEDS A CHR RTH. LIKE THEY USED TO. BUT LOOK WHAT THEY SHOWN IN ITS HISTORY THEY BLOW THEM UP . EXAMPLES. HOT 97.1 IN 1997-1998 THEN POWER 106 IN SA TX, 2006-2009 THE PARTY 931 IN MIA FLA. GREAT CHR STATIONS THAT WOULS BE MY FIRST DERCTION, IF NOT THAT THEN YOUR DIRECTION.
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I was thinking the same thing, stan. Reynatony, prior to 97.1 being classic country, it was "Hot 97.1" playing exactly what you're talking about...and it failed. While I'm certainly not enthusiastic about the jukebox that is KTHT, country music is the best format fit for where 97.1 is located and does what it was built to do, maintaining sister KKBQ's edge over rival KILT. Reverting 97.1 back to CHR/Rythymic would be suicide for the station. No way it competes with 95.7, especially as a rimshot from Cleveland. I see similar problems with going Urban but not to the same extent. Majic 102 has no competition, so even on a rimshot KTHT could potentially draw some numbers away from Majic, but would it be enough of a draw to warrant the expense of reformatting the station?
Purpledevil is right concerning KTHT. The signal as a rimshot is not good for the formats mentioned previously, especially a format that did not work before. It would not be good to make the same mistake twice. The fact is, the classic country format has been the most successful when compared to the previous incarnations.
Classic Country dead? Absolutely not! It DOES need some fine tuning. Cox could do so much with this station. 1st of all, get rid of the current 'cheap as possible' playbook. 2nd, open up that playlist. (I know this runs contrary to the accepted belief of music testing and all of that. However, its part of that same playbook) There is a WHOLE lot more music that can be played. Play 'em!
Inject personality! Move Dan Gallo to middays and bring in "Cactus" Jack to the afternoon shift. Morning Drive? Bring in the team of 'Fred and Randy.' Add in Robert B. McEntire with the news and TJ Callahan on traffic. Now, some of you will say, as 'Hudson & Harrigan,' they died, they were worn out, they didn't have it anymore. Before you draw that conclusion, consider this: THEIR HANDS WERE TIED! They could not do the type of personality radio in which they excelled, by micro managing every comedic routine and everything they said on the radio. When you hamper the creativity, the results are disastrous.
Give it a year; and if doesn't perform in the manner in which I know it will, then they change it.
It WILL work!
Classic Country dead? Absolutely not! It DOES need some fine tuning. Cox could do so much with this station. 1st of all, get rid of the current 'cheap as possible' playbook. 2nd, open up that playlist. (I know this runs contrary to the accepted belief of music testing and all of that. However, its part of that same playbook) There is a WHOLE lot more music that can be played. Play 'em!
Inject personality! Move Dan Gallo to middays and bring in "Cactus" Jack to the afternoon shift. Morning Drive? Bring in the team of 'Fred and Randy.' Add in Robert B. McEntire with the news and TJ Callahan on traffic. Now, some of you will say, as 'Hudson & Harrigan,' they died, they were worn out, they didn't have it anymore. Before you draw that conclusion, consider this: THEIR HANDS WERE TIED! They could not do the type of personality radio in which they excelled, by micro managing every comedic routine and everything they said on the radio. When you hamper the creativity, the results are disastrous.
Give it a year; and if doesn't perform in the manner in which I know it will, then they change it.
It WILL work!
Chuck Tiller said:
While I normally don't agree with him, and my professional respect for him is less than stellar, I have to say that I wholeheartedly agree with Mr. Tiller on this one - THIS WILL WORK - just give it a shot. Fred and Randy would probably jump at the opportunity, as would Robert B. and T.J. - talk about a confluence of listeners beating the doors down of Cox if they were to do this? While I presume any non-competes that Fred and Randy had are about to expire, as well as any that Robert B. and T.J. may have had - then this is a perfect time to be creative and think outside of the box and do something different - get these people back on the air bringing good, quality radio to Houston listeners. How about it Cox?
Ed, who would you suggest for the night shifts?
Chuck Tiller said:
PICK ME! PICK ME! I would love to do it!
JumpinJoeBarnett said:Chuck Tiller said:
While I am not Ed - I am certain that there are a number of "more than qualified" Radio Jocks sitting on the beach who would love to do it - and would jump at the chance!
PICK ME! PICK ME! I would love to do it!
Speaking of Jumping - Jumpin Joe would be perfect for overnights. Yes, I personally know JJB (disclosure time) - he and I have a history that has crossed paths occasionally - having both worked for that dink of an owner in Washington County (at different times) many years ago as well as at Metro - and, of course, Joe knows my brother in law.
radiopropd said:JumpinJoeBarnett said:Chuck Tiller said:
While I am not Ed - I am certain that there are a number of "more than qualified" Radio Jocks sitting on the beach who would love to do it - and would jump at the chance!
PICK ME! PICK ME! I would love to do it!
Speaking of Jumping - Jumpin Joe would be perfect for overnights. Yes, I personally know JJB (disclosure time) - he and I have a history that has crossed paths occasionally - having both worked for that dink of an owner in Washington County (at different times) many years ago as well as at Metro - and, of course, Joe knows my brother in law.
You're not Ed Travis? I apologize for my misunderstanding. However, I need to point your post on 8/11/08, in which you signed your name as Ed Travis:
78 TOP 20 MARKETS / Houston-Galveston / Re: Houston Radio on: August 11, 2008, 04:24:53 PM
I found, or rather, find, this topic and comments interesting. Addressing FilioScotia's comment about those who have been promoted into management only to find that they hate it - for myself, I would have to agree. I've been a PD several times (not to mention ND, MD, APD) each time moving to make a better move financially, only to find that each new gig was, in many ways, just like the last. I've found in my years doing this that PD actually means being a babysitter. Granted, as a PD, one of the primary responsibilities is to not only teach and train the talent, but to be their biggest cheerleader...but it's hard, at times, to cheer when you're the buffer between the talent and/or the GM/GSM. With this said, I truly miss the days when I could do my shift, as well as whatever else needed to be done, whether being production or what have you, then calling it a day - being able to leave when my day was done without having to worry about anyone but myself.
I am no longer a PD, and I really don't have any desire to be in management again, and while my current part-time gig working for Kevin helps pay the bills, the only thing that would make it better would be if it were full time.
As for the other comments - radio is what it is. I have stayed in radio for two reasons...the first is because I love it - while the second is because it's difficult, while not impossible, to transition to a different career, as potential employers look at you, and usually say the same thing - why do you want to get out of radio?
So, I like other's who have stayed in the business, the bottom line is I love this business...BTW, anybody have, or know of, any part-time slots anywhere?
Ed Travis
And this post:
RADIO PROS / Programming / Re: Natural Music is the worst music scheduler on the market on: August 24, 2008, 07:26:59 PM
Well....I've said this before on these boards - albeit over a year ago, but in my estimaqtion, MusicMaster is the best scheduler out there. No, I don't work for them - but I've had extensive experience with them, as well as with the other schedulers out there - power gold, selecter, et. al., and MM for windows, in my humble opinion, is the only way to go.
Ed Travis
I could have been speaking about anyone by the name of Ed. However, you were the only one to respond and say that you are not Ed.
Although I appreciate your agreement with me concerning 'Fred and Randy,' I find your comment about me to be unkind as well as uncalled for, in addition to being less than stellar.
purpledevil said:
Back to the original topic for a second, at first i wanted Cox to try it again, now that times are different now than when they first tried it. Now instead of two, there is only one urban station they could compete with (and a not-so-good one at that), and i wouldn't count Hot because even thought they sound rythmic, they are still a straight CHR in my opinion.
But truth is, I heard other Cox urbans before, and they do not sound good. Talk about child safety on almost all of their music. Therefore it wouldn't exactly work, music wise.
Cox would do well to bring in Tom Fontaine from KILT. It's obvious they continue to overlook him AGAIN when considering a full time air shift. His numbers were always good. They fired him, brought back part-time. It's time to move Tom. Cox should hire him on either of the country outlets. I can hear it now, "I'm Tom Fontaine and I got tired of playing more commercials, that's why I came to 93Q where you hear more music"
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