Lisa Garvey gone from WXRV

[powerpop]

Are some of you still that naive to think that Lisa Garvey was picking her own music? You should all know better at this point that it is a Selector based music log that she has to follow. So her music taste has very little, if nothing, to do with the station.

Registered just to post this:

Methinks WNTIRadio never heard the Sunday morning Brunch by the River show (or I could be wrong: if Selector pulls up out-of-print Thelonious Monk tributes for other stations, there may be hope for radio yet!)

Methinks you don't know how Selector works (or radio in general).

Probably true (although my sole on-air experience was at the River, so I am familiar with their studio setup.)

I wasn't suggesting Lisa was spinning her own vinyl, and I don't doubt everything was automated, but I'm still naive enough to think that the Sunday morning playlist was driven by Lisa. (I have every reason to believe the midday slot was as you describe.)

Please point me to another PD or suit that queued up Lighthouse "One Fine Morning", EWF "In The Stone", Slim Gaillard's "Potato Chip" and the aforementioned Monk from which she made her "dj picks".

 

[mxlisa]

Are some of you still that naive to think that Lisa Garvey was picking her own music? You should all know better at this point that it is a Selector based music log that she has to follow. So her music taste has very little, if nothing, to do with the station.

I AM Lisa Garvey and Selector had nothing to do with Brunch by the River. I played actual CD's on CD decks from my own collection in milkcrates that I brought to the station every Sunday. Unheard of in this day and age of radio, I know. But true!

 

[ned]

Are some of you still that naive to think that Lisa Garvey was picking her own music? You should all know better at this point that it is a Selector based music log that she has to follow. So her music taste has very little, if nothing, to do with the station.

I AM Lisa Garvey and Selector had nothing to do with Brunch by the River. I played actual CD's on CD decks from my own collection in milkcrates that I brought to the station every Sunday. Unheard of in this day and age of radio, I know. But true!

Best wishes Lisa. You sounded great. Brunch by the River was fantastic! Hope you get another gig locally.

 

[NHRadio]

According to Facebook posts, Crozby is no longer doing PM drive at the River but still Production director. New jock is Matt Phipps (didn't he do traffic at one point?).

 

[dadgad]

No surprise, the owner is an "Independent Asshole" It will not get better until he dies and the place is sold.

 

[leethalweapon]

No surprise, the owner is an "Independent ------" It will not get better until he dies and the place is sold.

By better you mean sold off to a corperate who will kill it off for more homogenized crap... Generally, I don't mind the station, as is.

 

[WNTIRadio]

Agreed... who would buy it? Clear Channel, Entercom, Cumulus etc. Fly in a format on hard drive from their station in (fill in the blank) because it worked well there. Voice track talent from other markets.

I feel bad for Lisa, as I do for anyone who gets canned. But this is the life some of us on this board have chosen, and it happens to all of us at least a few times in radio. That's why I'm now self employed. If one client goes away, everything pay-wise doesn't stop. Decided I would no longer put my fate in one individual or company.

At least they hired new live local people to fill the positions. You could have had out of town jocks VT'ed on the station.

 

[powerpop]

I AM Lisa Garvey and Selector had nothing to do with Brunch by the River. I played actual CD's on CD decks from my own collection in milkcrates that I brought to the station every Sunday. Unheard of in this day and age of radio, I know. But true!

Yay Lisa! Glad I wasn't defending you in vain.

So sorry for what went down and how it went down -- I (and apparently many others) made my opinion known on the switchboard and the Facebook page. You've got a lot of fans! Good luck and let us know where you land.

 

[raccoonradio]

Matt Phipps did do traffic at one point and back in the 90s he helped out Morgan White Jr
on WKOX 1200--Talking Trivia ("Matt-man")

 

[dadgad]

Corporate ownership doesn't automatically equal bad radio. "Evil" corporations own KGSR Austin, KFOG San Fran,
Cities 97 in Minneapolis, KBCO Boulder, KINK Portland, The River in Northampton etc etc.

What DOES make bad broadcasting is when "Independent" radio is micromanaged by an megalomaniac owner with an obvious personality disorder and contempt for the employees. Any reasonable owner of that property would have had a 3 or 4 share in Boston long ago. Most of the above mentioned stations are actual players in their markets, not two bit suburban operations pretending to be major market stations.

Lisa Garvey is the only true major market talent they have had in years, or ever.

 

[WNTIRadio]

Not even Jesus himself could get a 4 share with that signal. It only covers half the market. I'm not defending ownership, just pointing out an obvious reality.

The other stations you mention have full market signals.

In fact, with a class B 30 miles outside of town, I don't think a 1.3 is too bad at all.

 

[NHRadio]

A while back they changed COL to Andover. Could they move south to, say, Middleton (or Peabody like WEEI-FM did)? Is their any grandfathered short spacing to deal with?

 

[WNTIRadio]

Yepp. Short spaced with WBOS, second adjacent channel, B to B. They should be at least 46 miles apart and are only 29.9 miles apart. First adjacent spacing to 92.3 WPRO is also short spaced, they should be 105 miles apart and are only 69.5 miles apart. Also co-channel with WWYZ precludes any move to the southwest, they should be at least 149 miles apart and are only 123.

The short answer is they are short spaced up the ying-yang and there's no moving it towards Boston.

 

[TravisWMLN]

you know, it wasn't more than 2 months ago that I just said that I liked the playlist on the river...still do, but losing any local talent sucks...the changing landscape of radio is why I'm back in nursing school so I don't have to work in McCook Nebraska to make a paycheck

 

[MCarney]

I worked for The River back when they were first discussing to move the tower. Andover was the closest they could go towards Boston. Short spacing to WBOS and WPRO in Providence is the problem.

 

[johnster]

Did anyone hear her on the air with Matty this morning?

 

[Eli Polonsky]

I worked for The River back when they were first discussing to move the tower. Andover was the closest they could go towards Boston. Short spacing to WBOS and WPRO in Providence is the problem.

They never did move the tower to Andover though, it's still in Haverhill. They only changed the City of License to Andover.

 

[whdh1920]

Did anyone hear her on the air with Matty this morning?

no

 

[Dick Skinner]

Corporate ownership doesn't automatically equal bad radio. "Evil" corporations own KGSR Austin, KFOG San Fran,
Cities 97 in Minneapolis, KBCO Boulder, KINK Portland, The River in Northampton etc etc.

What DOES make bad broadcasting is when "Independent" radio is micromanaged by an megalomaniac owner with an obvious personality disorder and contempt for the employees. Any reasonable owner of that property would have had a 3 or 4 share in Boston long ago. Most of the above mentioned stations are actual players in their markets, not two bit suburban operations pretending to be major market stations.

Lisa Garvey is the only true major market talent they have had in years, or ever.

Just for the record, KGSR, KFOG and Cities 97 aren't doing that great. Check the numbers.

 

[WNTIRadio]

For example, KFOG has a solid 2.9 in San Fran, 12+. But in AAA, you can't use 12+ as a barometer of success. The format attracts not only the 25-54's, usually with a median age of 42, but also high income and well educated listeners. It bills well.

Will it shoot to #1 in any of those markets, probably not. But it's steady and bills well. In the non-comm world, it raises money well too, as a result a lot of the former classical and/or jazz NPR affiliates have switched to some form of AAA for their music hours.

The River, doing a 1.3 with a half market signal is about par for the course. If it swapped with 92.9 tomorrow, it would probably be at a 2.9 in a few months with a full B signal from Pru.