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Los Angeles + Riverside-San Bernardino Radio Ratings: October 2014

A friend of mine spent many years as a DJ in Utah. From 1988 to 1991, he worked at an oldies station, KRPN. It was located in the city of Roy. The station's top-of-the-hour ID said "W....KRPN....Roy, Utah." But it was pronounced in such a way that the listeners heard "WKRP in Roy, Utah." Apparently no one ever questioned why a Utah station would have a callsign starting with W. I'm surprised that WKRP general manager Arthur Carlson never sued KRPN for deceptive practices!
 
SuperRadioFan said:
He was too busy dropping turkeys from an airplane in November
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Interestingly, there was a real turkey incident and it was mentioned by "WKRP in Cincinnati" story consultant Jerry Blum (Of WQXI in Atlanta). Apparently KENR in Houston... on 1070 at the time... under PD Jay Blackburn decided to do a promotion with a shopping center where a light aircraft would be used to drop live turkeys to folks showing up at a strip mall.

Now any Texas native knows that wild Texas turkeys do fly. Not far, not well. But they fly. So the idea would be that turkeys dropped from the plane would sort of settle down to ground, ready the be captured and roasted.

But the promotion folks did not know the difference between wild birds and farm bred ones. The farm variety have all the aerodynamics of a bowling ball, so the first one dropped went through an awning over one of the stores, collapsing it onto the sidewalk in a mass of canvas and diced turkey. The second turkey hit the roof of a sedan, and went right through, landing on the front seat. At that point, the ground staff of the station radioed to the plane to stop bombing the shopping center.

Most of the situations on WKRP were based on real radio stuff, some exaggerated and some fairly true to fact.
 
It seems to me that a real station changed calls to WKRP. It must not have been in Cincinnati though or WKRC would've put a stop to it. I just remembered that the original promo material for the show had it titled "WKRP In Connecticut".
 
landtuna said:
"Honey" told a sad story but it wasn't a sad song. And it's a hundred times better than anything you're going to hear on da rdio today.
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You're becoming an old curmudgeon, 'tuna. : ). Though I don't spend a lot of time listening to new hit music, I've heard a few songs lately, and most of them are pretty decent. All About That Bass by Meghan Trainor is funny, it's got multiple hooks that stick in your brain like glue (in a good way), and it's got a positive body image message for women who aren't thin.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PCkvCPvDXk
 
LKellerIII said:
You're becoming an old curmudgeon, 'tuna. : ). Though I don't spend a lot of time listening to new hit music, I've heard a few songs lately, and most of them are pretty decent. All About That Bass by Meghan Trainor is funny, it's got multiple hooks that stick in your brain like glue (in a good way), and it's got a positive body image message for women who aren't thin.
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Guilty as charged I am afraid although I think your example of new music exemplifies the noise that passes for music today. Watching class changes at a local high school makes that song totally appropriate for today's kids. And I am talking largely about the boys! Never seen more out of shape people since my last trip to Wally World. While that song might have a good message (meaning: lack of criticism of overweight people) I don't consider it either music or the message inspiring for young people. To paraphrase Colonel Jessup in "A Few Good Men" - I think it is tragic.
 
landtuna said:
While that song might have a good message (meaning: lack of criticism of overweight people) I don't consider it either music or the message inspiring for young people. To paraphrase Colonel Jessup in "A Few Good Men" - I think it is tragic.
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It sounds to me like you're looking for good lyrics. Right now, the best examples are in country music. Amidst the songs about guys with pickup trucks and drinking are songs that really make you stop and listen, make you think about life, and maybe tug at a few heartstrings.
 
LKellerIII said:
You're becoming an old curmudgeon, 'tuna. : ). Though I don't spend a lot of time listening to new hit music, I've heard a few songs lately, and most of them are pretty decent. All About That Bass by Meghan Trainor is funny, it's got multiple hooks that stick in your brain like glue (in a good way), and it's got a positive body image message for women who aren't thin.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PCkvCPvDXk
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That's really funny Lew that you mention that song, just last night my wife mentioned it to me and she loves it. I told her I don't listen to that s**t and she said, no, you might like this one. (I'm a rock music fan think KFOG) So she finds it on her notebook and plays the video for me. I thought it was unique and cute. I agree with you about the body image thing!
 
Dj Woody said:
Didn't Power 106 do a Turkey Drop from a helicopter at Centennial Park in Santa Ana back in the early-mid 90's? If I'm not mistaken, St John was broadcasting live from there.
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I think they dropped gift certificates in little turkey shaped balloon-like things that drifted to the ground...

Other stations have done similar promotions with certificates inside wiffle balls.
 
landtuna said:


Guilty as charged I am afraid although I think your example of new music exemplifies the noise that passes for music today. Watching class changes at a local high school makes that song totally appropriate for today's kids. And I am talking largely about the boys! Never seen more out of shape people since my last trip to Wally World. While that song might have a good message (meaning: lack of criticism of overweight people) I don't consider it either music or the message inspiring for young people. To paraphrase Colonel Jessup in "A Few Good Men" - I think it is tragic.
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Veering way off topic here, but it's due to lack of physical activity, 'tuna. I don't know if you remember, but there were a lot of articles and TV coverage in the early and mid 60s about how flabby and out of shape baby boomer kids were. Why? Because we were the first TV generation, and many of us spent hours each day glued to the tube, instead of out playing. So for Millenials and kids these days, you can add a couple hundred extra TV channels, video games, computers, and cell phones as additional distractions from the necessity to move your body and burn calories.

But back to All About that Bass - I don't think there's anything positive to be gained by making people feel bad about their bodies - it probably just discourages them from trying to lose weight or get in shape. Girls in particular are faced with a standard of beauty in the media that's brought to us by anorexic models with fake boobs and Photoshopped faces. I recall Gwyeneth Paltrow noting that in real life, she looked nothing like her photos from the fashion mag covers. And she's not exactly homely or pudgy.

I think it's preferable to help the "imperfect" among us to accept, and even like their bodies - and that's hopefully what the song helps to do.

(Now dismounting my soap box)
 
LKellerIII said:
Veering way off topic here, but it's due to lack of physical activity, 'tuna. I don't know if you remember, but there were a lot of articles and TV coverage in the early and mid 60s about how flabby and out of shape baby boomer kids were. Why? Because we were the first TV generation, and many of us spent hours each day glued to the tube, instead of out playing. So for Millenials and kids these days, you can add a couple hundred extra TV channels, video games, computers, and cell phones as additional distractions from the necessity to move your body and burn calories.
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I am a pre-Boomer (the generation without a name?) and growing up I didn't know one single "fat" kid. Not until I joined the Navy in '62 and even then there weren't many. My family got TV in '54 (doctor thought it would help my sister's weak eyes) and I was pretty much glued to it until high school. But it wasn't the only thing. I played all kinds of sports as did most every other boy on my block (and even some of the girls). What we didn't have back then was all manner of high-calorie food. We ate pretty much three squares a day, one snack after school and that was it. No 44 oz. Cokes, no double-meat hamburgers with cheese and extra large fries, a very minimum of processed foods (my mom even made her own bread and doughnuts). I was on the go from 3 in the morning when I got up to throw my paper route until 10 at night when I hit the sack. I probably watched one TV show in the afternoon and another during the evening weekdays. Saturdays were Western movie day and there was nothing but religion and news shows on Sundays. After chores, Saturday afternoons were spent at the park playing whatever sport was in season. We had to go out to watch movies and because of the cost didn't go to many of those. If I wanted to go somewhere I either walked or rode my bicycle. We had P.E. at school every year of my life and more often than not even after school playing organized sports of one kind or another. That all probably seems pretty normal to you for a person who grew up in the 50's. But it was also true of my kids. Although they had more entertainment thingies than I did they never became overweight and aren't to this day. With one exception they are pretty much in the same shape they were in high school. The exception plays organized hockey three times per week and I wouldn't want to meet him in a dark alley.

LKellerIII said:
But back to All About that Bass - I don't think there's anything positive to be gained by making people feel bad about their bodies - it probably just discourages them from trying to lose weight or get in shape. Girls in particular are faced with a standard of beauty in the media that's brought to us by anorexic models with fake boobs and Photoshopped faces.
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I have two girls. One is very petite and never had to worry about her weight or figure. The other was more of a tomboy and seemed able to discern the difference between the media-inspired female form and the one that most females her age had. I would say they are both comfortable in their bodies because they didn't let others decide what they should look like.

LKellerIII said:
I think it's preferable to help the "imperfect" among us to accept, and even like their bodies - and that's hopefully what the song helps to do.
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I've certainly got no problem with media of any kind attempting to convince girls to accept what they were born with and not try to be something they are not. I'm not sure a song like "Bass" will do it because, if nothing else, it comes off as sort of a cartoon song and not serious in the real world. Girls will continue to look at the idols of the day as foisted upon them by the media and determine in their own minds whether that is a look they should have. Judging by the traffic I see around the local high school I would say the media is winning. And judging by women on the various talk shows I would say the war has been lost.
 
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Thanks for the thoughtful reply, Landtuna. My kids (2 boys and a girl) were always on the thin size, though my son has bulked up with muscle in his 20sbecause he's become a workout junkie. We always fed them healthy diets (fast food was allowed once a week), and they have lucky genetics - their Mom is still thin, and I was thin until my late 40s when my metabolism changed. I now seem to gain weight by looking at food, but only lose weight by days of intense starvation (slight exageration). Staying at my current ten lbs overweight is a constant and annoying struggle. So I can have some sympathy for those who have unlucky genetics or non-ideal diets.
 
The mention of good lyrics in country songs made me think of the beautiful heartfelt sentiment that Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn expressed to each other in their 1978 hit, You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly. :)
 
landtuna said:
I have two girls. One is very petite and never had to worry about her weight or figure. The other was more of a tomboy and seemed able to discern the difference between the media-inspired female form and the one that most females her age had. I would say they are both comfortable in their bodies because they didn't let others decide what they should look like.
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Sounds to me, tuna, that you raised a couple of daughters with good heads on their shoulders. :)
 
If anyone is interested there is a putative community station in Raleigh, NC that is using the WKRP call sign. They did a fundraiser that brought in nearly $1000 - sounds like they're on their way (not).

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wkrp-in-northeast-raleigh

According to their website they plan to launch in January. 2015, featuring music of the past fifty years. Their programming schedule presently is listed using a 24-hour clock, something that hopefully reverts to the more traditional AM/PM format.

http://www.1019wkrp.com/
 
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