Wow, this is gonna take forever. Pack a lunch, and I'll have to do non-tagged quoting...because the replies are from two pages:
vjm:
Rizzo kinda let the cat out of the bag a couple of days ago that the show would be expanding.
This is just my guess, but that would probably mean merely giving Rizzo an extra hour (8 a.m. - noon) with M&M going 8 - 10am on KNR2. I can't see Rizzo wanting a 4 a.m. wake-up call.
He did it for many years on WMJI, and now, he's about to not have a TV job on the other end.
That said, I don't see the Worldwide Leader being happy about only two hours of M&M being on the big signal. If 1540 were better? Maybe. We'll see how it shakes out...you may be correct in your guess.
vjm:
One more thing...If CC wanted to make Mix more Gen-X, they could have done it simply by infusing more 90's tunes in the playlist without changing their name or firing their DJs.
As I pointed out to your reply in the comments, maybe we're all reading a bit too much into this stunting, and how it affects what shows up on the other side. Maybe all Oak Tree wants to do is get attention, which the 106.5 stunt is certainly doing. Maybe it's a holiday week and they're bored.
vjm:
You also said CC doesn't put Rush on FM...WPGB 102.7 in Pittsburgh would like a word with you.
No, if that's what I said, WPGB 104.7 Pittsburgh would have that word with me.
But I apologize for this wording:
me:
Interesting idea, and it does put Rush on FM ("Rush Radio 106.5", anyone?)...but...I don't think CC does that, at all.
What I meant was, "does" in terms of this current stunt's aftermath, from your preceding quote talking about all local talk on 1100 and all syndie talk on 106.5.
I'm well aware that CC has Rush on a number of stations on the FM band, and indeed, my "Rush Radio 106.5, anyone?" quote was referring to current Rush Radio FM outlets in Greensboro and New Orleans.
My apologies, again, for the tortured wording.
vjm:
And Tony Matteo still being employed doesn't automatically mean he'll still be PD at 106.5--remember he was also the afternoon drive DJ for Mix as well, so he could still be around as merely on-air talent (maybe on either Majic or GAR).
Don't see that happening, frankly, though didn't Daune have one VTing shift on each?
Nah, if he were gone, he would have been out the door in that same announcement as Daune and Jay, or they've have announced his fate ("Tony will remain on-board helping our sister stations") or something of the sort. Not a word about him in the memo that flew its way into the OMW World Headquarters via carrier pigeon.
The only solution, IMHO, is that he's programming the new 106.5, be it GenX or whatever, and his services would not at all be necessary with a news/talk/sports format.
dannykewl:
OK, I'm going out on a limb here, and am prolly wrong, but maybe WMVX will become WXEN again (if the calls are available) and do some kind of "nostalgia" format, Adult Standards, and/or mixed nostalgia/contemporary/ethnic blocks. Polkas in their playlist now! Remember they were the "Station of the nations" at one time. A lot of polkas back then.
I heard another polka today, and was also reminded of WXEN! Frankie Yankovic probably got some play on WXEN, no? And here his music returns to 106.5.
But...it won't happen unless CC is forced to give up all their stations for a song, and the tune is being bought by the widow of the owner of Cortland's WKTX/830...Mrs. Kossanyi?
AntDog152:
Sports-talk might not have the most overall listeners, but they drew many advertisers because they attract males 25-54 and guys who will watch the Browns every sunday even when they're not good.
But WTAM already has the actual Browns games (along with FM/primary flagship WMMS) and talks about them on both Triv's show and on "Wills and Snyder", and on "Weekend Sportsline". CC doesn't need to add to that, particularly when it could sap some juice out of the (Northeast Ohio) "Big One".
