New Liners for Jack FM

[WYTZZ95FM]

Re: they still don't get it

> And this is where all the Jack haters are wrong-- JACK IS
> NOT "corporate" radio's "dirty little secret" to put on
> "entire format without any talent"!


Unless you have compelling facts to disprove this, it is the truth that this formats MUSIC (and voice dude) is supposed to do the talking. No requests, no jocks, no interaction.


Repeated from a post above....

> I'll also remind everybody that the jockless nature of most
> JACK stations will likely NOT BE LONG TERM.

How long has KJKK Dallas been on and can you read me off their entire airstaff? If the flagship is any indication....... the 1 solo on air person is in AM Drive and she is not even the AM Drive person. Their web site pegs her as.... " Brenda brings the news and traffic. " Very comforting.

> Bottom line: give them the chance to fully develop. Most
> new radio stations, regardless of format, start off without
> personalities.

Read above.

I am going to repeat, I have no problem with Jack or the concept. I do have a problem when people are misinformed or try to avoide the truth.

JACK Canada is you "friend", JACK is cool.

JACK US, it has been made clear within the industry, that they will be jockless for as long as possible and when the jockless phase wears off, you will find low key liner readers. (Both aimed at lowest common denominator and money saving measures). <P ID="signature">______________

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[Joseph_Gallant]

"We Don't Care About The Cubs....104.3, Jack FM!"

"Chicago Is The 'Windy City' Because Of All The Hot Air We Broadcast From This Radio Station.......104.3, Jack FM".

"Doing Our Part To Boost Viacom's Stock Price.......104.3, Jack FM!"

And this classic:

"Listeners Be Dam**d.......104.3, Jack FM!"

 

[OldiesCat]

The Truth Pt 2

Please tell us where that's been "made clear within the industry".

And, when you consider that most stations who've gone JACK (or similar) likely have talent contracts to pay off, some for multiple years- so, where is the "money saving measure" there?

>
> JACK US, it has been made clear within the industry, that
> they will be jockless for as long as possible and when the
> jockless phase wears off, you will find low key liner
> readers. (Both aimed at lowest common denominator and money
> saving measures).
>
> Flame away.
>

 

[OldiesCat]

still don't get it

Two key words here: "so far". Jack/Dallas notwithstanding, most have not been on long enough to know exactly where this format needs to go or where it will go. Three more key words: "way too early".

No radio format is in it's fully-developed form in the first month, first 6 months and many not even in the first year. Many are (wrongly) assuming that what you hear today is "it". And that isn't close to being true. So, unless you're actually overseeing all these stations from a corporate position or are Ms. Cleo, you can't claim with any certainty how they'll eventually look.

Besides, other non-Jack versions of Variety Hits indeed have talent (Phoenix and San Diego, to name a few).

>
> Unless you have compelling facts to disprove this, it is the
> truth that this formats MUSIC (and voice dude) is supposed
> to do the talking. No requests, no jocks, no interaction.
>
>
> Repeated from a post above....
>
> > I'll also remind everybody that the jockless nature of
> most JACK stations will likely NOT BE LONG TERM.
>
> How long has KJKK Dallas been on and can you read me off
> their entire airstaff? If the flagship is any
> indication....... the 1 solo on air person is in AM Drive
> and she is not even the AM Drive person. Their web site pegs
> her as.... " Brenda brings the news and traffic. " Very
> comforting.
>
> > Bottom line: give them the chance to fully develop. Most
> > new radio stations, regardless of format, start off
> without
> > personalities.
>
> Read above.
>
> I am going to repeat, I have no problem with Jack or the
> concept. I do have a problem when people are misinformed or
> try to avoide the truth.
>
> JACK Canada is you "friend", JACK is cool.
>
> JACK US, it has been made clear within the industry, that
> they will be jockless for as long as possible and when the
> jockless phase wears off, you will find low key liner
> readers. (Both aimed at lowest common denominator and money
> saving measures).
>

 

[jimerrico]

Re: Creativity is good indeed

> > Yes, that`s the dirty little secret about JACK-FM. The
> > corporate honchos all get that slightly maniacial look
> > in their eye when they think "My God, we pulled it off,
>
> > an entire format without any talent." Pretty soon, the
> > savings alone becomes addictive, and three months with
> > no jocks lends itself to six months. I think it`s a
> > safe bet that between now and Christmas, 104.3 sees no
> > air talent talking up those memorable songs.
>
> In case you've forgotten, at least Biondi, Winston and Brown
> are still under multi-year contracts and Infinity still has
> to pay them, whether they're on the main station, the
> Internet stream/HD sideband or not. Brown and Winston are
> still board-oping at Jack in their shifts, as are the rest
> of the staff except Biondi and Perry, and getting paid a lot
> to just press buttons and voice one or two spots a week (in
> the case of Winston and Brown). Infinity's not saving that
> much money, if any--and if they want to buy Biondi, Winston
> and Brown out, you know damn well that they won't let
> Infinity buy 'em out cheap, unless they've got a new gig
> lined up (in which case Infinity could then hit 'em with a
> no-compete).

I`m beginning to think Infinity locked up Perry, Brown,
Winston and Biondi along with a few select weekenders so
no other conglomerate got the brilliant idea to start up
another oldies station. Once the threat of a new FM oldies
signal abates, watch for Infinity to start buying out the
contracts and shedding payroll.

Just remember while Chicago was the exception to the rule,
in most markets, JACK or BOB or DAVE has put hundreds of
jocks on the beach nationwide. You may tell me it`s an
unintentional side benefit of these "first name" formats
that they have no cost factor for talent, but I`m still
thinking the bigwigs know exactly what they`re doing.

 

[RockManAC]

Re: Creativity is good indeed

> you know damn well that they won't let
> Infinity buy 'em out cheap, unless they've got a new gig
> lined up (in which case Infinity could then hit 'em with a
> no-compete).

Actually... No-competes are unenforcable for contracted talent in the state of Illinois.

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[Clubhead24]

> > > "Don't like it? F&%#K you. You're a geezer anyway.
> 104-3,
> > > Jack FM."
> >
> > "Hey, the Canadians love it! 104.3, Jack FM."
> >
> And now another voiced sweeper by someone who makes Steven
> Wright sound perky and upbeat on 104.3, Jack-FM
>


**creatively is hard to come by...thats why were Jack-fm

**Were trying to piss off to major cities in America, think its working? its the new 104-3 Jack FM.

the new 104-3 jack fm...who cares? everyone is listening to satellite radio anywayz.

 

[vtjazy]

Re: More liners

> > We play what you want..including Chumbawumba because we
> know the 5 thousand times you heard it in 1998 isn't
> enough....104.3 JACK-FM
>

Playing a ton of 80s hair metal, because we saw some guys with a mullet the other day...and they host our morning show leftover from the last format...we're 98-7 Simon (Entercom Greensboro's JACK ripoff, and complete-piece-of-crap-waste-of-a-100K-big-stick)