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Well we all know what hits the fan!
The Project really seems to be eroding at 96rock. I remember they were even beating EBN for a book or two, but CC seems to have found the solution to that. We must wonder if changes could be on the way at 96.5.
I doubt Cumulus will change 96Rock right away. Remember, it's about how their station cluster performs not so much how one station ratings are in a given month. Look how long 97.3 has been near the bottom of the pack and Hubbard still keeps it on the air with country in order to protect their cash cow B105.
Looks like all three sports stations are down. 50,000 watt ESPN 1530 dropped to a 0.6, and Fox Sports 1360 is BARELY ahead of The Fan. John Kiesewetter has said he would have demo numbers sometime this week. Last he checked the morning show on The Fan was beating the morning show on Fox Sports 1360.
I am not surprised by the flat showing of 55WKRC. It is a boring radio station. It's Brian Thomas in the mornings and then throw on the switch for the rest of day. I am sick of the same talk over and over again from the network boys. Clear Channel really seems to have no game plan for their AM'S. It is a crime what 1530 WCKY has not done better. The musical chairs they play with Moe and Lance is against every concept a solid PD believes in. Will C.C. ever do more than what they are doing with 55KRC? Don't hold your breath.
The Fan has no one running the station locally since the GM was fired and the Sales Manager left. Don't give up on them but they need to get someone in their fast who understands sports radio. This station can sound better and make money but the people calling the shots don't know what they are doing,
CBS All Sports Radio line up is weak. The 9am to Noon show is brutal to listen to. Half the audience get Jim Rome and the other don't. Not knowing from one day to the next if Richard Skinner is on he air due to his other job is no way to run this format in this market.
Former Red Joe Price has been a plus but if he can't make it in the studio get him on a land line phone instead of a poor reception cell phone. Again, is there anyone in the Radio One house yelling about the quality or lack of the 6 pm to 7 pm hour Tuesday night?
The Fan has no one running the station locally since the GM was fired and the Sales Manager left. Don't give up on them but they need to get someone in their fast who understands sports radio. This station can sound better and make money but the people calling the shots don't know what they are doing,
CBS All Sports Radio line up is weak. The 9am to Noon show is brutal to listen to. Half the audience get Jim Rome and the other don't. Not knowing from one day to the next if Richard Skinner is on he air due to his other job is no way to run this format in this market.
Former Red Joe Price has been a plus but if he can't make it in the studio get him on a land line phone instead of a poor reception cell phone. Again, is there anyone in the Radio One house yelling about the quality or lack of the 6 pm to 7 pm hour Tuesday night?
When Skinner isn't there, it isn't listenable. The two guys filling in sound like bad college radio. Trying to be funny or inside. It's not working. I will count them out, because an FM station that was once cuming over 200,000 listeners per week that now can't get 30,000 is not living up to its potential. To say they're beating WSAI is like saying I can beat my grandmother in a foot race. Really something to be proud of. I know all about ratings and sports stations. Yeah, yeah. Low rated stations can still make money. But this low rated station has a bad product.
The Fan's days are numbered. Radio One can't let this continue. Just think of how much revenue they've lost in the 6 and a half months they've been doing this format.
The Fan's days are numbered. Radio One can't let this continue. Just think of how much revenue they've lost in the 6 and a half months they've been doing this format.
WDJO show at all?
MTHBSTR said:
Which is why I scratch my head at Radio One's decision to flip Mojo 100.3 to The Fan. Sports talk is not a format they are experienced at implementing and running successfully. There is no need for 3 sports talk stations when you have Clear Channel airing every local major sport franchise on their station cluster.
microbob said:
I am surprised Radio One hasen't looked at their Atlanta cluster:
http://ratings.****************/cgi-bin/rol.exe/arb047
WPZE Class A FM just like 100.3 does very well. one third of 3.7 (6+). Using the percentage difference in racial market makeup they should expect at least a 1.2.
Personally: If I was programming 100.3, I would try LOCAL talk with a heavy dose of local news provided buy a Cincinnati TV station. But that is most likely why I am not running a cluster.
After several months of listening to FM 100 The Fan, I still appreciate having an alternative to the CC-dominated sports offerings in this city. But have to admit that I rarely listen much outside of the local shows in morning and afternoon drive. I think Tom Gamble is genuinely funny and he makes me laugh out loud at least once every morning in the car.
My biggest issue with the station is that they seem very NKy-centric. Why don't they ever broadcast live from some of the sports bars in the northern or eastern burbs? Or even downtown? And why don't they do billboards or something else to promote themselves? Maybe I'm old school. And I get the social media thing. But it still seems to me that they are not getting the word out about themselves enough. Nobody that I know is even aware that they exist.
Am also surprised by how limited their signal is. Since I never listened to 100.3 when they were MOJO, I am now realizing how quickly you begin to experience flutter with this signal when outside of Hamilton County. And on the north side a country station (Newark, OH???) frequently jumps in and out. I realize this is not a full power FM, but it definitely seems more "hemmed in" than some of the other Class A, B1, or whatevers around here (97.3, 97.7, 101.1).
My biggest issue with the station is that they seem very NKy-centric. Why don't they ever broadcast live from some of the sports bars in the northern or eastern burbs? Or even downtown? And why don't they do billboards or something else to promote themselves? Maybe I'm old school. And I get the social media thing. But it still seems to me that they are not getting the word out about themselves enough. Nobody that I know is even aware that they exist.
Am also surprised by how limited their signal is. Since I never listened to 100.3 when they were MOJO, I am now realizing how quickly you begin to experience flutter with this signal when outside of Hamilton County. And on the north side a country station (Newark, OH???) frequently jumps in and out. I realize this is not a full power FM, but it definitely seems more "hemmed in" than some of the other Class A, B1, or whatevers around here (97.3, 97.7, 101.1).
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