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New WGRR P.D.

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And the winner is....may I have the envelope please?....Steve Mann! (insert applause here) Good radio guy, Cincinnati native (I think), gets the Oldies format, well liked within the building, should continue building on Peter Z's solid resurrection of the station. Peter Z is now at Infinity's Oldies station in Dallas where he pulled a nice uptick in his first official trend.
 
Nice Uptick? Pete, you were not there for one week of that trend. Steve Mann?Agree! Nice guy, but anything is better than you pete. btw I hear the skipper of the titanic was a nice guy too.


>.Steve Mann! (insert applause here) Peter Z is now
> at Infinity's Oldies station in Dallas where he pulled a
> nice uptick in his first official trend.
>
 
> anything is better than you pete.

Pete (as you refer to him) is a GRReat P.D. He brought the fun back to WGRR,
got the Oldiesfest lineup back on track and brought the station back to the top 5. (Did Real Oldies WSAI ever equal the success of nostalgia WSAI, hmmm, I think not!)

Imagine if you will, WGRR today being programmed by one of the WSAI "Bitter Guys"...

You'd hear...

1) Stiff after stiff after stiff...

2) Real clever liners referring to FOX and MOJO as those "evil FM stations"

3) A "pajama partying prude" bad mouthing a former employer on the air (real relatability to your audience, or should I refer to the audience as "swingers")

Infinity made the right choice in hiring Steve Mann.
> >
>
 
Congrats to Steve Mann. I worked with him at that most revered of institutions known as The Ohio Center for Broadcasting. Steve "got it" then and I see he still "gets it" now. Congrats again Mr. Mann. You deserve it.
 
again, agree on Steve "Mr" Mann. Great choice for PD. Agree on wsai too.

But Pete? The only things that clown was missing were the big floppy shoes, a fuzzy wig and a big goofy nose...wait he was good on #3
 
Guess this ends the rumors of WGRR getting "Jack"-ed.

But could WGRR do what San Francisco's KFRC-FM recently did (drop 1960's and very early 1970's hits from their playlist in favor of a playlist consisting mostly of songs from the early-to-mid 1970's through the mid 1980's)??
 
> Nice Uptick? Pete, you were not there for one week of that
> trend. Steve Mann?Agree! Nice guy, but anything is better
> than you pete. btw I hear the skipper of the titanic was a
> nice guy too.
>
>
Dude, I'm not Pete! If I erred in my time line I apologize. I thought he was there for the latest trend. If not, we'll see how it goes in Dallas for the next few months. He did wonders for WGRR and the numbers showed it. Infinity had the confidence in his ability to pop him up to a huge market. This is his chance to prove that his ideas will translate from a top 30 market to a top 10 market. I've worked with the guy, don't bet against him!
> >
>
 
> Nice Uptick? Pete, you were not there for one week of that
> trend. Steve Mann?Agree! Nice guy, but anything is better
> than you pete. btw I hear the skipper of the titanic was a
> nice guy too.


Jerry...me thinks you need a new calendar.

We did a music test and changed the music of KLUV a couple weeks before I even got here (as soon as I was announced as the new PD).

I was on site ten days before the last trend began.

The new imaging was on the air the same day I started.

The new morning show was on the air before that trend started.

Other than that, you were absolutely accurate.

By the way...this is the first post I've made on this board in a couple years, and bitter still looks bad on you.
 
> > anything is better than you pete.
>
> Pete (as you refer to him) is a GRReat P.D. He brought the
> fun back to WGRR,
> got the Oldiesfest lineup back on track and brought the
> station back to the top 5. (Did Real Oldies WSAI ever equal
> the success of nostalgia WSAI, hmmm, I think not!)
>
> Imagine if you will, WGRR today being programmed by one of
> the WSAI "Bitter Guys"...
>
> You'd hear...
>
> 1) Stiff after stiff after stiff...
>
> 2) Real clever liners referring to FOX and MOJO as those
> "evil FM stations"
>
> 3) A "pajama partying prude" bad mouthing a former employer
> on the air (real relatability to your audience, or should I
> refer to the audience as "swingers")
> Oldiesfest went from being an all day affair to being a part of the Union Centre Boulevard Bash, with only 2 national acts, this year the Van-Dells were there, so maybe they could also be considered national. I would much prefer the oldiesfest period from 1994-2000.
I cannot argue with being in the Top 5; however, the music selection, the same tired songs makes me tune out. Spirit in the Sky and Cecelia must be the two holiest songs in the world since GRR plays the hell out of them. The only real change of pace in the music is Jim LaBarbara's Sunday night show where he plays early 60s music. Enough with the SAI bashing, after all, Infinity currently employs one of the former SAI people as Operations Manager of their country station, and one doing the midnight shift.
> Infinity made the right choice in hiring Steve Mann.
> > >
> >
>
 
I'll give Peter credit for one thing no one has mentioned yet. At least he has the gonads to come on in and use his real name! I think more of the "regular" posters should try that. It might be interesting.
I dont know specifically what he did when he was PD there that was noteworthy because I checked out of there in 01 when Tim Closson was in charge. However, I would imagine that he tried to steer the station back on the course that was set by Chuck Finney.
Congrats to Steve Mann. He was my intern in '99 I think? He was then hired on all night then progressed from there. To go from being an intern in '99 to PD in '05, wow! He's got some big shoes to fill in GRR's line of PD succession: Steve Allan, Marty Thompson, Chuck Finney, Peter Z, Steve Mann. I'll bet they're smiling and promoting this big time at OCB.
 
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