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New Years Resolution: Renda wakes up ??

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scatman

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Don't the Renda higher up's hear how KOOL has no consistency with the music and/or promotions? Xmas Bell Rock? Clues on the radio and added clues on their internet site? What are you kidding me? The Renda webmaster can't keep the site updated even when their doing nothing. Briggs has never had a winning track record with anything. How do they they expect to get any ratings with a small time LOSER ?? What's with the blues stuff on an oldies station? Find an oldies station anywhere in the USA and I'll stake my life KOOL is the only one with blues content. NO ONE CARED ABOUT BLUES WHEN THEY WERE ARROW (ie NO RATINGS) and oldies listeners want oldies not blues (ie STILL NO RATINGS). Sunday nites why don't they include a Vietnamese music hour and follow it up with Greek music then a Polish extravaganza! Do something great with Gator NOW, don't wait for Rooster to be gone in February..STRIKE NOW !! ... what is Renda waiting for? ROCK 105 is over there wallowing in morning drive and Renda sits on their hands like idiots. How can they be so on the mark with Lite but so off the mark otherwise. Sunny is just a another Renda joke.
 
I feel your frustration and agree with most everything you say. Since KOOL has debuted, I've commented even more times than I care to mention about the inconsistent sound of the station - to no avail.

There are numerous syndicated programs such as Dick Bartley's American Gold followed by Joe Johnson's Beatle Brunch that could complement the station more than playing Blues on Sunday mornings. Again, I and others speak of these things - to no avail.

The bottom line is Briggs is given opportunity after opportunity in a medium that has seen so many people in the past several years loose their jobs. Renda seems to be content in poor performance or perhaps they just have a lot of wishful thinking. My gut is telling me Briggs doesn't cost them much money as a PD and that's the main reason he is retained.

The decision-makers at Renda had many options when they took the WKQL call letters. What I think is a shame is that that Briggs basically tarnished the image of what Pat Garrett and the old COOL FM staff took years to build. I never expected Renda to really stir things up by extending Pat an offer to come back to Jax to program KOOL. Trust me, they would be doing a helluva lot better than they are doing now.

From a financal standpoint, Renda may not have much in salary expense at KOOL but programming as it exists will not make the station a contender or generate income. Who in their right mind would buy advertising on the new KOOL? I often hear ads where KOOL is looking for sales personnel. Good luck to that person!

Briggs is now doing some or all of the programming on Sunny 94.1. Here I disagree as I don't think the station is a joke. Actually, I think the format has been designed to attract older listeners away from WEJZ which will actually position Lite 96.1 stronger. The playlist represents something unique in the market and quite frankly I enjoy listening to the station.

As good as the playlist is at Sunny 94.1, Briggs continues to apply his "unique" ideas of programming to that station. Often we hear a bunch of 60s tunes that make us think we are listening to a traditional oldies station. The other day I heard back-to-back Jazz songs etc. etc.

At this writing Sunny 94.1 is playing 4 Christmas tunes per hour and 3 out of 4 are played together at the top of the hour. But again, that is Briggs style. He positions the same type music all together. Ideally, a Christmas song should be played every quarter hour. No doubt there are listeners who could be in their car for a 20 minute trip and not even realize the station is playing any Christmas music. Here the effectiveness of that music will not be fully realized and it's all a result of the programming.

I still think that Sunny will develop listership and maintain advertisers in the St. Aug area. For the umpteenth time, Renda should bring in someone to program KOOL (like Pat Garrett) who knows what they are doing.

With all this talk of Briggs, I forgot to mention, Happy Turkey Day, folks!


Don't the Renda higher up's hear how KOOL has no consistency
> with the music and/or promotions? Xmas Bell Rock? Clues on
> the radio and added clues on their internet site? What are
> you kidding me? The Renda webmaster can't keep the site
> updated even when their doing nothing. Briggs has never had
> a winning track record with anything. How do they they
> expect to get any ratings with a small time LOSER ?? What's
> with the blues stuff on an oldies station? Find an oldies
> station anywhere in the USA and I'll stake my life KOOL is
> the only one with blues content. NO ONE CARED ABOUT BLUES
> WHEN THEY WERE ARROW (ie NO RATINGS) and oldies listeners
> want oldies not blues (ie STILL NO RATINGS). Sunday nites
> why don't they include a Vietnamese music hour and follow it
> up with Greek music then a Polish extravaganza! Do something
> great with Gator NOW, don't wait for Rooster to be gone in
> February..STRIKE NOW !! ... what is Renda waiting for? ROCK
> 105 is over there wallowing in morning drive and Renda sits
> on their hands like idiots. How can they be so on the mark
> with Lite but so off the mark otherwise. Sunny is just a
> another Renda joke.
>
 
> I feel your frustration and agree with most everything you
> say. Since KOOL has debuted, I've commented even more times
> than I care to mention about the inconsistent sound of the
> station - to no avail.
>
> There are numerous syndicated programs such as Dick
> Bartley's American Gold followed by Joe Johnson's Beatle
> Brunch that could complement the station more than playing
> Blues on Sunday mornings. Again, I and others speak of
> these things - to no avail.
>
> The bottom line is Briggs is given opportunity after
> opportunity in a medium that has seen so many people in the
> past several years loose their jobs. Renda seems to be
> content in poor performance or perhaps they just have a lot
> of wishful thinking. My gut is telling me Briggs doesn't
> cost them much money as a PD and that's the main reason he
> is retained.
>
> The decision-makers at Renda had many options when they took
> the WKQL call letters. What I think is a shame is that that
> Briggs basically tarnished the image of what Pat Garrett and
> the old COOL FM staff took years to build. I never expected
> Renda to really stir things up by extending Pat an offer to
> come back to Jax to program KOOL. Trust me, they would be
> doing a helluva lot better than they are doing now.
>
> From a financal standpoint, Renda may not have much in
> salary expense at KOOL but programming as it exists will not
> make the station a contender or generate income. Who in
> their right mind would buy advertising on the new KOOL? I
> often hear ads where KOOL is looking for sales personnel.
> Good luck to that person!
>
> Briggs is now doing some or all of the programming on Sunny
> 94.1. Here I disagree as I don't think the station is a
> joke. Actually, I think the format has been designed to
> attract older listeners away from WEJZ which will actually
> position Lite 96.1 stronger. The playlist represents
> something unique in the market and quite frankly I enjoy
> listening to the station.
>
> As good as the playlist is at Sunny 94.1, Briggs continues
> to apply his "unique" ideas of programming to that station.
> Often we hear a bunch of 60s tunes that make us think we are
> listening to a traditional oldies station. The other day I
> heard back-to-back Jazz songs etc. etc.
>
> At this writing Sunny 94.1 is playing 4 Christmas tunes per
> hour and 3 out of 4 are played together at the top of the
> hour. But again, that is Briggs style. He positions the
> same type music all together. Ideally, a Christmas song
> should be played every quarter hour. No doubt there are
> listeners who could be in their car for a 20 minute trip and
> not even realize the station is playing any Christmas music.
> Here the effectiveness of that music will not be fully
> realized and it's all a result of the programming.
>
> I still think that Sunny will develop listership and
> maintain advertisers in the St. Aug area. For the umpteenth
> time, Renda should bring in someone to program KOOL (like
> Pat Garrett) who knows what they are doing.
>
> With all this talk of Briggs, I forgot to mention, Happy
> Turkey Day, folks!
>
>
> Don't the Renda higher up's hear how KOOL has no
> consistency
> > with the music and/or promotions? Xmas Bell Rock? Clues
> on
> > the radio and added clues on their internet site? What
> are
> > you kidding me? The Renda webmaster can't keep the site
> > updated even when their doing nothing. Briggs has never
> had
> > a winning track record with anything. How do they they
> > expect to get any ratings with a small time LOSER ??
> What's
> > with the blues stuff on an oldies station? Find an
> oldies
> > station anywhere in the USA and I'll stake my life KOOL is
>
> > the only one with blues content. NO ONE CARED ABOUT BLUES
>
> > WHEN THEY WERE ARROW (ie NO RATINGS) and oldies listeners
> > want oldies not blues (ie STILL NO RATINGS). Sunday nites
>
> > why don't they include a Vietnamese music hour and follow
> it
> > up with Greek music then a Polish extravaganza! Do
> something
> > great with Gator NOW, don't wait for Rooster to be gone in
>
> > February..STRIKE NOW !! ... what is Renda waiting for?
> ROCK
> > 105 is over there wallowing in morning drive and Renda
> sits
> > on their hands like idiots. How can they be so on the mark
>
> > with Lite but so off the mark otherwise. Sunny is just a
> > another Renda joke.
> >
>
WAKE UP YOU IDIOTS DO YOU REALLY THINK BRIGGS HAS ANY SAY AS TO WHAT HAPPENS ON THE STATION.

You make it sound like it is his fault. His hands are completely tied by corporate. As for the Blues show, though it might not geat great ratings it does have a very loyal following. Alos KOLl caries Tome Kents syndicated show and Goddards Gold syndicated show.
 
> As for the Blues show, though
> it might not geat great ratings it does have a very loyal
> following. Alos KOLl caries Tome Kents syndicated show and
> Goddards Gold syndicated show.

Come again?!? So, let's put crap that doesn't pull numbers on the air because a *few* people *may* like it? I agree, with the exception of 96.1, Renda is clueless with their other properties.
 
I respectfully disagree. Yes, the corporate environment does put restraints on lower management and the talent. However, there are those who rise above situations to make things work.

On the air, for example, there are jocks who perhaps only have ten seconds to say something but they make the most of those ten seconds and they are still able to inject personality. And it's called TALENT.

The same applies to programming. Sure, PDs are given a corporate playlist but it takes an understanding of the format to make it work. That has not happened here. Positioning of songs is critical.

And don't you think a PD has responsibilty to make sure there is a seemless start of a new format? That surely didn't happen here. This is not just an opinion of one radio fan but of the reality of what happened.

I've seen far too many TALENTED radio folks in the Jax market alone fall by the way side because of corporate decisions. Many I'm sure would have given their right arm to have been afforded as many opportunities as Briggs has been given.

> WAKE UP YOU IDIOTS DO YOU REALLY THINK BRIGGS HAS ANY SAY AS
> TO WHAT HAPPENS ON THE STATION.
>
> You make it sound like it is his fault. His hands are
> completely tied by corporate. As for the Blues show, though
> it might not geat great ratings it does have a very loyal
> following. Alos KOLl caries Tome Kents syndicated show and
> Goddards Gold syndicated show.
>
 
> I respectfully disagree. Yes, the corporate environment
> does put restraints on lower management and the talent.
> However, there are those who rise above situations to make
> things work.
>
> On the air, for example, there are jocks who perhaps only
> have ten seconds to say something but they make the most of
> those ten seconds and they are still able to inject
> personality. And it's called TALENT.
>
> The same applies to programming. Sure, PDs are given a
> corporate playlist but it takes an understanding of the
> format to make it work. That has not happened here.
> Positioning of songs is critical.
>
> And don't you think a PD has responsibilty to make sure
> there is a seemless start of a new format? That surely
> didn't happen here. This is not just an opinion of one
> radio fan but of the reality of what happened.
>
> I've seen far too many TALENTED radio folks in the Jax
> market alone fall by the way side because of corporate
> decisions. Many I'm sure would have given their right arm
> to have been afforded as many opportunities as Briggs has
> been given.
>
> > WAKE UP YOU IDIOTS DO YOU REALLY THINK BRIGGS HAS ANY SAY
> AS
> > TO WHAT HAPPENS ON THE STATION.
> >
> > You make it sound like it is his fault. His hands are
> > completely tied by corporate. As for the Blues show,
> though
> > it might not geat great ratings it does have a very loyal
> > following. Alos KOLl caries Tome Kents syndicated show and
>
> > Goddards Gold syndicated show.
> >
>
You have no clue! Briggs has his hand tied and hie eyes covered by Pittsburgh. when KQL came on air it was bad, that was due to the fact that they transfered all the music from OKC to jax. it was from two different systems. Briggs, I am sure would have enjoed a few more days to get it straight before it went on the air but was not given that cahnce. Corp. said do it now.
 
> > As for the Blues show, though
> > it might not geat great ratings it does have a very loyal
> > following. Alos KOLl caries Tome Kents syndicated show and
>
> > Goddards Gold syndicated show.
>
> Come again?!? So, let's put crap that doesn't pull numbers
> on the air because a *few* people *may* like it? I agree,
> with the exception of 96.1, Renda is clueless with their
> other properties.
>

the blues programming isn't hurting the station and from what I understand it does well with advertisers who want to purchase the time in the show.
 
> > > You make it sound like it is his fault. His hands are
> > > completely tied by corporate. As for the Blues show,
> > though
> > > it might not geat great ratings it does have a very
> loyal
> > > following. Alos KOLl caries Tome Kents syndicated show
> and
> >
> > > Goddards Gold syndicated show.
> > >
> >
> You have no clue! Briggs has his hand tied and hie eyes
> covered by Pittsburgh. when KQL came on air it was bad, that
> was due to the fact that they transfered all the music from
> OKC to jax. it was from two different systems. Briggs, I am
> sure would have enjoed a few more days to get it straight
> before it went on the air but was not given that cahnce.
> Corp. said do it now.
>

That explains the early days of KOOL. But, what about now? Hasn't Briggs had time to realize that a few "tweaks" of the lineup of songs could make a big difference? Oh .. maybe not .. he's busy in "St. Augustine" every morning with a voice that belongs on the old WAIV.
 
>
> the blues programming isn't hurting the station and from
> what I understand it does well with advertisers who want to
> purchase the time in the show.
>
and that my freinds is what its all about
 
> > As for the Blues show, though
> > it might not geat great ratings it does have a very loyal
> > following. Alos KOLl caries Tome Kents syndicated show and
>
> > Goddards Gold syndicated show.
>
> Come again?!? So, let's put crap that doesn't pull numbers
> on the air because a *few* people *may* like it? I agree,
> with the exception of 96.1, Renda is clueless with their
> other properties.

I totally agree with you "Fake User" ..so just for the sake of a few listeners and the KOOL morning host, lets keep a blues show on the airwaves to justify our own personal taste. Until Renda realizes that 100.7 isn't Arrow anymore and how many things Cool 969 was doing right and stop kidding themselves that they want to be so different with such a hodge podge playlist and misplacement of songs over and over everyday and
figure out what a "KOOL" is really supposed to sound like, then 100.7 will flounder with less than a 2 as it always has.
>
 
> > > As for the Blues show, though
> > > it might not geat great ratings it does have a very
> loyal
> > > following. Alos KOLl caries Tome Kents syndicated show
> and
> >
> > > Goddards Gold syndicated show.
> >
> > Come again?!? So, let's put crap that doesn't pull
> numbers
> > on the air because a *few* people *may* like it? I agree,
>
> > with the exception of 96.1, Renda is clueless with their
> > other properties.
>
> I totally agree with you "Fake User" ..so just for the
> sake of a few listeners and the KOOL morning host, lets
> keep a blues show on the airwaves to justify our own
> personal taste. Until Renda realizes that 100.7 isn't Arrow
> anymore and how many things Cool 969 was doing right and
> stop kidding themselves that they want to be so different
> with such a hodge podge playlist and misplacement of songs
> over and over everyday and
> figure out what a "KOOL" is really supposed to sound like,
> then 100.7 will flounder with less than a 2 as it always
> has.

Oh and one more thing. Did Eagle keep the Tom Kent show when they switched formats. Of course not. Cox, Clear Channel, Infinity and all the big outlets atleast know that the image of a station is of the utmost importantance. Renda hasn't a clue as far as 1007 is concerned. Whoever is the voice for 1007 has no sparkle or flair. (snore) The Gator guy sounds the same way ..they both sound like their going through the motions ..atleast on 961 the guy knows he has to sound bored
> >
>
 
> Don't the Renda higher up's hear how KOOL has no consistency
> with the music and/or promotions? Xmas Bell Rock? Clues on
> the radio and added clues on their internet site? What are
> you kidding me? The Renda webmaster can't keep the site
> updated even when their doing nothing. Briggs has never had
> a winning track record with anything. How do they they
> expect to get any ratings with a small time LOSER ?? What's
> with the blues stuff on an oldies station? Find an oldies
> station anywhere in the USA and I'll stake my life KOOL is
> the only one with blues content. NO ONE CARED ABOUT BLUES
> WHEN THEY WERE ARROW (ie NO RATINGS) and oldies listeners
> want oldies not blues (ie STILL NO RATINGS). Sunday nites
> why don't they include a Vietnamese music hour and follow it
> up with Greek music then a Polish extravaganza! Do something
> great with Gator NOW, don't wait for Rooster to be gone in
> February..STRIKE NOW !! ... what is Renda waiting for? ROCK
> 105 is over there wallowing in morning drive and Renda sits
> on their hands like idiots. How can they be so on the mark
> with Lite but so off the mark otherwise. Sunny is just a
> another Renda joke.


Scatman, you're right on target with everything you're saying about KOOL. That station has been on the air almost a full year now and nothing, absolutely nothing, has been done to try and fix this waste of electrical power. This could be a very opportune time for Renda to strike, but they haven't. Unfortunetly, they probably won't.

As another example of how Briggs isn't tuned in on what's going on, last week I heard a promo (several times) for that very lame "Nascar Challenge" game they were running. The contest ended about 10 days ago yet the promos were airing 5 days AFTER the stupid thing was over! Is ANYONE paying attention? I don't think so.

As for the higher-ups at Renda, I would venture to guess that no one from Pittsburgh has even heard the station since it flipped. Does Bill Scull listen to it? Probably not. He couldn't, or he'd hear how BAD it sounds, assuming that he knows how a good oldies station should sound in the first place.

Let's face it, Briggs just doesn't want to let go of his beloved Arrow format which was, without a doubt, the WORST classic rock (or whatever it was) station ever. He has absolutely no programming savvy. I know for a fact that quite a few of the songs on Arrow and KOOL could not have tested well enough to be on the air. He's like the answer to the Jack format in Jacksonville, "He plays what he wants". And yet, mysteriously, he still has his job!

Go freakin' figure!
>

<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by motherscratcher on 11/28/05 12:06 PM.</FONT></P>
 
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