beachguy3b said:
If AN106 believes We Sound Better, then WGST, planning to run boring syndicated talk, could promote themselves as Geriatrics Stay Tuned.
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News/Talk WGST Returning on June 3
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If AN106 believes We Sound Better, then WGST, planning to run boring syndicated talk, could promote themselves as Geriatrics Stay Tuned.
I actually enjoyed the comedy format on 92.3. I was in Atlanta a couple of weeks ago on a Sunday night and I found the 24/7 comedy format fun to listen to. Quick comedy bits back announced. Jonathan Winters just passed away and they were playing a Winters vintage cut every hour.
Too bad there isn't room for Deportes and the comedy format. I find it a nice alternative.
Too bad there isn't room for Deportes and the comedy format. I find it a nice alternative.
Exactlly! Why spend money on live talent since it hasn't worked since 2005 on WGST. Rusty Humphries was a great idea that just didn't work. He was such a logical choice since he was born in Georgia, He would be a fantastic choice for WSB with Pete Spriggs as his coach! He could be what they wanted Chris Krok to be and more!
Hey folks, here is the answer for WSB and WGST. Let WSB send Herman Cain to the new
talk station 640 WGST, and let WSB hire Kim Peterson (the Kimmer) and put him on the air
from 9 to Noon. THAT would be a great move for Atlanta Radio. Cain is probably losing
listeners every day, so why not put him on the station that has almost no one listening anyway.
WSB knows they made a mistake. Now is a good time to solve the problem.
talk station 640 WGST, and let WSB hire Kim Peterson (the Kimmer) and put him on the air
from 9 to Noon. THAT would be a great move for Atlanta Radio. Cain is probably losing
listeners every day, so why not put him on the station that has almost no one listening anyway.
WSB knows they made a mistake. Now is a good time to solve the problem.
DiamondDave said:
Check the first paragraph (and next to last paragraph) of this Wikipedia site to see if the Kimmer even WANTS to return to WSB.
Chris Kroc is probably having the biggest laugh in Dallas watching the once-great WSB that fired him coming apart right before all our eyes -- and good deal of that at the hands of Cain, the bag of no-talent-gotta-offer-cash-prizes-to-listen-to-me, for whom he was tangentially let go for.
sagebasics said:
WGST could also promote themselves as either Great Stimulating Talk or Georgia's Stimulating Talk.
Lets hope it does't turn into:
We'er Georgia's Substandard Talk.
We'er Georgia's Substandard Talk.
OK....so if not the Kimmer from 9-Noon, there must be someone out there who can fill
the slot better than Cain. Clark Howard is still available, and basically no one in
Atlanta hears him at 8pm. Or pull in some syndicated talker or whatever.....But MY POINT IS:
CAIN IS PULLING DOWN THE WSB RATINGS from 9-Noon. Cain's GOTTA GO. Does anyone
really believe he can survive on WSB? Or for that matter, on any other Atlanta radio
station.....? He is very difficult to listen to. Period. Three hours of dead air would
be more acceptable than Cain.
the slot better than Cain. Clark Howard is still available, and basically no one in
Atlanta hears him at 8pm. Or pull in some syndicated talker or whatever.....But MY POINT IS:
CAIN IS PULLING DOWN THE WSB RATINGS from 9-Noon. Cain's GOTTA GO. Does anyone
really believe he can survive on WSB? Or for that matter, on any other Atlanta radio
station.....? He is very difficult to listen to. Period. Three hours of dead air would
be more acceptable than Cain.
I could take 3 hours of the Atlanta City Commission public access simulcast over Cain. In fact, for sheer entertainment, WSB should consider simulcasting the San Francisco Board of Supervisors public access channel. Cain would be the perfect alternative to waterboarding terrorists to get answers to get out of them -- his calling is in Guantanamo, not Atlanta. CAIN. MUST. GO. ... NOW. (or it's over for WSB)
SaharaCez said:
It ain't never gonna "be over" for WSB; all they have to do is pull a few strings. They are still riding on the novelty of Citizen Cain's presidential run (which, by the way, he LOST), and offering that novelty to other stations.
I heard a few stations dropped Cain since Boortz, but have any stations PICKED UP Cain's program since Boortz?
Anyway, WGST is programming Glenn Beck from 9-12 beginning in July, which should give them plenty of time to promote it. Beck has been making a lot of waves lately, and could give Citizen Cane a run for his money (that he's giving away to keep listeners
).Anyone got any comments on Beck vs Cain? (I know Beck will only be on WGST-AM, but it IS a 50kw station when he will be on.)
trusty said:DiamondDave said:
Check the first paragraph (and next to last paragraph) of this Wikipedia site to see if the Kimmer even WANTS to return to WSB.
Kimmer was back in Atlanta recently, interviewed on local TV. He has no plans on returning to radio..especially Atlanta.
He is happy living in Florida by the beach riding his Harley
trusty said:
I disagree that WSB can't damage itself for the long-haul. It's not Mount Olympus. Talent moves on. Producers, managers, and talkers retire...or die. Owners make bad deals...hello, HERMAN CAIN. But one thing is clear -- like the Big Three TV broadcast networks have repeatedly experienced, regional radio powerhouses can get fat and lazy, thinking 'le bon temps roule' will just go on forever. The problem with WSB is two-fold, as I see it out in the public:
(1) WSB hung its hat too deeply on Boortz (with Clark Howard fading away as his own slot keeps getting jerked around), and now in Boorts' departure the great sucking sound of *vacuum* in the form of Cain's God-awful angry old uncle routine and Capt Herb's unintelligible auctioneer chants is all that remains.
(2) In retrospect (hell, I was noticing this a good 5 years before he left), Boortz' strong-arming influence on station management talent searching was obvious, and did the station no favors in the long haul. If Boortz didn't personally like other talent -- feelings he openly expressed on air -- their time on WSB was cut short (for example, Kroc and Savage); OTOH if he had a fan-boy man-crush going with someone, they's become fixtures irrespective of the obvious talent void (hello again, Herman). I have to wonder if thanks to Neal's open opinions of radio colleagues (including obviously personal anger against Beck and the late Neil Rogers), if more than a few future bridges have been burned for WSB, since talkers are no less prone to holding grudges than anyone else.
(3) The demographics of the broader Atlanta region (not just the city or Fulton/Cobb/Dekalb counties) have changed significantly since the 1980s, but WSB retains a certain schticky "vibe" that's putting it in clear danger of sounding like its preserved in amber, as if Ted Turner is still the biggest name in town, tourists as still pouring into CNN Center for the GWTW store, and the Braves are still playing World Series baseball at Fulton County stadium. Ghosts...STALE. (tired, dry-bone voices like Cain's just being the most obvious example). The station can try to rebrand itself as "all news" -- obviously in response to 106.7 -- but the reality is that it's still the same tired act.
(4) Related to (3), if WSB wants to SERIOUSLY rebrand itself as "all news", then it had better start muck-raking the regional Atlanta and State Capital political/government scenes. There's ZERO excuse for a total lack of investigative reporting now that it's pretending to be an "all news" station again. Otherwise, what we really have is that WSB is still 'grandma' who just put on a new dress, but she still has that 'grandma' smell about her...and we're holding our noses.
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