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NEWSDAY'S BEST BEATS'EM! MUSHNICK, RAISSMAN, STARR & HINCKLEY STRIKE OUT!

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SPRINGFIELDRAD

Best beat them all to it.....the biggest radio story of 2008 in the NYC metro area...the end of Mike & The Mad Puppy on SPORTSRADIO 66 WFAN. I don't see any of the others (Phil Mushnick & Michael Starr of the NY Post, David Hinckley & Bob Raissman of the NY Daily News) giving proops to Newsday's Neil Best for breaking the story several weeks ago.

I guess Hinckley was too busy listening to WLIB. Raissman could be more interested in his TV career on SNY. Mushnick crying over the NY Giants and their PSL deals. Starr only covers what PR rep had a baby. It's time for Richard Huff, editor of the Radio/TV Deptarment at the News, to look at the way their paper covers the biz. And for the Post...you guys need major help.

If you see Neil Best....give him a high five...or send him a good job email.
 
SPRINGFIELDRAD said:
Best beat them all to it.....the biggest radio story of 2008 in the NYC metro area...the end of Mike & The Mad Puppy on SPORTSRADIO 66 WFAN.
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That's, to me, a bit of an exaggeration. WFAN is listened to by only 1 out of every 10 persons weekly in the NY metro. WLTW is listend to by one out of every three persons. So the story about the change in PD at WLTW recently was, by pure math, three and a half times more interesting / bigger than the story about the change in the WFAM lineup.

If you drill down to the show level, the cume share in that daypart on WFAN indicates that one in every twenty listened to the show in July. Big deal to that 5%? Probably. To the overall market, not so much.
 
DavidEduardo said:
SPRINGFIELDRAD said:
Best beat them all to it.....the biggest radio story of 2008 in the NYC metro area...the end of Mike & The Mad Puppy on SPORTSRADIO 66 WFAN.
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That's, to me, a bit of an exaggeration. WFAN is listened to by only 1 out of every 10 persons weekly in the NY metro. WLTW is listend to by one out of every three persons. So the story about the change in PD at WLTW recently was, by pure math, three and a half times more interesting / bigger than the story about the change in the WFAM lineup.

If you drill down to the show level, the cume share in that daypart on WFAN indicates that one in every twenty listened to the show in July. Big deal to that 5%? Probably. To the overall market, not so much.
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Sorry but I don't see WLTW on the front page of the Daily News. Russo leaving WFAN is a major story. Ok, more people listen to WLTW. WFAN is part of my life and millions in the metro area. It's NOT an exaggeration. It's news!
 
Not a fair comparison. Even though more people hear WLTW their change was behind the scenes. Most listeners dont care who the PD is as long as the station doesnt change format. Only the radio geeks and us people on the boards care about that. Chris Russo, being an on air personality, garners way more attention from the listeners. Listeners do care about broadcasters they like making changes like this.
 
evalmaster said:
Not a fair comparison. Even though more people hear WLTW their change was behind the scenes. Most listeners dont care who the PD is as long as the station doesnt change format. Only the radio geeks and us people on the boards care about that. Chris Russo, being an on air personality, garners way more attention from the listeners. Listeners do care about broadcasters they like making changes like this.
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Good point and well taken. So, then go back a bit to the changes in airstaff on WLTW or its decline in ratings, etc.
 
using any behind the scene changes as a bigger story because of "ratings" is absurd. Those dime a dozen radio music dj's and programmers are losing jobs every day as the big companies turn to syndication and voice tracks. Who cares which Urban or Rock station changes djs of pd's..they'll be flipping formats at the first down book while WFAN isn't even close to thinking about dropping sports after over 20 years. Russo leaving the fan is 100 times bigger than any music station news in NYC or any market - other than a Stern leaving. Get a clue!
 
radiohater said:
. Russo leaving the fan is 100 times bigger than any music station news in NYC or any market - other than a Stern leaving. Get a clue!
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WFAN in that particular daypart was reaching about one person in 20 during the average week. That's only news to the FAN listeners, not to the broader market.
 
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