> > > It wouldn't surprise me if Clear Channel had been hoping
>
> > to
> > > get a bounce in the numbers for the Sunny morning show
> > after
> > > Ron Chapman retired. Perhaps that bounce never came,
> and
> > > now they're giving up.
> > >
> > The first arbitrend of the summer book isn't even out yet.
>
> > This will be the first "after retirement" trend for all
> the
> > morning shows. A bounce? We'll see who gets one and who
> > doesn't later this week.
> >
>
> This whole thing had more to do with than the mornning show.
>
No doubt about it. Even if the Sunny morning show had much better numbers than Chapman, it would not have changed any decisions about going to a Hispanic format.