O&A gone from WZNE

[SirRoxalot]

O&A

It's amazing how little outcry has been posted about the removal of O&A from the Rochester radio scene. Man, they disappeared from this thread after what, the third post - with virtually no hand-wringing. Seems to me that they won't be missed by many people.

 

[qman]

I've always considered them knockoffs of Don and Mike and they sucked too.

 

[umtrr-author]

...The Pig, Kiss, Star, Jack, Belch, The Zone, The Lake, Alice and Puss...

You didn't really think you were going to get that past us, did you?

A genuine laugh out loud moment.

Now, go and copyright, patent, etc. it before someone else does.

 

[scooterodell]

Re: O&A

I'm thinking this is a money/ratings move. WZNE is the only real current rocker in the market; saving some money on O&A and getting "back to the music" is probably a good move for them.

 

[Wease Fan]

I really enjoyed them in the afternoon. I think that O&A are far better than Rover which is on in the am on 94.1. I guess they would have put O&A on live in the morning, but Opie would not go head to head with his mentor. It would be nice if someone else picked them up, but I don't see that happening.

 

[qman]

How about putting them on the Drive either in afternoon drive or evenings?

 

[Element9]

...The Pig, Kiss, Star, Jack, Belch, The Zone, The Lake, Alice and Puss...

You didn't really think you were going to get that past us, did you?

A genuine laugh out loud moment.

Now, go and copyright, patent, etc. it before someone else does.

Nice to know some readers appreciate subtle humor. Belch! came about while hangin' out with a bunch of radio buds about three years ago, talking about some of the things that force jocks to turn the mic off while they're in the middle of a rap: coughing, sneezing, wildly uncontrollable flatulence (go ahead, laugh, it's happened), hiccups and yes, an unsupressable Belch! Most likely because they were drunk, they found my description of a radio station that would have positioning liners like "Strong enough for men, but women love to belch too" mildly humorous. The format would have the typical belchmarks, er, benchmarks: "Belches on the Tens," "The At Work Belch," "The Lunchtime Belch," "The Live Belch at Five," and "Belch Block Weekends."

Belch! would have great, house-name-personalities like morning man, Alexander Graham Belch; midday cutie, Patti LaBelch; afternoon major dude, Lenny Belch and night rocker, Sir Belchalot. All night diva, Lotta Belch, would also do morning drive traffic. As you can see, I've given some serious thought to this proposition. Belch! You KNOW it's got Hit Bound written all over it. You read it here first. It's been published! You're right, UMTRR-Author, I gotta get a lawyer. Servicemark this puppy and get it on the air in Dundee or Oneonta. Bellllllllllllch! Brahhhhhhhhpppp. Only one thing feels better than a good Belch! FX: toilet flush.

 

[Mike_Saffran]

Froggy is a country format that assigns amphibian- or swamp-themed names to the airstaff -- for example, Polly Wogg, David Hopperfield, Leapin' Leah, Lilly Pad, Toady, etc. The air studio is usually painted an ugly shade of green to boost morale.

You are joking right? Lilly Pad...David Hopperfield! Why not add a few more names like:

Hoppity Pooper
Slimey Sam
Horney Toad
Willie Wart

When I was hired at 96 Frog (WFRG-FM/AM, now “Big Frog 104”), Utica-Rome, in 1989, I was told, “Congratulations! You're now ‘Beaver Bob!’” (I knew it was going to be either “Mike Pike” or “Beaver Bob”—but I was hoping for the former, because it would have meant I could keep my real first name.)

The morning news guy, John LeGrand (awesome pipes), was the only one who used his actual name. Once, when asked to sub for him, I said to my PD, “So, you want ‘Beaver Bob’ reading the news?” He scratched his chin, thought for a moment and replied, “Use ‘Bob Cleaver.’”

So, that made me “Beaver Cleaver” 8)

To this day, if I hear someone say, “Beaver Bob!,” I know it’s either my good friend Bobby Rinck (former host of “Home Repair with Humor and Flair” on the old WBBF-AM) or Allan Harris (actually, it has been a while since I’ve heard that from Allan—but I hope you’re reading this in Buffalo and doing well).

On-air names of some of my 96 Frog co-workers (no joke):
Tadd Hopper (PD)
Muddy Banks
Billy Bogs
Catfish Crawford
Delta Lake
Jefferson Marsh
Skeeter McCoy
Pamela Pond
Jumpin’ Joe
Gentleman Jim Erie (named after the canal)

 

[Yeziknoradio]

Just remembered the name of former WFRY evening host for Cryin' Lovin' or Leapin' (back in their live and local days)

Andy Croakley

I wonder where he is today. He was very good at what he did. I hope he stayed in radio.

 

[Element9]

You gotta really wanna work in radio to hang one of those Froggy names on your neck. What, no Ron Ribbit? There's a silver medal waiting for you at the Pearly Gates, good man.

 

[Obtuse1]

If The Zone flips, look for WCMF to go Active Rock, or at the very least add some token "new rock" to the Classic Rock heavy playlist, as they did before the Nerve came along (it'll be like 1991 all over again). CC may counter with a new rocker of their own (return of "The Nerve" on what is now WCRR?) as a lame attempt to protect The Fox. With no competition they might eke out a 1.5 on the peashooter.

More likely The Zone will soldier on as a New Rock jukebox run on the cheap.

 

[Play Freebird]

The Froggy format comes from the [sarc]creative genius[/sarc] of Kirby Confer, Keymarket Broadcasting and his daughter's Forever Broadcasting. Even in 2009, it's amazing what people will allow themselves to be called just to have a job (Kid Cattail, Ally Gator, Web Foot, etc.) Not too far from the days of Mike Melody, Jerry Jack, Tommy Thomas, Matt Maguire and Bobby bell. Froggy is a lousy Country format. WYRK would wring its neck. But Froggy is a recognizable moniker, just like The Pig, Kiss, Star, Jack, Belch, The Zone, The Lake, Alice and Puss. Kirby laughs all the way to the bank.

Laughs all the way to the bank, huh?

Hmmm, why should this idea be limited to country -- why not AC or Top 40?

When Citadel holds their "fire sale" later this year, let's buy that big 93.1 signal in Syracuse, change the call sign back to WDDS, and flip it to a dental-themed AC format:

"93-DDS... Music to keep you smiling".

You know the drill:

Perry O'Dontal and his sidekick "Flossie" will host the morning show, followed by
Connie Canine
Denny Dentifrice
Bucktooth Bob
X-Ray (overnights)

And we'll call the news and public affairs show "Reality Bites"

 

[qman]

Why keep Opie & Anthony when you can have Molar in the morning and Bull Frog & Polly Wog afternoons.

 

[Yeziknoradio]

Hmmm, why should this idea be limited to country -- why not AC or Top 40?

How about Oldies?

According to this, there *was* an oldies Froggy for a little while, so it *has* been done!

"WFGO was, at the time, the only station in the country to use the Froggy name and NOT be a country music station."


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WFNN

 

[Element9]

W-F-G-O, ehhh? Heh... can only imagine what fun the airstaff had playing with those call letters. Lemme see, got the "W" the "G" and the "O" figured out. About that "F" ... yeah, puerile, I know... but Stern made millions being childish.

What fun it would be to be the underdog competing against a Froggy country station. Doing promos calling them "the toad," refering to jocks with warts and using their jocks' real names in promos, playing squished frog sound effects. Re-writing the words to Dead Skunk In the Middle of the Road and changing it to Dead Frog... just a few ideas to make our competition hoppin' mad. Yeah, I know, it's so Randy Michaels' 80s... but good for a (childish) laugh.