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Just heard that the CBS Radio JACKs in NY, Chicago, LA, Dallas & Minneapolis will be going commerical-free all day to support the season premier of "24" on Fox, Sunday January 15th with that other JACK: Bauer.
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Embarrasing to say the least...
...these stations are obviously programmed by the Sales Dept. - the deal was put together by Interep.
...these stations are obviously programmed by the Sales Dept. - the deal was put together by Interep.
Re: And this is bad because...?
> ...these stations are obviously programmed by the Sales
> Dept. - the deal was put together by Interep.
So it's a bad thing that the Jack stations are going to be identified with one of the hottest TV events so far this year? As a 24 fan and occasional Jack listener, I think it's a great move for both Fox and the Jack stations. A Jack station loses nothing by associating itself with Jack Bauer.
> ...these stations are obviously programmed by the Sales
> Dept. - the deal was put together by Interep.
So it's a bad thing that the Jack stations are going to be identified with one of the hottest TV events so far this year? As a 24 fan and occasional Jack listener, I think it's a great move for both Fox and the Jack stations. A Jack station loses nothing by associating itself with Jack Bauer.
Re: And this is bad because...?
> > ...these stations are obviously programmed by the Sales
> > Dept. - the deal was put together by Interep.
>
> So it's a bad thing that the Jack stations are going to be
> identified with one of the hottest TV events so far this
> year? As a 24 fan and occasional Jack listener, I think
> it's a great move for both Fox and the Jack stations. A
> Jack station loses nothing by associating itself with Jack
> Bauer.
>
Radio is a business before it can be anything else. Therefore, to argue with Slinky, is difficult, at least for me, anyway...<P ID="signature">______________
"If you never say NO, How much is your YES worth?"
</P>
> > ...these stations are obviously programmed by the Sales
> > Dept. - the deal was put together by Interep.
>
> So it's a bad thing that the Jack stations are going to be
> identified with one of the hottest TV events so far this
> year? As a 24 fan and occasional Jack listener, I think
> it's a great move for both Fox and the Jack stations. A
> Jack station loses nothing by associating itself with Jack
> Bauer.
>
Radio is a business before it can be anything else. Therefore, to argue with Slinky, is difficult, at least for me, anyway...<P ID="signature">______________
"If you never say NO, How much is your YES worth?"
</P>
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Re: And this is bad because...?
> Radio is a business before it can be anything else.
> Therefore, to argue with Slinky, is difficult, at least for
> me, anyway...
Amen, brother. Seriously, JACK-FM with it's reach into a number of major markets gives CBS (and others) a combo buy unlike any other. On a related note, JACK in NY has been doing a sponsorship from H & R Block that sounds nothing like a sponsorship:
"Jack here and the guys at H&R Block said that they would pay for this next bunch of songs in a row if I mentioned that it's tax time and you should go see them. There, I said it. OK, guys?"
New ways of doing things.
> Radio is a business before it can be anything else.
> Therefore, to argue with Slinky, is difficult, at least for
> me, anyway...
Amen, brother. Seriously, JACK-FM with it's reach into a number of major markets gives CBS (and others) a combo buy unlike any other. On a related note, JACK in NY has been doing a sponsorship from H & R Block that sounds nothing like a sponsorship:
"Jack here and the guys at H&R Block said that they would pay for this next bunch of songs in a row if I mentioned that it's tax time and you should go see them. There, I said it. OK, guys?"
New ways of doing things.
AKA, one trick pony radio...
Wow, who was the copywriter? The staff of The Onion?
Or could it be the same SNL staff who wrote the 50 variations of Church Lady?
Here I got one for you...
"Jack here and the guys at Jiffy Lube said that they would pay for this next bunch of songs in a row if I mentioned that it's time to change your oil and you should go see them. There, I said it. OK, guys?"
or how about...
"Jack here and the guys at Gulp & Blow said that they would pay for this next bunch of songs in a row if I mentioned that it's time for a hamburger and you should go see them. There, I said it. OK, guys?"
Unfortunately, no matter how much you train and feed them, trick ponies never become thoroughbreds.
Wow, who was the copywriter? The staff of The Onion?
Or could it be the same SNL staff who wrote the 50 variations of Church Lady?
Here I got one for you...
"Jack here and the guys at Jiffy Lube said that they would pay for this next bunch of songs in a row if I mentioned that it's time to change your oil and you should go see them. There, I said it. OK, guys?"
or how about...
"Jack here and the guys at Gulp & Blow said that they would pay for this next bunch of songs in a row if I mentioned that it's time for a hamburger and you should go see them. There, I said it. OK, guys?"
Unfortunately, no matter how much you train and feed them, trick ponies never become thoroughbreds.
Re: AKA, one trick pony radio...
> Wow, who was the copywriter? The staff of The Onion?
>
> Or could it be the same SNL staff who wrote the 50
> variations of Church Lady?
>
> Here I got one for you...
>
> "Jack here and the guys at Jiffy Lube said that they would
> pay for this next bunch of songs in a row if I mentioned
> that it's time to change your oil and you should go see
> them. There, I said it. OK, guys?"
>
> or how about...
>
> "Jack here and the guys at Gulp & Blow said that they would
> pay for this next bunch of songs in a row if I mentioned
> that it's time for a hamburger and you should go see them.
> There, I said it. OK, guys?"
>
> Unfortunately, no matter how much you train and feed them,
> trick ponies never become thoroughbreds.
>
And what's wrong with that? If it makes 'em money, God bless 'em.<P ID="signature">______________
"...and the countdown continues until the neanderthals that govern college football do something about their pathetic postseason."--Tim Brando, Sporting News Radio</P>
> Wow, who was the copywriter? The staff of The Onion?
>
> Or could it be the same SNL staff who wrote the 50
> variations of Church Lady?
>
> Here I got one for you...
>
> "Jack here and the guys at Jiffy Lube said that they would
> pay for this next bunch of songs in a row if I mentioned
> that it's time to change your oil and you should go see
> them. There, I said it. OK, guys?"
>
> or how about...
>
> "Jack here and the guys at Gulp & Blow said that they would
> pay for this next bunch of songs in a row if I mentioned
> that it's time for a hamburger and you should go see them.
> There, I said it. OK, guys?"
>
> Unfortunately, no matter how much you train and feed them,
> trick ponies never become thoroughbreds.
>
And what's wrong with that? If it makes 'em money, God bless 'em.<P ID="signature">______________
"...and the countdown continues until the neanderthals that govern college football do something about their pathetic postseason."--Tim Brando, Sporting News Radio</P>
Re: AKA, one trick pony radio...
What's your problem with this? It gets the message across without resorting to old clichés like their office being conveniently located with helpful qualified staff. Maybe the style will get old in a few years, but it fits the format.
Yeah, Jack's a one-trick pony, but that thread has been beat into the ground.
> Wow, who was the copywriter? The staff of The Onion?
>
> Or could it be the same SNL staff who wrote the 50
> variations of Church Lady?
>
> Here I got one for you...
>
> "Jack here and the guys at Jiffy Lube said that they would
> pay for this next bunch of songs in a row if I mentioned
> that it's time to change your oil and you should go see
> them. There, I said it. OK, guys?"
>
> or how about...
>
> "Jack here and the guys at Gulp & Blow said that they would
> pay for this next bunch of songs in a row if I mentioned
> that it's time for a hamburger and you should go see them.
> There, I said it. OK, guys?"
>
> Unfortunately, no matter how much you train and feed them,
> trick ponies never become thoroughbreds.
>
What's your problem with this? It gets the message across without resorting to old clichés like their office being conveniently located with helpful qualified staff. Maybe the style will get old in a few years, but it fits the format.
Yeah, Jack's a one-trick pony, but that thread has been beat into the ground.
> Wow, who was the copywriter? The staff of The Onion?
>
> Or could it be the same SNL staff who wrote the 50
> variations of Church Lady?
>
> Here I got one for you...
>
> "Jack here and the guys at Jiffy Lube said that they would
> pay for this next bunch of songs in a row if I mentioned
> that it's time to change your oil and you should go see
> them. There, I said it. OK, guys?"
>
> or how about...
>
> "Jack here and the guys at Gulp & Blow said that they would
> pay for this next bunch of songs in a row if I mentioned
> that it's time for a hamburger and you should go see them.
> There, I said it. OK, guys?"
>
> Unfortunately, no matter how much you train and feed them,
> trick ponies never become thoroughbreds.
>
Re: AKA, one trick pony radio...
> And what's wrong with that? If it makes 'em money, God bless
> 'em.
>
On another note, a stunting that wild 101 in Niagara Falls Canada did when switching from River (an AC station) to Wild 101, an Urban top 40 station.
Not sure if a milk company paid any money into the milk comment below or not, or if the ownes of the Buffalo Bills paid any money for what was said below, or if any company paid to have the pc speak but...
A computer ran for 3 days (YES 3 DAYS!) saying "T minus 2 days 23 hrs 12 minutes 23 seconds and counting..." right down to the last minute before becoming Wild 101 (With wild thing by Tone Loc played over and over for a bit there too...)
Long story short, Not sure who paid what, but in between the T minuses, the automated sounding voice was also known for saying the wackiest off the wall things like "My name is milk...I will do your body good"
"Hey baby, what's your name? Even though I am a computer, I still like to get funky"
"I love every bone in your body, expecially mine"
"'scuse me while I kiss this guy"(sounded like) and "There is a Buffalo taking a bath in Niagara falls...GO BILLS GO BILLS GO BILLS"(remember, this is ALL in a very automated, robotic voice.)
My favourite: "IF YOU are wondering what is going on, GOOD! I am too..."
Other things said: "That's one cold fish I'd like to thaw"
"Kids don't run with scissors"
"You're acting like a thing from another tax bracket"
"I was country, when country wasn't cool"
"Sell crazy some place else, we're all stocked up here"
"Four scores and 7 years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation concieved on the liberty that not all radio stations are made equal"
"HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT RADIO IN BUFFALO SUCKS BUT NOT FOR LONG..."
Also comments like "Scuse me, are those space pants? cuz your a** is out of this world"
As well as quotes from tv shows: "I'm Chevy Chase and your not"
and "I'm Bart Simpson, who the hell are you?" to name a few. (Stil being said in the robotic automated voice)
"This is a nuculear powered radio station" was another interesting one.
Someone out there, (listener,or former staff, not sure who) took all this too seriously, and the RCMP was called in because that person (or those people) thought Osama bin Ladin took over the place, and that what they were listening to, was a warning countdown to the end of their community, which was about to blow up!
Now...how's THAT for attention!
(and paying to air sayings from television commercials never would have hurt...)
<P ID="signature">______________
"If you never say NO, How much is your YES worth?"
</P>
> And what's wrong with that? If it makes 'em money, God bless
> 'em.
>
On another note, a stunting that wild 101 in Niagara Falls Canada did when switching from River (an AC station) to Wild 101, an Urban top 40 station.
Not sure if a milk company paid any money into the milk comment below or not, or if the ownes of the Buffalo Bills paid any money for what was said below, or if any company paid to have the pc speak but...
A computer ran for 3 days (YES 3 DAYS!) saying "T minus 2 days 23 hrs 12 minutes 23 seconds and counting..." right down to the last minute before becoming Wild 101 (With wild thing by Tone Loc played over and over for a bit there too...)
Long story short, Not sure who paid what, but in between the T minuses, the automated sounding voice was also known for saying the wackiest off the wall things like "My name is milk...I will do your body good"
"Hey baby, what's your name? Even though I am a computer, I still like to get funky"
"I love every bone in your body, expecially mine"
"'scuse me while I kiss this guy"(sounded like) and "There is a Buffalo taking a bath in Niagara falls...GO BILLS GO BILLS GO BILLS"(remember, this is ALL in a very automated, robotic voice.)
My favourite: "IF YOU are wondering what is going on, GOOD! I am too..."
Other things said: "That's one cold fish I'd like to thaw"
"Kids don't run with scissors"
"You're acting like a thing from another tax bracket"
"I was country, when country wasn't cool"
"Sell crazy some place else, we're all stocked up here"
"Four scores and 7 years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation concieved on the liberty that not all radio stations are made equal"
"HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT RADIO IN BUFFALO SUCKS BUT NOT FOR LONG..."
Also comments like "Scuse me, are those space pants? cuz your a** is out of this world"
As well as quotes from tv shows: "I'm Chevy Chase and your not"
and "I'm Bart Simpson, who the hell are you?" to name a few. (Stil being said in the robotic automated voice)
"This is a nuculear powered radio station" was another interesting one.
Someone out there, (listener,or former staff, not sure who) took all this too seriously, and the RCMP was called in because that person (or those people) thought Osama bin Ladin took over the place, and that what they were listening to, was a warning countdown to the end of their community, which was about to blow up!
Now...how's THAT for attention!
(and paying to air sayings from television commercials never would have hurt...)
<P ID="signature">______________
"If you never say NO, How much is your YES worth?"
</P>
Re: And this is bad because...?
> "Jack here and the guys at H&R Block said that they would
> pay for this next bunch of songs in a row if I mentioned
> that it's tax time and you should go see them. There, I
> said it. OK, guys?"
That's probably the most honest commercial I've ever heard.
So much better than having some jock pretend that some weight-loss program worked for them, or that the Vermont Teddy Bear company is the solution to world peace.
> "Jack here and the guys at H&R Block said that they would
> pay for this next bunch of songs in a row if I mentioned
> that it's tax time and you should go see them. There, I
> said it. OK, guys?"
That's probably the most honest commercial I've ever heard.
So much better than having some jock pretend that some weight-loss program worked for them, or that the Vermont Teddy Bear company is the solution to world peace.
Re: AKA, one trick pony radio...
>
> A computer ran for 3 days (YES 3 DAYS!) saying "T minus 2
> days 23 hrs 12 minutes 23 seconds and counting..." right
> down to the last minute before becoming Wild 101 (With wild
> thing by Tone Loc played over and over for a bit there
> too...)
>
A few years ago a station around here (Portsmouth, N.H.) did something similar to that before a format flip. I think there's a company that provides this service...they send you a computer with this countdown in it, all you do is connect the soundcard to the board and away you go.
>
> A computer ran for 3 days (YES 3 DAYS!) saying "T minus 2
> days 23 hrs 12 minutes 23 seconds and counting..." right
> down to the last minute before becoming Wild 101 (With wild
> thing by Tone Loc played over and over for a bit there
> too...)
>
A few years ago a station around here (Portsmouth, N.H.) did something similar to that before a format flip. I think there's a company that provides this service...they send you a computer with this countdown in it, all you do is connect the soundcard to the board and away you go.
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one trick pony
You're both off your rockers- it's waaaaay too early to declare the V.H. format a dud. It's doing too well in too many markets.
You guys are always eager to point out New York and SF and Denver (a Fort Collins rimshot) and try to spin their slow starts as typical of all V.H. stations- and that is simply not factually true.
It's one thing to say "I don't like it" or "I don't get it" but it is quite another to use 2-3 stations out of dozens and use them to declare the format a "one trick pony". Remember, "One Trick Pony" was a stiff as a movie.
> What's your problem with this? It gets the message across
> without resorting to old clichés like their office being
> conveniently located with helpful qualified staff. Maybe
> the style will get old in a few years, but it fits the
> format.
>
> Yeah, Jack's a one-trick pony, but that thread has been beat
> into the ground.
You're both off your rockers- it's waaaaay too early to declare the V.H. format a dud. It's doing too well in too many markets.
You guys are always eager to point out New York and SF and Denver (a Fort Collins rimshot) and try to spin their slow starts as typical of all V.H. stations- and that is simply not factually true.
It's one thing to say "I don't like it" or "I don't get it" but it is quite another to use 2-3 stations out of dozens and use them to declare the format a "one trick pony". Remember, "One Trick Pony" was a stiff as a movie.
> What's your problem with this? It gets the message across
> without resorting to old clichés like their office being
> conveniently located with helpful qualified staff. Maybe
> the style will get old in a few years, but it fits the
> format.
>
> Yeah, Jack's a one-trick pony, but that thread has been beat
> into the ground.
Re: AKA, one trick pony radio...
> A few years ago a station around here (Portsmouth, N.H.) did
> something similar to that before a format flip. I think
> there's a company that provides this service...they send you
> a computer with this countdown in it, all you do is connect
> the soundcard to the board and away you go.
>
Ah, but then it must be specially produced, rather than mass produced, because there were comments like "This is CKEY 101 point one but not for long"
and
"GO BILLS GO BILLS GO BILLS"(both in the automated robotic voice)
I believe the idea actually may have surfaced originally in Florida, but I'm not sure.<P ID="signature">______________
"If you never say NO, How much is your YES worth?"
</P>
> A few years ago a station around here (Portsmouth, N.H.) did
> something similar to that before a format flip. I think
> there's a company that provides this service...they send you
> a computer with this countdown in it, all you do is connect
> the soundcard to the board and away you go.
>
Ah, but then it must be specially produced, rather than mass produced, because there were comments like "This is CKEY 101 point one but not for long"
and
"GO BILLS GO BILLS GO BILLS"(both in the automated robotic voice)
I believe the idea actually may have surfaced originally in Florida, but I'm not sure.<P ID="signature">______________
"If you never say NO, How much is your YES worth?"
</P>
> Just heard that the CBS Radio JACKs in NY, Chicago, LA,
> Dallas & Minneapolis will be going commerical-free all day
> to support the season premier of "24" on Fox, Sunday January
> 15th with that other JACK: Bauer.
>
The band "A Murder of Crows" has a song called "Jack Bauer".<P ID="signature">______________
</P>
> Dallas & Minneapolis will be going commerical-free all day
> to support the season premier of "24" on Fox, Sunday January
> 15th with that other JACK: Bauer.
>
The band "A Murder of Crows" has a song called "Jack Bauer".<P ID="signature">______________
Re: AKA, one trick pony radio...
> >
> > A computer ran for 3 days (YES 3 DAYS!) saying "T minus 2
> > days 23 hrs 12 minutes 23 seconds and counting..." right
> > down to the last minute before becoming Wild 101 (With
> wild
> > thing by Tone Loc played over and over for a bit there
> > too...)
> >
>
> A few years ago a station around here (Portsmouth, N.H.) did
> something similar to that before a format flip. I think
> there's a company that provides this service...they send you
> a computer with this countdown in it, all you do is connect
> the soundcard to the board and away you go.
It was definitely done on AAA 98.9 WCLZ in Portland before it became Modern AC "98.9 The Point" WTPN. It was also used as the stunting on most of, if not all of, Cox' "The Point" 80's stations.
> >
> > A computer ran for 3 days (YES 3 DAYS!) saying "T minus 2
> > days 23 hrs 12 minutes 23 seconds and counting..." right
> > down to the last minute before becoming Wild 101 (With
> wild
> > thing by Tone Loc played over and over for a bit there
> > too...)
> >
>
> A few years ago a station around here (Portsmouth, N.H.) did
> something similar to that before a format flip. I think
> there's a company that provides this service...they send you
> a computer with this countdown in it, all you do is connect
> the soundcard to the board and away you go.
It was definitely done on AAA 98.9 WCLZ in Portland before it became Modern AC "98.9 The Point" WTPN. It was also used as the stunting on most of, if not all of, Cox' "The Point" 80's stations.
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