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Oldies 103.3: Dale and June

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WMC2006

A couple of things:

Firstly, BostonRadioWatch.com reports that WODS begins a "Secret Santa" contest on Monday morning and wonders when they will flip to all-Christmas this year. They mention that they went all-Christmas on Nov 12th last year. I would say definitely earlier this year than last year.

Secondly, I was just checking ODS's website. No mention of the upcoming Secret Santa contest but I happened to check the jock page and Dale Dorman's bio has been moved to the "Weekend Crew" and there is no mention of any morning show whatsoever. With no morning show pictured, Dale is pictured alone on his bio and morning show newsreader June Knight is amongst the missing. June was out this week (supposedly on vacation). Mauzy Stafford was doing the news reports.

Is Oldies going through more cuts?? They already beached Patrick Callahan and the morning show's Jimmy Del Ponte earlier this year.
 
WMC2006 said:
Secondly, I was just checking ODS's website. No mention of the upcoming Secret Santa contest but I happened to check the jock page and Dale Dorman's bio has been moved to the "Weekend Crew" and there is no mention of any morning show whatsoever. With no morning show pictured, Dale is pictured alone on his bio and morning show newsreader June Knight is amongst the missing. June was out this week (supposedly on vacation). Mauzy Stafford was doing the news reports.

Is Oldies going through more cuts?? They already beached Patrick Callahan and the morning show's Jimmy Del Ponte earlier this year.
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I had heard that Dale's contract is not being renewed, though I didn't want to say/post anything until there was some official mention, and I guess removing Dale's morning show from the website qualifies.

I don't know anyone involved personally, but I don't think Dale wanted to retire yet. If that's true, it's a real shame if he's being "let go" IMO. I guess it remains to be heard whether he will actually be doing weekends. I think that this morning was his last morning show.

I don't know about what's happening with June, but she certainly put many dedicated years in there, and she always did a great job in her role. Maybe she's being "let go" as part of the morning show package. I guess it remains to be heard who will be moved into mornings.
 
Just checked out the website - Dale has been moved to the weekend line-up. I have no idea if he wanted to retire. I have heard though that his ratings have not been good in a long time. Dale had a great run in radio...maybe he just didn't deliver to Oldies what management hoped he would in terms of ratings. I'm not sure how long he was at Oldies but it seemed like they stuck with him for quite a while maybe even longer than they should have if their numbers were down for a long period of time. Over the years I have listened to his show and it didn't seem like there was much going on (very cut and dry) Change in this case may be a good thing. I wish him well.

I didn't see June Knight's picture on the site...not too sure what is up with her status.
 
Stunned. Totally stunned by this news.

Uncle Dale is a TRUE PRO.

I guess the bottom line is Oldies did what they had to do, but still... wow.
 
bandman said:
Just checked out the website - Dale has been moved to the weekend line-up. I have no idea if he wanted to retire. I have heard though that his ratings have not been good in a long time. Dale had a great run in radio...maybe he just didn't deliver to Oldies what management hoped he would in terms of ratings. I'm not sure how long he was at Oldies but it seemed like they stuck with him for quite a while maybe even longer than they should have if their numbers were down for a long period of time.
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103.3's ratings have been down in the morning for a long time through various hosts, from long before Dale was hired five years ago. 103.3 has had a longtime problem with mornings mainly because Loren & Wally on 105.7 have established a lock on the "retro" (oldies/classic) demo in Boston in the mornings. 103.3 has higher overall ratings than 105.7, but L&W on 105.7 has blown them away in morning drive for many years. 103.3 actually went up a little bit in the mornings with Dale, but unfortunately, not by all that much.
 
bandman said:
I didn't see June Knight's picture on the site...not too sure what is up with her status.
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Her "MySpace" page says she's on vacation in LA this week... but it's not a good sign that she's taken off the 103.3 website.
 
Eli Polonsky said:
bandman said:
I didn't see June Knight's picture on the site...not too sure what is up with her status.
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Her "MySpace" page says she's on vacation in LA this week... but it's not a good sign that she's taken off the 103.3 website.
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She's probably out there looking for a new gig.
 
Also, looked at the website and Harry "Bud" Nelson who did weekends is not on the weekend crew page anymore. Curious if he will still be at the station. Maybe J.J. Wright goes to mornings and Harry Nelson nights. Who knows, we will just have to wait and see.
 
had heard that Harry was all done. he called to give a one-month notice in order to focus attention on his other ventures, and was told thankyouverymuchyou'redone.


and sorry to hear about Uncle Dale, too.
 
djrockdaddy80 said:
Also, looked at the website and Harry "Bud" Nelson who did weekends is not on the weekend crew page anymore. Curious if he will still be at the station. Maybe J.J. Wright goes to mornings and Harry Nelson nights. Who knows, we will just have to wait and see.
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In my opinion, I don't think moving JJ to mornings would be a good move at all. I caught him one morning filling in for Dale and there was nothing there at all. I don't think putting him there is the answer. It's just more of the same. Oldies needs to do something in the morning that will get some attention and be fun and compelling. Just my opinion.
 
Erie_Lackawanna said:
had heard that Harry was all done. he called to give a one-month notice in order to focus attention on his other ventures, and was told thankyouverymuchyou'redone.


and sorry to hear about Uncle Dale, too.
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The website shows Harry Nelson's picture as being on the air right now, but this is definitely not him on the air.
 
Eli Polonsky said:
bandman said:
Her "MySpace" page says she's on vacation in LA this week... but it's not a good sign that she's taken off the 103.3 website.
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I wasn't listening to the morning show all week long but I neglected to mention when I started the thread that, during the times I heard Mauzy doing the news, I did hear her say "I'm Mauzy Stafford in for June Knight" which may (or may not) indicate that June is still with the station.

Did anyone hear Dale during Friday's show? Any indication whatsoever that he was going or gone or may be going or may be gone? Anything he might have said? Any song he might have played. I remember when JJ was first moved to overnights from afternoons (when Karen Blake came in to take afternoon drive) that the first song JJ played on his final afternoon show was (I'm pretty sure) "Last Dance". Or it was some song referencing the fact that that was his final afternoon show.
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I did just happen to catch his final break yesterday morning, while I was in the car. I can't remember exactly, but he did say something along the lines of "We won't be back on Monday." The song that was played following that was YMCA.
 
I just noticed something else that is "oldies" (but not Oldies 103) related.

Chris Engel, who does the morning news reports for Worcester's Oldies 98-9, WXLO, and The Pike, is gone from those websites. Adam Webster, from Oldies 98-9's morning show, has been doing the news reports for the last week or so. I've noticed Engel has been taking quite a few days off lately.

And The Pike's Bruce Palmer was off for the last two days with Frank Foley filling in for him. Isn't or wasn't Frank Foley on WCRN or one of the other Worcester AM stations?? Bruce has also been taking several days off recently including the last several Fridays in a row. I checked cruisinbruce.com but nothing mentioned there as far as a jobchange. When Palmer was let go from WSRS, he posted that on his website.

Using my best JG impression: Could Bruce Palmer be heading to Oldies 103.3 to host the new morning show?? He already has an oldies show on Rhode Island's "Tru Oldies". Might as well make it two. ;D
 
Dale's bio gone, June's added

Ohhhhhhhhh the changes keep a-coming.

Now, Dale's bio has been removed completely and June Knight's bio has been added back to the weekday crew although with no "show" listed. Monday morning should be interesting.

By the way, if I recall correctly, after Paul Perry's departure and before Dale started, didn't Mighty Mike hold down the morning show for those weeks?? And that was long before Mike had his Sat night 70s show on WODS. Maybe we'll hear Mighty Mike all week long.

Also, this thread has been added to the rotating list of headlines at the top of Radio-Info. Congrats to me for starting the thread. :p ;D
 
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WMC2006 said:
Ohhhhhhhhh the changes keep a-coming.

Now, Dale's bio has been removed completely and June Knight's bio has been added back to the weekday crew although with no "show" listed. Monday morning should be interesting.

By the way, if I recall correctly, after Paul Perry's departure and before Dale started, didn't Mighty Mike hold down the morning show for those weeks?? And that was long before Mike had his Sat night 70s show on WODS. Maybe we'll hear Mighty Mike all week long.

Also, this thread has been added to the rotating list of headlines at the top of Radio-Info. Congrats to me for starting the thread. :p ;D
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It's also being read at universalhub.com...so you also brought in a totally new complement of readers!
 
I had never heard of universalhub.com. I see their snippet about Dale possibly being gone but I don't see where it links back to Radio-Info. ???
 
This is the end of an era for sure. I have been listening to Dale since his voice-overs on Channel 56, although many of us have been listening for so much longer (going back to WRKO, I am sure).
 
Right now, WODS.com says Mauzy Stafford is on the air but it's actually Neil White who isn't even listed on the jock page. Mike Finegan had the afternoon shift and he generally doesn't work the weekend.

I missed his whole comment but Neil just mentioned something about "tune in Monday morning to find out details"...maybe it was regarding the Secret Santa promo, not sure. But, normally, he probably would have said something like "Tune in Monday morning with Dale Dorman and The Breakfast Club to find out".
 
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