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OMG: What happened with the Scott Paulson deal

Exactly. Who cares about the music format you're killing? The priority should be getting the new station ready to hit the air.
 
Boss Radio said:
Exactly. Who cares about the music format you're killing? The priority should be getting the new station ready to hit the air.
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I wasn't saying that they shouldn't have been preparing things, just that they didn't and that is why things are hap-hazard.

It's not the producers or board ops fault that they're unfamiliar with the equipment. They were thrown in cold.
 
Parttimer said:
So the week before the format goes on the air, you run K-Rock from the production studio and have the new people practice.
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Nah...that would have made sense. So much for attention to detail.
 
I don't suppose that anyone considered the possibility that it wasn't that CBS didn't dot their i's and cross their t's, it was Clear Channel that used some sort of cheap lawyerly trick to cause CBS a day's delay?

I haven't seen any details of what happened, but isn't it possible that everything was all set and good to go and Clear Channel simply filed some sort of legalistic complaint that caused everyone to have to wait an extra day for the courts to decide that Clear Channel's complaint was without merit?

I'm not a lawyer, so I don't know if that's what happened, so when I ask "isn't it possible", I'm genuinely asking that question so that I can learn the answer.
 
I don't live in the market but my understanding is that when Paulsen came on the air Tuesday, he said that this was due to some last-minute contract language thrown at him by CBS' legal eagles.
 
Radio_Realist said:
I don't suppose that anyone considered the possibility that it wasn't that CBS didn't dot their i's and cross their t's, it was Clear Channel that used some sort of cheap lawyerly trick to cause CBS a day's delay?

I haven't seen any details of what happened, but isn't it possible that everything was all set and good to go and Clear Channel simply filed some sort of legalistic complaint that caused everyone to have to wait an extra day for the courts to decide that Clear Channel's complaint was without merit?

I'm not a lawyer, so I don't know if that's what happened, so when I ask "isn't it possible", I'm genuinely asking that question so that I can learn the answer.
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That's not entirely out of line, Realist. You're talking about a huge company with lawyers in their pockets left and right. If they can afford to tie this up, they'll do it. But does Paulsen have the money to fight it? I think not.
 
If they can afford to tie this up, they'll do it. But does Paulsen have the money to fight it? I think not.

Again, just guessing, but I don't think this would have been something that difficult to fight, nor do I think that Paulsen would be hiring the lawyers. I think it would be the staff lawyers for CBS versus the staff lawyers for Clear Channel. Considering that it was only a one-day delay, I could see this being some petty nuisance suit filed by Clear Channel that got thrown out as soon as a judge heard it. It was just a minor legal annoyance that managed to delay Paulsen's premiere by one day. I also wouldn't be surprised if there was a mutually agreed upon settlement that Clear Channel would promise to drop their suit if CBS promised that Paulsen wouldn't blame Clear Channel on the air.

Not that any of that is inside information -- it's all 100% speculation. But, I have seen similar stunts pulled by companies using frivolous lawsuits to pester and annoy their competitors. It's nothing new, and sadly, it's not unusual.
 
Seems counter productive. Paulson got more buzz and print by not opening. Still, no one knows. I've heard no buzz. Seen no billboards or other adverts.

Nobody knows. Nobody cares.

Maybe it's satellite radio time...
 
Maybe it's satellite radio time...

There's no "maybe" about it.
 
I don't know anything more than anyone else here, but I'm going to throw out a hypothetical:

Paulsen's non-compete ran until April 3, and the local CBS dudes didn't realize it. But Clear Channel did, and told CBS, "You will NOT have him on April 2. We do not waive our rights to that one day."

Just to screw with 'em.

I doubt that CC would file any frivolous last minute thing without having a legal basis. It's ethically improper for a lawyer to do so.

However, if there was one day left on the non-compete, that is a legal basis.
 
Not every lawyer is a shyster.

It's also financially improper--if a suit was filed (and we have no evidence that there was one), and it was frivolous, the attorney could be sanctioned, including the costs to CBS to defend the suit.
 
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