Petition to get Dick Biondi back on at 7PM

[radioman148]

There is a petition on Facebook to get Dick Biondi his time slot back. Here is the link:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Keep-Dick-Biondi-on-the-air-7-11PM/258033584267676?sk=wall

 

[Silkie]

Although I am not in your market, I surely know how it feels to have programming you enjoy removed from the air by someone who will one day be his age.  It sucks, but you will eventually see what becomes of those who took him down, and you will feel vindicated.  It will be a few years, but you will see it and not believe what they become.

P.S. Since I am not in your market, I didn't sign the petition. But I assure you I know how you feel.

 

[davideduardo]

There is a petition on Facebook to get Dick Biondi his time slot back. Here is the link:

And the station will say, "his daypart was ranked below 20th, while other dayparts did much better. Our most direct competitor was beating us in this daypart. We had to do something."

TV shows get canceled all the time for the same reasons.

 

[radioman148]

There is a petition on Facebook to get Dick Biondi his time slot back. Here is the link:

And the station will say, "his daypart was ranked below 20th, while other dayparts did much better. Our most direct competitor was beating us in this daypart. We had to do something."

TV shows get canceled all the time for the same reasons.

I know what they say and I know what they think. That doesn't mean that we the people have to accept it quietly.
Just as they can make any decision that they want without regard for those that may not like it, we can make our disgust known to them.

 

[Silkie]

There is a petition on Facebook to get Dick Biondi his time slot back. Here is the link:

And the station will say, "his daypart was ranked below 20th, while other dayparts did much better. Our most direct competitor was beating us in this daypart. We had to do something."

TV shows get canceled all the time for the same reasons.

I know what they say and I know what they think. That doesn't mean that we the people have to accept it quietly.
Just as they can make any decision that they want without regard for those that may not like it, we can make our disgust known to them.

There isn't going to be much left of them after awhile, Radioman...not even if they pretend to clean up their act and have a more polished touch at a corporate level. They're like a wholesale house. I definitely understand how you feel, however.

 

[radioman148]

There is a petition on Facebook to get Dick Biondi his time slot back. Here is the link:

And the station will say, "his daypart was ranked below 20th, while other dayparts did much better. Our most direct competitor was beating us in this daypart. We had to do something."

TV shows get canceled all the time for the same reasons.

I know what they say and I know what they think. That doesn't mean that we the people have to accept it quietly.
Just as they can make any decision that they want without regard for those that may not like it, we can make our disgust known to them.

There isn't going to be much left of them after awhile, Radioman...not even if they pretend to clean up their act and have a more polished touch at a corporate level. They're like a wholesale house. I definitely understand how you feel, however.

I hear ya Silkie. "What goes around comes around" and in this case it will too.

 

[Dr Wayne]

Let me say this: I have been a doctor for over 30 yrs. Patients 55 and over pay cash or have insurance for their medical need. They drive newer cars, go out to lunch and dinner alot ( Chol levels are high as they are on statin drugs), go on many vacations throughout the year and buy tons of presents for their grandchildren. Young people have no insurance, drive old cars, have exceeded their credit card limits ( I know because we can't process their office visit), tons of student loans to pay back and simply put they don't have a dime to their name. YET!!! radio doesn't like the 55 and older people but wants to focus on the young crowd. YIKES!

I have been the doctor for many TV and Radio Personalties over my 30 years in practice and all have said they don't understand why corporate targets these young kids. Neither do I. The program directors of these stations need not my services but a good shrink. I would love a lounge station playing Sinatra and Bennett like Martiniinthemorning.com doesor an easy listening station like Florida's WAVV 101.1 Oh but wait, we don't spend the bucks like the young people who by the way are OUT OF WORK but have college degrees. These kids are all BROKE!!!!

My point is we old farts like Dick Biondi and his music. We like hearing him in the evening because we are fast asleep after the ten o'clock news. The WLS is screwing with us and we will NOT stand for this crap. I know Feeder and Laz both read these blogs and you guys can mark my words... We made WLS and we will can also destroy their high ratings. Just watch how those ratings will drop in the next few periods.

Wake up Jan and bring Biondi back!

 

[radioman148]

Well said Dr Wayne, as I sit here missing Dick Biondi's Friday night Request show. BTW: this was the best show on Chicago radio!
I hope WLS-FMs rating go into the toilet. As far as I'm concerned both my car radios no longer have buttons on this station.
That's right Jan Jeffries, some of us have two cars and they are paid for. We also looked forward to listening to Dick Biondi.
Your effort to remove him from your station will backfire.

 

[Dr Wayne]

Welcome to the Unites States of Stupidity..... Now you know why this country is in trouble!!! We have lost all COMMON SENSE!

 

[davideduardo]

Welcome to the Unites States of Stupidity..... Now you know why this country is in trouble!!! We have lost all COMMON SENSE!

So it's "common sense" to spend $1 in advertising to make a sale where the profit is fifty cents?

 

[Dr Wayne]

Maybe David's right.... The 24 yr making $9 hour should be able to buy that $250,000 condo that he heard was available on the radio, than buy that $30,000 Jeep that he heard was on sale on the radio, must have that 60" TV from Best buy that was on sale for $2000 that again he heard on the radio and all the other toys that are on sale. But wait....
That's why this country is in this mess today because loans were given to unqualified people....

Oh Gee!

 

[TheBigA]

Here's my take on this: Dick's listeners are pissed because he's on at a time when they're in bed. Dick isn't any younger than his listeners, so he's probably in bed too. Or do you really think an 80 year old man is doing live radio at 11PM? I think live radio was getting harder for him at his age. He wanted to VT. And after 11PM is the best time to run a VT show. Has anyone asked Dick what HE wants?

 

[radioman148]

Here's my take on this: Dick's listeners are pissed because he's on at a time when they're in bed. Dick isn't any younger than his listeners, so he's probably in bed too. Or do you really think an 80 year old man is doing live radio at 11PM? I think live radio was getting harder for him at his age. He wanted to VT. And after 11PM is the best time to run a VT show. Has anyone asked Dick what HE wants?

He didn't want this. He said so in the 2nd article that Robert Feder wrote. Email him or call him at the station and see if he's live.
I'll bet you he is!

 

[Tom Wells]

I have never been a part of my "demographic" group.
I am 50 years old, and enjoyed listening to Dick Biondi back in the 60s and 70s.

As it regards income and choices, I have seldom in my entire life been influenced by advertising, preferring independent choice.

On my own pt 15, I run many commercails, all for the fun of the well produced spot or jingle,
and I wouldn't enjoy the presentation without commmercials. Some products I DO buy and use.
Some products/services advertised don't even exist anymore.

I haven't gone to the pettition yet, but I sure miss hearing Dick Biondi on the way to work.
I'd much rather hear him on FM and on AM, too, instead of the bilous Mr Levin.
And as that "concept" goes, I'd rather listen to good old Bob Grant than Mr Levin.

All this disagrrement shows is that there is a disconnect in metrics.
To the 20-something, Dick Biondi is just an old guy.
Those with a few years of experience, who have heard a LOT more radio, can tell Dick Biondi is
like an Olympic athlete, and can make good radio seem effortless and fun.
Metrics assume the "value" is the same for all listeners, and nothing could be farther from the truth.
A smarter model would somehow pay more attention to those for whom the "product" is more valuable.
Arbitron is not about the listeners, it's about the advertisers.
Maybe they should change their name to Advitron, so people would not confuse the distinction.
It's the same as movie reviews. What is hailed as a cinematic triumph may or may not find commercial success.
Depends on whether making money is the (only) goal.
Looking ONLY at money makes it very difficult to respect the intangible elements, which is where the "art" is found.


No offense to John R Landecker, who deserves the same respect for the same reasons.
It is unfortunate WLS management hasn't yet figured out scheduling that does the best for both.

Let us hope they do.

 

[davideduardo]

Maybe David's right.... The 24 yr making $9 hour should be able to buy that $250,000 condo that he heard was available on the radio, than buy that $30,000 Jeep that he heard was on sale on the radio, must have that 60" TV from Best buy that was on sale for $2000 that again he heard on the radio and all the other toys that are on sale. But wait....
That's why this country is in this mess today because loans were given to unqualified people....

You seriously think that Best Buy, which has annual revenues of over $50 billion, does not do extensive research on who buys those $2,000 TVs? They capture data via their credit cards and surveys and matching of credit cards with databases and such, and can measure the sales against consumer profiles. That's why they specify, when and if they buy radio, the specific ages and gender of the people who buy the various things they sell. In fact, they have very sophisticated data mining (like all larger companies do) of sales data that allows them to specifically target against the "best" consumers.

And in this case, "best" means people who will buy with the least amount of persuasion at the lowest cost. That's why there are essentially no transactional buys made against 55+.

 

[TheBigA]

It is unfortunate WLS management hasn't yet figured out scheduling that does the best for both.

The current scheduling is what existed in the glory days of Top 40 radio. JRL was on at 6PM, and Biondi came on afterwards. The power of WLS-AM's signal allowed those two to be heard by a third of the country. Now they're back in their historic airshifts, and a few hundred people aren't happy. Any change in scheduling means someone is going to be upset. They move Dick back to 7PM, and where do they put JRL? Who gets displaced? Scott Shannon?

 

[Tom Wells]

It is unfortunate WLS management hasn't yet figured out scheduling that does the best for both.

The current scheduling is what existed in the glory days of Top 40 radio. JRL was on at 6PM, and Biondi came on afterwards. The power of WLS-AM's signal allowed those two to be heard by a third of the country. Now they're back in their historic airshifts, and a few hundred people aren't happy. Any change in scheduling means someone is going to be upset. They move Dick back to 7PM, and where do they put JRL? Who gets displaced? Scott Shannon?

Scott's show is good, but it's not "Chicago", and to a great number of people, the difference is impossible to ignore.

Yes, I guess I would displace Scott. I like the idea of JRL in evening drive time, then Dick Biondi back to late evenings.

And putting them on AM and FM would help. The 30-some states coverage is important.

The years of simulcast AM and FM WLS were great.
Certain places only the FM worked, and many, many more places only the AM was useful.

 

[borderblaster]

You have a station that's live from 5 or 6am until 2am, except for middays.How many stations can you say that about in 2012? If they had just wanted to oust Biondi, they could have automated the shift. If they changed format, everyone would be gone.

I'm enjoying JRL, (thanks to the internet now in all 50 states. The buffering is almost like the AM fades...sorta). No disrespect to Dick Biondi, who is truly a legend as well, but I think it was a good move.

 

[radioman148]

It is unfortunate WLS management hasn't yet figured out scheduling that does the best for both.

The current scheduling is what existed in the glory days of Top 40 radio. JRL was on at 6PM, and Biondi came on afterwards. The power of WLS-AM's signal allowed those two to be heard by a third of the country. Now they're back in their historic airshifts, and a few hundred people aren't happy. Any change in scheduling means someone is going to be upset. They move Dick back to 7PM, and where do they put JRL? Who gets displaced? Scott Shannon?

Biondi was on at 9PM not 11PM for his WLS-AM shift. Most of us can't hear him at this new time. Put JRL on in afternoon drive, dump Shannon and put Greg Brown mid days.
Or better yet dump the morning show which does not have good ratings and put JRL there. Are you going to tell me that JRL can't do better than the lousy morning show they have now? Or have JRL 6-9PM, & Biondi 9PM to midnight which was his original shift on WLS & when he came to 94.7.
And to address what you said last night, Biondi is not VT. He is live at 11PM.

 

[TheBigA]

Biondi was on at 9PM not 11PM for his WLS-AM shift. Most of us can't hear him at this new time.

Sure you can. You just choose not to. Or you could Tivo his show and listen to it any time. But instead you want the station to change to accomodate you.

Or better yet dump the morning show which does not have good ratings and put JRL there.

The style and pacing of a morning show is different from an evening show. They are not interchangable. You can't take a talent who has always been on in evenings and make him a morning man. Same with Biondi. You can't make him a morning man either.