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PRO-FM morning show

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bandit76

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What has happened to the morning show on Pro-fm? I can't listen to it anymore. I grew up in RI and would listen to the radio at home and on line when I traveled. I've been a big fan of Geo, Kim and Will for years. I've been out of the state for a few weeks and came back and wow! It is awful! The whole reason to listen to it is gone. Please fill me in.
 
someplacesomewhere said:
Will was let go, and I don't thing anyone really undertstands why. They replaced him with former night job Jay Buff.

Regardless of reasons given, Will had been there about 20 years. You don't think money played a factor? They replaced him with a capable guy who has a fraction of the experience. Forget the age factor. It's Gio & Kim. One is old and the other is older. Not a criticism. With Cumulus coming in, those with many years at Citadel have reasons to worry.
 
BoredModerator said:
Just listen to Matty, much better.


Matty wouldnt be that bad if it was'nt chopped up on WSNE.Are they still running thier own music or are they running the show live?I like Matty but could'nt stand the music they were playing in place of what KISS was running.I gave up on ALL Clear Channel Providence stations a couple of years ago with the excption of B101 which is borderline Boring.I've been listening to my IPOD more.
 
I've heard from a few informants in the building money was not a factor. Whoever thinks they replaced will with joel or jay or whatever his name is and that he is capable is nuts. From what I can tell on the air will seemed to be the back bone of the show. Joel or Jay is a kid with little to no experience. From what I was told it is a disaster. Calls are still coming in everyday asking about what happened and not just calls to profm but to other stations in the building. Listeners are not happy about the changes and another thing those who work in the building blame Barbara Haynes for this mess up. Why would you mess up your money maker? The informant said that she gets info from a consultant who gives her some words like twitter and facebook and she jumps on it without thinking of the out come. Most listeners I for one could care less I want to laugh on my way to work. (1 hour by train) Others they said like Tony and Davey have also had it out for wil for a while too. With any luck most in the building hope that the g.m and t.b. get canned. If another station in the market was smart they would pick up the whole show and go right after Pro. I know I would listen to it.
 
bandit76 said:
If another station in the market was smart they would pick up the whole show and go right after Pro. I know I would listen to it.
PRO FM isn't popular because of Gee-I-Wanna-Be-Funny and Kim. PRO FM has always been successful with Mike Butts, Rocky Allen, Jimmy Gray, etc. Fire all the jocks and it still would probably be number 1 or 2. Jocks are all liner card readers now, PRO FM sounds nothing like it did years ago when it was Personality driven. Just a matter of time until Cumulus sends Gio, Tony Bristol and Davey Morris packing.
 
I wouldn't count on them ever touching Gio. Agreed on Tony and Davey though. PRO-FM like HJY would have to make some serious blunders to alienate their audiences. In PRO-FM's case, a serious blunder would be breaking up Gio and Kim or changing the music drastically. Bristol is a good programmer but that doesn't matter in this day and age and it won't matter to Cumulus as life will go on without him. Davey is a throwaway and has been for years.

As far as the whole social networking thing I agree it's important but how important is it when you compare it to the theories about talking to listeners on the phone or playing requests back in the day? I don't care how many people befriend you. Only a very small percentage will ever interact with you. They'll get updates on the station and the shows as Facebook friends but a lot of people just gloss over that stuff and interact with who they want to. Unless you know the radio personalities personally, only a fool would think they're really interacting with you personally. It's just another method of promotion and a good one but not something you can someone from a morning show for just because you can replace him with a younger and probably more socially interactive guy with less life experience.
 
OMG! I tried again to listen to the show after being away on business. Everyone told me it sounded bad, but I had no idea how bad it was till I listened yesterday and today. Friends have said it is un-listenable and I didn't believe them, but they were understating how bad it really is. The new kid is awful and I heard the other kid is just as bad. Whoever made this move should be fired! Bring back Will ASAP and pay him whatever he wants to get him back. :'( If it's not broke DON'T fix it!
 
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