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Randall Bloomquist

There is alot of good talent that can compete: maybe not to pull a number one, but much more than we listen to now:1. Denny out, replace him with Laura Ingram2. As much as I like him, I think his ship has run its course, replace Kimmer with Dennis Prager or Michael Medved.3. Dump the braves, great team but I dont think GST is ready for that right now.4. 18 months is way to long to wait for results, people either like what they hear or they don't, if you have to wait for a show to grow on you its not a very good show.
 
jimbo722 said:
While I'm not sticking up for Bloomquist, I believe the slide started before he got here.
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There had been a minor slide, due in large part to the Braves Radio fiasco and leaving the mid morning slot open for months on end with "host of the day" until Mike Wheeler could bring in his "client" Denny Schaffer. But the major damage, the fall from a 2.6 to a 1.4 in adults, can be laid directly at the feet of Randall Bloomquist.
 
I hear this morning Denny came real close to solving the station's Randall problem once and for all.
 
wareagle said:
I hear this morning Denny came real close to solving the station's Randall problem once and for all.
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You can't just walk away from that one. Details?
 
There is alot of good talent that can compete: maybe not to pull a number one, but much more than we listen to now:1. Denny out, replace him with Laura Ingram2. As much as I like him, I think his ship has run its course, replace Kimmer with Dennis Prager or Michael Medved.3. Dump the braves, great team but I dont think GST is ready for that right now.4. 18 months is way to long to wait for results, people either like what they hear or they don't, if you have to wait for a show to grow on you its not a very good show.[/quote]Just tune into WGKA. They already have Ingraham, Prager and Medved.
 
Someone wrote..."Maybe WGST should have picked up Hannity when he went syndicated, who knows."WGST had first dibs at Hannity when he syndicated. They passed.
 
dawgs2012 said:
WGST had first dibs at Hannity when he syndicated. They passed.
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Ouch.Hey, why don't we talk about GST more? You'd think that since the station is such a powerhouse in the market, we'd be all a flutter anytime they do ANYTHING. But alas, always quiet in here when you're looking for conversation on how you could fix WGST. Because, I'm sure they haven't tried or at least considered everything people on a radio message board post.
 
radioworld said:
There is alot of good talent that can compete: maybe not to pull a number one, but much more than we listen to now:1. Denny out, replace him with Laura Ingram2. As much as I like him, I think his ship has run its course, replace Kimmer with Dennis Prager or Michael Medved.3. Dump the braves, great team but I dont think GST is ready for that right now.4. 18 months is way to long to wait for results, people either like what they hear or they don't, if you have to wait for a show to grow on you its not a very good show.
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Take two local shows (that some describe as mediocre) and replace them with syndicated shows (that are definitely mediocre)? Well, at least it would save money I guess.
 
Thanks to all who voted, and everyone who posted on this thread!CaptnKarl’s unofficial poll numbers indicate Mr. Bloomquist is doing a poor job by a wide margin (95.6% vs. 4.4%) and the ratings confirm it. I hope that Clear Channel execs will realize that it’s time for management changes in Atlanta to improve market share and to protect their shareholder’s investment.
 
the guy has been at gst for a few months.. do you really think he's the guy at fault? hasn't gst been sliding for a couple of years now? like him or not.. he didn't create this mess, he's trying to fix it. a book doesn't make the radio station... it's several books. gst and randall have their work cut out for them.. you can't turn something around that's been that bad for so long. you should know that kapt. carl.. IF you know radio.
 
radiocat said:
the guy has been at gst for a few months.. do you really think he's the guy at fault? hasn't gst been sliding for a couple of years now? like him or not.. he didn't create this mess, he's trying to fix it. a book doesn't make the radio station... it's several books. gst and randall have their work cut out for them.. you can't turn something around that's been that bad for so long. you should know that kapt. carl.. IF you know radio.
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You are correct Radiocat, I don’t really know radio. I’m just a GST listener putting my opinion here on this board. What I do know is that Mr. Bloomquist fired many of the folks that I’ve enjoyed hearing for many years. After those firings, GST lost half of it’s audience. I was one of them.I’m a businessman. I know that I can’t build my customer base by making changes that cause me to loose half of my existing customers.I look at GST under Mr. Bloomquist and I see poor management. That’s simply my unqualified opinion.
 
CaptnKarl said:
What I do know is that Mr. Bloomquist fired many of the folks that I’ve enjoyed hearing for many years. After those firings, GST lost half of it’s audience. I was one of them.I look at GST under Mr. Bloomquist and I see poor management. That’s simply my unqualified opinion.
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Amen . . .
 
radiocat said:
the guy has been at gst for a few months.. do you really think he's the guy at fault? hasn't gst been sliding for a couple of years now? like him or not.. he didn't create this mess, he's trying to fix it. a book doesn't make the radio station... it's several books. gst and randall have their work cut out for them.. you can't turn something around that's been that bad for so long. you should know that kapt. carl.. IF you know radio.
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This is like saying flooding in New Orleans was a problem before Katrina. Spin it however you like, but there's no denying that WGST has half the audience it had before Randall started making changes. Perhaps you should go back and look the fall 2005 adult numbers before you go questioning other's knowledge of radio.
 
karlrove said:
radiocat said:
the guy has been at gst for a few months.. do you really think he's the guy at fault? hasn't gst been sliding for a couple of years now? like him or not.. he didn't create this mess, he's trying to fix it. a book doesn't make the radio station... it's several books. gst and randall have their work cut out for them.. you can't turn something around that's been that bad for so long. you should know that kapt. carl.. IF you know radio.
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This is like saying flooding in New Orleans was a problem before Katrina. Spin it however you like, but there's no denying that WGST has half the audience it had before Randall started making changes. Perhaps you should go back and look the fall 2005 adult numbers before you go questioning other's knowledge of radio.
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the flood began 2 years ago... bruce collins came in and the station was going down quickly. 35-54 men, winter 05 to winter 06... 3.6, 3.9, 4.3 (braves), 3.2, 2.6.. the cume winter 06 was better than 05.. t.s.l. down.. not half the audience. get your facts straight! this is what makes this board a joke.. crazy incorrect statements. randall is trying to make it better.. maybe he's not.. but he didn't start the flood.. it was raining long ago.
 
karlrove said:
radiocat said:
the guy has been at gst for a few months.. do you really think he's the guy at fault? hasn't gst been sliding for a couple of years now? like him or not.. he didn't create this mess, he's trying to fix it. a book doesn't make the radio station... it's several books. gst and randall have their work cut out for them.. you can't turn something around that's been that bad for so long. you should know that kapt. carl.. IF you know radio.
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This is like saying flooding in New Orleans was a problem before Katrina. Spin it however you like, but there's no denying that WGST has half the audience it had before Randall started making changes. Perhaps you should go back and look the fall 2005 adult numbers before you go questioning other's knowledge of radio.
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one more thing... karl... book to book.. yep they were down. what pd hasn't had a down book? look at every station in any market, numbers go and they come down. hard times for gst? sure, but blaming randall and only randall is nuts!
 
I'm not blaming Randall for all of WGST's decline, only the last 80%.
 
the flood began 2 years ago... bruce collins came in and the station was going down quickly. 35-54 men, winter 05 to winter 06... 3.6, 3.9, 4.3 (braves), 3.2, 2.6.. the cume winter 06 was better than 05.. t.s.l. down.. not half the audience. get your facts straight! this is what makes this board a joke.. crazy incorrect statements. randall is trying to make it better.. maybe he's not.. but he didn't start the flood.. it was raining long ago. [/quote]Sorry Randallcat,don't have access to all those internal numbers or the benefit of rehearsed spin used to passify angry clients and superiors. Only aware of "insignificant" data like Adults 25-54 which are indeed about half what they were when you took over. By the way, whose fault was it that you failed in Charlotte, Richmond and D.C.? Bruce Collins?
 
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