Rick and Bubba on WSB?

[jal41]

http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/...iotalk/entries/2007/03/27/327_rick_bubba.html

I hope Scott Slade's job is not in Jeopardy down the road.

Hopefully this will replace some of the hate speech in the evenings.

 

[ClarkKent]

I'm sure Slade's got nothing to worry about. Rodney's article said it's replacing a replay of Hannity on weekends. Maybe the "Superstars of Talk" thing is going away...?

I liked Rick and Bubba on Turner South, what little I saw of it, but I'd think their show would play better on a country station. Clear Channel should've done some kind of deal to get Rick and Bubba on the Bull in exchange for B98.5 getting Delilah.

 

[whit979]

I have heard before that Rick and Bubba have been working for years to get onto an Atlanta station. Apparently that's been a goal of theirs for a long time. I guess for them, this is a start.

I liked Rick and Bubba on Turner South, what little I saw of it, but I'd think their show would play better on a country station.

Their show probably has a lot of appeal to country listeners, but Rick and Bubba have ripped country music on their show for years. They even used to have shirts which read, "Friends don't let friends listen to country music." So I don't think they're trying to appeal directly to the country crowd...they pretty much do their own thing, regardless of station.

 

[RoddyFreeman]

Scott Slade has nothing to worry about. The show is not a fit for mornings on WSB. It is, however, a fit for WSB's weekend schedule, which includes a variety of more specialized talk shows.

 

[Cat Man]

Scott Slade has nothing to worry about. The show is not a fit for mornings on WSB. It is, however, a fit for WSB's weekend schedule, which includes a variety of more specialized talk shows.

Agreed, putting Rick and Bubba on on WSB Mornings, would be like running Larry the Cable Guy on BET. Just a bad fit!

 

[RTibbs]

Scott Slade certainly doesn't have anything to worry about but Lexi Kaye and Kelly and Alpha watch out. This might be a dry run to gauge interest in Atlanta.

 

[tlyle]

Would Rick and Bubba change up their show if given an opportunity to go live on Atlanta. They did switch up a good bit when they went on TV.

 

[jhead]

God, WSB must really need a show. This is the worst show ever in the history of radio broadcasting.

 

[jonblaze]

God, WSB must really need a show. This is the worst show ever in the history of radio broadcasting.

I'll have to disagree with you on this one... there are plenty of worse morning shows than R & B, IMO...

I think RTibbs is on the money... this looks like a test, and then B98 or The River will carry them live. My guess will be the River.

 

[taylorengineer]

Could it be that WSB is making a preemptive move by hiring Rick and Bubba? Maybe to keep them away from a ClearChannel station looking for a morning show?
I think Rick and Bubba do not fit any of the Cox formats. Can you really see Rick and Bubba frontselling Elton John on The River?
Wait....."The Redneck River Riviera"........it says trailer trash to me!
This may actually work........

 

[jal41]

Could it be that WSB is making a preemptive move by hiring Rick and Bubba? Maybe to keep them away from a ClearChannel station looking for a morning show?
I think Rick and Bubba do not fit any of the Cox formats. Can you really see Rick and Bubba frontselling Elton John on The River?
Wait....."The Redneck River Riviera"........it says trailer trash to me!
This may actually work........

Although Rick and Bubba's former flagship was an AC, I don't think any of Cox's FMs are going to put them on.

Plus, Rick and Bubba are 100% talk (no music). Cox tries to push music in the morning on its stations (Why Tom Joyner works on Kiss, although Joyner is contemporary and Kiss is old-school). How they got with a Cox station amazes me, although I heard Birmingham's "Bull" is punching WZZK in the clock.

Although it might work with the River's demos, I don't think Cox is going to commit corporate suicide and take four hours of music off of the air during radio's primetime on either B98.5 or the River, or cancel the #1 show on Atlanta Radio (Scott Slade).

If any Cox station is fit for Rick and Bubba, it would be WSB-AM (because the station is talk). I would suspect an evening broadcast to replace Savage if anything.

 

[amlover]

What a stupid move! If they ever take Savage off am 750 will disappear from my presets. It's the only desent talk show they have.

 

[Nate Wesley]

This is the worst show ever in the history of radio broadcasting.

And it'd STILL outdraw whatever's airing on WGST.

 

[YYZnATL]

God, WSB must really need a show. This is the worst show ever in the history of radio broadcasting.

Ha! You must be forgetting the Bob & Tom show that 96 ROCK used to play when they were between Regular Guy firings. That show is the worst show ever in the history of radio. I think the only thing worse has been the entire life of 99x and the revolving door of morning "jocks" around the PD that somehow has kept a job for years.

Rick & Bubba must be an interesting buy in for COX/ATL with testing the waters for future move to FM. Maybe it will give ATL something worth looking to for new FM personality.

 

[RTibbs]

Based on the little bit I heard on Saturday I can;t believe they even aired it. I am not sure who was talking. It almost seemed like a comedian was in their telling stories. Now it might have been but if it was the host had no control over the guest. They barely spoke. If it was Rick or Bubba I do not know how anyone can listen to that guy. Very southern no offense to anyone but it made John Boy and billy sound like yankees.

 

[djmattshady]

Alright, I'm a little bias due to the fact that we run Rick and Bubba for our morning show. As I recall though, they had a very large TV audience prior to Turner South selling out! In fact they did a farewell appearance in the area and had a HUGE turn out. As long as there was a morning producer who took pride in their show, I think they would fare well in Atlanta. Don't count them out quite yet!