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Right there in B&W...

S

Shirley

Behold a choice cut from a feature piece by Steve Leeds in the Arts section of today's New York Times...

"It is too soon to tell if anyone will be able to create programming that can hold listeners' interest after the departure of Mr. Stern, whose contract with Infinity runs through December.

But shakeups are already under way in markets where broadcasters are dropping Mr. Stern from their schedules early. In Syracuse, one of four cities where Citadel Broadcasting dropped Mr. Stern's program last January for trumpeting his move to Sirius too loudly, rivals quickly pounced.

Coinciding with Mr. Stern's exit from Citadel's WAQX, for instance, WTKW, a rival rock station owned by Galaxy, hired back a former D.J. to help reassemble its long-running morning "Gomez & Dave" team. The station also paid for television commercials in which a chimpanzee outfitted with a long wig and glasses to resemble Mr. Stern - and a voice actor mimicking his voice - applaud the "Gomez & Dave" program.

As of this spring, WTKW had surged to first place in the market among 25-to-54-year-old men - Mr. Stern's core audience - while WAQX slid to third, according to Arbitron."
 
Late-Breaking News

Citadel butchered the Stern situation in Syracuse. That was breaking news 10 MONTHS AGO. But thanks for the update.
 
> As of this spring, WTKW had surged to first place in the
> market among 25-to-54-year-old men - Mr. Stern's core
> audience - while WAQX slid to third, according to Arbitron."

Hi, Ed.

Shirley, you can't be serious.
 
Re: Late-Breaking News

> Citadel butchered the Stern situation in Syracuse. That was
> breaking news 10 MONTHS AGO. But thanks for the update.

Well you see, after all the libel scandals at the New York Times lately, it takes 10 months for stories to get approved by 38 levels of editors and another 24 layers of corporate lawyers before they can go to print. ;-)
 
Only a chimp would work for Ed! And any idiot who gives up a fairly nice gig to do sports on a freakin' Salt Lake City AM should cry to come home to daddy and Gomez. Wah Wah! Only the top 15-20 markets will survive satellite. Detroit, Madison Avenue and Hollywood loves ROCK and ROLL (and Sirius too!). Noone is talking about one of them going under. They BOTH will survive.

Forget the conglomerates Ed, the birds are gonna destroy your monkey business.

As I've said before the 50k AM's, especially in cheap markets, are gonna look awfully tempting in the next few years. 3k signals from Minetto might not cut the mustard when Howard (or Rush, Fox, CC etc.) maximize there clout. And how much of that clout do Gomez and Dave offer? Lets get real OK! Gomez and Dave couldn't make it in Salt Lake for crying out loud so they're stuck with Galaxy in Syracuse.

Cleaning up after chimps at Burnett Park perhaps! When Stern is gone to the stars Ed, please come up with some creative copy that will make your stations stand out. You still (as always) need a big stick.
 
Have another drink, tarbender...

> Only a chimp would work for Ed! And any idiot who gives up a
> fairly nice gig to do sports on a freakin' Salt Lake City AM
> should cry to come home to daddy and Gomez. Wah Wah! Only
> the top 15-20 markets will survive satellite. Detroit,
> Madison Avenue and Hollywood loves ROCK and ROLL (and Sirius
> too!). Noone is talking about one of them going under. They
> BOTH will survive.
>
> Forget the conglomerates Ed, the birds are gonna destroy
> your monkey business.
>
> As I've said before the 50k AM's, especially in cheap
> markets, are gonna look awfully tempting in the next few
> years. 3k signals from Minetto might not cut the mustard
> when Howard (or Rush, Fox, CC etc.) maximize there clout.
> And how much of that clout do Gomez and Dave offer? Lets get
> real OK! Gomez and Dave couldn't make it in Salt Lake for
> crying out loud so they're stuck with Galaxy in Syracuse.
>
> Cleaning up after chimps at Burnett Park perhaps! When Stern
> is gone to the stars Ed, please come up with some creative
> copy that will make your stations stand out. You still (as
> always) need a big stick.
>
 
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