Ron Chapman stuff

[Bill Cherry]

But the facts seem to be that they didn't. His luck held out and made him a millionaire and a legend.

 

[EbolaMonkey]

You can be excellent in whatever job you do without berating people and yelling at them all the time.

That's true. Some people handle the stresses and responsiblities of fame better than others.

 

[BIG APE]

The Ron Chapman I know sells radio stations?

 

[henderson_s454]

You know what, folks? Maybe Ron Chapman was like he was for a REASON!!! Not very many people might have liked it, but that's the way it was back then - and that's the way it SHOULD be now!

I don't know how this next statement is relevant for this topic, but I somehow found a YouTube video of the classic "WKRP in Cincinnati" episode where Mr. Carlson, the station manager, got so bored that he came up with what he thought was going to be the GREATEST Thanksgiving Day promotion in all of radio history - ANYWHERE! As you can only guess, though, things didn't turn out the way he had planned - thus giving birth to one of the most controversial, but FUNNIEST moments in television history, when a live turkey was dropped upon an unsuspecting shopping center! Looking back on it, one of the DJs at the fictional WKRP commented, "Mr. Carlson was here when we were all kids, and he'll still be here when we've all moved on." Mr. Carlson had the final words with, "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!"

Mr. Chapman would not have had something like that happen to him or his radio station, but I sincerely believed that if he were STILL involved in the day-to-day operations of KVIL, the station would NOT have gone down like it did - and chances are, it might garner higher ratings than that stupid, ignorant K104 is getting now!

 

[Steve Eberhart]

Spots that didn't fit the format were OFTEN redone with in-house talent, or not accepted at all. Ask any of the sales people from that time how much money THAT policy cost them!

Yes, I remember hearing some of the spots that were re-cut back then. I also recall a KVIL salesperson telling me that they were sold out virtually all the time at one point, and there was a six week waiting list. He said some "new" advertisers were relegated to the AM signal during the waiting period. For a time most of the sales staff was little more than "order takers."

And Steve, what about KVIL's use of the word "...and" during its glory days? Many, many promos began with that word. It was kind of a subliminal approach, giving some continuity (and "forward motion") during a stop-set. Personally I think stations today might consider the effectiveness of that one little word!

AM ran the same spots as FM...there was never seperate spots...even the music was the same when we split cast.
They would never have splitcast but the FCC required it for a time.