Not so fast there. He must have laid off everyone at WCDL. Its been silent for almost a month. He must have also laid off the person responsible for keeping an eye on WNAK too as it's off more than it's on these days. And he must have laid off the person who was in charge of seeing that multiple barter shows do not run simultaneously during morning drive on Light 94.3ChiaHead said:
I wouldn't lower myself to his standards and I would be embarrassed to say I had any connection with him or his so called team. He has, as Yonk so perfectly put it, succeeded in alienating the entire broadcast community in any of the markets that he has infected and in the process also alienated the communities as well.ChiaHead said:
You must know him quite well. You are a lucky person to be so close to such greatness. Sorry, I had no idea that he was President of the local Mensa chapter too. He's obviously far superior to the rest of us bush-leaguers here in this backward corner of the world. After all, you even pointed out that he drives a Mercedes. The rest of us poor shleps have to do with vintage Pintos, Vegas, and Gremlins. Everybody else with me here? Let's all throw up our hands in unison and surrender to the great Lyra. After all it's only a matter of time before he totally dominates the entire market anyway with his superior brain. ;DChiaHead said:
A newsguy who serves all Route 81 stations?? I'm sure Tony Pacelli with all his years of expereince would be delighted to be referred to as "some newsguy". And Tony does the news for WAZL only. WAZL gets it's news locally and has a media partnership with WYLN-TV. The reason the sainted Pat Ward is no longer at WAZL is because he spent more time "being at the scene" then selling advertising which was his primary job. A great newsday doesn't see to it that people's paychecks don't bounce and that the bank loan gets paid!Damian C Merillat said:
Maybe that's because WCDL is no longer on the air, WNAK is all too often a dead carrier and Light Fm has no place for news between Bob and Tom and John Tesh and Delihah.
Yes they will
Let's put that to bed right now.
Pat Ward is one of the true professionals in this business and any attempts to discredit him by anyone at Route 81 should be viewed as exactly what it is. A bitter attempt to try to bring someone far superior to anyone still there down to their level. I guess they find that easier than to try to rise to the level of the bar set by Pat. The facts speak for themselves. Can anyone honestly say that WAZL sounds better or is more active in the Hazleton area business community today than when Pat was at the helm? One other note while we're talking about route 81. Was WNAK or WCDL setting the world on fire in revenue or ratings? No. But they were widely listened to in their respective communities and they were gaining new respect and listeners daily after years of neglect. How does Route 81 justify what they did to those stations? They will tell you that they are providing a service for a specific target audience but how is that possible when they are off the air more than they are on? Can the Hispanic format be so lucrative that you can program dead air for weeks at a time and still say that you are serving the community and running a profitable business? If so there would be a flood of stations making that switch.ColorRadio said:
