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Sam Malone

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It has been a about 6 months since Sam Melon’s disappearance from KRBE with many people saying he left on his own and popping up somewhere like KTRH when his 6 month non compete contract is over.. What is happening with this?
 
> It has been a about 6 months since Sam Melon’s disappearance
> from KRBE with many people saying he left on his own and
> popping up somewhere like KTRH when his 6 month non compete
> contract is over.. What is happening with this?
>

He starts at KTRH in mid the late September but is very tight lipped about the shift. I do know it is only a 2 hour gig, so speculation is that Tom Martino will be dropped.
 
I'm speculating the start date will be the designated Thursday, when Arbitron traditionally starts the survey period for the fall.
 
Re: I hear Sam Malone is going to KHMX

I've heard all kinds of things about the man they call "Malone". One is that he was never earmarked for News/Talk at all. That, I'm told, was a Clear Channel ruse.

I've heard rumors that he was always going to the MIX---to replace Rula and Ryan's incredibly banal morning show. I've no idea if the rumors are true, but frankly, I never could "see" Sam Malone doing political or issue based talk...especially on what Nazi Germany refers to as K-T-R-H.
 
Re: I hear Sam Malone is going to KHMX

>...especially on what Nazi Germany refers to as K-T-R-H.

KTRH was around in the days of Nazi Germany. They did NOT support the 3rd Reich. Therefore, I'm not sure what you are stating. Elaborate, please.
 
Re: I hear Sam Malone is going to KHMX

> >...especially on what Nazi Germany refers to as K-T-R-H.
>
> KTRH was around in the days of Nazi Germany. They did NOT
> support the 3rd Reich. Therefore, I'm not sure what you are
> stating. Elaborate, please.
>

He MAY be referring to the time when Reichsmarschall-ette Laura Morris and her boytoy Bill "Call Me Elmo" Van Rysdam ruled over the bunker in The Montrose. If that wasn't the 4th Reich...I don't know what was!

Good riddance to the both of them.
 
Re: I hear Sam Malone is going to KHMX

> > >...especially on what Nazi Germany refers to as K-T-R-H.
> >
> > KTRH was around in the days of Nazi Germany. They did NOT
> > support the 3rd Reich. Therefore, I'm not sure what you
> are
> > stating. Elaborate, please.
> >
>
> He MAY be referring to the time when Reichsmarschall-ette
> Laura Morris and her boytoy Bill "Call Me Elmo" Van Rysdam
> ruled over the bunker in The Montrose. If that wasn't the
> 4th Reich...I don't know what was!
>
> Good riddance to the both of them.
>

I think the schedule at KTRH will be something like:

News 5 - 6 AM
Malone 6 - 9 AM
Troubleshooter - 9 - noon
news - noon - 1 PM
Duncan - 1 - 3 PM
Baker - 3 - 7 PM
Schitz - 7 - 10 PM
Looney Tunes with Art Bell - 10 PM - 5 AM
 
Re: I hear Sam Malone is going to KHMX

> I think the schedule at KTRH will be something like:
>
> News 5 - 6 AM
> Malone 6 - 9 AM
> Troubleshooter - 9 - noon
> news - noon - 1 PM
> Duncan - 1 - 3 PM
> Baker - 3 - 7 PM
> Schitz - 7 - 10 PM
> Looney Tunes with Art Bell - 10 PM - 5 AM
>
I think that schedule looks real close to KTRH's plans, except move Ms. Duncan up to noon until 3PM and find some filler for the 5AM to 6AM time slot to get rid of that pesky news once and for all. This would allow the one or two news people left to be let go by CC. I wonder how much longer 740 is going to call themselves "NewsRadio 7-40"? I don't know anyone that tunes to KTRH for news any longer.

Mike O
 
Re: KTRH---NewsRadio No More

I took a look at what some might deem to be KTRH's daily schedule. Would KTRH really reduce itself to just two hours of news a day? Well, I find it interesting that KTRH has dropped as much news from it's line-up as it already has. But I'm told that I shouldn't find it all that surprising, though.

Ken Charles, from what I've heard, has always been a big supporter of talk--much more so than news. OK, that's his perogative as a "programmer", but what about KTRH's decades old news mainstays? I'm talking about Lana and JP? They've been newsing it up at KTRH for years and years and years and years. So, if our ability to hear them is being reduced on an almost regular basis, is it because CC and Houston alike have grown tired of thier old school deliveries and KTRH's boring, lackluster approach to news in general? I find them pretty boring, frankly and I think KTRH really needs some aural revamping. But that's just me. From what I understand, a lot of other organizations are dropping news--especially in the old, four-five hour long morning and afternoon segments. Why is that?

Is it because we, the listening audience now only want to tune in to news in five to eight minute increments and its no longer profitable to stations to run news any longer? Do we, the people, no longer have time for news especially when we're outside of our homes?

Or do we want more entertainment mixed with our news? Is it a matter of taste? One man's FOX is another man's Cronkite?? God knows there are more news outlets than ever before..especially on TV. So, I guess that poses the question, is having choices killing news? Especially news radio?

Not a stupid question when you think about it.

Options are certainly killing hurting terrestrial radio in general. I have no figures, but I know that listership is dropping all the time. Why? IPODs, do it yourself MP3's, the ability to burn your own CDs and of course, the advent of satellite radio in our homes and cars. Marry that with lousy programming, bad hiring choices, painfully reduced budgets, pianfully reduced on air salaries, horrible morale, too many commercials, bad programming choices in general and certainly, bad music choices. Perhaps then, the answer becomes obvious. The fact that corporations now run radio stations form board rooms 2000 miles away has ultimately been death nail in terrestrial radio's coffin.

Just my opinion.
 
Re: The State of Radio

> Options are certainly killing hurting terrestrial radio
> in general. I have no figures, but I know that listership
> is dropping all the time. Why? IPODs, do it yourself
> MP3's, the ability to burn your own CDs and of course, the
> advent of satellite radio in our homes and cars. Marry that
> with lousy programming, bad hiring choices, painfully
> reduced budgets, pianfully reduced on air salaries, horrible
> morale, too many commercials, bad programming choices in
> general and certainly, bad music choices. Perhaps then, the
> answer becomes obvious. The fact that corporations now run
> radio stations form board rooms 2000 miles away has
> ultimately been death nail in terrestrial radio's coffin.
>
> Just my opinion.
>


I wouldn't exactly say that corporations have killed radio but rather other options have opened up for the listener. These other options have given the control of music selection to the listener. Once the listener has control of their music selection, radio will never get that control back.

For example, at my home I have the Internet (laptop) connected to my home theater receiver which is connected to the TV and speakers. At my finger tips and in less than a half-second I can be listening to any type of music possible via a download. I can see what others are downloading and check those artists out. I am having the time of my life discovering music all over again. FM radio can't do that for me. I am no longer bound and chained by someone's idea of a playlist. I have the world's LARGEST jukebox sitting right before me with every song and artist imageable.

In short, I am now in control and radio will never get that back from me. I burn the songs to CD and off I go in my car. Radio? What radio?

There is just way too much quality music out there that radio will not play and I ain't waiting around for them to do so....

I posted my thoughts on this some time back if you'd like to read it:

"It's Really a No-Brainer"
http://www.radio-info.com/mods/board.php?Post=474108&Board=houston


JMHO
 
Re: The State of Radio

> > Options are certainly killing hurting terrestrial radio
> > in general. I have no figures, but I know that listership
>
> > is dropping all the time. Why? IPODs, do it yourself
> > MP3's, the ability to burn your own CDs and of course, the
>
> > advent of satellite radio in our homes and cars. Marry
> that
> > with lousy programming, bad hiring choices, painfully
> > reduced budgets, pianfully reduced on air salaries,
> horrible
> > morale, too many commercials, bad programming choices in
> > general and certainly, bad music choices. Perhaps then,
> the
> > answer becomes obvious. The fact that corporations now
> run
> > radio stations form board rooms 2000 miles away has
> > ultimately been death nail in terrestrial radio's coffin.
>
> >
> > Just my opinion.
> >
>
>
> I wouldn't exactly say that corporations have killed radio
> but rather other options have opened up for the listener.
> These other options have given the control of music
> selection to the listener. Once the listener has control of
> their music selection, radio will never get that control
> back.
>
> For example, at my home I have the Internet (laptop)
> connected to my home theater receiver which is connected to
> the TV and speakers. At my finger tips and in less than a
> half-second I can be listening to any type of music possible
> via a download. I can see what others are downloading and
> check those artists out. I am having the time of my life
> discovering music all over again. FM radio can't do that
> for me. I am no longer bound and chained by someone's idea
> of a playlist. I have the world's LARGEST jukebox sitting
> right before me with every song and artist imageable.
>
> In short, I am now in control and radio will never get that
> back from me. I burn the songs to CD and off I go in my
> car. Radio? What radio?
>
> There is just way too much quality music out there that
> radio will not play and I ain't waiting around for them to
> do so....
>
> I posted my thoughts on this some time back if you'd like to
> read it:
>
> "It's Really a No-Brainer"
http:/> /www.radio-info.com/mods/board.php?Post=474108&Board=houston
>
>
>
> JMHO
>

I think your points make a great deal of sense. And make a case for the future demise of music radio. Which would lead me to believe that the future of terrestrial radio might (or maybe should) reside in formats such as news, talk, sports etc. And the more local the better. It would seem that would be the only way to provide the listener with what they can't get in some other fashion. But that's my .02 cents. We'll see what actually transpires.

-J.Banks-
 
Sam Malone - KTRH? Nope

Getting back to Sam, I believe it is all a ruse. CC (and KC) have no intention of putting Sam on KTRH but laid that story out to the media (Chron) and local industry folks.

Though KC was quoted in the paper as saying Sam spent too many years spinning Backstreet Boys tunes and had a much deeper ambition to do Talk, Sam is known in Houston as an upbeat morning man who jokes, spins tunes, talks Hollwood, etc... That quote may come back and show that KC was indeed screwing with everyone when Sam takes over the mornings on KHMX.

I can't imagine CC paying "Sam money" for a two-hour talk show on KTRH when they already have other local talkers covering almost the same things (Duncan, Baker). C'mon, CC needs to get the most of Sam and that is 4 hours in the morning on a relaunched station that his listeners are used to.

My guess is that Roula & Ryan are gone and Sam takes over 96.5 with a more upbeat and lively format - not too off from KRBE, maybe leaning towards a KISS-type.

A tell-tale sign: Anyone watching Channel 2's moronic Idol ripoff, GIMME THE MIC? Sam is currently a judge. If he is going to relaunch himself as a serious Talker, why is he still screwing around with pop wannabe singers? And for more fuel to the fire...guess who one of the sponsoring radio stations of the TV show is??? Yep, Mix 96.5.

T-minus 5 weeks or so. My guess is Sam will be doing his synthesizer-playing schtick providing big competition to Atom & Maria at his old home.
 
Sam Malone and...

Michelle Fisher???


> My guess is that Roula & Ryan are gone and Sam takes over
> 96.5 with a more upbeat and lively format - not too off from
> KRBE, maybe leaning towards a KISS-type.
>
> A tell-tale sign: Anyone watching Channel 2's moronic Idol
> ripoff, GIMME THE MIC? Sam is currently a judge. If he is
> going to relaunch himself as a serious Talker, why is he
> still screwing around with pop wannabe singers? And for
> more fuel to the fire...guess who one of the sponsoring
> radio stations of the TV show is??? Yep, Mix 96.5.
>
> T-minus 5 weeks or so. My guess is Sam will be doing his
> synthesizer-playing schtick providing big competition to
> Atom & Maria at his old home.
> <P ID="signature">______________

"I'll see you Left of the Dial!"</P>
 
Talk Radio Houston

and my tagline from last year still works!


> > I think the schedule at KTRH will be something like:
> >
> > News 5 - 6 AM
> > Malone 6 - 9 AM
> > Troubleshooter - 9 - noon
> > news - noon - 1 PM
> > Duncan - 1 - 3 PM
> > Baker - 3 - 7 PM
> > Schitz - 7 - 10 PM
> > Looney Tunes with Art Bell - 10 PM - 5 AM
> >
> I think that schedule looks real close to KTRH's plans,
> except move Ms. Duncan up to noon until 3PM and find some
> filler for the 5AM to 6AM time slot to get rid of that pesky
> news once and for all. This would all
> people left to be let go by CC. I wonder how much longer
> 740 is going to call themselves "NewsRadio 7-40"? I don't
> know anyone that tunes to KTRH for news any longer.
>
> Mike O
> <P ID="signature">______________

"I'll see you Left of the Dial!"</P>
 
Re: Sam Malone and...

Current Mix/KPRC traffic girl, Natalie Fitzgerald??

> Michelle Fisher???
>
>
> > My guess is that Roula & Ryan are gone and Sam takes over
> > 96.5 with a more upbeat and lively format - not too off
> from
> > KRBE, maybe leaning towards a KISS-type.
> >
> > A tell-tale sign: Anyone watching Channel 2's moronic
> Idol
> > ripoff, GIMME THE MIC? Sam is currently a judge. If he
> is
> > going to relaunch himself as a serious Talker, why is he
> > still screwing around with pop wannabe singers? And for
> > more fuel to the fire...guess who one of the sponsoring
> > radio stations of the TV show is??? Yep, Mix 96.5.
> >
> > T-minus 5 weeks or so. My guess is Sam will be doing his
> > synthesizer-playing schtick providing big competition to
> > Atom & Maria at his old home.
> >
>
 
Re: Sam Malone - KTRH? Nope

kissfm.jpg
 
Re: 96.5 KISS-FM

>

Thanks Jimmy CR, I was eating. I've suddenly lost my appetite. <P ID="signature">______________
Put Down The Cell Phone, and Use Your Turn Signal!</P>
 
Re: 96.5 KISS-FM

> Ok, how about this one?
>

That's better... a little blast from the past. We can do without a cookie-cutter CHR in Houston. Although, with KRBE trending downward, it is the right time to pounce, if you're Clear Channel.

However, KHMX has been trending upward, so I don't see any format changes. If Sam indeed winds up on KHMX, I think they will keep the Hot AC format. His show appeals to women, so I think it would do as well on KHMX as it did on KRBE, if not better. <P ID="signature">______________
Put Down The Cell Phone, and Use Your Turn Signal!</P>
 
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