Well the revolving door on the Keith Kennedy morning show continues. Shannon Steele is the next one shown the door. Too bad because Shannon is a great air personality and deserved better. Best wishes to you Shannon and I am sure you will land on your feet with a better opportunity somewhere else.
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Shannon Steele out at WKDD
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Christi Nichols from 97.5 has been hired to replace her. What is the over/under for how long she lasts? Most of the co-hosts on the WKDD morning show are not long for the Akron market. 4 co-hosts in 4 years. Good luck to her hope she is not 5 out of 5 years.
Yes I stand corrected. She is not taking over it was rumored and then was mentioned on Shannon's page she was taking over. Christi herself said she was not interested so I take her at her word. I can imagine she knows what it is like to get canned from a radio station after doing a good job.
I quit listening after Matt Patrick left. Keith may be a nice guy, but terrible in the AM drive spot.
Keith does what seems like 47 jobs for CC in Ohio. I admire him for that.
One human being can't do everything. A barebones staff can't do all of the work of a much, much larger group of employees the typical radio station had in years past.
You can't have an exciting, vibrant-sounding station with a 1 or 2 person live staff without sounding like music, sweepers, and spots...and little else.
Exploding health care and benefit costs definitely is a huge challenge for all US businesses.
But, it got worse for radio when the US Congress passed the Tel-Com bill of the mid-90's, that was supposed to "save" radio, but instead enabled reckless multiple-station purchases, and forced mindless automation and huge staff cuts just about everywhere, in order to meet costs-vs-revenue goals for lenders.
What was designed to "save" an industry has badly damaged a mature industry. If that isn't bad enough for radio, the exploding internet/web environment is stealing listeners and advertising revenues from radio every day. Very sad.
One human being can't do everything. A barebones staff can't do all of the work of a much, much larger group of employees the typical radio station had in years past.
You can't have an exciting, vibrant-sounding station with a 1 or 2 person live staff without sounding like music, sweepers, and spots...and little else.
Exploding health care and benefit costs definitely is a huge challenge for all US businesses.
But, it got worse for radio when the US Congress passed the Tel-Com bill of the mid-90's, that was supposed to "save" radio, but instead enabled reckless multiple-station purchases, and forced mindless automation and huge staff cuts just about everywhere, in order to meet costs-vs-revenue goals for lenders.
What was designed to "save" an industry has badly damaged a mature industry. If that isn't bad enough for radio, the exploding internet/web environment is stealing listeners and advertising revenues from radio every day. Very sad.
The question to ask though is why such a high turnover among co-hosts with him? Matt Patrick took an unbelievable amount of grief when Angela was let go from WKDD and Matt had BA as a co-host for 20 plus years. Like others have said I quit listening on a regular basis when Matt Patrick left although I did tune in occasionally when Shannon was part of the show because I think she is an exceptional talent. Sad to see her go.
Shannon's a no-BS kinda chick. I always thought it was odd pairing her with Wallace, a guy who fancies himself the alpha.
I agree with Andrew I miss the days of Matt Patrick, Barbara Adams, Steve French and Chuck Collins. They were an excellent morning team. I always liked both Jenn Ryan and Shannon Steele and they had me listening to WKDD once again in the morning. Jenn landed on her feet somewhere else in morning radio as I am positive Shannon will wind up somewhere else and better for it. Not sure why I am even asking this but why did someone refer to KK as Wallace? Or do I really want to know? 
The WKDD morning show now covers too much Hollywood gossip, which doesn’t appeal to me. I remember Matt Patrick would cover funny news stories, local topics, and even politics. He had a good sense of humor, and I remember the funny laugh tracks he used. I also remember Barbara Adams having the funniest loudest laugh. They made a great team on the morning show.
I forgot about Cherie McClain. I remember a girl named Katrina Curtis that was on for a short time during the 80s when BA went to management for awhile. I always thought BA was the best. Very nice lady and did a great job with the news. Her and Matt were an excellent pairing.
Bon Jailer said:
And fancies is the keyword.
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