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Should Fan go Star(or Planet)?

J

Jets885sports

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I know for a while now you guys have been blasting 106.7 The Fan saying they should blow up the sports and try something else. You may be on to something here! The only shows that mean anything are Dan Patrick and The Brunch (even though they kill 2 hours of Cowherd which sucks), and Sports Night is worse than the Afternoon Press Box on 560 these days in my opinion.

I miss a Hot AC, so if the Fan does decide to flip, I hope they return either Star or the Planet to the airwaves.

As far as the whole 560 losing ESPN Radio deal, if the Fan does flip, would 560 pick ESPN Radio back up?
 
Opinion:
Despite the respect you have to give the new PD at WSM, Cumulus Broadcasting has been nothing but scum to the Nashville radio market. They have abused countless employees and opporated with sleezy tactics. No one who works for them has a great deal of self respect until they are gone from the dump.

I hope all their stations fail and fall flat on their face!

I hope they lose the suit with 560 and have to lose ESPN and Sporting News Radio. They are scum and in my opinion are unethical in their business practices.


> I know for a while now you guys have been blasting 106.7 The
> Fan saying they should blow up the sports and try something
> else. You may be on to something here! The only shows that
> mean anything are Dan Patrick and The Brunch (even though
> they kill 2 hours of Cowherd which sucks), and Sports Night
> is worse than the Afternoon Press Box on 560 these days in
> my opinion.
>
> I miss a Hot AC, so if the Fan does decide to flip, I hope
> they return either Star or the Planet to the airwaves.
>
> As far as the whole 560 losing ESPN Radio deal, if the Fan
> does flip, would 560 pick ESPN Radio back up?
> <P ID="signature">______________
I'm RadioFree</P>
 
Fan

In the big picture of Nashville radio, I'm not sure anybody really cares what "Fan" should change to. VERY limited signal, no corporate commitment- they could go punk polka and still hover around an 0.7 share. A drop in the Nashville radio ocean.
 
> Opinion:
> Despite the respect you have to give the new PD at WSM,
> Cumulus Broadcasting has been nothing but scum to the
> Nashville radio market. They have abused countless employees
> and opporated with sleezy tactics. No one who works for them
> has a great deal of self respect until they are gone from
> the dump.
>
> I hope all their stations fail and fall flat on their face!
>
>
> I hope they lose the suit with 560 and have to lose ESPN and
> Sporting News Radio. They are scum and in my opinion are
> unethical in their business practices.
>
>
> > I know for a while now you guys have been blasting 106.7
> The
> > Fan saying they should blow up the sports and try
> something
> > else. You may be on to something here! The only shows that
>
> > mean anything are Dan Patrick and The Brunch (even though
> > they kill 2 hours of Cowherd which sucks), and Sports
> Night
> > is worse than the Afternoon Press Box on 560 these days in
>
> > my opinion.
> >
> > I miss a Hot AC, so if the Fan does decide to flip, I hope
>
> > they return either Star or the Planet to the airwaves.
> >
> > As far as the whole 560 losing ESPN Radio deal, if the Fan
>
> > does flip, would 560 pick ESPN Radio back up?
> >
>
What is going on?

IT'S AN ALL SPORTS TALK STATION

What did you expect?


Let 106.7 be the fan for as long as it can!
 
Re: Fan

> I miss a Hot AC, so if the Fan does decide to flip, I hope
> they return either Star or the Planet to the airwaves.
> As far as the whole 560 losing ESPN Radio deal, if the Fan does flip,
> would 560 pick ESPN Radio back up?

I would think they just ought to admit their mistake, settle out of court, and release ESPN and SNR. And I wouldn't blame 560 if they didn't want it back; I like what they've been able to put together without it.

Don't know if 106.7 would go back to Star now, they should have made that move the same day 97.1 went to oldies. I think it would just be cheaper to pick up a syndicated music service and let it run 24/7. I'd like to see someone here pick up the new 24/7 Americana Radio package, but then we'd have 4 countrys and 1 semi-country.

> In the big picture of Nashville radio, I'm not sure anybody
> really cares what "Fan" should change to. VERY limited signal,
> no corporate commitment- they could go punk polka and still
> hover around an 0.7 share. A drop in the Nashville radio ocean.

106.7 certainly has more chance of picking up audience than all but two AM stations in the area -- and at one time, it did. Can't understand why they settled for such a big drop.
 
Re: Fan

you may be right about them just putting it on the bird and getting what they can. Star 97.1 didn't have significant ratings with a very good signal- 106.7
has ZERO chance with it.

Still say Southern Gospel, like what they're doing with rimshot signals in Atlanta, Montgomery, Memphis, Birmingham & other markets. They got nothing to lose.
>
> Don't know if 106.7 would go back to Star now, they should
> have made that move the same day 97.1 went to oldies. I
> think it would just be cheaper to pick up a syndicated music
> service and let it run 24/7. I'd like to see someone here
> pick up the new 24/7 Americana Radio package, but then we'd
> have 4 countrys and 1 semi-country.
>
> > In the big picture of Nashville radio, I'm not sure
> anybody
> > really cares what "Fan" should change to. VERY limited
> signal,
> > no corporate commitment- they could go punk polka and
> still
> > hover around an 0.7 share. A drop in the Nashville radio
> ocean.
>
> 106.7 certainly has more chance of picking up audience than
> all but two AM stations in the area -- and at one time, it
> did. Can't understand why they settled for such a big drop.
>
 
ALL NEWS - 106.7

Go all news. Use the news staff currently working other stations to do the local openings and use a national network for the rest. Bring back Jerry Daeman. Just kidding. It sure would have been nice to have that when Katrina hit down there and would have been better to get the news, rather than the news filtered through opinion that you get with the local talk people. Steve Gill is aweful and Phil is just bland. Neither really offers anything original. You know exactly what they are going to say and they never are willing to change their view when a caller offers fact to dispute what they might think. I ranted there didn't I. Apologies.<P ID="signature">______________
I'm RadioFree</P>
 
ALL NEWS - 106.7

That is a format that demands having a great signal- 106.7 does not.

> Go all news. Use the news staff currently working other
> stations to do the local openings and use a national network
> for the rest. Bring back Jerry Daeman. Just kidding. It sure
> would have been nice to have that when Katrina hit down
> there and would have been better to get the news, rather
> than the news filtered through opinion that you get with the
> local talk people. Steve Gill is aweful and Phil is just
> bland. Neither really offers anything original. You know
> exactly what they are going to say and they never are
> willing to change their view when a caller offers fact to
> dispute what they might think. I ranted there didn't I.
> Apologies.
>
 
Re: ALL NEWS - 106.7

> That is a format that demands having a great signal- 106.7
> does not.
>
and DEEP pockets...again 106.7 does not.<P ID="signature">______________
you're not a lawyer, are you?</P>
 
Re: ALL NEWS - 106.7

106.7 has a big enough signal to cover Davidson County. That's all that's needed. It wouldn't take any additional budget, certainly not as big of a budget that they are using now at the station.

You take a National feed and for local news you use the news staff you have already. You add maybe one or two reporters and you have yourself a news station.

You might add a morning show that is a talk show with heavy news both local and national. Maybe do the same thing in the afternoon.

Teddy and Karlen are available and come self contained. Basically, it would be a free morning show.<P ID="signature">______________
I'm RadioFree</P>
 
Re: ALL NEWS - 106.7

> Teddy and Karlen are available and come self contained.
> Basically, it would be a free morning show.
>
and STILL over-priced...<P ID="signature">______________
you're not a lawyer, are you?</P>
 
Re: ALL NEWS - 106.7

Go all news. Use the news staff currently working other
> stations to do the local openings and use a national network
for the rest. It sure
> would have been nice to have that when Katrina hit down
> there and would have been better to get the news, rather
> than the news filtered through opinion that you get with the
> local talk people. Steve Gill is aweful and Phil is just
> bland. Neither really offers anything original. You know
> exactly what they are going to say and they never are
> willing to change their view when a caller offers fact to
> dispute what they might think.
>


Great idea. They could hook up with a network and use Ron Jordon or Ernie Allen for local newscast in morning drive. They shold have a local newscast every hour at least from 5 a.m. until 7 p.m. As far as having a local morning talk show that is a great idea as well. Gill's 3 1/2 hour morning monolog is painful to listen to. I don't feel like Teddy & Karlin should do the show, but it should be more than 1 person. Gill has proven that a one person morning show can turn into a snoozefest.
 
Re: ALL NEWS - 106.7

> > That is a format that demands having a great signal- 106.7
>
> > does not.
> >
> and DEEP pockets...again 106.7 does not.
>

Both of you are correct. Also, all-news is a monster that constantly has to be fed. But it would be nice to have an all-news station in Nashville. City government is all too often ignored by most of the local media here, as are the business and religious communities. Seems like the personalities of state government and every little move from the police department are standard fare for most radio newscasts and quite a bit of the diet for print and TV.

Oh well, it's nice to dream...
 
Re: ALL NEWS - 106.7

> > > That is a format that demands having a great signal-
> 106.7
> >
> > > does not.
> > >
> > and DEEP pockets...again 106.7 does not.
> >
>
> Both of you are correct. Also, all-news is a monster that
> constantly has to be fed. But it would be nice to have an
> all-news station in Nashville. City government is all too
> often ignored by most of the local media here, as are the
> business and religious communities. Seems like the
> personalities of state government and every little move from
> the police department are standard fare for most radio
> newscasts and quite a bit of the diet for print and TV.
>
> Oh well, it's nice to dream...
>

Too bad, an all news station seems like a great idea too.<P ID="signature">______________
Check my website www.freewebs.com/radiostuffandnews
</P>
 
Re: ALL NEWS - 106.7

> Go all news.

Geez, don't we have enough non-music FMs? Between that and the FMs that are stuck with their low-ratings-formats because that's the way their owners want them to be (Lightning, Fish, Solid Gospel) we don't have enough music variety as it is.

Take the all news idea and put it on AM.
 
Re: ALL NEWS - 106.7

> Geez, don't we have enough non-music FMs? Between that and
> the FMs that are stuck with their low-ratings-formats
> because that's the way their owners want them to be
> (Lightning, Fish, Solid Gospel) we don't have enough music
> variety as it is.

In the iPod era, radio is evolving much like it did many years ago when it changed from half-hour drama, comedy, and variety programs to spinning records. With the exception of a couple of current hit stations (pop or country) in each market, stations have to program either wide variety playlists (like Jack or Wolf) or all talk (news, news talk, sports, and sports talk) to compete. With this evolution will come new types of talk-based formats, and listeners will want those on frequencies they can hear clearly; i.e., FM.

> Take the all news idea and put it on AM.

With all of the recent sales, looks like all but about three AM stations are going to fall into your "that's the way their owners want them to be" category. And don't forget to add Buzz and Party on the FM side of that category.
 
106.7

I'm tellin' ya, boys- southern gospel. Rimshot signal notwithstanding,it's working like gangbusters all over the south and Nashville's music roots makes it a natural.

Let's see if anybody has the stones to try it on FM in Nashburg.

>
> Too bad, an all news station seems like a great idea too.
>
 
Re: 106.7

> I'm tellin' ya, boys- southern gospel. Rimshot signal
> notwithstanding,it's working like gangbusters all over the
> south and Nashville's music roots makes it a natural.
> Let's see if anybody has the stones to try it on FM in
> Nashburg.

Southern Gospel IS on FM at 104.9 and 105.1. The gospel format that is such a hit in Memphis and Birmingham is African-American Gospel.
 
106.7

But both of those signals are DISTANT rimshots-- 106.7's signal, while small, is
right in the middle of the city of Nashville and covers the geographical areas most likely to use Southern Gospel (WBOZ is a class A from way SE of Nashville, WVRY is 50kw but about 50 miles west of Nashville).
>
> Southern Gospel IS on FM at 104.9 and 105.1. The gospel
> format that is such a hit in Memphis and Birmingham is
> African-American Gospel.
>
 
Re: 106.7

> But both of those signals are DISTANT rimshots-- 106.7's
> signal, while small, is
> right in the middle of the city of Nashville and covers the
> geographical areas most likely to use Southern Gospel (WBOZ
> is a class A from way SE of Nashville, WVRY is 50kw but
> about 50 miles west of Nashville).
> >
> > Southern Gospel IS on FM at 104.9 and 105.1. The gospel
> > format that is such a hit in Memphis and Birmingham is
> > African-American Gospel.
> >
>

Actually, 106.7 being right in the middle of the city would make it a natural for black gospel, which isn't on FM at all in Nashville unless some of the CCM stations have specialty shows. I can't see them going there because even in Jackson, Birmingham, Memphis, et al. where it does great in the ratings, it apparently hasn't billed well and I don't think Cumulus has it on FM anywhere (CC owns most of the black gospel FMs out there).

Cumulus does have a decent record w/ urban, though, and Nashville could probably support a second one alongside Beat (which is a rimshot, albeit one with a fine signal). Power 106.7, anyone?
 
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