I read in BRW that sweeney's neighborhood could be overhauled by the end of summer. any guesses as to what is going to happen? and why this is happening?
-Travis-
-Travis-
-
Get involved.
We want your input!
Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.
After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.
After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/
Thanks in advance and have fun!
RadioDiscussions Administrators
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.
You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.
Since noone else has mentioned this...
- Thread starter TravisWMLN
- Start date
N
Neggy
Guest
> I read in BRW that sweeney's neighborhood could be
> overhauled by the end of summer. any guesses as to what is
> going to happen? and why this is happening?
>
> -Travis-
>
WHY? to save money or make more of it. Isn't that why they make any of those decisions.
Tank was step one in the process, but the rumor mill had it that that decision was more of an issue with how he got along with others.
For what they must be paying Steve Sweeny he shouldn't need a professional co host such as Patrick Murray at this point. He has been around radio long enough to do it on his own , and besides with Biscut or whatever her name is and others that seem to be there 5 days a week the payroll seems to be a bit padded.
Please remember any programming decisions Infinity is making right now are in preperation for when Howard Stern leaves at the end of this year. Huge revenue loss for them and they will cut costs across the board.
Just my uninformed opinion
> overhauled by the end of summer. any guesses as to what is
> going to happen? and why this is happening?
>
> -Travis-
>
WHY? to save money or make more of it. Isn't that why they make any of those decisions.
Tank was step one in the process, but the rumor mill had it that that decision was more of an issue with how he got along with others.
For what they must be paying Steve Sweeny he shouldn't need a professional co host such as Patrick Murray at this point. He has been around radio long enough to do it on his own , and besides with Biscut or whatever her name is and others that seem to be there 5 days a week the payroll seems to be a bit padded.
Please remember any programming decisions Infinity is making right now are in preperation for when Howard Stern leaves at the end of this year. Huge revenue loss for them and they will cut costs across the board.
Just my uninformed opinion
F
Feralcat
Guest
> For what they must be paying Steve Sweeny he shouldn't need
> a professional co host such as Patrick Murray at this
> point. He has been around radio long enough to do it on his
> own , and besides with Biscut or whatever her name is and
> others that seem to be there 5 days a week the payroll seems
> to be a bit padded.
How many morning people do it on their own? Those days are gone. How many morning people actually could do it on their own in the first place? Maybe just Mike. A professional co-host is the way to go if you have to have one. Unless you have a diamond in the rough with little radio experience you need somone who actually has a background in doing a show. Too many of these players on morning shows add nothing but another voice with no personality attached to it.
> a professional co host such as Patrick Murray at this
> point. He has been around radio long enough to do it on his
> own , and besides with Biscut or whatever her name is and
> others that seem to be there 5 days a week the payroll seems
> to be a bit padded.
How many morning people do it on their own? Those days are gone. How many morning people actually could do it on their own in the first place? Maybe just Mike. A professional co-host is the way to go if you have to have one. Unless you have a diamond in the rough with little radio experience you need somone who actually has a background in doing a show. Too many of these players on morning shows add nothing but another voice with no personality attached to it.
M
millennium
Guest
Re:Morning Drive, Steve Sweeny...
Neggy is on target - the loss of Stern is a big hit in the pocketbook to ZLX and the company that owns the station. And having David Lee Roth come prancing in certainly gave Sweeny vacation time to think about it. Steve Sweeny can go back into the comedy clubs with a bigger name than he ever had before. He still comes out a winner. He can actually go on tour and do different things.
Morning radio is too too formula. Loren & Wally, Sweeny, even Dale Dorman's cast of thousands is a bit much so early in the AM for a night person like me. MikeFM actually gives an alternative (though I haven't listened all that much in the AM to them - I'm assuming there is no morning drive team...). Scotto could handle WRKO mornings by himself (and maybe he will???)...
Dennis & Callahan, what is it with these morning shows having "couples", so to speak? I agree that a talented morning guy can shoulder the whole thing.
Maybe it is speaking volumes about how limiting the corporate mentality is, and how the real talents are just fed up with the business as we know it. No question mark, period, end of sentence.
> > For what they must be paying Steve Sweeny he shouldn't
> need
> > a professional co host such as Patrick Murray at this
> > point.
.
>
> How many morning people do it on their own? Those days are
> gone. How many morning people actually could do it on their
> own in the first place? Maybe just Mike. A professional
> co-host is the way to go if you have to have one. Unless you
> have a diamond in the rough with little radio experience you
> need somone who actually has a background in doing a show.
> Too many of these players on morning shows add nothing but
> another voice with no personality attached to it.
>
Neggy is on target - the loss of Stern is a big hit in the pocketbook to ZLX and the company that owns the station. And having David Lee Roth come prancing in certainly gave Sweeny vacation time to think about it. Steve Sweeny can go back into the comedy clubs with a bigger name than he ever had before. He still comes out a winner. He can actually go on tour and do different things.
Morning radio is too too formula. Loren & Wally, Sweeny, even Dale Dorman's cast of thousands is a bit much so early in the AM for a night person like me. MikeFM actually gives an alternative (though I haven't listened all that much in the AM to them - I'm assuming there is no morning drive team...). Scotto could handle WRKO mornings by himself (and maybe he will???)...
Dennis & Callahan, what is it with these morning shows having "couples", so to speak? I agree that a talented morning guy can shoulder the whole thing.
Maybe it is speaking volumes about how limiting the corporate mentality is, and how the real talents are just fed up with the business as we know it. No question mark, period, end of sentence.
> > For what they must be paying Steve Sweeny he shouldn't
> need
> > a professional co host such as Patrick Murray at this
> > point.
.
>
> How many morning people do it on their own? Those days are
> gone. How many morning people actually could do it on their
> own in the first place? Maybe just Mike. A professional
> co-host is the way to go if you have to have one. Unless you
> have a diamond in the rough with little radio experience you
> need somone who actually has a background in doing a show.
> Too many of these players on morning shows add nothing but
> another voice with no personality attached to it.
>
B
BoardModerator
Guest
Re:Morning Drive, Steve Sweeny...
Even Matty has Billy. They need to talk to someone. JR had Zito, Lander has his crew, Laquidera had the mattress crew, Howard has Robin, etc.......even when the show is named after one person, they still have others around them.
> Neggy is on target - the loss of Stern is a big hit in the
> pocketbook to ZLX and the company that owns the station.
> And having David Lee Roth come prancing in certainly gave
> Sweeny vacation time to think about it. Steve Sweeny can go
> back into the comedy clubs with a bigger name than he ever
> had before. He still comes out a winner. He can actually
> go on tour and do different things.
>
> Morning radio is too too formula. Loren & Wally, Sweeny,
> even Dale Dorman's cast of thousands is a bit much so early
> in the AM for a night person like me. MikeFM actually gives
> an alternative (though I haven't listened all that much in
> the AM to them - I'm assuming there is no morning drive
> team...). Scotto could handle WRKO mornings by himself (and
> maybe he will???)...
>
> Dennis & Callahan, what is it with these morning shows
> having "couples", so to speak? I agree that a talented
> morning guy can shoulder the whole thing.
> Maybe it is speaking volumes about how limiting the
> corporate mentality is, and how the real talents are just
> fed up with the business as we know it. No question mark,
> period, end of sentence.
>
>
> > > For what they must be paying Steve Sweeny he shouldn't
> > need
> > > a professional co host such as Patrick Murray at this
> > > point.
> .
> >
> > How many morning people do it on their own? Those days are
>
> > gone. How many morning people actually could do it on
> their
> > own in the first place? Maybe just Mike. A professional
> > co-host is the way to go if you have to have one. Unless
> you
> > have a diamond in the rough with little radio experience
> you
> > need somone who actually has a background in doing a show.
>
> > Too many of these players on morning shows add nothing but
>
> > another voice with no personality attached to it.
> >
>
Even Matty has Billy. They need to talk to someone. JR had Zito, Lander has his crew, Laquidera had the mattress crew, Howard has Robin, etc.......even when the show is named after one person, they still have others around them.
> Neggy is on target - the loss of Stern is a big hit in the
> pocketbook to ZLX and the company that owns the station.
> And having David Lee Roth come prancing in certainly gave
> Sweeny vacation time to think about it. Steve Sweeny can go
> back into the comedy clubs with a bigger name than he ever
> had before. He still comes out a winner. He can actually
> go on tour and do different things.
>
> Morning radio is too too formula. Loren & Wally, Sweeny,
> even Dale Dorman's cast of thousands is a bit much so early
> in the AM for a night person like me. MikeFM actually gives
> an alternative (though I haven't listened all that much in
> the AM to them - I'm assuming there is no morning drive
> team...). Scotto could handle WRKO mornings by himself (and
> maybe he will???)...
>
> Dennis & Callahan, what is it with these morning shows
> having "couples", so to speak? I agree that a talented
> morning guy can shoulder the whole thing.
> Maybe it is speaking volumes about how limiting the
> corporate mentality is, and how the real talents are just
> fed up with the business as we know it. No question mark,
> period, end of sentence.
>
>
> > > For what they must be paying Steve Sweeny he shouldn't
> > need
> > > a professional co host such as Patrick Murray at this
> > > point.
> .
> >
> > How many morning people do it on their own? Those days are
>
> > gone. How many morning people actually could do it on
> their
> > own in the first place? Maybe just Mike. A professional
> > co-host is the way to go if you have to have one. Unless
> you
> > have a diamond in the rough with little radio experience
> you
> > need somone who actually has a background in doing a show.
>
> > Too many of these players on morning shows add nothing but
>
> > another voice with no personality attached to it.
> >
>
N
neanderpol
Guest
Re:Morning Drive, Steve Sweeny...
> what is it with these morning shows
> having "couples", so to speak? I agree that a talented
> morning guy can shoulder the whole thing.
> Maybe it is speaking volumes about how limiting the
> corporate mentality is, and how the real talents are just
> fed up with the business as we know it. No question mark,
> period, end of sentence.
I had the opportunity to do mornings in Columbus OH. The only semblance of a "partner" I had was the news/sports guy. I was told not to talk to him, engage him in any way. Just let him read the news/sports. Which, of course I promptly ignored.
The point is...my morning show was nothing more than a "flanker" to Stern. I wasn't expected to win. As a matter of fact, I was told not to try to win. To just keep 3 shares off the competitor so that Stern would remain #1. In my case... Nothing says "we have nothing entertaining" quite like the positioner "The Most Music In The Morning". Perhaps WZLX doesn't expect Sweeney to challenge for #1. Corporate radio as a whole has basically put all it's eggs into one basket. We see it happening right now with Infinity. When Stern goes, I'll bet that at least 25-33% of the stations currently carrying his show, flip format. Morning teams, if good, are VERY good. But, it seems as if some teams are thrown together haphazardly, and you just cannot create chemistry. I love Sweeney's comedy, but haven't really listened to his morning show enough to have an opinion. I did listen to David Lee Roth that week, and can tell you. He's so over-rehearsed in his basic stories, that he'd get really old, really fast. Dave's not a radio guy. You cannot rehearse what we do. You have to be able to think quickly, and you'd think he'd be good at it, but he's really not.
It goes back to talent development. We're about to see the true ramifications of our industry's ignorance of this facet of programming.
> what is it with these morning shows
> having "couples", so to speak? I agree that a talented
> morning guy can shoulder the whole thing.
> Maybe it is speaking volumes about how limiting the
> corporate mentality is, and how the real talents are just
> fed up with the business as we know it. No question mark,
> period, end of sentence.
I had the opportunity to do mornings in Columbus OH. The only semblance of a "partner" I had was the news/sports guy. I was told not to talk to him, engage him in any way. Just let him read the news/sports. Which, of course I promptly ignored.
The point is...my morning show was nothing more than a "flanker" to Stern. I wasn't expected to win. As a matter of fact, I was told not to try to win. To just keep 3 shares off the competitor so that Stern would remain #1. In my case... Nothing says "we have nothing entertaining" quite like the positioner "The Most Music In The Morning". Perhaps WZLX doesn't expect Sweeney to challenge for #1. Corporate radio as a whole has basically put all it's eggs into one basket. We see it happening right now with Infinity. When Stern goes, I'll bet that at least 25-33% of the stations currently carrying his show, flip format. Morning teams, if good, are VERY good. But, it seems as if some teams are thrown together haphazardly, and you just cannot create chemistry. I love Sweeney's comedy, but haven't really listened to his morning show enough to have an opinion. I did listen to David Lee Roth that week, and can tell you. He's so over-rehearsed in his basic stories, that he'd get really old, really fast. Dave's not a radio guy. You cannot rehearse what we do. You have to be able to think quickly, and you'd think he'd be good at it, but he's really not.
It goes back to talent development. We're about to see the true ramifications of our industry's ignorance of this facet of programming.
- Status
- This thread has been closed due to inactivity. You can create a new thread to discuss this topic.