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Stations that have drastically changed their sound?

Kent said:
I always knew there were two types of people in radio, those who have been fired and those who will be, and I was willing to do whatever I could to make sure the inevitable didn’t happen.
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Exactly. No one ever asks the air talent to approve a format change. If anything, the owners want a complete rebrand and want to distance themselves as far away from the previous format as possible.

tall_guy1 said:
I kind of wonder if the personalities on mix 93.3 (a chr) like the music they play. They are in their 40s-50s (especially rocket and teresa) and think maybe its not their type of music for the most part.
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They don't pick the music. Their job is to focus on entertaining. The music is done by others. Elvis Duran is in his 50s, and no one asks him if he likes the music. His job is to stay in the lifegroup of his listeners, keep current with what his listeners care about, and be an entertainer. The minute he sounds his age, they'll look for someone younger. Ask Matty Siegel in Boston.
 
Kelly A said:
Information on Wikipedia is worth every penny you pay for. Just the fact that vchimp, a frequent poster here, admittedly posts information that he has no prior knowledge of on Wikipedia, speaks volumes regarding it's accuracy. Or, lack thereof.
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I don't have to know anything except what the reliable sources say. Now I will admit that early in my Wikipedia editing days I didn't always find that source.
 
vchimpanzee said:
I don't have to know anything except what the reliable sources say. Now I will admit that early in my Wikipedia editing days I didn't always find that source.
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How are you confirming of the material you find on line is provided by accurate sources? To what extent to you vet the information before you post it on Wikipedia? Last we chatted about this topic; you had admittedly posted information about the energy sector, including at the time, oil prices. When I asked whether you had experience in that business, you admitted that your experience amounted to what you read on line. Isn't my recollection accurate?
 
Kelly A said:
How are you confirming of the material you find on line is provided by accurate sources? To what extent to you vet the information before you post it on Wikipedia? Last we chatted about this topic; you had admittedly posted information about the energy sector, including at the time, oil prices. When I asked whether you had experience in that business, you admitted that your experience amounted to what you read on line. Isn't my recollection accurate?
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"what I read on line" about oil prices is written by respected journalists.

Oil settles flat, with weekly decline on recession worries Read what it says about the writer. Are his credentials good enough for you?

Oil dives 4%, trade choppy on worries about China, global economy What about this person?

Oil prices up after Basra spill, but log weekly decline Or her?

I'm not able to link to their bios any other way other than with articles they wrote.
 
vchimpanzee said:
"what I read on line" about oil prices is written by respected journalists.

I'm not able to link to their bios any other way other than with articles they wrote.
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I'm not going to go back and forth on this with you further chimp. There's this thing that's been around for a long time called Google. Anyone who does searches can look up the same things you do, and maybe even more, arriving at their own conclusions. Society doesn't need you to look it up only to re-post it on Wikipedia. In my opinion; folks like you are EXACTLY what's wrong with Wikipedia, and why it's gained the reputation over the years of inaccuracy.

Originally Wikipedia was supposed to be a library of crowdsourced material from people who were experts on the subject. Not some repository of re-posts and plagiarism.
 
Kelly A said:
I'm not going to go back and forth on this with you further chimp. There's this thing that's been around for a long time called Google. Anyone who does searches can look up the same things you do, and maybe even more, arriving at their own conclusions. Society doesn't need you to look it up only to re-post it on Wikipedia. In my opinion; folks like you are EXACTLY what's wrong with Wikipedia, and why it's gained the reputation over the years of inaccuracy.

Originally Wikipedia was supposed to be a library of crowdsourced material from people who were experts on the subject. Not some repository of re-posts and plagiarism.
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And experts are discouraged by people who say they can't post what they know but must go to reliable sources.
 
tall_guy1 said:
I'd be curious to see old music logs for when exactly a station makes these changes. A lot of times I notice theyre accompanied by either a slogan change or some kind of change like "now with 10 songs in a row" soas its not as noticeable.
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One of my old PDs years ago showed me some old logs (mid 90s, to be exact) from Mediabase for a couple of CHRs. Had every song played in a calendar year, including those preceding a format change from Rhythmic AC for a particular station. But you have to be a PD and pay for the service, at least from what I remember (which has been over a decade ago).
 
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