Re: Biz Radio dilemma.
> > > > > Local radio personality Dayna Steele announced
> Monday her
> > > > > show, "The Art of Doing Business with Dayna Steele,"
> will
> > > > > leave the programming schedule of the BizRadio
> Networ
> > > > > effective Tuesday.
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> > > > > Does this mean that Steele will land on KIKK or
> KFNC?
> > >
> > > A reunion with the gang at KFNC seems unlikely. I read
> > > somewhere, that she had turned down an offer to rejoin
> the
> >
> > > others at KIOL after it first signed on. Maybe it's just
>
> > > time to focus on other areas of her life than radio. The
>
> > > question that pops in my mind is what does this mean for
>
> > > KXYZ? First Jim Kramer moves to KIKK, now Dayna Steele
> > > leaves the station as well. The personalities are
> dropping
> > > fast from Biz Radio 1320. Could this be the beginning of
> the
> > > end?
> > >
> > Supposedly, Dan Frishberg hired a "CEO" for BizRadio.
> This
> > person, like everyone on the BizRadio staff, except for
> > Brent Clanton, has no broadcast media experience
> whatsoever.
> > It looks as if BizRadio is finally going down the tubes.
>
> > It's too bad, unless KIKK decides to revive the format at
> > 650. If only Frishberg had let Clanton be the GM and make
>
> > the decisions and really run the station it would have
> been
> > the finest business station in the country. I'm guessing
> > Dayna will show up on the radio with Cumulus in some
> > capacity. She definitely got out of the Internet retail
> > business when she sold her company and that part of her
> life
> > is history. She loves radio and will show up somewhere.
> > She has been extremely frustrated with BizRadio for
> months.
> > She received no support for her show advertising wise from
>
> > Frishberg and his amateur non-existent sales staff and
> that
> > bothered her tremendously. Frishberg will have a paid
> > program in that time slot in no time, but as with stations
>
> > that go to the paid programming card, ratings, or in
> > BizRadio's case, hope for ratings, go down the drain.
> >
> I totally agree with you that this is the last chapter of
> BizRadio 1320 and I believe it will be a short chapter at
> that. If only Frishberg had let Brent Clanton run the
> station you would see KXYZ in the ratings by now and not
> getting ready to broker time on a station that they are
> buying time. I have to wonder if their contract with
> Multicultural Radio even allows for them to do what they are
> doing.
>
> I really feel for Brent and hope that either KFNC or KIKK
> uses his excellent talents. The ultimate would be if Brent
> Clanton was in the position to buy an AM station in Houston,
> there are supposedly several that are on the market, and
> start his own Biz Radio as owner/operater and not be under
> someone else's thumb. He would have the finest Business
> News-Talk station in the country that would receive
> attention from across the country. If Brent can get out
> from under 1320, and isn't in the postition or desire to own
> his own station, KFNC would be missing a golden opportunity
> if they don't pick up Brent, he would make FM News Channel
> 975 even more authoritative.
>
> Now that KFNC is streaming audio, the 97.5 signal is less of
> an issue for many people, except during drive time. I still
> believe if Cumulus was smart they would pick up an AM
> station in Houston and simulcast KFNC. There would be no
> need to change the moniker or stop stressing the FM aspect,
> but if one of the stations that is supposedly on the market
> is what I think it is they have a very good metro signal
> daytime and a good nighttime signal south of I-10 and covers
> the west side as well as the east side with a decent signal.
> The additionial coverage could put KFNC on the map.
> Cumulus would come out ahead in the end on the deal.
>
> Any way Brent if you read this, my best to you.
>
> Mike O
>
Ditto to the previous two posts. Evidence that BizRadio 1320 is on its last legs: What ill-informed program director in their right mind would program a sports topic show on a Business Radio format at 7:30AM, smack dab in the middle of Morning Drive? I loved listening to business news when I drive into work, but now I go back to my old standy 610 or 790 for sports. I'm not going to listen to some Dallas host discuss sports issues with Dallas personalities. Forget Dallas, if I want sports or "the business of sports" as they call it, I'm going to a SPORTS STATION, not a business station. As for Dallas, nobody in Houston gives a rat's ass about Dallas sports personalities, which is what the show focuses on. A BUSINESS STATION in any daypart, but especially AM Drive, discusses the markets, real estate, interest rates, the Fed, THE ENRON TRIAL for God's sake, not Dallas sports personalities! That's where BizRadio lost me as a Morning Drive listener. I get in my car at 7:30 and Brent Clanton has just signed off. Brent's reputation doesn't lend itself to that kind of dumb programming decision. It just goes to show you what happens to a well thought out idea for a quality business station when someone with no broadcast experience takes over. Dan Frishberg is running his own idea into the ground at the speed of sound at this point. Dayna Steele was a real positive for that station as well, and it looks like Frishberg ran her off too. Like Listenupnow and Mike O said, 1320 could have been a great station, but stupid, uninformed and ignorant (Frishberg) egos step in and kill these great ideas all the time. Ditto Mike O: Good Luck Brent! I hope you move on to a station that will nurture your talents.
