Re: I've come out of retirement to respond to SlaterRadio
Obviously Zag, you don't see the Arbitron numbers. A person could get on top of a van with a bullhorn and pull the same numbers that these stations pull. Glad to see you drank the Pat Fant Kool-aid, but look at the numbers. it's not a "soft start", it's been long enough. There still isn't ANY ratings performance in ANY demo that can speak differently. Not a cheap shot at Cumulus or Fant, just the reality of things.
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> > The bigger question--what would cumulus do with the 104.1
> > frequency?
> >
> > Several have speculated about what might happen and
> somebody
> > (i.e. me and one other) threw out a wild pitch that they
> > might even consider putting active rock or shifting 103.7
> > over.
> >
> > While this would not be a smart or likely move, we are
> > talking about cumulus here.
> >
> > Headed in Houston by a guy who sells coffins, who's not
> > afraid to put formats that some would say belong in a
> coffin
> > back on the airwaves.
> >
> > If they stayed clear of altering KRBE, I would be anxious
> to
> > hear their assessment of Houston top 40, especially
> > interested to see if they would start biasing in the rap
> or
> > rock/pop direction.
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> I think it's so interesting on a base level that so many
> industry types... those currently and/or thinly employed
> and the wannabe's are such nay-sayers when it comes to Pat
> Frant and Cumulus. His not so recent foray into casket
> sales always seems to come up. Why is that an issue? Why
> does his reclammation of the extreme talent that so many
> Houstonians love and have loved and respect and clamor to
> listen to instill such awe, fear and loathing in all who
> simply "don't get it"?????? You don't think other
> management types in this city have done other things? As
> far as I'm concerned, selling caskets only further advances
> Fant's ability to bury the competition. When are you people
> gonna learn that really, the Houston market is practically
> an independent player in the Cumulus scheme of things??
> They play by different rules and that's gonna be the
> difference.
>
> And that has allowed Pat Fant to amass two great radio
> stations...at least KFNC is one for sure. I'm not much of a
> rock enthusiast, KIOL is rarely on my dial. Now, the
> problem is that this station's (and I'm talking about 97.5
> here) ONLY detractors are those that can't comprehend all
> that this station in particular, means to people. There's a
> promo currently running on 97.5 that states it's a station
> with heart and frankly, after ita incredible one-on-one
> dealings with Katrina evacuees and the millions who tried to
> leave Houston prior to Rita's landfall, I believe it. There
> were people stuck in their cars for hours on end....who did
> they turn to? KFNC. They knew that if they called, they'd
> be addressed on a real, human level and dealt with
> accordingly--one on one. That mattered at a time when these
> people were scared, frightened.
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> They turned to names they could trust. Those who wouldn't
> talk down to them. They could call for help and get it.
> NOT stuck in a mindless miasma of 10-minute commercial
> breaks, followed by wx and traffic together.
>
> People sought out this station because they needed help. It
> was just a perk that they were entertained as well. Do you
> know how many people who were stuck in damaged homes AFTER
> Rita made landfall, called KFNC for help? The station was
> called BEFORE a call to 9-1-1 was made. Explain that one,
> please!!! Oh yeah..rim shot. Well, thank God it was/is a
> rim shot station. Thank God SOMETHING was able to reach
> east and SE Texas. And isn't it funny..that the station's
> phone number was first and foremost on these poor people's
> minds?????
>
> Have any of you who cast such aspersions on Cumulus
> properties here in Houston ever taken the time to hear the
> kind of feedback they get from listeners????? I mean, I've
> read on this thing that the on air product of KFNC is lame
> and boring....voiced and/or performed by has-beens...all CC
> rejects.
>
> Well, YOU might think so, MR and Miss Part Timer and/or
> Under=employed. But this news/talk station has also--in a
> very, very short time--been able to shake things up. Really
> make a difference. They are on the radar and people are
> taking notice of their style. Yeah it's loose and laid back
> but that's what people want!! Look at the surveys!!! And
> I'm talking about people from all walks of life..from all
> echelons. Politicians...high rollers...blue collars.
> Content wise, it may be crap to you and your uneducated
> ears, but to the listeners...the ones who really count; the
> ones with diaries... it's a true respite for the regular,
> boring, mundane crap they hear everywhere else on the dial.
> AM and FM.
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> They (the listeners) like the diversion it
> provides...whether you, we, they, like it or not. It's
> working. Get used to it. It's real radio. That galls the
> sh_t out of most of you, but it is real. You can't deny it
> and THAT'S what it is that galls you all the most!!! It's
> real and you don't get it or how it works. Well, I get it
> because it's a primal human trait/reponse to try to destroy
> what we don't get. Remember the beginning of Kubrick's
> "2001: A Space Odyssey"???? Well, in the beginning of the
> flick, the monkey/simian creatures didn't "get" the monolith
> of creation and tried to destroy it with sticks and bones.
> Any weapons they could find.
>
> This station considers it the ultimate compliment that you
> despise them.
>
> So, I'd be right in saying that it would be obvious-- even
> to a cro-mag that this radio station has won not only the
> public interest, but it's trust as well. Listeners
> count...YOU, slateradio, FO FO HYE HO HA and the others DO
> NOT.
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> The book is out in a couple of weeks. I'll be back in
> Houston by that time. Let's discuss the "realm of
> possibilities" then. I think you'll be surprised. In fact,
> I know you will.
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