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The Bob & Tom Show moves to 99.7 - more changes to come at NABCO?

gcotton said:
Bad timing all around. I really hope that Blazor and Mo both land on their feet soon. Very tough time to be getting axed though. Have never really been a fan of B&T, was really happy to actually hear good music in the mornings on 99.7.

Just hope that again, both Blazor and Mo and anyone else affected by these cuts are able to land some kind of a gig soon. Hope everyone has a happy and safe holiday season.
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I'm surprised they moved over from the old WBZX 99.7 to the new WRKZ. I didn't think the management was happy with that morning show. That's what I posted on the old WRZK thread. Mo and Blazor only lasted
about eight months under the new rock format and call letters. Apparently, more music and less talk didn't help bring up the morning ratings under the new WRZK calls and rock format. That said, I would have like to see a strong local talk show on WRZK. There seems to be less emphasis on local talent these days at NABCO.
All three of their stations had local morning talent just four years ago. Now it seems to be all syndicated stuff.
 
I like a good syndicated show once and a while, but not at the cost of loosing local programming. WMNI only has their small news breaks as local content (not counting the future Clippers coverage). Strange they were celebrating 50 years this year, but very little of the station is local anymore.
 
columbus radio fan said:
Mancow will also be on 103.9 either starting the 29th or the 5th.
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Given Mancow's current shtick, he makes more sense for the station than B&T.  But again it's all academic because the weakling signal will handily render ANY programming tweaks or format changes useless for goosing ratings.  If management strategy for 103.9 still includes any projection/hope of sustained ratings increase (regardless of target demo) they are quite delusional and need to snap out of it.
 
but why mancow?? no one outside this board knows who he is. its just another indication on how completely out of touch and clueless this company really is. this is a company that would bury dan patrick from 6-9, someone who has been in this columbus market before, and put in dennis miller to lead into shark on sports. and now they are going to take b&t off to put on mancow??? if you are going to put on sindcated show, why not something like, opie and anthony for the rock, and leave on bob and tom for 1039?? at least some people know who o&a are.
 
In NO way is this to be taken as a defense of WTDA, but the reason Mancow might make more sense than B&T is that his show has morphed into a focus on right-wing political garbage that seems like a better fit with some of their right-oriented talk.

E.g., Mancow's homepage currently shows a picture of a sad-looking Obama next to corrupt Illinois governor Blagojevich, with the caption, "I'll miss you while you're in prison, lover."  (Never mind that virtually everyone in Illinois, including Obama and other Dems, has despised Blagojevich for the last couple years. That incompetent boob has singlehandedly been doing all he can to flush that poor state down the toilet.)

Again, this is no defense of either TDA or RKZ.  B&T are OK, but it's a shame to see a local show get the boot on 99.7
 
Well since WTVN, WTDA, WYTS is doing the conservo-talk shuffle I'm not surprise. I'm disappointed that Joel might get displace, from the mid morning slot. He is ten times better than that open-line guy on WOSU AM. This is coming from a center-left person. Do I agree with him all the time no, but he is reasonable and doesn't do the whole "I'm yelling very loudly that makes me right" approached on conservative talk radio.

So I'm guessing that Dan Patrick is going to air live on WTDA and they're exchanging from one bigoted a-hole (Glenn Beck) to a bigger bigoted a-hole. (Micheal Savage) I rather have Dan Patrick live than "Mancow". The problem is that WTDA tower so far north that run of the mill radios can't pick it up in Columbus. (Oddly, I can pick it up just fine on my Nokia XpressMusic FM tuner chip in my downtown Columbus apartment, and my HD100 receiver.)

Well the often ignore WYTS AM doesn't really matter what they air. WVKO AM is beating the station in the ratings. They only way they might get notice is to put on Randi Rhodes to cypher off 0.1, or 0.2 share. Or put on Lou Dobbs. The only way I listen to Dobbs when I used my HD100 receiver on the WCLT FM HD subcarrier.

Bob and Tom would be a better fit on 99.7. It would be broadcast in stereo and better reception.

WMNI should stick with its current format. There is talk that the only Mexican AM station 1550 AM might flipped to a similar format.

I'm guessing that Mancow (what a stupid radio name) doesn't know how to read. When Blog-o called Obama a Mother Fu*ker on the official wiretap transcript. How many of you called your friends a mother fu*ker? Plus Fitzgerald states Obama have nothing to do with the Blog-o scheme of selling his former senate seat. Any Senator will have to interact with their respected state Governor would it be a Republican or a Democrat. BTW the last Republican Governor is in prison right now. Too bad the RNC doesn't learn from their past mistakes. The voters didn't buy into the whole guilt by association and divisive politics.

If CC strapped for cash why not sell off 1230AM?
 
And to think...Hal always told me not to talk to Shark during the news ;D

Good luck to Blazor. Good guy. Talented. I know they'll work him in. The NABCO people rarely actually fire people. If they do, it is with justifiable reason. They're good people. (cue Don LaFontaine voice) In a world of tough, corporate radio, cost-cutting is a constant. One place does it the best they can.

No..I'm not lobbying for a gig. Just know those people, and they always treated me more than fairly.

Not a big B&T fan though. But, I know they work well in some areas.
 
If the folks at NABCO are smart, they will be keeping their eyes and ears out in the event of a Catholic invasion. If you've read the WVKO thread, you know why I say this.

It is no secret Bernard Media has been trying to sell both the AM and FM. St. Gabriel Radio wants to buy the AM. Whether they have the money to do it remains to be seen. The company is trying to raise just a tenth of the asking price for the AM to build two stations serving Portsmouth and Circleville/Chillicothe.

Whoever is programming 103.9 will want to keep a few things in mind in the event a sale is closed:

1. Stephanie Miller's online listenership has been so huge the WVKO website had to increase its bandwidth.
2. Ed Schultz, who champions the working men and women who take a shower after they get off work, can transition his banter between politics and sports in the blink of an eye--thus making a perfect lead-in for Shark.
3. It's been indicated by someone in the know on this board the high TSL associated with AM 1230 in its progressive talk days has moved on to WVKO.
4. 103.9 would be a logical choice for being the next home for high school sports to complement the Fox Sports talk at night.
5. The station would have a ready-made audience despite the strength of the signal.

Should WTDA consider a format change if the Catholics take over 1580? Not necessarily, but the addition of the matron of fart jokes and a gun-toting, meat-eating liberal from the Heartland (and ex-football jock) would better fit the eclectic mix of talk than, say, a Michael Savage.

If I were that programmer, I'd have both Dial Global and Gary Richards on speed dial.

One thing is for certain: Talk radio in Columbus will undergo change in 2009. Just how much change remains to be seen.

Merry Christmas.
 
A further clarification...I would put Dial Global and Gary Richards on speed dial NOW. NABCO has a perfect opportunity to grab an audience that is about to find itself without a station--again.
 
Can someone tell me how the PD still has a job? Ending the Stern show early. letting Greg O go. Adding too much music to Blazor & Mo. Also all the debacles in the AM with Ronni, Jay and Randi. The only constant is the PD. I actually quit listening to 99.7 when the format changed. I tried to listem to Blazor & Mo, but with so much music it really was not even a morning show. Are they going to play that much music during Bob & Tom??
Now their other station is moving Shark to 6-7??? What a mess.
 
Browns17 said:
Can someone tell me how the PD still has a job?
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Because it's NABCO. Fish would have to blow up the studios before they would let him go. On second thought, I'm not sure even that would do it. It's a less likely event than, say, pigs flying, Rush becoming a liberal Democrat, or WLZT changing format.
 
I stated listening when Grego was on for something different. Blazor and MO were OK, but it seems (as a Listener) that the upper management is what needs changed. Between WBZX, WRKZ, WTDA TED FM, It is hard to get a following with all the changing. Bye NABCO!
 
Bob and Tom hasn't quite had the following in Columbus that they have in Dayton, where they have been on since 1995, first on 102.9 WING-FM 95-01 and currently WTUE 01-Present. 'RKZ will be the first time Bob and Tom have been on a big stick in Columbus, so we'll see how they do. This is their third station in the market in so many years, following The Fox and 'TDA. It just seems that Bob and Tom would do better on the 'TUE equivalent in Columbus, Q-FM 96, since they aim for an older audience, but it looks like NABCO doesn't want to let them go to a competitor, and Wags and Elliott do a fine job over at Q-FM.
 
alans613 said:
'RKZ will be the first time Bob and Tom have been on a big stick in Columbus, so we'll see how they do.
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That was my thinking at first.  But then I realized that, while it's no 99.7, 105.7 has a clean, gap-less city-grade signal until you get pretty far out where there isn't much population.  105.7, plus 98.9 and 107.5, are the (only) three really viable class A's among the glut of them in "Columbus."  So I don't think signal alone will give B&T more than a slight advantage at 99.7.
 
This is a little off topic, but 99.7 is always by far the first "big signal" to fade when i leave columbus. I tested this one day because i'm a nerd and found that 105.7 and 99.7 fade out around the same time. Also, out of 98.9, 105.7, and 107.5, 107.5 is definitely the worst of the three. I live on the westside of columbus and 107.5 comes in like it was a station in the suburbs(staticy). i don't know how 105.7 does it but they came up with something 98.9 and 107.5 can't seem to do, have a small signal that comes in just as good as the big signals(aka 97.1, 94.7 etc...).
 
Going anywhere west of London 99.7 is going to get killed by WLQT on 99.9. None of the Columbus stations are strong even 45 miles away in Springfield. Best are 92.3 96.3 and 97.1
 
man i never realized this but why did the fcc approve 99.7 and 99.9. they are really close together and only one channel separates them. i could see 98.9 and 99.1, but two powerful signals so close together frequency wise and mile wise.
 
bwilliam614 said:
man i never realized this but why did the fcc approve 99.7 and 99.9. they are really close together and only one channel separates them. i could see 98.9 and 99.1, but two powerful signals so close together frequency wise and mile wise.
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FCC is known to approve short spacing as long as both parties consent. There is also some stations with grandfathered status with short spacing.
 
bwilliam614 said:
This is a little off topic, but 99.7 is always by far the first "big signal" to fade when i leave columbus. I tested this one day because i'm a nerd and found that 105.7 and 99.7 fade out around the same time. Also, out of 98.9, 105.7, and 107.5, 107.5 is definitely the worst of the three. I live on the westside of columbus and 107.5 comes in like it was a station in the suburbs(staticy). i don't know how 105.7 does it but they came up with something 98.9 and 107.5 can't seem to do, have a small signal that comes in just as good as the big signals(aka 97.1, 94.7 etc...).
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105.7 is 2.4 kW from a top of 1 Nationwide plaza. The same location of WNCI's transmitter.

on the other hand, WCKX 107.5 is only 1.9kw and broadcasting from the old Borden building I beleive.

107.5 does well in ratings but part of that could be the station is the strongest in areas that has the strongest population that listens to the hiphop format.

(side note, 98.9 is only 2.6 kW coming from one of the Channel 10 towers off Twin Rivers) -- at one time 98.9 back in the AC and then Country day's had a much smaller wattage, If I remember they had only like 800 watts or something back then, talk about a weak signal in Columbus)
 
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