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"The Deep End" on Q95???

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I got my first listen last night on my way back to The Ville. Are they trying to drive away their core listeners with that program? The Temptations? Carly Simon? Sure, there was also the Who, The Band, and Lynyrd Skynyrd; but there was some serious 70s AC/RnB mixed in as well. Personally, I liked it; but I found it rather odd for Q95.
 
What is YOUR deal? Why can't CC ruin their station and drive lsiteners to XM and Internet Radio? Do you think they really care?

Remember. Network Programming used to mean special and innovative. Now it's just a way to avoid paying local talent.
 
Never heard that show, is it nightly or just a weekend show? We have "Little Steven's Underground garage" on Q95-equivalent WTUE on Sunday nights and it's kinda cool..and does go outside AOR/Classic Rock. "Little Steven" is Steve Van Zant of 38 Special.
 
gr8oldies said:
"Little Steven" is Steve Van Zant of 38 Special.
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"Little Steven" is Steve Van Zandt of the E Street Band, no relation to the Van Zant brothers of Lynyrd Skynyrd and .38 Special fame.
 
CC is running it on "The River" in Raleigh, NC, as well, which is similarly formatted to Q (some difference in music selection from what I remember Q playing). Like Q, it just doesn't fit the format. In fact, I've had co-workers who know of my radio background ask me "what in the heck they were doing" lol
 
ChiefEngineer said:
Network Programming used to mean special and innovative. Now it's just a way to avoid paying local talent.
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That's true. What these stations do is look for programs that are "supposedly" doing well in other markets and barter out advertising time with them. The local stations are allotted so much ad time and the show is allotted so much of its own. This way the station takes in the ad dollars and doesn't have to turn around and invest locally.

I believe the only program not bartering is the Dr. Demento show. He's been having a hard time finding advertisers so he sells the "rights" to his show and stations have to pay for it outright. That's ideal, but it's not working out too well as he's only on like 7 stations these days. Stations want to barter, even if you are popular.

I have nothing against this practice actually. I'm like you, if it's special and innovative it's great. But like you said, they do it now so they don't have to pay for local air shifts.

I've never heard of "The Deep End". Some shows are developed specifically for a radio group and they throw them out to all of their stations. Again, in that situation it is also to keep each station from investing in local air talent which would tally up to more than the one show going nation wide.

Just more watering down of radio.
 
The Deep End is a syndicated, speciality music show airing Sunday mornings 8a-10a on Q95.

It was aired on Sunday night, I assume, to accomodate the live Sunday race day broadcast of The Bob & Tom Show which was live 8a-12a.

It seems the show's been airing for about 1 year (started about the same time the new PD arrived).
Like "Flashback," "AT40," Rick Dee's weekly countdown, etc...The Deep End is for weekend programming, something different, yet similar.

I agree, The Deep End does seem to stray a bit further for classic rock stations.

The show's affiliates, music list and run sheet for this week's show is listed here:

http://www.thedeependwithnickmichaels.com/main.htm
 
lukewarmcoffee said:
Like "Flashback," "AT40," Rick Dee's weekly countdown, etc...The Deep End is for weekend programming, something different, yet simila
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I have enjoyed "Flashback" for years now. How long has it been on? I think Bill St. James has hosted it since the beginning.
 
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