The Kidd Chris Show

[feeball]

I wanted to know if he mentioned anything relating to being pulled off the air in Pittsburgh? His show is not airing online and his Pittsburgh affiliate, WRKZ, is playing music instead of his show.

 

[cheffo200]

Kinda weird that they would take that show off when that station becomes all Talk in 2 weeks. ???

 

[feeball]

True. He is being replaced during his shift in Pittsburgh by Scott Paulsen. Maybe they are looking to take him off temporarily? I am absolutely clueless on this.

 

[wprt949]

mabye hes gonna be done in philly


3pm-7pm dennis miller ??? who knows

 

[feeball]

Was he on in Philly today?

 

[PhillyWatch]

Kidd Chris is still alive and kicking in Philly, and yes, he brought up on air about how Pittsburgh canned him after Friday's show, with many a angry P-Burg caller calling in asking what was going on. Apparrently (and this is all paraphrased from him), CBS radio decided to put him on KROCK as a last ditch effort to save the station's tanking ratings. Nobody at KROCK wanted him, therefore, they would constantly dick with the show (which was verified by listeners). The plan as we knew it was starting on a certain date (cant remember), Scott Paulsen would be 3-7, pushing Kidd to 7-10. But, apparrently, they decided to ditch him (and most of THEIR airstaff left). He also talked about the station flipping and mentioned it becoming "The Zone" a couple of times.

 

[feeball]

Kidd Chris does great in Philly, no arguments here. It appeared that K Rock was trying afternoon talk which I have only seen work on a rock station when the talent happens to be local (take Maxwell on 100.7 WMMS in Cleveland as an example). I have yet to see an afternoon out-of-market talker work anywhere except for a few urban radio stationsthat receive their ratings due to little or no competition in their market.

 

[aindik]

I have yet to see an afternoon out-of-market talker work anywhere except for a few urban radio stationsthat receive their ratings due to little or no competition in their market.

You remember Opie and Anthony, right?

 

[feeball]

You remember Opie and Anthony, right?

I stand corrected, but I also thought there were ratings issues with O&A when they were syndicated in the afternoons? At least O&A acknowledge their other markets where as Kidd Chris acted like only Philadelphia mattered. If the home market is all that matters, then syndication is not the route for you.

 

[Starscream]

You remember Opie and Anthony, right?

I stand corrected, but I also thought there were ratings issues with O&A when they were syndicated in the afternoons? At least O&A acknowledge their other markets where as Kidd Chris acted like only Philadelphia mattered. If the home market is all that matters, then syndication is not the route for you.

O&A had ratings issues in other markets, but not in philly. Philly is considered O&A's #3 homebase market, next to NYC and Boston.

In fact, and correct me if I'm wrong, WYSP enjoyed some of their best books with Howard in the AM and O&A in PM.

 

[feeball]

Kidd Chris is still alive and kicking in Philly, and yes, he brought up on air about how Pittsburgh canned him after Friday's show, with many a angry P-Burg caller calling in asking what was going on. Apparrently (and this is all paraphrased from him), CBS radio decided to put him on KROCK as a last ditch effort to save the station's tanking ratings. Nobody at KROCK wanted him, therefore, they would constantly dick with the show (which was verified by listeners). The plan as we knew it was starting on a certain date (cant remember), Scott Paulsen would be 3-7, pushing Kidd to 7-10. But, apparrently, they decided to ditch him (and most of THEIR airstaff left). He also talked about the station flipping and mentioned it becoming "The Zone" a couple of times.

We figured it was either a last ditch effort or a format flip on the way. I would like to specifically know how K Rock dicked with the show? Sounds to me like he was almost sending a personal attack to the Pittsburgh producer of the show. Most of K Rock's airstaff was let go in an attempt to make room for the pending format flip which was made public record in January. This sounds like typical radio diva behavior. If it did not work out here or there, then point the finger at everybody else involved in the process.

 

[PhillyWatch]

All in all it was like a forced pairing that neither side asked for. Kidd Chris never asked for Krock and they certainly didnt want him. The vibe i'm getting is they (and yous apparrently) want local, which i'm all for. No doubt it was a last ditch effort, why else would they put a philly talker on a pittsburgh rocker? As for dicking with the show, an entire interview with Howard Stern had music played over it, there were constant claims they they would rejoin the show late, and there was one notable incident which resulted in a slew of angry P-burgh calls when whoever was running the board kept dumping out of Kidd for music. Originally, Kidd Chris defended KRock, claiming it some sort of mistake (while producer Brad Maybe flipped out). Turns out it was being done on purpose.
It was like a CBS Radio arrainged forced marraige the neither side agreed too.

 

[feeball]

All in all it was like a forced pairing that neither side asked for. Kidd Chris never asked for Krock and they certainly didnt want him. The vibe i'm getting is they (and yous apparrently) want local, which i'm all for. No doubt it was a last ditch effort, why else would they put a philly talker on a pittsburgh rocker? As for dicking with the show, an entire interview with Howard Stern had music played over it, there were constant claims they they would rejoin the show late, and there was one notable incident which resulted in a slew of angry P-burgh calls when whoever was running the board kept dumping out of Kidd for music. Originally, Kidd Chris defended KRock, claiming it some sort of mistake (while producer Brad Maybe flipped out). Turns out it was being done on purpose.
It was like a CBS Radio arrainged forced marraige the neither side agreed too.

The Howard Stern interview was a decision made by management of CBS Radio in Pittsburgh, which has been documented in several other places. They (WRKZ) screwed up their station by even tinkering with a talk program. Ratings were not that stellar, but then again every station that fell under the DLR cloud has yet to really rebound. The only real way all of the stations will resurrect from the abyssmal ratings cesspool is if "The King of All Media" decides to go back to doing morning radio for CBS. Otherwise, CBS Radio is operating like a company ready to go out of business in radio. Free FM has been a complete bust, Roth Radio was a failure, Opie and Anthony are not superheroes, they placed Kidd Chris in a no-win situation, they are going to use "The Zone" branding in Pittsburgh which is nothing more than Free FM under a different name. If i was a shareholder in CBS Radio, people would be cashing in their golden parachutes immediately.

 

[PhillyWatch]

I'm aware about the Howard decision, but being that both atations are under CBS, i dont get why they wouldnt air it. Choosing to replace Stern with DLR was possibly the worst decision in radio, something that may have been a big factor in the eastern Free FM's garbage ratings (anyone that knows where i can see actual ratings, feel free to post. All I ever hear is "free fm is tanking" but i never see actual ratings). I agree that 937 will be nothing more than a Free FM in disguise. Perhaps they dont want to bring the stigma that "Free FM" has to WRKZ. Regardless, the question is why would they want to start another FM talker after seeing what Free FM has been like. No doubt they would have a better chance with a music station.

 

[feeball]

This will pprobably get edited for being a violation of tos, but I will try it anyway. Either arbitron.com or fmqb.com for ratings information. The ratings for Free FM are at disasterous levels. My guess would be that CBS Radio really wants to give the all talk format a couple more shots to see if they can't rectify the current situation company-wide.

 

[PhillyWatch]

Thanks for the ratings info. The "Zone" branding could also be because none of the apparrent new lineup of WRKZ has any tie to Free (with the exception of O&A, but i believe they are syndicated to companies other than CBS).
What kind of show is expected of Paulson and the other guy (comedy, news...)?

 

[feeball]

My guess is that Paulsen does the same type of show that he has been doing on rival station WDVE. A mix of comedy, talk, interviews, etc. McIntire will almost be entirely news related stuff.

 

[DToTheJ]

This will pprobably get edited for being a violation of tos, but I will try it anyway. Either arbitron.com or fmqb.com for ratings information.

Actually I think if you post actual copyrighted ratings info, it might send peeps into a tizzy, but links should be OK. I could be wrong...