Re: JR IS the Problem!
> > > The whole station hasn't been in the top 10 ratings
> ever.
> > > JR's salary could be better spend with real promotion
> and
> > > advertising else where and for DJs who care about the
> > > station and not always on an ego trip.
> > >
> > > JR is an infomercial, plain and simple.
> > >
> (snipped)
>
> > > Levine can make 20 different format changes, the music
> > > format isn't your problem, it's JR Gach. How does Ed
> like
> > > losing $85,000 a year?? (JR Salary)
>
> $85K? I thought JR's salary was at least twice that.
>
> Count me in as one who has quit listening to JR, in part
> because of the nonstop commercials. (And what little content
> he had around the commercials was getting old.) My
> uneducated guess (I haven't been in the biz for years and
> don't care to be, see my screen name) is that they're
> loading up the morning show with commercials because it's
> the only daypart they can sell. The only other daypart with
> any semblance of real personality is nights with Alice
> Cooper, and that's voicetracked most of the time (or at
> least sounds that way).
>
> IMO Levine's core listener base were the fans who followed
> Mason and JR to his stations. Mason's gone, JR has lost his
> edge and does too many spots, and the music can be found a
> zillion other places on the dial. Maybe he's picked up some
> NASCAR fans on Sundays, but I doubt that's enough to make up
> for all the defectors.
>
> > Some of these people should've been hired in the first
> > place. General sucked on air and was always missing
> breaks.
>
> YMMV, I guess. I liked the James and hope he lands on his
> feet.
>
I agree with your post! I'll say it again. I don't know when his contract is up, but he's gone when it is.