The Roula & Ryan Debut

[adguy]

I can't believe we're getting closer to noon and not a single post on the re-debut of Roula & Ryan on KRBE. Did they put everyone to sleep or are you R&R lovers and haters too shocked at their return as the "program that will change Houston radio" forever? I listened for a couple of minutes this morning and all I heard was Ryan thanking everyone for the 26 million web hits they have received since being "shoved off the air" previously. 26 MILLION web hits. If that's true, then they should vault to the top morning drive radio spot in no time. As previoulsly posted, Pat Fant went with the only known available radio commodity out there with current Houston name recognition when Atlanta Cumulus forced him to change formats. Fant doesn't get paid the big bucks for nothing. Probably picked up R&R for next to nothing. Wouldn't be surprised to see Roula working that second job at her family's restaurant for real salary. Come on posters, let's see some opinions.

 

[TransRadio]

Not worth talking about.

One word comes to mind: "Trash!"

 

[bobbybooey]

Only caught about 5 minutes, but the mic processing sounded really thin... hard to understand what they were saying (not that that's necessarily a bad thing).

Also, Her Majesty sounded kinda muffled, possibly by several Twinkies... doesn't she know it's rude to eat while you're on the air?

 

[danish2012]

I'm just in shock that THAT is what is considered "the next big thing"...maybe they're talking about someone's rear end (hint, hint). Seriously, I listened for a little while, er, tried anyway. It was horrid. Like nails on a chalkboard...not just Roula's voice, but the entire show. I got so board, I started listening to Sam Malone. I can't listen to them again. The US should pump the Roula and Ryan show in Pakistan to draw out Osama Bin Laden. Either he'll come out crying, or just kill himself.

Horrible decision on Cumulus' part. Want ratings? Too bad, you just lost them.

 

[houstonray]

Same here, I listened and it just seemed like a tired old morning show where all they did was seem to congratulate each other on how great they were. I think the 26 million hits is a very suspicious number. I would like to know how many "unique" hits it was, seeing as how the same 20 women posted in their forum over and over and over again. I know it's the "radio biz" when dj's take over the slots of other dj's but for R&R to proclaim over and over how close they are/were to A&M and how much this hurt them, I find it curious that on their forum, they once had a posting when someone suggested they take over the 104 morning show, from Ryan himself about how they would never do that to someone else, even if the opportunity presented itself. Mysteriously they 'cleaned' some old posts and that one disappeared. I call that the ultimate in hypocrisy. Don't trash Sam Malone because he did you wrong, or you'll find yourselves the next 'target' when (if?) Atom and Maria make it back to air.

Anyway, this was certainly not a great morning show worthy of the legacy of a station like 104. Does anyone remember the 'clues' they were giving before the official annoucement? One of the clues was "millions of fans can't be wrong". MILLIONS? Give me a break...perhaps Ryan told Cumulus of the 26 million hits and they just took him at his word.

Lame show for an increasingly lame station.

 

[Dave 1972]

From a non-radio guy, the anti-Roula and Ryan posts aren't even worth reading, it is the same bunch of posters that decided along time ago that they were going to hate Roula & Ryan and bash them every chance they got. Nothing has changed and never will, same ole boring posts.

 

[a_and_m_king]

Also, Her Majesty sounded kinda muffled, possibly by several Twinkies... doesn't she know it's rude to eat while you're on the air?

Ok, I'm not a fan of R&R and not thrilled with them being on KRBE, but that twinkie comment was just evil. Comment on their abilities to do their job all you want, but if all you've got is a low blow about someone's weight, just do us all a favor and shut up. :

 

[smallermarket]

Also, Her Majesty sounded kinda muffled, possibly by several Twinkies... doesn't she know it's rude to eat while you're on the air?

Ok, I'm not a fan of R&R and not thrilled with them being on KRBE, but that twinkie comment was just evil. Comment on their abilities to do their job all you want, but if all you've got is a low blow about someone's weight, just do us all a favor and shut up. :

I completely agree. Most radio professionals are not exactly skinny.

 

[gitch]

Seems to me that very few of the "radio professionals" that post here are in fact "professional"

Most of them seem bitter that a morning radio show like Roula and Ryan are on a top-rated radio station and they're stuck somewhere getting another morning show thier coffee.


I never listened to R&R, and I listen to very little radio anymore since Pruett and Shannon moved to mornings, but I can tell you that I'm glad I'm not in radio if it makes you the kind of person that I see posting here.

 

[stan]

Seems to me that very few of the "radio professionals" that post here are in fact "professional"

Most of them seem bitter that a morning radio show like Roula and Ryan are on a top-rated radio station and they're stuck somewhere getting another morning show thier coffee.


I never listened to R&R, and I listen to very little radio anymore since Pruett and Shannon moved to mornings, but I can tell you that I'm glad I'm not in radio if it makes you the kind of person that I see posting here.

Correction - KRBE was a top rated station before Cumulus started screwing it up. It will be R&R's challenge to increase the ratings.

 

[Tumor]

I am going to beg Roula or Ryan to come on this board and address you. My guess is none of you [EDIT] would ever have theballs to respond to them. I would love to see if you would have the guts to tell any of them to their faces. I know I can get them. Whenever any of us make a request from them, they almost always comply. They know how to treat us right. What have any of you done?

[EDIT=namecalling, vulgarity]

 

[gitch]

Correction - KRBE was a top rated station before Cumulus started screwing it up. It will be R&R's challenge to increase the ratings.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the ratings show an increase after Cumulus bought KRBE.

The deal was made when KRBE's rating were 3.8 and they are up to 4.1 as of the last trend.

 

[johnqdoe]

Correction - KRBE was a top rated station before Cumulus started screwing it up. It will be R&R's challenge to increase the ratings.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the ratings show an increase after Cumulus bought KRBE.

The deal was made when KRBE's rating were 3.8 and they are up to 4.1 as of the last trend.

Ratings are not intantanious. It'll be awhile before Cumulus decisions are reflected in the ratings. You don't look at when the deal was made , you look at when Cumulus started RUNNING the station

 

[Mike O]

Correction - KRBE was a top rated station before Cumulus started screwing it up. It will be R&R's challenge to increase the ratings.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the ratings show an increase after Cumulus bought KRBE.

The deal was made when KRBE's rating were 3.8 and they are up to 4.1 as of the last trend.

Ratings are not intantanious. It'll be awhile before Cumulus decisions are reflected in the ratings. You don't look at when the deal was made , you look at when Cumulus started RUNNING the station

The September ratings will be the first to truely show what Cumulus has done to KRBE. There is a possibility that KRBE could have respectable (not top ten) ratings until December from people that are listening out of curiousity or disbelief at what has happened to a once great station. 2007 will be when KRBE will likely be dropping down to the ratings range of sister station KIOL and KFNC will be off the charts by September. I don't believe that one decent morning show on KFNC will offset the 0 ratings that KFNC will have the rest of the day.

The only real hope for decent programming on 104.1, 103.7 & 97.5 is for a company like CBS to buy the stations from Cumulus. Musically I like Rock 1037 for the most part and as was posted above I also find Wendy Miller to be one of the better air personalities on the radio in Houston and she is always on location somewhere over the weekends and often weekdays. Cumulus just lets Rock 1037 run on autopilot way too much, when the station should have live and local air personalities 24/7.

There is the possibility that Cumulus will throw in the towel and leave the Houston Market in a year or two. KFNC has been bleeding red ink for years, KIOL may (and that is a big may) be breaking even and KRBE will drop down to a break even station at best in six months or less, if they haven't already. As Adguy posted he pulled all his clients from 104.1 until the dust settles and I'm sure he is not the only person to do so. So far every change Cumulus has made to KRBE was worse than the one before. This board is pretty well varied in opinions on many subjects, but the over whelming majority have given R&R a thumbs down. I didn't even listen to this mornings show as I could not tolerate the show when it was on Mix 965.

The Business News or All News format done properly, which CBS can accomplish might work on 97.5. Cumulus has proven over and over that by operating the Houston stations from Atlanta they are completely out of touch with the Houston listener. It is very similar to the disaster that Biz 1320 has turned into being controlled by an egomaniac from NY that has destroyed the station. If Brent Clanton had control of the operations on 1320 the station would be all Business News-Talk from 5am to 9 or 10pm by now and the vast majority of the programming would be local content every day.

Unfortunately 97.5 is seriously signal challanged and unless Cumulus can pull off a miracle and find some way of getting a few Waivers to the separation rules and regs and move the antenna in closer to Houston the station will always be a low rated station no matter what or how good the programming is on 97.5. I'm not sure why 97.5 has such a terrible signal. The location, the equipment or a poor installation. The Cumulus Engineers and Technicians have managed to make 103.7 a station with a very decent signal for a rim-shot and often have calls from Katy and even up towards College Station. I know it has been stated by a reputable source that increasing the power to the antenna by 10000 watts would not make much difference to 1037, but since Cumulus raised the input power by 10000 watts about six months ago I have noticed far fewer drop outs or less severe fades than before the increase. Also KOUL in Corpus Christi has not been clobbering the hell out of KIOL nearly as often as before the increase, even when other rim-shots are getting shredded.

 

[Dave 1972]

Yes Tumor, most of these posters are also "yellow" when it comes to their below the belt comments, they sure wouldn't have the guts to say something in person to anyone. They just hide in the message boards and bash people they don't like. How gutless can you get.

 

[CaptainShowbiz]

I assume the "overweight" reference is directed at Roula, because as I recall Ryan is a skinny guy. I've never seen Roula... Would it be mean spirited to say that Ryan's delivery is so MetroSexual that I can't tell them apart on the air? It would? Okay, forget it. He's a very nice guy, anyway.

 

[gitch]

Correction - KRBE was a top rated station before Cumulus started screwing it up. It will be R&R's challenge to increase the ratings.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the ratings show an increase after Cumulus bought KRBE.

The deal was made when KRBE's rating were 3.8 and they are up to 4.1 as of the last trend.

Ratings are not intantanious. It'll be awhile before Cumulus decisions are reflected in the ratings. You don't look at when the deal was made , you look at when Cumulus started RUNNING the station

I figured as much, thanks for making my point.

Until KRBE started sliding down the charts, they are still a top-rated station.