Things you never hear anymore

[BobinPhoenix]

I saw this on the Central California message board and thought it was pretty good. It was posted there by Marco Polo.
Please add yours...

Things you never hear at a radio station anymore:

"Where is the bulk eraser?"
"Let's go down the hall to the owners' office..."
"We don't do trade at AGM."
"I'll just splice the tape."
"I'm waiting for the cart to cue up."
"This is cue burnt."
"Come meet the KKXX disc jockey..."
"What are you doing with your Christmas bonus?"
"That Gradowitz is the funniest guy on the radio."
"This is Joe Salesperson...he's been with Clear Channel Bakersfield for years."
"So how are you going to spend your marketing budget this book?"
"No one will ever launch a country station against Buck."
"A 1500 song library? It'll never work."
"That overnight DJ is awesome."
"Spanish music? It's just a niche format."
"Having Rush Limbaugh is all it takes to be number 1 in talk."
"Me? I only check out Radio-Info once in a while, and I only post under my own name."

Another poster added:

"put that stack of teletype paper over here"
"Who misfiled these LP's"
"Gee, that teletype machine is really loud"

 

[mr_carlson]

Nice!

1. This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System...this is only test.
2. When will the dub get here?
3. Memo from the owner: You are all doing a great job. I'm taking the staff to Vegas.
4. Who keeps getting cigarette burns on the pots?

 

[oldiesfan]

"Wow, look at all those First Phones on the wall!"

 

[OriginalDave]

...Request lines answered

 

[MarkAndrews]

I've GOTTA catch up on the transmitter log! (From the days of xmtr readings every 30 minutes...)

 

[LiveOnTape]

> I've GOTTA catch up on the transmitter log! (From the days
> of xmtr readings every 30 minutes...)
>

"Hang on, I've gotta cue up my next song."
"Hey, there's no sec tone on this cart."
"God, I hate cleaning the cart machine heads once a shift."
"Anybody seen a grease pencil?"

 

[buster2]

>> "No one will ever launch a country station against Buck."


That's funny. When I was at KFYI, the theory was that KKFR was going to be the cash cow for the company and KFYI would catch up. At the time (late 80s), the opposite was true. KFYI was gaining traction, but everything they did to prop up KKFR didn't work. KZZP and Y-95 were dominant.

Then one day we heard KMLE had just been bought. The new owners were going to flip it from preacher tapes to country. No one gave them a chance because Buck Owens' KNIX was huuuuuge. They had double-digit shares and were usually number one or two 12+. They were King Kong. Our brass thought KMLE was nuts. Obviously, it worked out pretty well for them.

A few years later KKFR was doing so-so and KMLE and KNIX were making huge coin riding the 90s wave of Garth, Alan Jackson, and the Judds. If only KKFR had flipped to country to take on Buck in 1988 or so.

 

[longhairdude]

"Smells like dope in the studio...must be the overnite jock "






> >> "No one will ever launch a country station against Buck."
>
>
>
> That's funny. When I was at KFYI, the theory was that KKFR
> was going to be the cash cow for the company and KFYI would
> catch up. At the time (late 80s), the opposite was true.
> KFYI was gaining traction, but everything they did to prop
> up KKFR didn't work. KZZP and Y-95 were dominant.
>
> Then one day we heard KMLE had just been bought. The new
> owners were going to flip it from preacher tapes to country.
> No one gave them a chance because Buck Owens' KNIX was
> huuuuuge. They had double-digit shares and were usually
> number one or two 12+. They were King Kong. Our brass
> thought KMLE was nuts. Obviously, it worked out pretty well
> for them.
>
> A few years later KKFR was doing so-so and KMLE and KNIX
> were making huge coin riding the 90s wave of Garth, Alan
> Jackson, and the Judds. If only KKFR had flipped to country
> to take on Buck in 1988 or so.
>

 

[phx_station]

are you on the red or blue network?

the cart is out-of-phase.

where are the grease pencils?

i saw a razor blade in the restroom.

stations with a 12 share or higher.

morning zoo.

 

[oldiesfan]

> are you on the red or blue network?

Now that's...that's...that's...real old!

(What, you thought I was going to tag the
line with "True...Value"?)

If you remember that, "surely" you must
remember the confused NBC announcer who,
as 29:30 approached, said this for the
system cue:

"This is...either the Red Network or
the Blue Network." (Cue the chimes.)

 

[johndavis]

> A few years later KKFR was doing so-so and KMLE and KNIX
> were making huge coin riding the 90s wave of Garth, Alan
> Jackson, and the Judds. If only KKFR had flipped to country
> to take on Buck in 1988 or so.

Irony: like KFYI, KKFR was previously country KJJJ, with 92.3 on the same stick on Shaw Butte as KMLE before Shamrock moved it to South Mountain.

If Fred had kept the country on 92.3 after moving the main off of Shaw Butte, there might not have ever been a Camel Country...

...or not.
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