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We know what's bad....So what's GOOD?

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Most of the posts on Radio-Info are broadcasters complaining about what's wrong with this station or that station. Would anyone like to contribute to a new thread? Tell us all, what's good about a certain station, jock or feature?

(If this doesn't create some activity, we'll just go back to the good old-fashioned bitching!)
 
what's good is

(right up front, I know I'll take a lot of guff for this, but):

I actually think the JACK debate is going to end up being good for radio. At least it's a format that's unconventional getting a lot of attention. I may not agree with some of the stations that have been nuked in the name of JACK, but at least it's fresh and different (and before you fire back a nasty note, it IS fresh and different vs. the same-old same-old classic rock and 80s approaches that aren't working).

Leaving all the "it's jockless" and "they killed my oldies station" droning aside, the good news could be Oldies ends up with operators who still believe in the format and the other good news is that radio lemmings might see that they don't have to stick with the tried-but-tired 300 song playlists to be successful.
 
Re: what's good is

> (right up front, I know I'll take a lot of guff for this,
> but):
>
> I actually think the JACK debate is going to end up being
> good for radio. At least it's a format that's
> unconventional getting a lot of attention. I may not agree
> with some of the stations that have been nuked in the name
> of JACK, but at least it's fresh and different (and before
> you fire back a nasty note, it IS fresh and different vs.
> the same-old same-old classic rock and 80s approaches that
> aren't working).
>
> Leaving all the "it's jockless" and "they killed my oldies
> station" droning aside, the good news could be Oldies ends
> up with operators who still believe in the format and the
> other good news is that radio lemmings might see that they
> don't have to stick with the tried-but-tired 300 song
> playlists to be successful.
>

One other thing I'd like to add....

When Magic in Chicago flipped from oldies to Jack and the Market Manager posted an ad in All Access for a PD, one of the requirements for the job was "the ability to coach and work with air talent". That would lead one to believe that somewhere down the road there will be Jack-jocks. Remember, Infinity had to pay off quite a few big buck contracts when they flipped their stations, so part of the reason for the jockless debut could be attributed to budgets.
 
Re: what's good is

> (right up front, I know I'll take a lot of guff for this,
> but):
>
> I actually think the JACK debate is going to end up being
> good for radio. At least it's a format that's
> unconventional getting a lot of attention. I may not agree
> with some of the stations that have been nuked in the name
> of JACK, but at least it's fresh and different (and before
> you fire back a nasty note, it IS fresh and different vs.
> the same-old same-old classic rock and 80s approaches that
> aren't working).
>
> Leaving all the "it's jockless" and "they killed my oldies
> station" droning aside, the good news could be Oldies ends
> up with operators who still believe in the format and the
> other good news is that radio lemmings might see that they
> don't have to stick with the tried-but-tired 300 song
> playlists to be successful.
>
No worries CAT, I agree 100% with your post. Stations that I like,

TK101, very solid all day, very talented night guy

Cat Country, don't listen in the am, but the station is making the mark they need to knock XBM out.

96.1, like the Classic Rock and middays, she's very good.(And HOT)

94.1, they finally have live jocks and a refreshing soft rock sound,I like the morning girl they added, another hottie that is intelligent.

WABB, great for my 14 year old, she cannot live without that damn station!

The more I read your post CAT, the more I WISH that format was here!
 
Re: what's good is

> I actually think the JACK debate is going to end up being good for radio. Leaving all the "it's jockless" and "they killed my oldies station" droning aside, the good news could be Oldies ends up with operators who still believe in the format and the other good news is that radio lemmings might see that they
don't have to stick with the tried-but-tired 300 song playlists to be successful.
>
This may be the most powerful post I've seen from OldiesCat, and one to which we should pay attention. While we used music research to determine song titles that worked well, it was often our own "programming sense" (or our beloved Brand Managers & Format Captains) that sliced music libraries to the 250-300 "tried-but-tired" songs with higher scores, good "fit", and moderately low burn. Listeners noticed the repetition, and we paid the price in declining ratings.

Jack-FM has to date proven that a mile-wide, more-than-an-inch-deep library can cume listeners and pull ratings. While the long-term direction of Jack-FM remains to be seen, I for one am glad to see a new format that actually is working.

Bravo, OldiesCat, for your post. This "Jack" fan thanks you!
 
Re: what's good is

You can hear a sneak peak of JACK by scrolling through the list
of "ALL" stations on the site below. There are three including
WCJK where I am in Nashville.


http://www.streamaudio.com


I think the PFM flip would be great for Double O, although
they have WRBA as Classic Rock, so they have to figure out
how to make the two work together and with the JACK flexiblity
it should be a great fit. PFM has been a fixture on the
Panhandle and was a leader for a long time. It would be
nice to see it take the first step in the new direction
JACK is taking. Fighting against Island is just to much
effort and $$ for such a small return in revenues.

Hope you get JACKED soon.
 
Re: what's good is a jockless cluster!

What's good is cutting staff in Panama City to nothing, matching the cashflow. With Smooth Jazz already a plug-n-play... JB&B anchoring Arrow... 107.9/Jack claiming to "play whatever we want" but having no "we"... the only task for Double O is to figure out how Cat Country can get rid of Butch and still beat PAP with no human involvement. (The ultimate payback to Lowry Mays, the man who started all of this).

Two 100-kw sticks and two 50-kw sticks all running networked programming and/or automation. This is developing into a textbook case of Radio's Endgame, isn't it? How much further down can it go from here?


> I think the PFM flip would be great for Double O, although
> they have WRBA as Classic Rock, so they have to figure out
> how to make the two work together and with the JACK
> flexiblity
> it should be a great fit. PFM has been a fixture on the
> Panhandle and was a leader for a long time. It would be
> nice to see it take the first step in the new direction
> JACK is taking. Fighting against Island is just to much
> effort and $$ for such a small return in revenues.
>
> Hope you get JACKED soon.
>
 
what's good

Thought the original post was requesting something POSITIVE, not a sour grapes diatribe about why radio sucks.


> What's good is cutting staff in Panama City to nothing,
> matching the cashflow. With Smooth Jazz already a
> plug-n-play... JB&B anchoring Arrow... 107.9/Jack claiming
> to "play whatever we want" but having no "we"... the only
> task for Double O is to figure out how Cat Country can get
> rid of Butch and still beat PAP with no human involvement.
> (The ultimate payback to Lowry Mays, the man who started all
> of this).
>
> Two 100-kw sticks and two 50-kw sticks all running networked
> programming and/or automation. This is developing into a
> textbook case of Radio's Endgame, isn't it? How much further
> down can it go from here?
 
Sorry, Got Distracted: What's good? OK...

Actually I posted this earlier and it got blown off--not sure why.

Yeah, it's good to hear the people at Fly 92 in FWB having fun on the radio. It's good to hear Pensacola's 107.3 reinvent the station for the 3rd time in a decade (from Country's WOWW 107 to New Rock One-Zero-Seven, Cool 107, My 107.3) and it's good to hear Mobile's WABB continue to create great radio decade-after-decade--WITHOUT changing format. Amazing!

> Thought the original post was requesting something POSITIVE,
> not a sour grapes diatribe about why radio sucks.
 
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