It looks like more personnel changes at WECK.
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Buffalo WECKage
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If you haven’t noticed, personnel changes are happening everywhere at every company. You don’t seem to mention other stations that are either letting go personnel, or they have none to start with in the first place.
Really? “WECKage’? A little dramatic don’t you think. BIG WECK actually has a very good track record on retaining talent for the last 5 years.
I can’t say that about ANY other broadcast company. Radio or TV
You say “MORE” personnel changes at WECK. Can you please list those over the past 5 years? I would love to know.There are not any, except JP, who is now back
This is a move from a "big station"... one with significant ratings, 3 FM translators and an AM signal. This is a move to a Niagara Falls station, not really covering the Buffalo core. And it appears to not have a translator.
This is sort of like moving from a job at Macy's to one at a thrift store.
This is sort of like moving from a job at Macy's to one at a thrift store.
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105.3 W287CV is WEBR’s translator.
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Good to know. What does it cover? Is it listenable in the city of Buffalo area, or just "up north"?
It is only at 53 meters, and directional. Does not look great on a map.
The translator gets "half-way" into north Amherst. Nowhere near the City of Buffalo. It was the translator for WLVL Lockport, but the owner of WEBR bought WLVL basically to get a translator for WEBR.
I suppose it gets a lot of listening in those local Big Yellow Taxi cabs...
The reality is that neither WEBR or WLVL is a Buffalo station. The translator was originally WLVL's. The combo does a nice job of covering Niagara County, which is where they're licensed. Any pretension of competing in the Buffalo portion of the market is a pipe dream. Concentrating on Niagara Falls, Lockport, the Tonawandas, and perhaps East Amherst is where their potential audience is. Their actual competition is the Niagara Gazette and the Lockport Union-Sun and Journal. Businesses up there by and large aren't going to pony up Buffalo radio rates. Local advertisers may be willing to buy radio spots targeted at their local audience at small market rates.
It’s a teapot at best. Nobody even knows about it. They have different pds and slogans every other day, and ALL of their staff have reached out to me to get out of there
It’s a teapot at best. Nobody even knows about it. They have different pds and slogans every other day, and ALL of their staff have reached out to me
So you never replied. What personnel changes at WECK have there been over the past 5 years?
They are not even yellow taxis. They are slobs cars that drive around. Uber and Lyft employ far more local people than than these tin cans
When the “owner’ wants to get serious about radio, he should talk to the guy who has 5 powerful metro translators
... who will make him an offer that will put his money-losing to an end.
The latest slogan is 'Hits of the 716'. This further shows you what the problem is with this station. Yuhnke needs to get over his 'Buffalo-envy' and become a community focused Lockport-Niagara Falls station. Leave Buffalo to the big boys!
Hard to tell since I listen infrequently. Your website still lists "Buffalo's Oldies Station" from 3pm-Midnight, and nothing after midnight, so I'm not sure who's on then. I do recall when you used to look down your nose at voice tracking. Apparently, that's now a big chunk of your schedule.
Don't try to make me out as a hater, Buddy. You've done well, and it's admirable. Have all of your moves worked out? I think there are some blemishes on your track record, and some times when you were less than diplomatic in casting aside people you hired. You're a mover and a shaker, and some people don't appreciate being shaken. Overall, though, you've surrounded yourself with some great people, and your stations have done well. I wish you success in a tough business.
Ok. But you said “WECKage”, not me. Take responsibility. You said “looks like more personnel changes at WECK” when there have not been.
Look at the three big companies regarding personnel changes over a short period of time, not WECK.
You say you don’t listen and have no idea regarding 3p-overnights according to our website. So how the hell would you know about personnel changes? There have been none.
You’re getting into the weeds about voice tracking and everything else. What does that have to do with “more personnel changes”
You know zero about the station, so don’t assume. I asked you to name all the personnel changes over the past five years. You totally avoided answering.
If you say something, be prepared to back it up
I could have bought both those stations. I passed. They would have to pay me to buy them..
Impressive, Buddy! You even have Moderator/Administrator David Eduardo finishing your sentences for you.
I am not "finishing" Buddy's thoughts. I simply see the market and the individual stations more in the way that Buddy does than the way that the bigger operators or, in the RadioDiscussions world, the way some posters here do.