What a friend had to say about Legends

[The Voice of Reason]

Over this past weekend I had dinner with some friends and the topic of radio came up. One of my friends commented how she use to listen to Legends, but stopped because, in her own words, " I would hear the same song being played going to work as I would coming home from work." Adding "they must have just 30 CD's in their music library."

Personally I very seldom listen to Legends anymore because what started out with such great potential; local announcers and a variety of music, turned into just another "jukebox" with announcers reading cue-cards.

We all remember what happened when the station's ratings went from a 2.0 to over a 4 share; several announcers and the station's manager fired. I guess that's formula for success these days: Eliminate staff.

I'm certain the defenders of Legends will come forth to praise the station. So be it! What would be nice is if some local investors were to buy Legends and turn it into a real radio station with real announcers and expand their music rotation. But that will happen the same day New York lawmakers pass a state budget on time.

 

[heydaybegone]

I'm certain the defenders of Legends will come forth to praise the station

:-\

 

[cee]

I think they sound much better now than they did when they first started. The music is great - and they often are playing those "oh wow" songs people on this board are always bitchin' about not being played anymore(I heard When You're Hot You're Hot/Jerry Reed just recently). I like all the Rat Pack, Louis Prima and all the other "standards" they toss in for good measure.

The imaging and jingles are much improved since Legends started(with those old school jingles now usually only going into the older songs). Liner cards? When's this? It's all personality and the jocks seem to have a lot of freedom -- again, aren't we always bitchin' here that there's not enough of that?? As far as cutbacks on-air, they just added Tom Noonan to evenings and he's putting calls on the air(& doing a very zany old time evening show). Aren't we also always bitchin' here about there not being enough of that? They're formula for success these days actually appears to be expanding their live staff. And they have many live shows on the weekend, like market legend Mike Vickers doing requests on Sunday nights.

For a little operation with probably a little budget, they now sound pretty good.

 

[qman]

Cee you were one of the detracters of Legends a couple of years back you have seemed to come around lately and that's good. Mark and the rest of the staff at Legends have worked extrordinarily hard to improve the sound of the station freshening our jingle and sweeper package and expanding the playlist. Though I no longer work there, I still remain happy with the station's success and wish nothing but the best for them. Miss you guys!!!!

 

[cee]

Cee you were one of the detracters of Legends a couple of years back you have seemed to come around lately and that's good. Mark and the rest of the staff at Legends have worked extrordinarily hard to improve the sound of the station freshening our jingle and sweeper package and expanding the playlist.

I call 'em as I see 'em. I thought the presentation needed a lot of work back then and from what you say, Mark & company have done just that. Yes, much better imaging and jingles and the music mix is a lot better - those standards and forgotten oldies they throw in are great!! Nice to see a smaller operation competing with the big boys. Sounds like they've found a nice niche in the market. I wish them continued good luck.

 

[ThePickleReport]

They sound pretty good for what they have to work with. I think there's a lot of haters because the station doesn't fit into a neat little box format-wise, but it is successful anyway.