What happened at Next?

[Roxie4900]

First the PD at Rock 105 and then the mid-day girl at RNS?? What happened?

 

[firecop947]

You mean there is yet another opening at WRNS? Did the girl you refer to replace Johnny Law? I like Wayne and respect his long tenure at WRNS, I think the suites above him must be dropping the axe. Again! ???

 

[allenv]

I respect Wayne and alot of people at Next.I have some friends there.Nextmedia
as a corporation is not very impressive.Doing away with live nights for Lia????
Next is doing their best to screw up WRNS.WRNS has always been like teflon,no matter what corporate does to screw it up nothing sticks to it.It has been bulletproof for so long but nothing is forever.Next came in and spent alot of money on billboards and gas station advertisements etc...How many GM's have they been through in the last 9 years??? Its mind blowing....They have good people on the inside and very questionable corporate management and unfortunately its usually
the good ones that suffer.The ones that work the hardest are the first to go...

Allen

 

[kingman]

As one of the many former GM's of Next Media, let me say first, there are GREAT people there. That said, corporate has made some decisions that makes one wonder at times. The one that surprises me the most was how they took the launch of Thunder Country (which I was a part of)in what looked to me, as if they were lying down. Now I know Jeff Dinetz (Prez of Next) reads these boards and likes to speculate who is who. I enjoy Jeff personally but he was the hardest person I have ever worked for. It got to the point after three years of giving my all, first as a GSM then as GM, that it wasn't worth working in a company that didn't reward or motivate in a positive way. When you dread going to work in the morning you know it is time.

Remember, sometimes as a GM you have people who are great on the air but do bone headed things off the air that allow you no choice but to let them go their own way. (that may or may not have happened at Rock) Also remember the tough financial times radio is having everywhere, no I don't think HD is the answer, I think the web is a part of the puzzle, I think compelling local content is part of the puzzle. Roy Williams (the wizard of ads) speculates that radio will all be network driven like TV is very soon. I really think it is doing what we ask our customers to do, spend real hard dollars on marketing their products. As Sam Walton of Walmart said "if you stop inviting people to your store, they'll stop coming." Radio has stopped inviting people to their store, they just assume that they will come as they always have, well we know that world is gone...forever. Good Luck to you all, I enjoy reading your posts.

Paul Kingman

 

[allenv]

Next has alot of good people whom I have worked with over the years.I was there
from 1999-2002 until I went full time with Curtis.I only had the "pleasure" of meeting Jeff D a couple of times and you could tell he was the President& General Manager of his own fan club but hey I was a nobody in his eyes.He looks just like Dan Synder... the guy that owns the Redskins.I like Wayne.You know Wayne is all
about Wayne but he'll tell you that.You gotta admire a guy who has been such a big part of the success of WRNS for 20 plus years plus he loves the Redskins & the Yankees.He always treated me fairly and I enjoyed playing X-Rated Elvis songs for him.

Allen

 

[ReelBill]

I've heard and read nothing positive about about this company or it's leader/king Jeff Dinetz. I've been told that he treats his sales staff great and they kiss his... ring when he's in their building. IMO, Next has really wounded on killed some good stations.