I suppose I should post on here. I always love the Radio-Info stuff. John Sigman was a PD in Brownsville, Texas I believe, and he was doing some sales stuff here in Terre Haute. He is a good guy. I wish he and Sketch (Chad Brumfield) the best. I was at WMGI for years. I couldn't have asked for a better full-time radio career. I had a chance to go over to Crossroads and work for Ernie Caldemone, who departed a week before me, who was shown the door after 4 months. He was very passionate and convinced me to stay in radio. I was told that I was downsized. Sometimes when you see money spent on different forms of advertising it can come in the way of trade. There is a lot of country in Terre Haute. Don't forget that Midwest bought WACF. You are right about Ron Mott and Bryan Thomas being legendary personalities in the market. Crossroads is lucky to have them. I can actually be reached at
[email protected]. That posting was wrong. In radio there is often change. I still work at WZPL in Indy and love it. I might be at the point in my radio career where I just do a part-time thing, or if I take another full-time job I become very selective about the opportunity. I have no hard feelings towards Crossroads. I have been considering changing careers for the past 3 years. This just gives me the opportunity. I would like to say that I gave my all to radio for 10 years in the Wabash Valley. It was a great time in my life. I was asked to stay on at Crossroads part-time, and at this time I declined. I am concerned about the state of radio for me in a full-time capacity. I would like some stability. Crossroads gave me a chance to further my radio career. I had a great last show there on Thursday Oct. 13th. I proved a few things to myself, and I learned a few more things about small market radio. Every day is a learning process. Chris Carter, Sketch, and John Sigman will work hard, and I am sure they will do the best they can. It is interesting to me that I made 10 questions on all-access in my last week of employment. It is under the Hot AC section. Thanks to Mark Strickland and all of my industry friends who have called. I still plan on running my mobile music DJ business. I started that way before radio. I love this board, because the people that are on it love radio in one way or the other. Keep up that passion. If anyone wants to e-mail me I can be reached at
[email protected]. > > Crossroads is the most screwed up company you will ever
> find
> > in broadcasting. They let go Matt Luecking, probably the
> > most compotent programming mind in the building, then They
>
> > still have the legendary Ron Mott and Bryan Thomas on
> staff
> > and they make a weekend guy who isnt even talented enough
> > for college radio and an account executive who could never
>
> > cut it on the air program directors.
> >
> > Steve Hall at WTHI was an off air Production Direcror, not
>
> > Program Director.
> >
> > I wonder if the Midwest buyout of WACF is making Emmis and
>
> > Crossroads freak out. I have a friend who does sales who
> > told me look for WSDM to go to a hank like format when
> they
> > debut on 92.7 in November. Personally If I am Emmis or
> > Midwest absolutely Nothing that comes from Crossroads
> scare
> > me, becuase they cant do anything right.
> >
>
> Another country station in Terre Haute would make for one
> stupid move. WTHI is a powerhouse and WACF, albeit an out
> of town station at least for the time being, gets
> respectable numbers with its Illinois-targeted country
> format. Also, isn't the WQTY side of the WQTY/WWBL combo
> trying to make some sort of dent in Terre Haute as well?
> Country is well served in and around Terre Haute. There's
> no need for another station to take the format.
>
> WSDM would be better off to go modern or active rock...even
> AAA. It would be great to see a station pick up where the
> old WZZQ left off before it went off the air. I guess we'll
> just have to see what happens when 97.7 moves to 92.7 on
> November 1.
>
> As far as the other Crossroads properties are concerned,
> moving 102.7 to hot AC may have been a smart move...an even
> smarter move when they got Matt Luecking on board. It'll be
> interesting to see how much of a hit, if any, the station
> will have as a result of his departure. Also, WAXI flipping
> to the ABC Radio Network's True Oldies Channel format is
> kind of interesting. What little I've heard of the format
> kind of reminds me of a Jack approach to the oldies
> format...a broad playlist of 50s, 60s, and 70s music. It
> may work for them better than Stardust, but moving Oldies
> Radio to WAXI may have been the smarter move. Also, hiring
> an AE to do a PD's job, even for a station running an
> automated satellite format, is a disaster waiting to happen.
> Granted, I don't know the guy taking the post or his
> background, but overall, an AE lacks the creativity and
> overall knowledge of the format and radio in general to
> construct great (but basic) attention getting liners,
> working to construct killer contests and promotions, and
> maintain the overall sound of the station. Take a listen to
> WGLM in West Lafayette to see what I mean by that.
>
> Terre Haute radio definitely needs to be stirred up a
> little, but hopefully Crossroads will do something that will
> better serve the public need and those of the advertisers
> with WSDM, and the new owners of WACF will either strengthen
> their existing format to be more "Wabash Valley" friendly or
> put another format on that will really stir up some
> attention.
>
