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What Stations in Memphis Are in Trouble?

radiocheeseballs said:
Yeah, he's also the guy whose idea it was to have Danger Boy drop a pumpkin from Clark Tower on Halloween and it totaled somebody's car (Very Less Nessman like)

Also the April Fool's Day "switch" with Andy and Debbie on Kix 106..(How original)

And calling Lou Ferrigno on the day of the Hulk opening, I'm sure he was the only one who thought of that one...Pure effin' genius.. I'm sure nobody else interviewed Lou that week.

He may have made you laugh personally off the air but on the air I he's lame...
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He didn't interview Lou Ferigno. He got his home number and called him up at 5am. Lou is hard of hearing, so it added to the confusion...it was funny.

Ron's not really able to let his humor out on WMC, it's being a woman station and all...but give him a morning show on a classic rocker and he would own.

Radiocheeseballs, [EDIT].

And before you make any assumptions about me, I'm doing just fine in our business.


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jpanzer said:
As I see it, 103 is definitely sagging behind. Their playlist is very repetitive and is not diverse at all. The magic and talent from the station is gone. Too much corporatization for 103 killed the life out of them.

That's the way i see it.

JP
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Hmmmm....that's downright disconcertin'.
 
my mom has cancer...why not worry about something that matters.
 
rapmaster said:
my mom has cancer...why not worry about something that matters.
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You're saying that people's jobs don't matter?

I get what you're saying, but I've gone through not having a job for nine months because a station shut down. God provided, but I don't want to ever go through that again. And somehow, I don't think you'd like me saying, "I might lose my job...quit talking about something as insignificant as your mom's cancer."
 
I'm and 8 year survivor of throat cancer! I'm still on the air and grateful for everyday! Miracles happen! Keep the faith!
 
What stations are in trouble?? Good Lord...all of them.
Except for 990am. The "all Dave Ramsey..all the time" station. It's the "New Voice of Memphis" , you know? :)

Actually, FM100 stands to lose the most. What in God's name are they thinking?

I think they now are left with TWO, real, full time jocks left. Tom is gone (where and how long noone knows), Steve is gone, the night person is a gooby part timer, that Lance guy..."ronnie radio" .. the dork of dorks is doing Tom's show. They have always been a big biller in the market. Watch those ad dollars dwindle to nothing. Yuuuuuk.
 
Hey, cancer is very important. I had an aunt who had cancer for part of my lifetime.

Radio is also important because having radio stations where people have jobs provides an income for those who want to do the radio business. It is a shame how corporatization and so much automation has killed the number of on-air positions for those who are actually interested in radio. Corporate automation has made the music on the radio a machine, and not something that someone on air, even on a late nite show can have some fun with. I at one point was interested in going into radio, but i started to see the handwriting on the wall about corporatization and the lack of positions available and the many people in that business who are out of jobs, including my brother.

JP
 
what are you folks talking about???....there are plenty of jobs in radio....almost every station in town is looking for salespeople. If you love radio and need a job, call the GSM of your favorite station. If you have a pulse, you'll have a job.
 
I would never want to be a saleperson and have my livelihood completely based on whether someone would buy my product or not. I think almost all of the stations in Memphis need to be in trouble because I am finding radio increasingly difficult to listen to.
 
Hmmmm....white stations are the ones in trouble.

Hmmmmm....white people are generally the fastest adopters of new technology in the Memphis area.

Yup, I went there.
 
What new technology are you talking about?

Penetration of satellite radio is so low that it has zero effect and always will.

Ipods have an effect on the youngest end of the demo, but really aren't a factor overall right now.

The problems with stations like 98.9, 98.1, 92.9 have far more to do with poor programming than anything else.
Although it does seem like Arbitron has some diary placement issues in Memphis.
 
briancraig said:
What new technology are you talking about?

Penetration of satellite radio is so low that it has zero effect and always will.

Ipods have an effect on the youngest end of the demo, but really aren't a factor overall right now.

The problems with stations like 98.9, 98.1, 92.9 have far more to do with poor programming than anything else.
Although it does seem like Arbitron has some diary placement issues in Memphis.
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Well, take a look at the numbers. As a rule, numbers have gone down for "white" stations, where "urban" stations have stayed close to the same. That means potentially a few things:
-There are less white people in the Memphis metro area than in the past (metro=Shelby, Crittenden, Tipton, Fayette, Marshall, DeSoto and....ummm....one other county. Tunica?)
-There are less people listening to radio overall and some are shifting from the white stations to the urban stations.
-There are less white people being found by Arbitron
-Those who used to listen have found alternatives

Of course, there are a lot more options than that. Those are just off the top of my head.

The point being, if the pie is still the same size that it used to be, then we could figure it out by seeing how numbers have moved from point to point. But the pie is smaller than it was even five years ago and saying that it's a diary distribution issue, in my mind, can't account for all of it. My opinion is that those who used to be listeners to the white stations have found alternatives (be it mp3 players, satellite radio, even playing CDs, tapes and DVDs in radio's place) because they are able to. It very well could be (likely is) that programming drove them away, but it doesn't change that they aren't here anymore.
 
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