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What's Jon Dillon up to?

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coltrane

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Anybody know what JD is up to. He really got the shaft at ZPS by CC. He's a good guy and I would think there would be a place for him in the market...any thoughts?
 
> Anybody know what JD is up to. He really got the shaft at
> ZPS by CC. He's a good guy and I would think there would be
> a place for him in the market...any thoughts?
>
Jon is a good guy and he is missed. MaGoo is ridiculous,and very boring. No originality and still mispronouncing Mexia, Pantego, and Waxahachie.
 
> > Anybody know what JD is up to. He really got the shaft at
> > ZPS by CC. He's a good guy and I would think there would
> be
> > a place for him in the market...any thoughts?
> >
> Jon is a good guy and he is missed. MaGoo is rediculous,and
> very boring. No originality and still mispronouncing Mexia,
> Pantego, and Waxahachie.

Ah, but he's what those who think they know best wanted. So he must be the right man for the job. Sure. Another executive decision in the dumper.
>
 
> > > Anybody know what JD is up to.

> Ah, but he's what those who think they know best wanted. So
> he must be the right man for the job. Sure. Another
> executive decision in the dumper.
> >
>

Didn't it end up being two executives in the dumper? ha

Actually, I had heard that Dillon got a gig working for one of the
Dallas Museums. I can't remember which but I'm thinking it is
the Museum of Art. He is the voice of the museum or something. It
sounded like a good gig there was something else about it that sounded
cool but my mind has gone blank!
 
> > > > Anybody know what JD is up to.
>
> > Ah, but he's what those who think they know best wanted.
> So
> > he must be the right man for the job. Sure. Another
> > executive decision in the dumper.
> > >
> >
>
> Didn't it end up being two executives in the dumper? ha
>
> Actually, I had heard that Dillon got a gig working for one
> of the
> Dallas Museums. I can't remember which but I'm thinking it
> is
> the Museum of Art. He is the voice of the museum or
> something. It
> sounded like a good gig there was something else about it
> that sounded
> cool but my mind has gone blank!
>

A lot of people in radio (and television) voluntarily leave or are forced into a change of course, get into a related line of work, and break out in inner peace and contentment.

Time was the business was a fun job and people in it thought no other endeavor would suffice. Not so anymore--for many, anything BUT the business is the only acceptable way to earn a paycheck. There is life beyond the studio door.
 
Ech...I liked Dillon...I also like Magoo...totally different kind of guys. However Magoo kicked ass in the last trend. HUGE MONTH! So there's that. But what do I know? I'm a biochemist.<P ID="signature">______________
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> Ech...I liked Dillon...I also like Magoo...totally different
> kind of guys. However Magoo kicked ass in the last trend.
> HUGE MONTH! So there's that. But what do I know? I'm a
> biochemist.


Perhaps that qualifies you to figure the jock-to-audience chemistry that seems to be pushing Magoo.
>
 
> > Ech...I liked Dillon...I also like Magoo...totally
> different
> > kind of guys. However Magoo kicked ass in the last trend.
> > HUGE MONTH! So there's that. But what do I know? I'm a
> > biochemist.
>
>
> Perhaps that qualifies you to figure the jock-to-audience
> chemistry that seems to be pushing Magoo.
> >
>
trend. a fluke.There is also no comepetiton for KZPS's format. Some choice on the dial.
 
> > > Ech...I liked Dillon...I also like Magoo...totally
> > different
> > > kind of guys. However Magoo kicked ass in the last
> trend.
> > > HUGE MONTH! So there's that. But what do I know? I'm a
> > > biochemist.
> >
> >
> > Perhaps that qualifies you to figure the jock-to-audience
> > chemistry that seems to be pushing Magoo.
> > >
> >
> trend. a fluke.There is also no comepetiton for KZPS's
> format. Some choice on the dial.
>
No competition? Even though that lousy, no-signal Bone is SO BAD that it should be flipped to a 24-hour Tejano cooking format, it's still THERE. As long as it is, it will be a small problem for whatever company has any rock-based format. Even with the Bone's piddley audience, it keeps KZPS from getting over the hump where they need to be. As far as afternoons is concerned, Magoo ain't nuthin' to write home about, but at least now I can listen on my way home from work without falling asleep and running into a museum. Isn't that where someone said Dillon is working now? Talk about irony.
 
> > > > Ech...I liked Dillon...I also like Magoo...totally
> > > different
> > > > kind of guys. However Magoo kicked ass in the last
> > trend.
> > > > HUGE MONTH! So there's that. But what do I know? I'm a
>
> > > > biochemist.
> > >
> > >
> > > Perhaps that qualifies you to figure the
> jock-to-audience
> > > chemistry that seems to be pushing Magoo.
> > > >
> > >
> > trend. a fluke.There is also no comepetiton for KZPS's
> > format. Some choice on the dial.
> >
> No competition? Even though that lousy, no-signal Bone is SO
> BAD that it should be flipped to a 24-hour Tejano cooking
> format, it's still THERE. As long as it is, it will be a
> small problem for whatever company has any rock-based
> format. Even with the Bone's piddley audience, it keeps KZPS
> from getting over the hump where they need to be. As far as
> afternoons is concerned, Magoo ain't nuthin' to write home
> about, but at least now I can listen on my way home from
> work without falling asleep and running into a museum. Isn't
> that where someone said Dillon is working now? Talk about
> irony.

Magoo is dumber than my dogs..he has no personality and it all seems rehearsed and very choppy, his voice makes me want to hit my radio with a hammer. Dillon is a seasoned veteran in the business and has probably done and seen more in the classic rock world in the past few days than Magoo has ever seen. ZPS has really fallen, in my mind, since the days of the fist Bo and Jim run, Philpott, Jon Dillon, and when Doyle was doing late nights....all of those guys had insight into the music now it is pretty bland.
>
 
> > > > Anybody know what JD is up to.
>
> > Ah, but he's what those who think they know best wanted.
> So
> > he must be the right man for the job. Sure. Another
> > executive decision in the dumper.
> > >
> >
>
> Didn't it end up being two executives in the dumper? ha
>
> Actually, I had heard that Dillon got a gig working for one
> of the
> Dallas Museums. I can't remember which but I'm thinking it
> is
> the Museum of Art. He is the voice of the museum or
> something. It
> sounded like a good gig there was something else about it
> that sounded
> cool but my mind has gone blank!

I had actually heard a rumor that he might end up at KLUV in the afternoons. Might make sense seeing as how Brinkman isn't getting any younger
>
 
> No competition? Even though that lousy, no-signal Bone is SO
> BAD that it should be flipped to a 24-hour Tejano cooking
> format, it's still THERE. As long as it is, it will be a
> small problem for whatever company has any rock-based
> format. Even with the Bone's piddley audience, it keeps KZPS
> from getting over the hump where they need to be. As far as
> afternoons is concerned, Magoo ain't nuthin' to write home
> about, but at least now I can listen on my way home from
> work without falling asleep and running into a museum. Isn't
> that where someone said Dillon is working now? Talk about
> irony.
>
Sorry the Bone isn't classic rock much less a radio station.KZPS has no comepetition in the format..period. Magoo suceeded in the trend by default, thus a fluke.
 
> Anybody know what JD is up to. He really got the shaft at
> ZPS by CC. He's a good guy and I would think there would be
> a place for him in the market...any thoughts?
>

He's involved with Internet broadcasting and computers. That's the last word I got. Don't think he's too interested in terrestial broadcasting, but I could be wrong. I could be indecisive, but I haven't decided, yet.
 
> > No competition? Even though that lousy, no-signal Bone is
> SO
> > BAD that it should be flipped to a 24-hour Tejano cooking
> > format, it's still THERE. As long as it is, it will be a
> > small problem for whatever company has any rock-based
> > format. Even with the Bone's piddley audience, it keeps
> KZPS
> > from getting over the hump where they need to be. As far
> as
> > afternoons is concerned, Magoo ain't nuthin' to write home
>
> > about, but at least now I can listen on my way home from
> > work without falling asleep and running into a museum.
> Isn't
> > that where someone said Dillon is working now? Talk about
> > irony.
> >
> Sorry the Bone isn't classic rock much less a radio
> station.KZPS has no comepetition in the format..period.
> Magoo suceeded in the trend by default, thus a fluke.
>
I never said the Bone was classic rock, but it's ROCK. It's a radio BUTTON. It's another rock CHOICE for a few minutes. At least SOME people (maybe nine or ten) choose during their day or they would have a 0.0. They don't. If you're saying that KZPS and the Bone share absolutely NO audience at ANY time, you're sadly mistaken, and I can't believe anyone who has anything to do with radio in this market would say such a thing. As far as "success by default" is concerned, what else is new? What do you THINK is going to happen when Arbitron gets 2,000 diaries back from a market with four million people?
Why do think all these CEO's are trying to get the new system in place to see what people are REALLY listening to? It could be Magoo on the air or Dillon, or your little sister. It doesn't matter. So, actually in a way, you are correct, because Arbitron itself is the fluke. It's also a complete joke that unfortunately controls a person's employment. Regardless of talent.
 
Who cares.

He was burned out at 'ZPS and you
could tell it by listening to him.
Tired and borrrrring. And sounded
like he had some kind of speech
impediment. Hell, maybe he was drunk.

Nothing like a boring guy playing DJ, and
playing boring ass dinosaur rock songs, over
and over again, and telling the same stories
about songs and artists.

All you folks put him up on some damn pedestal,
and he really wasn't that good.

Magoo's a "Mr. Radio" voice kind of guy
(like he's lost in the 80's with his delivery),
but at least he has a shot of energy. Something
Dillon didn't have any of.
 
It's the Texas Musicians Museum (http://www.texasmusiciansmuseum.com/). According to the web page, he's the "Music Director, Spokesperson and Historian".


> Actually, I had heard that Dillon got a gig working for one
> of the
> Dallas Museums. I can't remember which but I'm thinking it
> is
> the Museum of Art. He is the voice of the museum or
> something. It
> sounded like a good gig there was something else about it
> that sounded
> cool but my mind has gone blank!
>
 
> Who cares.
>
> He was burned out at 'ZPS and you
> could tell it by listening to him.
> Tired and borrrrring. And sounded
> like he had some kind of speech
> impediment. Hell, maybe he was drunk.
>
> Nothing like a boring guy playing DJ, and
> playing boring ass dinosaur rock songs, over
> and over again, and telling the same stories
> about songs and artists.
>
> All you folks put him up on some damn pedestal,
> and he really wasn't that good.
>
> Magoo's a "Mr. Radio" voice kind of guy
> (like he's lost in the 80's with his delivery),
> but at least he has a shot of energy. Something
> Dillon didn't have any of.

Did you ever think the reason he was getting burnt out was because of PD's liek Christy and companies like CC. Do you have any idea what that PD and Max put JD and other jocks through? There was no freedom to do anything...Jon played as part of a team and got jacked around by Max and Christy. Putting him in the mid-day shift and putting Shelby in afternoons...what a crap move...and taking away the BITWP's, or actually changing the name to amke it Shelby's own. Magoo is far from a shot of energy he is washed up and unknown and needs to be on the Bone or something. JD spent 30+ years in this market and that's not because, as you stated Velvet, "he really wasn't that good".
>
 
> He was burned out at 'ZPS and you
> could tell it by listening to him.
> Tired and borrrrring.

First, in my (admittedly aging) memory his delivery has always leaned a bit more toward the laid-back; similar to John LaBella and Charlie Jones. Some find that style boring but it doesn't detract from his talent.

Second, environment is just as important to anybody's long-term job performance as talent. Good talent in a bad environment will almost always evenutally lead to reduced performance. How is the environment at ZPS? Especially for someone who remembers the way it used to be...
 
> Second, environment is just as important to anybody's
> long-term job performance as talent. Good talent in a bad
> environment will almost always evenutally lead to reduced
> performance. How is the environment at ZPS? Especially for
> someone who remembers the way it used to be...
>
I remember when it was better theire too. In the Madison with Larson and co....from what I hear now from friends in production and promotions it is hell...no one talks to anyone. There is no rapport there. Everyone is trying to stay under the radar to maintain their jobs. You are correct about the ebvironment and its effects on staff..what is a DJ to do when they have no creative control over anything on their show...I mean Max didn't even want to lewt JD bring back Dillon's Dungeon for crying out loud!
 
> Who cares.
>
> He was burned out at 'ZPS and you
> could tell it by listening to him.
> Tired and borrrrring. And sounded
> like he had some kind of speech
> impediment. Hell, maybe he was drunk.
>
> Nothing like a boring guy playing DJ, and
> playing boring ass dinosaur rock songs, over
> and over again, and telling the same stories
> about songs and artists.
>
> All you folks put him up on some damn pedestal,
> and he really wasn't that good.
>
> Magoo's a "Mr. Radio" voice kind of guy
> (like he's lost in the 80's with his delivery),
> but at least he has a shot of energy. Something
> Dillon didn't have any of.

Why don't you tell us about your accomplishments in the industry?
>
 
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