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Where's Jeff Wicker (98.7 Simon)

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Any word on why Jeff Wicker is no longer with 98.7 Simon and where he is now??? No mention on the broadcast or the website and when asked, the station gives a simple response that he is no longer with the station.

And what's the word on the new guy Sean Sellers?
 
This could be good news. I always enjoy those nonsensical station IDs but it's always so late when I finally get around to turning on the station I only hear the guy say "The Wicker Show!" followed by some off-color humor.

No, really, it's bad news for the people who like that sort of thing.
 
Hey Sniff,

If I did get the spelling wrong then I apologize, but then the entire Googled community, www.987simon.com, and the actual Sean Sellers myspace page which says he works at 98.7 got it wrong too.

I'm guessing no one can answer the question "Where in the world is Jeff Wicker" though.
 
Wicker's demise must not be too big a deal. I haven't heard anything about it. How long has he been gone? What about the girl who was with Wicker? Carmen? Is she still there?
 
Atticus said:
Wicker's demise must not be too big a deal. I haven't heard anything about it. How long has he been gone? What about the girl who was with Wicker? Carmen? Is she still there?
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She's still on their website
 
I agree .. Wicker in my opionion was not that good .. think he and his crew were in the right spot at the right time .. what has happened to Carmen and that prize guy? Carmen was on Hitz94 for a couple of years before moving to Simon .. word is they may have a format change .. could it be they might do Oldies? Entercom had Oldies 93 before it became WPAW "The Wolf".
 
Wicker's facebook page says he's out of work and looking for a job. And Skip is still on the 98.7 website.
 
Here is what one of Wicker's facebook friends wrote:

I wrote the program director today... here is the response

"I’m sorry you missed the times we talked about Jeff’s departure on the air this morning. We are all having a hard time with this and will miss Jeff terribly. He left us on Friday. I understand that his plans include getting back into TV and movie acting."

Sean Sellers
 
Hmmmmm! Could it be that Clear Channel and Entercom will have a race to battle WKZL. That's my guess. Someone needs to go that route. WKZL is walking away with way too much $$ in the market without any real competition.

Personally, I thought Wicker was AWFUL! Carmen is good and would be better with the right partner. Maybe they can turn that tub around.
 
Personally, I think someone in the market needs to go all Classic Rock. Listen up and down the dial. With Schlock 92 playing "currents", Buzz playing Active Rock, 94.1 playing Moldies....the attitude of a strong, deep classic rocker is gone. Would be a great opportunity for a station to fill a much needed void.
Though, I also think KZL does need some competition. Not sure Simon is the station to do that. 98.7 has tried to battle against them in the past...unsuccessfully.
 
Jeff Wicker just kind of disappeared from Simon. Their ratings have been going south for some time and as they say, it was just a matter of time. Carmen sounds good and The Prize Guy might be good. 98.7 has been around the format wheel several times in the past years and it makes one question if they will spin the format wheel again? Going afer KZL might be a choice but it would be costly and could take some time. In these economic times I am not sure Entercom will invest the dollars it will take to battle KZL. Somebody mentioned Talk and that could be an option since WSJS and WZKT do not cover the entire market now comes the quesion what would they put on the air? All the major syndicated talkers are already in the market and a full blown news operation would be very costly in talent. Top 40 or CHR makes snese for all they would need to do is change the music some and either get new liners and jingles. Wouldn't such a change bring them full circle?
 
Syndicated talkers 98.7 could have:

Glenn Beck
Laura Ingraham (easily picked clean from WLXN-AM)
Jerry Doyle
Rusty Humphries
Ed Schultz
Stephanie Miller
Fred Thompson (easily picked clean from WMFR-AM)
Dr. Laura
Imus
Bill Bennett
Doug Stephan
Dennis Prager
Michael Medved
Hugh Hewitt


Not the greatest, but throw in a couple of live dayparts and you could cobble something together.
 
Blah Blah Blah
How many News/Talk stations does a market of 1.2 million need ... I think we are saturated and WSMW and ANY music focused station should keep playing music.
Just my opinion
 
realradioplayer said:
Blah Blah Blah
How many News/Talk stations does a market of 1.2 million need ... I think we are saturated and WSMW and ANY music focused station should keep playing music.
Just my opinion
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I'm just asking you to consider that MAYBE terrestrial radio's usefulness as a delivery system for music has passed or is passing. There are MANY other ways to get music that do it better than terrestrial radio. Is there a way to deliver LIFESTYLE (rural, urban, suburban) without using the tunes? Please discuss as we move away from Big Ape and advance to "graduate level" topics.
 
Moonshine said:
Simon .. word is they may have a format change .. could it be they might do Oldies? Entercom had Oldies 93 before it became WPAW "The Wolf".
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Why would Entercom change Simon to "Oldies" when they blew up Oldies 93, despite decent numbers?

I can picture 98.7's next format now...Jammin' Oldies? No wait...how about Hurban (Hispanic Urban)? MMM...Movin'? No, wait, I've got it...TV THEMES! 24/7!

With special programs dedicated to Sea Shantys! :D
 
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