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WHJJ, turning the corner.

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It's good to see Whjj getting back on the right track.
Air America ,pretty much pushed their listeners to Pro, BZ,
and Wrko.
With the recent changes at Wpro , Hjj should make some gains.
Helen Glover is just a better listen than David Barber.
Helen knows the local news and Barber doesn't. Also Barber
has made some really racist remarks and against women.
Whjj just put Monica Cawley on weekends.
I heard two R.I. calls on Saturdays show!
I think Hjj is moving in the right direction.
Good for all of us. thanks!!!
 
> It's good to see Whjj getting back on the right track.
> Air America ,pretty much pushed their listeners to Pro, BZ,
> and Wrko.
> With the recent changes at Wpro , Hjj should make some
> gains.
> Helen Glover is just a better listen than David Barber.
> Helen knows the local news and Barber doesn't. Also Barber
> has made some really racist remarks and against women.
> Whjj just put Monica Cawley on weekends.
> I heard two R.I. calls on Saturdays show!
> I think Hjj is moving in the right direction.
> Good for all of us. thanks!!!
>
I hear 'Rush' may be comming to WHJJ????
 
> It's good to see Whjj getting back on the right track.
they really didn't, more that wpro has thrown in the towel.,
 
> > It's good to see Whjj getting back on the right track.
> > Air America ,pretty much pushed their listeners to Pro,
> BZ,
> > and Wrko.
> > With the recent changes at Wpro , Hjj should make some
> > gains.
> > Helen Glover is just a better listen than David Barber.
> > Helen knows the local news and Barber doesn't. Also Barber
>
> > has made some really racist remarks and against women.
> > Whjj just put Monica Cawley on weekends.
> > I heard two R.I. calls on Saturdays show!
> > I think Hjj is moving in the right direction.
> > Good for all of us. thanks!!!
> >
> I hear 'Rush' may be comming to WHJJ????
>
>
>
>WHJJ is sounding alot better. I have to give it to Bill George if he's responsible.As for Rush moving to HJJ, it would be smart move.Clear Channel has it's hands in Rush some how. I am not sure how.
Rush was rumured to move to WHJJ just before the Air America disaster.
I am not sure how it would work with Helen and Howie. One would definitly go.

It would be a hit if WPRO lost Rush since they just lost the RED SOX to WEEI.That would suck for them.

Solution , flip to Talk America.
 
> >WHJJ is sounding alot better. I have to give it to Bill
> George if he's responsible.As for Rush moving to HJJ, it
> would be smart move.Clear Channel has it's hands in Rush
> some how. I am not sure how.

Rush is syndicated by Premiere, which is a Clear Channel subsidiary.
 
> > >WHJJ is sounding alot better. I have to give it to Bill
> > George if he's responsible.As for Rush moving to HJJ, it
> > would be smart move.Clear Channel has it's hands in Rush
> > some how. I am not sure how.
>
> Rush is syndicated by Premiere, which is a Clear Channel
> subsidiary.
>
Great posts by Morescapple and Coolidge.
Haynes at WPRO ,in fact has screwed the pooch.
MR 'Im all Ears' (Barber) is a TRAIN RECK!
Rush could well go to WHJJ - Clear Channel.
WPRO is handing back WHJJs lost audience.
Corwin should send Haynes a check!
 
Radio just has a constant stream of Horror stories about Management. Often times Management makes the worst move possible. Don't know why. They just suddenly turn stupid for some reason.

EXAMPLES:

WHJJ Air America. What were they thinking?
WPRO: Demoting Matt Allen. What were they thinking?

and perhaps the most famous example and the biggest boneheaded move of the Century.

Hiring David Lee Roth to take over for Howard Stern! FREAKING INSANE!!!!


See... it even happens on a National Level. Idiot Executives in big markets and Small alike could be outperformed by a Monkey! Granted, I have seen the occasional good move...... but most of the time It appears that Executives must show up for work Drunk.

Makes me glad that I have a home studio and don't have to work side by side with these people.




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RE WHJJ Air America.

>> WHJJ Air America. What were they thinking?

That same question is also being asked in other cities.

You will recall that -- AT THE TIME AirAmerica was launching -- it got lots of buzz. Al Franken was everywhere. So, for runner-up AM stations (or AMs there weren't already Talk-formatted) it was a bandwagon to jump on.

And, initially, it "got a number." Even with a lesser signal, the New York affiliate posted some impressive early sampling. To this day, certain markets (Portland OR, among others) support AirAmerica.

But, regardless of your political persuasion, there's no denying that:

1. AirAmerica is only about politics. That's emerging as a problem for Limbaugh and Hannity, whose Time Spent Listening is eroding in various markets. Politics-only shows are a one-joke act. Sure, listeners tune-back-into political topics when, for instance, gasoline prices jump. But, as a mountain of research demonstrates, to most people, most days, politics is what people somewhere else care about.

2. AirAmerica tends to be ponderous. Like it or not, the most successful hosts are entertainers. Or at least lively. Obviously, some here eschew Barber, but the guy sure can light-up-the-phones. Helen Glover is vivacious. And both of 'em are LOCAL, which AirAmerica isn't.

PS: Look for lots more Al Franken buzz in the future. Worst-kept secret in Minnesota (his home state): He's all-but-announced to run against Sen. Norm Coleman. And why announce? When he does, AirAmerica will have to yank him off the air. So, to Franken, the SPECULATION is delicious, tantamount to a phantom campaign.
 
I agree!

Your point about an improved WHJJ being "good for all of us" is well-taken.

An improved WHJJ is also good for WPRO!

Now that I've had a chance to poke around this web site, I want to applaud the lengthy item you will find archived several pages back. Someone did a great job recounting the history of JB105. If you were in RI radio in the 70s, you owe it to your self to click around and find this carefully documented history of the station now known as Lite105.

By attacking PRO-FM with such energy, JB105 made PRO-FM a better station; just like aggressive WGNG and WJAR making WPRO-AM better when I was there several hundred years ago.

We who made/make our living in radio benefit because when stations invest in programming, there's more work. But the real winner is the listener, who has more good stuff to listen to. And local advertisers, who have more ears hearing their ads.

Solid local programming will always be local radio's silver bullet against satellite radio and iPod.

HC
www.HollandCooke.com
 
Re: RE WHJJ Air America.

Franken isn't even being coy about running against Coleman. Over a year ago, at the R&R Talk Radio Seminar in California, he told me and David Bernstein that he had just bought a home in his home state, Minnesota. And almost every time you see Coleman on the cable channels, he's asked about a Franken challenge. Bet on it. In which case "the Rush Limbaugh of Air America" exits their line-up.

HC
www.HollandCooke.com
 
Re: I agree!

> Your point about an improved WHJJ being "good for all of us"
> is well-taken.
>
> An improved WHJJ is also good for WPRO!
>
> Now that I've had a chance to poke around this web site, I
> want to applaud the lengthy item you will find archived
> several pages back. Someone did a great job recounting the
> history of JB105. If you were in RI radio in the 70s, you
> owe it to your self to click around and find this carefully
> documented history of the station now known as Lite105.
>
> By attacking PRO-FM with such energy, JB105 made PRO-FM a
> better station; just like aggressive WGNG and WJAR making
> WPRO-AM better when I was there several hundred years ago.
>
>
> We who made/make our living in radio benefit because when
> stations invest in programming, there's more work. But the
> real winner is the listener, who has more good stuff to
> listen to. And local advertisers, who have more ears
> hearing their ads.
>
> Solid local programming will always be local radio's silver
> bullet against satellite radio and iPod.
>
> HC
> www.HollandCooke.com
>
I agree the post regarding the old WPJB-FM JB-105. Its a good read for anyone who loves the history of local radio.
 
How about the AM stations?

>> I agree the post regarding the old WPJB-FM JB-105. Its a good read for anyone who loves the history of local radio.

It would be fun to read a similar piece on WGNG and/or WJAR, if anyone out there has the depth of recollection that made the JB105 piece such a great read.

My second Providence radio stint was in the 1980s, when I was PD of WSNE, then the Outlet Broadcasting radio flagship station...although the "flagship" thing became an agreeable disagreement with my new GM when Outlet moved me to WTOP in Washington (which, because it was Washington, the boss insisted made it "the flagship").

WSNE was then downtown with sister station WJAR-TV at 111 Dorrance Street, now a Johnson & Wales building. I was only there a year and a half, but it seems like Camelot now. The Outlet radio group also included stations in Los Angeles, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Orlando. All owned by Providence based Outlet Broadcasting.

I was a full-time PD, not on-air there. Our staff included John Morgan ("Morgan in the Morning"), who later PD'd B101 and Oldies103.3, and is now packing 'em in at quit-smoking and lose-weight hypnosis seminars. Middays? The late, great Mike Sands, an earlier WJAR mainstay. Talented Jeff Shade did afternoons until he moved on to TV and radio in (I think) New York. Market veteran Bob Hollands did nights and Patty Costa did overnights, both from a studio in Taunton, the station's official city of license.

Several from our Sales staff went on to management at other stations, including Barbara Haynes! Victoria Block, whom you see on Boston TV, was in our news department. And WSNE News Director Bill Thompson later worked for me in Washington, where he anchored morning drive on WTOP for 8 years, when our morning show there had #1 cume numbers. Also doing WSNE News: Dyana Koelsch, who went on to NBC10; and Kathleen Burke, who ended up on-camera at TV12.

Meanwhile, upstairs at Channel 10, some young whippersnapper named Matt Lauer was doing PM Magazine. Whatever became of him? :)
 
WSNE of yesteryear

>> WSNE News Director Bill Thompson later worked for me in Washington, where he anchored morning drive on WTOP for 8 years, when our morning show there had #1 cume numbers. Also doing WSNE News: Dyana Koelsch, who went on to NBC10; and Kathleen Burke, who ended up on-camera at TV12.

An FM station with 3 full-time local news people! If I'm not mistaken, only one AM station has that many now.
 
Re: WSNE of yesteryear

> >> WSNE News Director Bill Thompson later worked for me in
> Washington, where he anchored morning drive on WTOP for 8
> years, when our morning show there had #1 cume numbers. Also
> doing WSNE News: Dyana Koelsch, who went on to NBC10; and
> Kathleen Burke, who ended up on-camera at TV12.
>
> An FM station with 3 full-time local news people! If I'm
> not mistaken, only one AM station has that many now.
>
Uh yes, Im all Ears, Dy Koelsch! She was ALL LEGS!
And the 'Other parts' were nice too! I have had an interesting life..
Talk about a woman who`s had alot of Ups and Downs in her life!
Fallriveractive.
 
"An FM station with 3 full-time local news people?"

Actually, we had 4 full-time news people for most of my time there!

We wanted to be more than a jukebox. Sure, there was lots of music. But it was DJ'd by some of the market's higher priced DJ talent, some of whom had a pre-existing relationship with listeners from previous stations, all of whom could relate without talking too much. And we tried to do just enough news to offer a quick information update that would keep music listeners from leaving for WPRO to know what was happening. And we shared Channel 10's weather brand ("the SkyWatch forecast," back when Channel 10's newscast was called "NewsWatch10").

Admittedly, I'm focused on Talk radio these days, and I respect all of the technology that successful music programmers and consultants employ to research and rotate the right tunes. Most of that is greek to me. But it does seem like FMs are now relying on music. Seems like a shaky strategy with all those iPods out there.

HC
www.HollandCooke.com
 
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