Who Replaces Dave Dameshek?

[feeball]

I'm asking this question since it appears that Sporting News Radio every weeknight is just a temporary situation to replace Dameshek. What are the odds that the next show will be a local or syndicated show? Will it be a sports program or a Hot Talk program (like Tom Leykis)?

If I were to take a guess (and it is just a guess from past dealings), I would say that it will not be a sports program or a local show.

 

[Snafu]

Supposedly the status quo could remain in place until at least Labor Day.

Its asking too much for the management group over there to do anything new, interesting or exciting. So I suppose they'll find some other third rate syndicated show that most of the market will trip over itself to avoid.

 

[SteelRocker]

Maybe we'll get the return of Chris Kidd///Kid Chris show to Pittsburgh.......NOT

 

[feeball]

Maybe we'll get the return of Chris Kidd///Kid Chris show to Pittsburgh.......NOT

Kidd Chris show draws too young of a demographic and no demographic in Pittsburgh. Okay at least a demographic who can't read and write and are absolutely useless for Arbitron diary purposes.

 

[Boss Radio]

If they wanted to do sports, they could slide Steigerwald into that spot. His time at Channel 2 is almost done, and the station wouldn't mind if he left early.

 

[Radio_Realist]

they could slide Steigerwald into that spot

Why would they want to pay anyone to work what is becoming radio's other graveyard shift? The competition for listeners at that hour are so weak that almost anything could hold its own. There's probably nothing they could put on the air that would bill more than it costs, other than plugging into some syndication feed. They could even simulcast with KDKA to simply fill up the airtime.

 

[Boss Radio]

They were paying Dameshek to fill those hours, weren't they?

 

[Radio_Realist]

They were paying Dameshek to fill those hours, weren't they?

Yes, they were. And we all know what their track record for making good decisions has been, don't we?

So, if a company makes a mistake, instead of correcting it, they should perpetuate it so they don't have to admit that they made a mistake in the first place, right?

 

[feeball]

So, if a company makes a mistake, instead of correcting it, they should perpetuate it so they don't have to admit that they made a mistake in the first place, right?

The problem with CBS Radio is they have no clue. Whenever a mistake is made, they go into denial mode. They consider themselves better than Clear Channel and then sit around and bitch as to why they are being dominated by Clear Channel in every market. Every CBS Radio station I have had the pleasure of working for has this mentality. If CBS Radio knew how to avoid mistakes or better yet how to correct mistakes, Joel Hollander would still have a job.

 

[Boss Radio]

They were paying Dameshek to fill those hours, weren't they?

Yes, they were. And we all know what their track record for making good decisions has been, don't we?

So, if a company makes a mistake, instead of correcting it, they should perpetuate it so they don't have to admit that they made a mistake in the first place, right?

Maybe they don't share your opinion that a mistake was made.

 

[Radio_Realist]

Maybe they don't share your opinion that a mistake was made.

Or, maybe they won't even admit to themselves that they made a mistake. Cleopatra wasn't the only queen of denial.

But you do make a good point with your italics. If a company pays a whopping big pile of money for programming a certain air shift, and they make a tiny little pile of money from airtime sales during that air shift, calling that business loss a mistake is only an opinion. Some people are of the opinion that losing money is a good thing, and isn't a mistake.

 

[Boss Radio]

I hope and pray they read this board and can benefit from your wisdom.

 

[Radio_Realist]

I hope and pray they read this board and can benefit from your wisdom.

If they need me to tell them that spending more than you have coming in means that you lose money, if they don't already know that, they need a lot more help than I could give them.

 

[Boss Radio]

It's a start-up format. They probably don't have many local hours that are profitable at this point.

 

[Radio_Realist]

It's a start-up format.

You are correct, of course. There has never been a sports talk show on any radio station in Pittsburgh in the evening. That was a totally, brand new concept in broadcasting. I should have realized that. Thank you for correcting me.

 

[Boss Radio]

And so, ladies and gentlemen, another thread that started with a valid question and potential for discussion, goes whoooooooooooshing down the crapper.

 

[feeball]

Guess I will break the monotony of this thread.

For one, I doubt CBS Radio paid a whole lot of money to Dameshek. The money is going to Paulsen and McIntire to do their shows.

Second, it's not anything new for a sports program to air on a talk station. The point is The Zone has been on air for a little over three months. Dave leaving the station is not a great move. If the format was on air for two years and Dave decided to leave, that is a different story. We know about the ESPN Radio parrots and Ellis Cannon.

Third, the format is going to lose money in any time slot for the simple reason that they just started. Maybe back in the days when local mom-and-pop owners who would religiously screw their employees and skip payroll formats turned a profit in their first three months. In the market that exists today, not going to happen.

Fourth and final, seems like any thread with a valid question that could be discussed and have a great amount of input form other users always seems to hit the crapper. They should rename the board from the Pittsburgh board to the Radio_Realist board since he feels that he should be the leading authority in all of media.