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WHO RUINED KASE / KVET?

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Steve Eberhart

Wow! Saw the latest ratings for these two former giants and was amazed at the decline in ratings.
Who is in charge of these stations??! Is there any doubt that whatever it is they've been doing for the last 12 months has been an abysmal failure?!
 
I also noticed the HD-2 channel is gone on KVET? I liked that channel. It was really the only good one around.
 
i read somewhere, they got rid of denise williams who was the pd of kvet and of course i know somebody who likes to listen to sammy allred. on the kase side i don't know who was running the station before.
 
Isn't Mac Daniels running both shows now? Mac was the PD for KASE, then left and came back. I thought that all of the stations were being programmed out of cooperate. At least their side bands on HD are.
 
yeahIwasinradio said:
Isn't Mac Daniels running both shows now? Mac was the PD for KASE, then left and came back. I thought that all of the stations were being programmed out of cooperate. At least their side bands on HD are.
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Its an urban legend that CC stations are programmed out of corporate. It is totally untrue. It isnt Cumulus.

as far as KASE and KVET, they are being programmed by Mac Daniels. On a side note: Janice Williams was never the PD.
 
To answer the original question, Alan Furst and Clear Channel are the ones that began the process of ruining those stations back when Roy Butler sold them off. It's only now that the ratings and revenue have finally caught up. Actually, KASE had double-digit ratings just about everywhere pre-CC.
 
Add John Cullen and Michael Cruise to the list of culprits.
 
Cruise may have made some mistakes (Rob Mason, hideous logo) but did do some things right with 12 in a row and taking it new country.

It's a shame they couldn't have a killer line up of random KASE old timers like Malone, Jon Zenor, Bama, Deana Blake, Kidd Callahan. That would be a damn good station, that 12 in a row, and imaging and a jingle package that represented a cutting edge country station, unlike they have now.
 
It is not one man, or one thing-but it is one company.

I am sure Sammy geting fired was the big thing for KVET, but if we go by the numbers, it my just be the most recent census and the new formula that figures in more hispanic listening. That is going to shift country numbers downward. Dallas and especially Houston are evidence of that. Back to CC, mark my words, if they manage to shove that sale through it is going to get worse than we have ever seen as far as cuts, layoffs and poorly done radio.

I still think that KVET is one of the best and most creatively programmed LOCAL stations around. I am proud of what Mac has been able to do with as little as he has had to do it with. Sure, it may have some tracked jocks, but it sounds like a Austin, Texas.

PS-Eb: Give me a shout when you get a free minute.
 
Granted, it's been 10 years since Mr. Butler turned the keys over to Gulfstar/Capstar/Chancellor/AMFM/Clear Channel, and a lot of water has gone under the bridge, but there were a lot of small steps that led to a long decline:
Mr. Butler being told he could sell, or he could go bankrupt trying to compete with a real cluster.
Mr. Rogers preparing for the sale by cutting spending.
The newsroom staff kicked to the curb.
Steve Gary removed from the Music Director's chair.
Tom Allen removed from KASE morning drive.
Waylon, Smith, Chandler, and all the other experienced sales staff leaving.
Mr. Rogers being told he was just a hick-local, and national corporate managers knew best.
Mr. Rogers being removed.
Kase being re-imaged.
David Anderson getting canned.
Mac Daniel leaving.
Dave Marcum leaving.
and then the descent into Clear Channel meat-cleaver budgeting.
I'm sure there were many more, but I must say the damage done by Cruise was the most severe, and the most unnecessary. He screwed the pooch.

Kudos to Mac Daniel for being able to do as much as he did for KVET, since the corporate programmers decided KASE was to be the main station, with the lions share of the resources.

Just one man's view, on the tragic destruction of one of the most successful radio operations EVER.
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A lot of what has been said is true. There has been a steady decline since the Roy Butler/Ron Rogers days, but I do think that the stations did fairly well for a while after that. I credit the current management for beginning the long spin down the toilet. Here is my list:

1) Mac Daniels - been around country radio a long time but is a lousy manager. Can't deal with his personel. Janice Williams getting fired was pretty much because of a personality conflict with Mac. She was one of the best things going for the station and was a big reason that KVET has had a resurgence. She picked the music, not Mac.
2) GM Pam McKay - has no programming experience, only sales...therefore Mac is allowed to run all the programming for KASE/KVET.
3) Bob Pickett - He is music director for KASE (at least I think he is, its hard to tell anymore) and the music choices he makes are questionable at best.
4) Clear Channel Corporate - As the rating for KASE and KVET came down (really KVET came up but KASE certainly came down to meet them) the budget and personel were cut making it harder to compete with all these other stations particularly the Hispanice stations. Roy Butler and Ron Rogers would promotionally kill anyone that tried to challenge them.
5) Bucky and Bob - Are you kidding me?
 
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