Why Dan Mason (Head of CBS Radio) needs to resign...

[LA_Guy]

Dan, I remember last year when they announced you were coming back. All Right! I thought to myself...a RADIO guy coming back to do radio! I must admit, some of the stuff you did when you first got back showed hope (for example, putting oldies back on WCBS-FM). But I now realize that something happened to you while you were away, and so now it's time for you to resign. You've laid off key people in many markets-the #1 rated morning guy in Phoenix, Imus in New York, and so many others. You've gutted your managers-Why in Hell did you fire the GM of WXRT in Chicago? That place wasn't broken, Dan-it was doing just fine! NOW it is, however! One P.D. handling THREE New York FM stations? What have you been smoking, Dan?

BUT that might be the root of the problem, Dan...because I've heard from several sources that you're betting CBS radio's future on some grey haired ponytailed guru "scientist" that claims that he can 'encode' audio so people feel good while they're listening to it! Dan, I don't know what you're taking to "feel good" but it might explain the dumb moves you've been doing of late-and it's likely illegal to boot!

And your move in Los Angeles, where you fired the ONLY engineer on staff there that had any AM radio experience-in the #2 market-where you have TWO high power AM stations! Pure GENIUS, Dan! What are you going to do when KNX pops off some day? Blow angel dust on the transmitter to get it back on?

In retrospect, I realize that anyone with an IQ greater then 11 would know that WCBS-FM had to go back to oldies, especially since Jack was doing so poorly there.

So Dan, time to go...take the guru with you and go smoke some dope high atop some mountain somewhere-I'm sure you'll both 'see the light'!

 

[PSA_Man]

Dan, I remember last year when they announced you were coming back. All Right! I thought to myself...a RADIO guy coming back to do radio! I must admit, some of the stuff you did when you first got back showed hope (for example, putting oldies back on WCBS-FM). But I now realize that something happened to you while you were away, and so now it's time for you to resign. You've laid off key people in many markets-the #1 rated morning guy in Phoenix, Imus in New York, and so many others. You've gutted your managers-Why in Hell did you fire the GM of WXRT in Chicago? That place wasn't broken, Dan-it was doing just fine! NOW it is, however! One P.D. handling THREE New York FM stations? What have you been smoking, Dan?

BUT that might be the root of the problem, Dan...because I've heard from several sources that you're betting CBS radio's future on some grey haired ponytailed guru "scientist" that claims that he can 'encode' audio so people feel good while they're listening to it! Dan, I don't know what you're taking to "feel good" but it might explain the dumb moves you've been doing of late-and it's likely illegal to boot!

And your move in Los Angeles, where you fired the ONLY engineer on staff there that had any AM radio experience-in the #2 market-where you have TWO high power AM stations! Pure GENIUS, Dan! What are you going to do when KNX pops off some day? Blow angel dust on the transmitter to get it back on?

In retrospect, I realize that anyone with an IQ greater then 11 would know that WCBS-FM had to go back to oldies, especially since Jack was doing so poorly there.

So Dan, time to go...take the guru with you and go smoke some dope high atop some mountain somewhere-I'm sure you'll both 'see the light'!

wow, doesn't seem like there's anything else to say, it's all been said nothing left to add here.

 

[BossJock1947]

Dan, I remember last year when they announced you were coming back. All Right! I thought to myself...a RADIO guy coming back to do radio! I must admit, some of the stuff you did when you first got back showed hope (for example, putting oldies back on WCBS-FM). But I now realize that something happened to you while you were away, and so now it's time for you to resign. You've laid off key people in many markets-the #1 rated morning guy in Phoenix, Imus in New York, and so many others. You've gutted your managers-Why in Hell did you fire the GM of WXRT in Chicago? That place wasn't broken, Dan-it was doing just fine! NOW it is, however! One P.D. handling THREE New York FM stations? What have you been smoking, Dan?

BUT that might be the root of the problem, Dan...because I've heard from several sources that you're betting CBS radio's future on some grey haired ponytailed guru "scientist" that claims that he can 'encode' audio so people feel good while they're listening to it! Dan, I don't know what you're taking to "feel good" but it might explain the dumb moves you've been doing of late-and it's likely illegal to boot!

And your move in Los Angeles, where you fired the ONLY engineer on staff there that had any AM radio experience-in the #2 market-where you have TWO high power AM stations! Pure GENIUS, Dan! What are you going to do when KNX pops off some day? Blow angel dust on the transmitter to get it back on?

In retrospect, I realize that anyone with an IQ greater then 11 would know that WCBS-FM had to go back to oldies, especially since Jack was doing so poorly there.

So Dan, time to go...take the guru with you and go smoke some dope high atop some mountain somewhere-I'm sure you'll both 'see the light'!

Why in Hell did you fire the GM of WXRT in Chicago? That place wasn't broken

Doesn't have to be broken to get canned. It's all the other underperformers that's dragging down the good stations. More evidence CONSOLIDATION hasn't worked.

 

[pqgeorge]

Dan, I remember last year when they announced you were coming back. All Right! I thought to myself...a RADIO guy coming back to do radio! I must admit, some of the stuff you did when you first got back showed hope (for example, putting oldies back on WCBS-FM). But I now realize that something happened to you while you were away, and so now it's time for you to resign. You've laid off key people in many markets-the #1 rated morning guy in Phoenix, Imus in New York, and so many others. You've gutted your managers-Why in Hell did you fire the GM of WXRT in Chicago? That place wasn't broken, Dan-it was doing just fine! NOW it is, however! One P.D. handling THREE New York FM stations? What have you been smoking, Dan?

BUT that might be the root of the problem, Dan...because I've heard from several sources that you're betting CBS radio's future on some grey haired ponytailed guru "scientist" that claims that he can 'encode' audio so people feel good while they're listening to it! Dan, I don't know what you're taking to "feel good" but it might explain the dumb moves you've been doing of late-and it's likely illegal to boot!

And your move in Los Angeles, where you fired the ONLY engineer on staff there that had any AM radio experience-in the #2 market-where you have TWO high power AM stations! Pure GENIUS, Dan! What are you going to do when KNX pops off some day? Blow angel dust on the transmitter to get it back on?

In retrospect, I realize that anyone with an IQ greater then 11 would know that WCBS-FM had to go back to oldies, especially since Jack was doing so poorly there.

So Dan, time to go...take the guru with you and go smoke some dope high atop some mountain somewhere-I'm sure you'll both 'see the light'!

Why in Hell did you fire the GM of WXRT in Chicago? That place wasn't broken

Doesn't have to be broken to get canned. It's all the other underperformers that's dragging down the good stations. More evidence CONSOLIDATION hasn't worked.

No doubt that this is the result of that consolidation. And while 93/XRT was never on the top of the Chicago book, it was (is) a solid performer. It was one of those unique stations which always did well and the on-air talent stayed for years and years (and so did the audience!). In Chicago, lots of AAA and Rock stations have come and gone over the years (WMET, WCKG, WDAI, WLS-FM et.al.). Sure, you've got "The Loop" (as close to a Rock station as you can get, considering they play only Classic Rock), but 'XRT still has always had some clout in Chicagoland. I don't think it (the firing of the GM) was a deliberate attempt to take one particular person down (per-se). Rather, it was an across the board cut throughout CBS. Who knows? The way it was done left a lot to be desired. "I've been there, I know". No doubt, it was the bean-counters (who know nothing about each individual station or the people who make them work). It's all numbers to them. We'll see through the next two "books". It was the bean-counters who killed the original 'CBS-FM back in 2005 (only to bring it back). Let's see what happens next. Admittedly, this is not the time to be in commercial radio.

 

[MarkW]

His format selection for 103.7 FM in San Diego certainly left me scratching my head. Ranks right up there with some of the (idiotic) moves Joe Hollander made.

The re-launch of KFRC in San Francisco has also been a colossal disaster so far. Nice idea. TERRIBLE execution.

Early on, the re-launch of B94 in Pittsburgh also appears to be a dud.

K-Rock changes its musical format every 2 minutes. Are these clowns incapable of doing proper market research?

Right now, the music airing on K-Rock reminds me of what WNEW was playing in 1998. I bet the resemblence will be equally as uncanny in the ratings realm, too!

The spin-filled press release that came out a month ago about all the "ratings increases" was so misleading that I almost busted my gut laughing. ;D

 

[leethalweapon]

I find it amusing that people around here praise will someone one minute, and then call for their exacution the next. Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't one of his missions to trim the fat of middle management, and consolidate various overlapping role's?

What is wrong with having one GM per cluster? If the staff under that GM are professional enough, then stations in that cluster should run fairly smooth.

 

[davideduardo]

What is wrong with having one GM per cluster? If the staff under that GM are professional enough, then stations in that cluster should run fairly smooth.

That's the way good clusters have been run for the last 50 years... single manager, excellent operations folks.