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WHYL Nights vs. WHP

Bruce Williams couldn't be duller if his entire show were set to mall music. "All right, we've got this guy who talks really slowly and in a sleepy voice...what should he talk about? I've GOT it! Personal finance!"

BRUCE: Let's head to Bakersfield, California, and Jim. Welcome, Jim.
JIM: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
BRUCE: OK, we've lost Jim, so we'll say hello to Linda in Des Moines.
LINDA: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
BRUCE: So in conclusion, cut up your credit cards. Good night and God bless.

Phil Hendrie's show was dropped by WHP because not enough people understood what he was doing. Here's a man who puts more into his radio show than anybody in the industry, a guy who can do comedy or issues with equal skill, and central Pennsylvania couldn't appreciate the presentation. The regrettable thing about talk radio in such a conservative area is the audience's apparent insistence that fun and seriousness are mutually exclusive. Despite that, a station's first responsibility is to provide what their audience wants, and according to all reports, empirical and anecdotal, it wasn't Hendrie for the WHP crowd.
 
> > Granted, Bruce Williams has a great show. Then again, so
> > does Phil Hendrie, but WHP blew him off after a short time
>
> > also.
>
> No offense, but Phil Hendrie doesn't deserve to be mentioned
> in the same paragraph as Bruce Williams. Hendrie's show only
> works if you're in on the gag. I wasn't, so I had no idea
> what was going on. The problem is, once you're in on the
> gag, it's not funny. That's why WHP booted his show. Bruce
> was on WHP for a long time and had a very loyal audience.
>
> Other stations in this area have tried Tom Leykis in the
> past and each time no one listened. But they keep trotting
> him out. Waste of airwaves, IMO.
>
No offense taken, but I have to disagree. IF you get the gag on Hendrie, THATS what makes it great radio. To hear all the others who dont is priceless. WHP took him off because he had a time change on the left coast, and that got in the way of what they wanted to put on before/after him. Bruce may be back on someday, BUT, there are people listening to Leykis in this town.
 
More local presence

Do all Lloyd's employees who post here qualify as "local presence?" Rubberball is one of them.

Bottom line: Lloyd has been going around making "the speech" about local radio and "giving radio stations back to their communities" in every Route 81 COL since the deal went through. Before that he was doing it in Chester County (WCOJ) and before that in Delaware County (WPWA). It's a great speech to stir a local advertiser's soul and even a radio geek's heart. His actions belie the speech. He has been constantly increasing the amount of satellite time on his stations, generally with programs that pay to get on (which, of course, are the weaker talk-radio entries). I have no problem with Lloyd's business decisions or his right to run his stations as he sees fit. I do have a problem with somebody who says they are going to do one thing and do another.

> A few posts back, a comment was made about WHYL not having a
> local presence. Well, what would you call Scott Donato's
> local morning show?
>
 
Every station I go to, I find two-three-four people who have worked for Lloyd Roach and all have war stories to tell. Lloyd has been around a while and his stations have tended to have hight turn-over. Result: A large and ever-growing Lloyd Roach Alumni Association.

I don't know if Lloyd actually has current employees come online, pose as listeners and post glowing reviews of his stations. But if he did, it would be pure and classic Lloyd. Lloyd's personality can be described as "colorful" or "incendiary," depending on your view of the guy. Lloyd, like any good salesman, can make a great impression when he wants to. If you didn't have much direct contact with him when you worked for him, I can understand why you might be puzzled by some of the Lloyd posts that pop up from time to time.

> Just curious, but serious about my question. I've noticed
> some of you have a problem with Lloyd for some reason(s). He
> was my GM in the early/mid-80s. Can someone explain to me
> (without being silly or sarcastic) what makes Lloyd the
> object of your zingers so often? I haven't seen him since
> the time I worked for him, so I'm not here to defend him.
> I'm just wondering why some of you have such a h**d-on for
> the guy. Thanks.
>
 
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