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Legitimate Country artist like Lucinda Williams and Neko Case are on WXPN. The whole morning schtick that I gather from reading these posts iis a deliberate attempt to glorify dumb dutchie country bumpkin rednecks.
 
always so indie cred..i like both of them alot...but that does not make them "legitimate" ..of course you think ZZO will get better ratings playing The Smiths, so who knows.
 
I have been a professional broadcaster for 27 years and last year I had the shear displeasure of working at WIOV for about four months. What a nightmare! I was hired to do morning news and give the Murph and Casey show some credibility. I must say, Jerry Murphy is the most untalented, yet most egotistical disc jockey I have EVER worked with!
He never has an original thought, steals his material from anywhere he can get it, and thinks he's clever. Nothing he says on the air isn't pre-rehearsed. In fact, he used to try to tell me what to respond when he said something to me, which I wouldn't do. He does it to poor Casey all the time, so she acts as straight person and he can get a calculated laugh. I actually saw him say at a meeting that he is the best broadcaster ever to hit the airwaves in the Harrisburg-York-Lancaster market! And he said it with a perfectly straight face! He seriously believes that.
The station itself is a mess! During the short time I was there, the p.d. got fired (Dick Raymnd), they brought a new guy in who has since left, and they promoted a completely clueless bimbo named Lisa to general manager! even though she had only been there a few weeks as a salesperson and it was her first radio job! I've worked mostly in major markets (Philly and Miami), but I cut my teeth in small market radio and I had NEVER seen anything as bush-league as that operation. Finally, after about 4 months, I just left one day and said I wasn't coming back. Fortunately, I didn't need the job. But I had taken it thinking it would be fun to work at a smaller, more personal station than the big ones I had worked at. Boy, was I wrong! I still have nightmares! I understand the station is still just as screwed up. And I'm sure Murphy still sucks, but I can't stand country music, so I don't listen.
 
Dr..I would stack his successful, major market career against yours any day. He was awesome his first tour in Harrisburg and will do great things with WIOV as well. I worked for Al, twice in my career once at KOOL here and at another station later on.He is one of the best PD's in the industry.Just ask some of the peple who worked with him. I think he just got tired of the b.s. and when this opportunity came up at IOV, he saw it as an excellent opprtunity to settle in and work in a market he knows.
Now, Tell us about YOUR track record...
 
ekeno said:
I have been a professional broadcaster for 27 years and last year I had the shear displeasure of working at WIOV for about four months. What a nightmare! I was hired to do morning news and give the Murph and Casey show some credibility. I must say, Jerry Murphy is the most untalented, yet most egotistical disc jockey I have EVER worked with!
He never has an original thought, steals his material from anywhere he can get it, and thinks he's clever. Nothing he says on the air isn't pre-rehearsed. In fact, he used to try to tell me what to respond when he said something to me, which I wouldn't do. He does it to poor Casey all the time, so she acts as straight person and he can get a calculated laugh. I actually saw him say at a meeting that he is the best broadcaster ever to hit the airwaves in the Harrisburg-York-Lancaster market! And he said it with a perfectly straight face! He seriously believes that.
The station itself is a mess! During the short time I was there, the p.d. got fired (Dick Raymnd), they brought a new guy in who has since left, and they promoted a completely clueless bimbo named Lisa to general manager! even though she had only been there a few weeks as a salesperson and it was her first radio job! I've worked mostly in major markets (Philly and Miami), but I cut my teeth in small market radio and I had NEVER seen anything as bush-league as that operation. Finally, after about 4 months, I just left one day and said I wasn't coming back. Fortunately, I didn't need the job. But I had taken it thinking it would be fun to work at a smaller, more personal station than the big ones I had worked at. Boy, was I wrong! I still have nightmares! I understand the station is still just as screwed up. And I'm sure Murphy still sucks, but I can't stand country music, so I don't listen.
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I'm willing to bet we could have a whole board dedicated to Citadel/Central PA war stories. It's too bad this business makes it risky to speak openly about such things. Because maaaaaaaaaan have I heard some doozies!
 
ekeno said:
I have been a professional broadcaster for 27 years and last year I had the shear displeasure of working at WIOV for about four months. What a nightmare! I was hired to do morning news and give the Murph and Casey show some credibility. I must say, Jerry Murphy is the most untalented, yet most egotistical disc jockey I have EVER worked with!
He never has an original thought, steals his material from anywhere he can get it, and thinks he's clever. Nothing he says on the air isn't pre-rehearsed. In fact, he used to try to tell me what to respond when he said something to me, which I wouldn't do. He does it to poor Casey all the time, so she acts as straight person and he can get a calculated laugh. I actually saw him say at a meeting that he is the best broadcaster ever to hit the airwaves in the Harrisburg-York-Lancaster market! And he said it with a perfectly straight face! He seriously believes that.
The station itself is a mess! During the short time I was there, the p.d. got fired (Dick Raymnd), they brought a new guy in who has since left, and they promoted a completely clueless bimbo named Lisa to general manager! even though she had only been there a few weeks as a salesperson and it was her first radio job! I've worked mostly in major markets (Philly and Miami), but I cut my teeth in small market radio and I had NEVER seen anything as bush-league as that operation. Finally, after about 4 months, I just left one day and said I wasn't coming back. Fortunately, I didn't need the job. But I had taken it thinking it would be fun to work at a smaller, more personal station than the big ones I had worked at. Boy, was I wrong! I still have nightmares! I understand the station is still just as screwed up. And I'm sure Murphy still sucks, but I can't stand country music, so I don't listen.
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Wow--you must have REALLY blown chunks on the air, and you must be real thick in the head to not take his direction...of course it's rehearsed. That is how you do a SHOW. You may have missed a big lesson in doing morning radio. He knows what he wants it to sound like, and that is RARE Mr. Nasty Pants.

This is programming 101 dude.
 
If you haven't worked for the Citadel cluster in Harrisburg... you have no idea. It's like no other place I've ever worked, and I'm not saying that in a good way. At least that's how it was when I worked there.
 
FredSavage said:
If you haven't worked for the Citadel cluster in Harrisburg... you have no idea. It's like no other place I've ever worked, and I'm not saying that in a good way. At least that's how it was when I worked there.
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From what I've heard, I'm willing to bet it hasn't changed.

Or maybe I know from first hand experience, who knows.

Considering how many people have come and gone the last few years and how many still working there are disgruntled enough to post in public anonymously, It's not like it would be all that easy to narrow it down anyway.
 
With the IMUS salary about to be paid by Citadel, I wonder how many people company wide will lose their jobs now. The money has to come from somewhere. Good luck to the folks in the 'burg.
 
Don't know Murph... his numbers look good, though. They had a sharp PD in RJ McKay. I hope he lands well after the transition. He's a good dude.
 
Al Brock will do even better!...Who is the new breathy sounding mid-day chick?
Needs to find a voice she's comfy with! :'(
 
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