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WKMX Jocks/Magic Broadcasting

I can't believe Majic Broadcasting has made yet another change to 100,000 watt KMX by moving Morning Drive Jock John Houston to thier sister station 25,000 watt WJRL 103.9( on a 250ft.stick) and Showed radio veteran B.J. Kelley the door. It's obvious that the management are idots they are struggling with numbers but it won't get any better doing this . John is awesome at production and on the air as well , he fit KMX'S new format + he has been on the air thier for years . And B.J. was a good thing for the format change at JRL also. They have fired two great sales people (Doug Wynn & Freddie Grace) along with Shady doing nights which I thought he did a good job with his target and the way he worked his phones to. I didn't necessarly agree with his topics but thats my age thing kicking in .
So what is next for the Magic Broadcasting group ? I would be scared for my job. Also I've heard that Ken Carlisle maybe leaving WTVY he's been denied raises several times when his co-host Amie Pollard keeps on taking all the credit it's her that they should fire I have never heard someone talk about themselves so much on the air as her. Listeners will catch on one day to all this and her cookie will crumble. Out on the street when you ask people about her they either Love her or hate her religiously there is no inbetween.
And if you are the # 1 station for 12+ numbers then why do you have to give your product away for free such as "legends luxeries". Here's the line that Amie Pollard and the Majic Media staff uses if you give us this $ 600.00 couch we'll match it dollar for dollar in advertising . Which does what for the station ?Absolutly nothing no revenue no nothing but for the client it gives them free advertising and does what? Teaches them that radio advertising is free with no value and yet benefits thier business . Which leaves no money for the station and low low salaries for the employess therefore you have to run a skeleton crew such as KMX Now with 2 Morning Jocks 1 Night Jock and JRL 1 jock for the whole station which is pathetic .
What happens when a storm rolls in During the middle of the night ? They won't be there cause they are understaffed but other stations in this market will be there . Amie of course will be on the air all day long talking about it and not making any sense of usual, as if the other jocks at WTVY could not do a much better job than her they just let her run over them . And you will never hear her midnight to five because she figures she's "to good" to talk about storms in the middle of the night .
I thought that Magic Broadcasting would be much better than a Styles operation but it turns out it's not . They are not consistant in this market as the other stations are such as WDJR, WESP, WDBT ,AND WOOF FM/AM which WOOF out of all the ones It's obvious they are the most consistant , I Mean look at the Employess there they all have worked there for years and years which says alot about the Owner and Managment which you can't argue that because it's the truth . The Radio People are good folks to work for but there is a turn over there also ,just not as terrible the one at Magic Broadcasting.
 
1. You obviously have never worked for the radio people
2. "No one talks about themselves more on the air" Have you ever heard Jerry Broadway on the air for more than 5 minutes?
3. Amie has accomplished a pretty impressive feat, and ALL of her staff give her huge respect for what she does
I have never met a PD who had a staff that says better things about them than hers.
4. Most people who have developed a huge following have had the same thing said of them. Either love them or hate them.
As the old adage goes, just make sure you spell the name right.
5. Radio is a crazy business. Don't try to make sense out of crazy, you just can't do it.

Peanuts are best when boiled with hot sauce and jalepeno in my opinion.

What do you think?

At times like this I ask myself, WWDSD?
 
brettmason said:
At times like this I ask myself, WWDSD?

Probably not ask the cleaning ladies advise would be my guess.
 
Brett, I have to agree with you about Jerry Broadway. It's sad that he has done so many wrong at WDJR such as yourself he will get his one day. I really enjoyed listening to you in the mornings on there I thought you did a good Job. And also I think that you and Ken would make an excellent team on WTVY at least both of you can run a board /do production all by yourselves where as Amie can't even do that. There is not a another woman in this market who can't run thier own board.
Also another thing that really bothers me is how smoe radio stations in this market raise money for charity for nothing but self glorification. I mean it's supposed to be all about that charity not all about you. Example We've all had a the caller that calls in and says that he want's to pledge $50.00 to XYZ charity and you ask for his name ? He replies it's John Doe but please don't say my name on the air. Now that caller is not trying to say I pledged $50.00 now give me a cookie.
I can't stand it when a station says vote us the best ,We raised $ 50,000 for this charity and did this and did that . You see that spells out self glorification. Now let's give those stations a cookie . Listeners aren't stupid
I know that Country will always be number one in this market as far as the 12+numbers go it's like in Montgomery Country would never be number one again
Now Brett you said in your post "Amie has accomplished a pretty impressive feat" that's what I have been saying all along it's all about Amie she takes all the credit from everyone . It wasn't just her that helped that station it was from all The way from Managment, The secretary, Jocks,Traffic and Engineer. It's supposed to be all about team effort , no shift being more important than the other even the weekends .
But I guess that's why Amie loves to get on Mike Casey's shift to talk about storms Why ? Because she doesn't respect him on his shift . It's like saying turn my Mic on I want to talk you don't know how to read these warnings . If I was Mike I would take it as an insult to her doing that .He does just fine without her along with everyone else there.
Now does she give everyone that same huge respect that you are talking about ? No it's obvious on the air she doesn't
Like last year when Katrina hit she was on the Air all day long saying we were going to run out of gasoline , So what does that do it causes panic and everyone runs to the gas stations to fill up at once and of course we ran out then because of the surge . That afternoon both T.V. Stations in this market corrected her screwup by interviewing the guys in Georgia that we get our gas from . There again another fine example on how Amie takes a rumor puts it's out on the air to get the self glorification by saying she said it first . But that time it blew up in her face
 
And know I haven't asked the cleaning ladies about this either. I don't even know them

Sorry...... I can't type this morning . Here's the corretion
And no I haven't asked the cleaning ladies about this either. I don't even know them
 
I assume you are in radio peanut. You have said some things that make me wonder.

The morning show is the foundation of a radio station. There was a book written billions of years ago about how
to do successful radio. Everything in it still applies today. One of those things is mornings.

The morning personalities are heard by more people than any other jock. They are trusted more by the listener as a general
rule. It is assuring for the listener to hear the morning show on during times of perceived crisis. It may or may not be about
ego. Whether it is or not does not change the fact that it is still good radio.

I could comment on other things but I am in a blackjack tournament now.

Wheee!
 
soylentpurple said:
I Heart Single Moms said:
brettmason said:
At times like this I ask myself, WWDSD?

Probably not ask the cleaning ladies advise would be my guess.

I don't get it.

Obviously. Since TVY didn't put a dent in DJR while you were there.

Oh, What Would David Sommers Do
 
Hot Pockets . What does David Sommers have to do with any of this?

Brett I agree mornings are the foundation . But it's not the whole station. You are missing my point .Mike , Dave ,Elizabeth and You are just as important as them . WTVY got a 17.3 share in the 12+ numbers right ? Ok lets say the morning show made up 7% of those numbers and you and the rest of the station only got 2% all together which totals 9% for the 12+ rankings which would mean that WDJR and WOOF would be tied for # 1 with 9.4 a piece .Now if all the others such as You, Mike,Dave, Elizabeth get 10% and the mornings still have their 7%(or vice versa). That would make WTVY # 1 like it is now right ? See It's TEAM EFFORT . It's every one of you that did it not just Amie So take some of the credit .If the other shifts don't matter in radio why have Midday, Afternoon, Evening and Weekend Jocks ?
You said "It is assuring for the listener to hear the morning show on during times of perceived crisis". So I guess you are saying it should be on during every storm in the afternoon. Why doesn't Ken come in like Amie does during storms ? Because he has respect for the one that is on the air that's their shift not his .
Brett think about it if you had Mike's shift how would you feel if someone butted in just to hear themselves talk about the storm? When you would do I great job because you are not a rookie . I bet you would feel pretty crapy.
 
I know Dave Sommers. Dave loves everything and everybody. Dave doesn't want his dog in this
or any other fight. I spoke to him recently and he sends his thoughts to market legends BJ Kelly
and John Houston who've been displaced or disrespected all together. What a shame. You give
your life or most of it to a business you love and you get screwed in the end (pun intended).
Owners who love radio more than the bottom line are few and far between. They're almost non-
existent in this market. I can only think of one. Dothan radio is changing quickly. The events
which have taken place in the last 2 or 3 years would have been in comprehensible just a few
years ago. Hey let's live with it, make he best of it and stop all the hatin'. Show your stuff
when you open the mic, take the stage, cut the spot or do the remote.

BTW.......Brett Mason is probably one of the coolest persons I've ever met in broadcasting. He
says what he thinks and speaks from the heart and brain. Although we don't always agree on
everything, we remain friends and can laugh like hell at some of the stupid stuff we've done and
witnessed during our time.

One more thing......whatever happened to John Garrett? His post and rants used to be the
bomb of this board. Come back John. We know you're out there.
 
PEANUTCAPITOL said:
I can't believe Majic Broadcasting has made yet another change to 100,000 watt KMX by moving Morning Drive Jock John Houston to thier sister station 25,000 watt WJRL 103.9( on a 250ft.stick) and Showed radio veteran B.J. Kelley the door. It's obvious that the management are idots they are struggling with numbers but it won't get any better doing this . John is awesome at production and on the air as well , he fit KMX'S new format + he has been on the air thier for years . And B.J. was a good thing for the format change at JRL also. They have fired two great sales people (Doug Wynn & Freddie Grace) along with Shady doing nights which I thought he did a good job with his target and the way he worked his phones to. I didn't necessarly agree with his topics but thats my age thing kicking in .
So what is next for the Magic Broadcasting group ? I would be scared for my job. Also I've heard that Ken Carlisle maybe leaving WTVY he's been denied raises several times when his co-host Amie Pollard keeps on taking all the credit it's her that they should fire I have never heard someone talk about themselves so much on the air as her. Listeners will catch on one day to all this and her cookie will crumble. Out on the street when you ask people about her they either Love her or hate her religiously there is no inbetween.
And if you are the # 1 station for 12+ numbers then why do you have to give your product away for free such as "legends luxeries". Here's the line that Amie Pollard and the Majic Media staff uses if you give us this $ 600.00 couch we'll match it dollar for dollar in advertising . Which does what for the station ?Absolutly nothing no revenue no nothing but for the client it gives them free advertising and does what? Teaches them that radio advertising is free with no value and yet benefits thier business . Which leaves no money for the station and low low salaries for the employess therefore you have to run a skeleton crew such as KMX Now with 2 Morning Jocks 1 Night Jock and JRL 1 jock for the whole station which is pathetic .
What happens when a storm rolls in During the middle of the night ? They won't be there cause they are understaffed but other stations in this market will be there . Amie of course will be on the air all day long talking about it and not making any sense of usual, as if the other jocks at WTVY could not do a much better job than her they just let her run over them . And you will never hear her midnight to five because she figures she's "to good" to talk about storms in the middle of the night .
I thought that Magic Broadcasting would be much better than a Styles operation but it turns out it's not . They are not consistant in this market as the other stations are such as WDJR, WESP, WDBT ,AND WOOF FM/AM which WOOF out of all the ones It's obvious they are the most consistant , I Mean look at the Employess there they all have worked there for years and years which says alot about the Owner and Managment which you can't argue that because it's the truth . The Radio People are good folks to work for but there is a turn over there also ,just not as terrible the one at Magic Broadcasting.


Seems like the Styles management did a pretty darn good job:

* Took WTVY from an also ran to number one in every demo.

* Took WJRL and developed the "My" format and that is doing well.

* Re-tooled WVVE/PC and made it a 25-54 player with a Rock AC approach.

* Took WBBK from no ratings to decent 25-54s with Urban AC.

* The PC cluster beat Clear Channel's in Spring 2005 and was No. 1 for the first time - with one less station.

* Came into KWRP/Riverside and turned into a market leader as KWIE.

So I don't get your point...
 
PEANUTCAPITOL said:
Hot Pockets . What does David Sommers have to do with any of this?

I don't have a clue. I just posted what I thought Brett meant
with "At times like this I ask myself, WWDSD?"
That he ended one of his posts to this thread with.
 
Panhandler , I think that you are wrong as far as the Dothan Market goes
1. WTVY is not # 1 in every demo check your numbers again Please .
2. JRL Yes they came up in numbers as far as Men go. But a stupid stupid move by firing B.J. Kelley he was JRL. Moving John Houston from WKMX was stupid also (see original post). Heck if John is on the AIR now they have no one to do remotes or vice versa . Except borrowing Jocks from other stations in the building. Stupid move also but fun to listen to . WJRL is a one man show right now.
Low Spot rates Or give the spots away for free = Low Income = Low pay for Jocks =High Turnover= No 30 year veteran B.J. Kelley=Skeleton crew on WKMX (2) Morn. (1) afternoon (1)Evening ,Midday done 1 of the moring folks (what a joke) ,WBBK (1) Jock , And Zero Jocks for WLDA. Low quality poorly done remotes also. Clients realize you pay for what you get.You Know? I've heard all the stories from the salesman.
3. You Said.... The PC cluster beat Clear Channel's in Spring 2005 and was No. 1 for the first time - with one less station.
Well let's see .

[EDIT]

Looks like PAP & ILN Tied For # 1
EBZ & VVE Tied for # 4
And look at Sp'06 Clear Channel is on top
So how did the P.C. Cluster beat the Clear Channel Group in Sping '05 Again now?

4. How is KWIE the market Leader I see that there is 9 other stations above it .Looks like Clear channel's KGGI is number 1 in that market .


[EDIT=copyright infringement]
 
PEANUTCAPITOL said:
Panhandler , I think that you are wrong as far as the Dothan Market goes
1. WTVY is not # 1 in every demo check your numbers again Please .
2. JRL Yes they came up in numbers as far as Men go. But a stupid stupid move by firing B.J. Kelley he was JRL. Moving John Houston from WKMX was stupid also (see original post). Heck if John is on the AIR now they have no one to do remotes or vice versa . Except borrowing Jocks from other stations in the building. Stupid move also but fun to listen to . WJRL is a one man show right now.
Low Spot rates Or give the spots away for free = Low Income = Low pay for Jocks =High Turnover= No 30 year veteran B.J. Kelley=Skeleton crew on WKMX (2) Morn. (1) afternoon (1)Evening ,Midday done 1 of the moring folks (what a joke) ,WBBK (1) Jock , And Zero Jocks for WLDA. Low quality poorly done remotes also. Clients realize you pay for what you get.You Know? I've heard all the stories from the salesman.
3. You Said.... The PC cluster beat Clear Channel's in Spring 2005 and was No. 1 for the first time - with one less station.
Well let's see .

[EDIT]

Looks like PAP & ILN Tied For # 1
EBZ & VVE Tied for # 4
And look at Sp'06 Clear Channel is on top
So how did the P.C. Cluster beat the Clear Channel Group in Sping '05 Again now?

4. How is KWIE the market Leader I see that there is 9 other stations above it .Looks like Clear channel's KGGI is number 1 in that market .

[EDIT=copyright infringement]


Do you think MY had a full staff of jocks BEFORE BJ left?? No, they had one and managed just fine. Ever hear of partime board ops? I think we have all used them at one time or another. As far as a "Stupid Move" For John to leave KMX, have you listened to John on MY? He sounds refreshed. Ever thought that he may be happier doing his own thing?

And having no jocks on WLDA? WTF man?? how many live shows are on? I mean does John " the lady killer " Tesh do his show live from the woof studios? Say it isnt so that some stations actually have a feed or recorded show on? LDA is a young station....give it a little bit and im sure the local flavor will come.

Whatelse are you going to point out?? "Holy crap did you hear that MAgic Broadcasting doesnt offer SPLENDA at their coffee machine"? THOSE HORRIBLE B@STARDS!!!
"Back at the radio people Splenda flowed like rivers and we were happy"
 
I know that My didn't have a full staff of Jocks before. Infact TVY in this building is the only one that does now . John does sound good and refreshed the numbers will probably go through the roof and then Magic will get rid of him they will say they can't afford to pay him just like B.J. .Again it was wrong and we all know it. KMX needs John's on air creativity though
WLDA hmmm they might be some live from where ever the heck it comes from . But who cares about how a team is doing in California. ESPN is somewhat biased about the SEC. Did you hear them making in fun of Auburn & Alabama ? Ya that's gonna fly around here .
And I know that Tesh doen't do his show live from WOOF but at least they don't Satiallite feed 24/7. It's obvious it may not be number 1 but we can't argue this ,it's a well ran station ,consistant and very well rounded . as in TNM'S post .It's too bad we can't get a job there. Maybe one of them will retire one day soon to save us.
It's terrible that no spenda is offered in the building.
 
PEANUTCAPITOL said:
Panhandler , I think that you are wrong as far as the Dothan Market goes
1. WTVY is not # 1 in every demo check your numbers again Please .
2. JRL Yes they came up in numbers as far as Men go. But a stupid stupid move by firing B.J. Kelley he was JRL. Moving John Houston from WKMX was stupid also (see original post). Heck if John is on the AIR now they have no one to do remotes or vice versa . Except borrowing Jocks from other stations in the building. Stupid move also but fun to listen to . WJRL is a one man show right now.
Low Spot rates Or give the spots away for free = Low Income = Low pay for Jocks =High Turnover= No 30 year veteran B.J. Kelley=Skeleton crew on WKMX (2) Morn. (1) afternoon (1)Evening ,Midday done 1 of the moring folks (what a joke) ,WBBK (1) Jock , And Zero Jocks for WLDA. Low quality poorly done remotes also. Clients realize you pay for what you get.You Know? I've heard all the stories from the salesman.
3. You Said.... The PC cluster beat Clear Channel's in Spring 2005 and was No. 1 for the first time - with one less station.
Well let's see .

[EDIT]

Looks like PAP & ILN Tied For # 1
EBZ & VVE Tied for # 4
And look at Sp'06 Clear Channel is on top
So how did the P.C. Cluster beat the Clear Channel Group in Sping '05 Again now?

4. How is KWIE the market Leader I see that there is 9 other stations above it .Looks like Clear channel's KGGI is number 1 in that market .


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Check your numbers again please.

In PC, in Spring 2005, the 12+ shares of WILN, WVVE, WYOO, and WYYX exceeded the 12+ shares of WPAP, WFSY, WEBZ, WFBX, WDIZ and WPBH by 4.1 shares. That was under the STYLES Media umbrella. They were also No.1 in key demos as well.

Back to Dothan: WTVY had under a 5.0 share before Styles took over. Under the last Styles book, they were No. 1 12+, 18-34, 18-49, and 25-54.

WJRL had a great book this book. Don't know exactly the shares. But keep in mind, Arbitron now does a two book average for all of these markets, so if you extrapolate the Spring 2006 period - WJRL clearly had to do have done gangbusters 12+ (and I would assume 25-54 persons) - to make the impact.

The personnel moves you are discussing, B.J., John, Shady,etc. have been made under Magic Broadcasting, not Styles Media.

I have no comment about Magic Broadcasting. They have the right to run their business as they see fit and hopefully for them, the decisions they make will work.

My only point was that the Styles Media management (Styles and DiBacco) ran a good, family run operation.

My biggest issue is when decisions made by Magic are somehow blamed on the Styles family. That is wrong and unfair.

On to Riverside, Styles management group took KWIE from no ratings to the No.2 spot 18-34 (not 12+) in the metro.
 
Big deal about the P.C. Spring 2005 book that was in the past this is now.
As far as TVY goes same situation ....Like you say under the last Styles book it was # 1 in all demo's which I beg to differ Tvy was not number 1 with African Americans were they ? That's just adults in general not the break down. But there again it was in the past not now. I am sure the big bam was number 1 here in the 60's .
All this stuff started when Styles bought Tvy and Kmx and It's been going down hill ever since. Magic Broadcasting has made zero changes period.
Styles were the ones that Fired Doug Wynn and Freddie Grace . Like I said before stupid move .
Styles was the ones who took WKMX from Enterprise to Dothan. And Enterprise Loved KMX being there but now they have dis-owned them so not many Ad $ coming out of there for them. I hope WVVL takes some of those Coffee County numbers from TVY .Weevil is a station that has been totally refurbished and sounding good for the better so hats off to them and good luck !
 
My only point was that the Styles Media management (Styles and DiBacco) ran a good, family run operation.


SAY WHAT???? That must be some serious crack you smokin', either that or one to many of their rubber checks must have bounced and hit you HARD in the head. Nothin' about those two was ever family oriented, not even their marriage. Hell, I would know from first hand experience.
 
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