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WLS AM/FM SOLD

radioman148 said:
secondchoice said:
Did Barney Pip make this poll?
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No.
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I guess I was one of the few lucky ones to hear him in his prime. IMHO he sounded like he was having fun. Did he play the trumpet "live" on the air or did he prerecord? I wonder if he got DJ and musician union trumpet pay too?
 
I grew up out of range of WCFL'S night signal, so when I came to visit Chicago, I was thrilled to hear him broadcast, such an exciting happy display of early AM top 40 radioBarney Pip was an exciting disc jockey..
 
...Barney Pip, Big Ron O'Brien, Johnny Driscoll, Doctor Brock, even Dick Biondi for a longer time than he was on WLS -- WCFL had some of the greatest nighttime jocks ever...
 
Traced Dr. Brock to a station in LaFayette Louisiana. See New Orleans or Louisiana site of boards, the reply should still be there. Dr. Brock was too good for Chgo radio, he didn't stay long. Was that a Lou Witz or what was the PD'S name?
 
howardm said:
Was that a Lou Witz or what was the PD'S name?
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...Lew Witz was the General Manager of WCFL during its final years under Chicago Federation of Labor ownership. Larry Lujack repeatedly called him "The Station's Pope" on the air. He thought Lujack would bail when the station switched to elevator music in March '76; instead, Lujack sat back, turned the monitor up whenever "A Summer Place" or a Hollyridge Strings version of a Beatle tune popped up on the tapes, and pulled down his old six-figure salary while cracking the mic open only sixty seconds every hour for another five months or so, when WLS bought out his contract and moved him back across the river to replace Fred Winston in morning drive...
 
Dr Wayne said:
I recently heard that Jerry G. Bishop had suffered a stroke. Can anyone confirm and if so how is he doing?
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I heard that too awhile back, but I also heard he was recovering well. I hope that is true as I always liked Jerry G.
 
Dr Wayne said:
I recently heard that Jerry G. Bishop had suffered a stroke. Can anyone confirm and if so how is he doing?
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wasn`t jerry g. biship svengouli on chicago tv in the 70`s and early 80`s?
 
flashback said:
Dr Wayne said:
I recently heard that Jerry G. Bishop had suffered a stroke. Can anyone confirm and if so how is he doing?
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wasn`t jerry g. biship svengouli on chicago tv in the 70`s and early 80`s?
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He was the original Svengoolie in the 70s. By the 80s Jerry G had moved to San Diego and Rich Koz replaced him as "Son of Svengoolie".
 
This is what Larz had to say about the WLS FM rating.

"For WLS-FM 94.7, the oldies station's extremely high ratings are bittersweet, as these are the final ratings for WLS-FM Operations Director Michael La Crosse. The station's new owner, Cumulus Media, has been going from market to market nationwide, eliminating jobs as a way to cut costs. Michael La Crosse, who had bee programming the station since December 2006, was among the many cut loose from WLS at the end of October."
 
Dr Wayne said:
This is what Larz had to say about the WLS FM rating.

"For WLS-FM 94.7, the oldies station's extremely high ratings are bittersweet, as these are the final ratings for WLS-FM Operations Director Michael La Crosse. The station's new owner, Cumulus Media, has been going from market to market nationwide, eliminating jobs as a way to cut costs. Michael La Crosse, who had bee programming the station since December 2006, was among the many cut loose from WLS at the end of October."
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"....a Cumulus station!"

This is the exact sort of thing that has many of us looking down the road with pessimism as far as WLS is concerned. The cuts being made by Cumulus around the US are severe and often appear nonsensical (see KGO). Lew Dickey is rapidly emerging as the worst thing to happen to radio since the first full-length infomercial for a colon blow tonic. We keep hoping against hope that they'll leave things alone at WLS-FM. But, each and every day, a news item will emerge which shows how little respect this company has for the concepts of "loyalty" or "legacy".
 
I hate to say this: A radio station in a rated market is only as good as the last ratings report. With agencies controlling most of the Ad revenue, heritage does not sell. As for canning Michael La Crosse, Cumulus most likely has screwed up. IIRC all of the former Citadel employees were released from their non compete part of the contract. One decent thing Citadel did do for it's employees. If I was CBS and trying to mess with WLS FM I would making a "phone call"!
 
I so agree with you! K Hits has not faired well in the ratings since its inception. A phone call may be needed. It will be interesting to watch how WLS FM will do in future rating periods.
 
Looks like Cumulus in some markets are making their stations semi news. Do you think that WLS AM might become a semi news station? Does anyone know why they are doing this? I Think they just did this in SF.
 
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