WNOX....Sloppy Morning Show

[tk]

Whoever if producing the Ed and Bob Show is running a sloppy board.
Lots of mistakes, dead air...and instead of fading out of the music bumpers...
he cuts them off! Unbelievable! Couldn't they find someone better?

And speaking of the music...I know Ed and Bob worked at WIVK...but a variety
of music would really help the show. The old Country songs certainly won't
help attract the younger demo they need, especially since their past core demo
is much older now.

 

[MurvleJumpUp]

OK I agree the music is a pile of steaming dog doo doo..but it could be because any country song recorded before 2000 (with the exceptions of Hank Jr. Alabama, KY Head Hunters, TWO Allen Jackson songs, Garth, one Dolly tune, ONE Oak Ridge Boys song, all of Johnny Cash and Kris Ks tunes and one Vince Gill tune) suck.

Board work will get better it always does.

NOW one thing I personally (and hell yes it is all about me cause I am a damn listener!) would like to see is them move Dave Ramsey and Laura. SHE is great, Dave is a one trick pony, you know cut up your credit cards and pay everything off. I guess they know they can't touch Rush so they are just giving up at noon. OR they might be working on getting Rush and they know if they toss Dave not one Swinging Richard will care?

Did I mention they need to keep both eyes on Pete?

 

[MN Maniac]

I couldn't hear them today. Here in Somerset, KY, WNOX was completely obliterated by "The Beaver 100.3" out of Hopkinsville/Clarksville for most of the morning.

Damn tropo openings! They're great when you want to DX, but a real pain when you're trying to hear the usual occupant of a frequency!

 

[BRH]

Ok, I know everyone is rooting for the little guy vs. the big corporation, but you have to admit that so far 100.3 sounds pretty bad. (Cheap homemade production, no strong name or slogan, very sloppy board & computer segues, and, lets face it, a morning show that is about as interesting as listening to paint dry.

I understand, they are new & will have to work things out, buy this is really a weak start. They certainly have the signal advantage, but 98.7's programming and presentation is way better. And i know some may not lile Hal, but he sounds like a genious next to Ed and Bob. (sorry, but "feel good geriatric radio" ain't gonna cut it.). I hope they improve and liven it up a bit.

 

[trapper12]

I agree they are rough around the edges and the dead air could be no pun intended a killer if someone is scanning and doesn't pick up anything.

 

[boogiecheck]

We've got to remember they put the station on the air in about a month.

Could any of us do any better? I don't think so.

 

[gr8oldies]

If they truly weren't ready, perhaps they should have run their own "we're building a brand new radio station" loop until they were. Then go in with your A game...production, promos for every show, local news if indeed they are going to have it, etc. I know consultants are Satan, but they could use a good N/T consultant. Paging Holland Cooke!

 

[BRice16]

I've listened a little bit the last two days. They sound very old in the mornings. The biggest thing I notice is the majority of callers that have identified where they're calling from have been from outer counties. I heard a Monroe, a McMinn and two from KY. Haven't heard one from Knox. That, in a VERY small sample, tells me that it's the areas outside Knoxville that are listening, and that inside Knoxville made the switch.

Hooker and Fair yesterday sounded like they were broadcasting inside a tin can. They need to fix that.

They also need to work on delivering the guests they promise. They promised on Facebook that they would have Hamilton, Dooley and Eric Berry on Monday. They had Hamilton. They said the "hoped" to have Dooley and Berry join them "later." I'm guessing since Dooley has done exactly two local live radio interviews since he was hired, you're not going to hear him on live with them soon. Especially not going up against the Flagship station that is also trying to book him live.

 

[Tennessee Cowboy]

I know consultants are Satan, but they could use a good N/T consultant. Paging Holland Cooke!

That would be interesting. I wonder how many people there are in the world with the credentials to tell Ed Brantley how to do it?

 

[boogiecheck]

How many callers have Phil or HHH had from those areas?

Zero.

So maybe this is a strategic device to show how much stronger the signal's listening area is to the advertisers?

When you entertain that idea you'll also arrive at the conclusion that those "inside Knoxville" haven't actually made a switch, they're just not getting as much on-air exposure, yet.

Sounds very simple.

Regarding Dooley, I would say it was someone inside the UT sports press department who pulled the plug on the interview. I guess they don't want to do anything that would boost ticket sales on the sports show with the largest coverage, and possibly the largest audience.

 

[BRice16]

Regarding Dooley, I would say it was someone inside the UT sports press department who pulled the plug on the interview. I guess they don't want to do anything that would boost ticket sales on the sports show with the largest coverage, and possibly the largest audience.

That's not accurate, he was never scheduled.

 

[boogiecheck]

Regarding Dooley, I would say it was someone inside the UT sports press department who pulled the plug on the interview. I guess they don't want to do anything that would boost ticket sales on the sports show with the largest coverage, and possibly the largest audience.

That's not accurate, he was never scheduled.

How do you know?

And... he should have called in anyway. That show reaches not only East Tennessee but also Georgia (hello?), Kentucky, Virginia and North Carolina.

Five minutes out of his day to say "Man, I'm really pumped up about this coming season. We're gonna whup 'um." would have gone a long way to bolster ticket sales and invigorate jersey, hat, beenie baby, jogging suit and even hotdog sales.

 

[Tennessee Cowboy]

I know consultants are Satan, but they could use a good N/T consultant. Paging Holland Cooke!

That would be interesting. I wonder how many people there are in the world with the credentials to tell Ed Brantley how to do it?

Maybe two lists: This distinguished gentlemen here on this board who claim to know, and a real list of honest-to-Jeezus experts that really, really know how to program to Knoxville Tennessee better than Ed. Pretty sure the second list would be extremely, extremely short if not empty.

 

[MurvleJumpUp]

Everyone raise that hands if they think programming any radio station took a heck of a bad turn the day Obama was elected?

 

[Fiveahead]

The only station to ever give WIVK any threat was WOKI.

The new cerebus is the only entity that can and will shake up Citadel. First with WNOX and then with WNFZ when they finally get their 25k upgrade and program it with an actual country format. Something this town ain't seen since about '97.

 

[MurvleJumpUp]

FLAT...being an old timer I might be wrong but I remember a story told around several radio camp fires of an AM station that beat WIVK in adults and later 12+ way back in the mid 70s? I can't remember the name but I think it had a studio across from the old Catholic High and I also remember reading in the old Knoxville Journal that a still unidentified morning DJ was questioned concerning a bottle rocket attack launched from that stations control room window?? Again, I often have protracted moments of confusion when it comes to much that went on after 1999 but I swear this is either the truth or at the very least a greatly enhanced rumor that has grown over the decades.

 

[jetfli]

They also need to work on delivering the guests they promise. They promised on Facebook that they would have Hamilton, Dooley and Eric Berry on Monday. They had Hamilton. They said the "hoped" to have Dooley and Berry join them "later." I'm guessing since Dooley has done exactly two local live radio interviews since he was hired, you're not going to hear him on live with them soon. Especially not going up against the Flagship station that is also trying to book him live.

Meanwhile, over in Nashville, Dooley has been heard live several times, as has his dad. Even his mother's been on.

 

[Tennessee Cowboy]

They also need to work on delivering the guests they promise. They promised on Facebook that they would have Hamilton, Dooley and Eric Berry on Monday. They had Hamilton. They said the "hoped" to have Dooley and Berry join them "later." I'm guessing since Dooley has done exactly two local live radio interviews since he was hired, you're not going to hear him on live with them soon. Especially not going up against the Flagship station that is also trying to book him live.

Meanwhile, over in Nashville, Dooley has been heard live several times, as has his dad. Even his mother's been on.

If you guys want, I can take a tape recorder when Cowgirl sets up her annual pre-winterization and tire rotation with Mrs. Dooley. Any of you geeks know how to work a cassette tape?

 

[Tennessee Cowboy]

They also need to work on delivering the guests they promise. They promised on Facebook that they would have Hamilton, Dooley and Eric Berry on Monday. They had Hamilton. They said the "hoped" to have Dooley and Berry join them "later." I'm guessing since Dooley has done exactly two local live radio interviews since he was hired, you're not going to hear him on live with them soon. Especially not going up against the Flagship station that is also trying to book him live.

Meanwhile, over in Nashville, Dooley has been heard live several times, as has his dad. Even his mother's been on.

If you guys want, I can take a tape recorder when Cowgirl sets up her annual pre-winterization and tire rotation with Mrs. Dooley. Any of you geeks know how to work a cassette tape?

Maybe it would be good to bring those of you under the age of 90 up to speed on what a cassette tape is. That way, when I get the interview from the lovely Dr. Dooley, you geniuses won't scratch your heads and poke the cassette like a pack of curious monkeys....

Cassette tape technology uses a magnetized film to record lovely waveform into something you can see on what's called a 'scope'. Placing the tape in the appropriate 'player' and connecting it with 1/8" with male connectors (and some of you guys, I suspect, REALLY know your male connectors, if you know what I mean...) you stick one of the ends into the 'player' and the other into the 'analog in' 'port' of one of Boxes of Satan (TM) which converts the lovely waveform into ones and zeros, which probably attracted all of the damn bean counters into the business anyway. Once one of you geeks bastardizes it, it's converted back into sweet, sweet analog where it's made to fly through the air to the public you ostensibly 'serve'.

That being said... Ed, if you'd like an interview with Dooley's wife, I could try to ambush her and get it on cassette. You probably still have a tape machine in your attic at home somewhere. I'm not lending you my player. Johnny might not give it back.

 

[soundsandsports]

Maybe it would be good to bring those of you under the age of 90 up to speed on what a cassette tape is. That way, when I get the interview from the lovely Dr. Dooley, you geniuses won't scratch your heads and poke the cassette like a pack of curious monkeys....

Cassette tape technology uses a magnetized film to record lovely waveform into something you can see on what's called a 'scope'.

Placing the tape in the appropriate 'player' and connecting it with 1/8" with male connectors (and some of you guys, I suspect, REALLY know your male connectors, if you know what I mean...) you stick one of the ends into the 'player' and the other into the 'analog in' 'port' of one of Boxes of Satan (TM) which converts the lovely waveform into ones and zeros, which probably attracted all of the damn bean counters into the business anyway. Once one of you geeks bastardizes it, it's converted back into sweet, sweet analog where it's made to fly through the air to the public you ostensibly 'serve'.

That being said... Ed, if you'd like an interview with Dooley's wife, I could try to ambush her and get it on cassette. You probably still have a tape machine in your attic at home somewhere. I'm not lending you my player. Johnny might not give it back.
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I'm 26 and that's how I feel explaining the mysterious rectangular box I use called a Walkman, so kudos for putting the young whippersnappers in check! BTW, the cassette tape/recorder is probably still in use at some Mom & Pop outfits across the country (not county, but country...how do you expect HS football/basketball on Saturday mornings in some places?)