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tony r said:
That pretty much sums up the situation over at 630. It has gotten rather stale. But then again...one could say the exact same thing about the call-in talk format over at 1480-WSAR too.
Call-in talk radio almost seems to be more for the chronic regular callers...the ones who end up becoming celebrities in thier own right...and the mainly ego-centric hosts....than for the wider audience the format tries to reach out to.
Talk radio no longer tries to reach a broad audience. It aims to reach the demographic most likely to listen - older, very conservative, more interested in national affairs than the average person.
RE "Talk radio no longer tries to reach a broad audience. "
Amen!
This is not a WPRO issue.
Owners of Talk-formatted stations seem content to settle for a 5-share.
Amen!
This is not a WPRO issue.
Owners of Talk-formatted stations seem content to settle for a 5-share.
"Is this a trick question?"
It would be inappropriate to respond specifically, in this context, at this time...FOR FREE.
My point remains: This is not about WPRO.
Too much of RADIO is aiming too low, most-conspicuously heritage AMs.
Thus the opportunity for FMs to talk.
(And that IS a local opportunity.)
DG02816 said:
It would be inappropriate to respond specifically, in this context, at this time...FOR FREE.
My point remains: This is not about WPRO.
Too much of RADIO is aiming too low, most-conspicuously heritage AMs.
Thus the opportunity for FMs to talk.
(And that IS a local opportunity.)
I find WPRO is basically the same "show" with different hosts. Matt Allen is the only one who throws in some variation and sometimes makes up his own topics. They just follow the one or two big news stories and take calls from the same people who repeat the same diatribe on every show.
Replacing Dan with someone more "liberal" would turn some people on their heads, and would give the callers a chance to alter their routine.
But for the price, I shoulden't complain so much ;D
Replacing Dan with someone more "liberal" would turn some people on their heads, and would give the callers a chance to alter their routine.
But for the price, I shoulden't complain so much ;D
RE "Dream On Lefty Loser"
Clearly, I'm remiss.
Apologies if I've been ambiguous.
When I said "this is not a WPRO issue," what I MEANT was "this is not a WPRO issue."
More: http://democurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2011/05/conservative-talk-radio-declining.html?spref=tw
Good evening from Baton Rouge...just days-ahead-of the crest,
HC
www.HollandCooke.com
wknd92 said:
Clearly, I'm remiss.
Apologies if I've been ambiguous.
When I said "this is not a WPRO issue," what I MEANT was "this is not a WPRO issue."
More: http://democurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2011/05/conservative-talk-radio-declining.html?spref=tw
Good evening from Baton Rouge...just days-ahead-of the crest,
HC
www.HollandCooke.com
Re: RE "Talk radio no longer tries to reach a broad audience. "
Oh yeah-give me 9AM-6PM Monday-Friday...then give me the FM simulcast. Thought I forgot about that huh?
wknd92 said:Um, Bob...here are the last 3 months on PPM: WPRO-AM News Talk Information 7.0 6.4 5.9bobsims said:5 share on PRO?
Dream On Lefty Loser. :
Oh yeah-give me 9AM-6PM Monday-Friday...then give me the FM simulcast. Thought I forgot about that huh?
"It's not unusual to have dropoffs after landslide elections"
OK!
That's it.
Problem solved.
OK!
That's it.
Problem solved.
Re: RE "Dream On Lefty Loser"
I may not be the biggest Holland Cooke fan by any stretch of the imagination, but I think he's right on this, and I think you'd be hard pressed to find a more qualified observer/consultant of news/talk than Holland. I'd definitely listen to Holland before I listened to someone who wants to point to 30-year-old trends as so what's coming up next for talk radio. I'd also like to note that there wasn't really much in the way of what we now know as conservative talk in 81 or 85, before the repeal of the fairness doctrine.
So are you saying that you believe that most of WPRO's numbers come after 6PM, and that anyone who listens to the content on the FM band doesn't count?
bobsims said:
I may not be the biggest Holland Cooke fan by any stretch of the imagination, but I think he's right on this, and I think you'd be hard pressed to find a more qualified observer/consultant of news/talk than Holland. I'd definitely listen to Holland before I listened to someone who wants to point to 30-year-old trends as so what's coming up next for talk radio. I'd also like to note that there wasn't really much in the way of what we now know as conservative talk in 81 or 85, before the repeal of the fairness doctrine.
bobsims said:Oh yeah-give me 9AM-6PM Monday-Friday...then give me the FM simulcast. Thought I forgot about that huh?
So are you saying that you believe that most of WPRO's numbers come after 6PM, and that anyone who listens to the content on the FM band doesn't count?
"I feel like Rodney! RODNEY, I tell ya!"
To consultants, this familiar grammatical construction is what-we-choose-to-regard-as "a compliment."
Re-start the tape...
Hey, once-upon-a-time, night time was The Right Time!
But I AGREE that applying what-used-to-work to-today's-situation is a recipe for nostalgia.
Or, as media visionary Bob Dylan once wrote: "Ya better start swimmin,' or you'll sink like a stone, 'cause the times they are a-changin.'"
Speaking of swimmin,' good evening from Baton Rouge.
HC
http://getonthenet.com/CBS9.jpg
reelyreal said:
To consultants, this familiar grammatical construction is what-we-choose-to-regard-as "a compliment."
Re-start the tape...
reelyreal said:
Hey, once-upon-a-time, night time was The Right Time!
But I AGREE that applying what-used-to-work to-today's-situation is a recipe for nostalgia.
Or, as media visionary Bob Dylan once wrote: "Ya better start swimmin,' or you'll sink like a stone, 'cause the times they are a-changin.'"
Speaking of swimmin,' good evening from Baton Rouge.
HC
http://getonthenet.com/CBS9.jpg
UPDATE...UPDATE...UPDATE...
"The Morganza Spillway is now spewing water at a million gallons per second and the leading edge of that gush is inching downstream, now just a few miles from I-10."
WAFB TV9, Louisiana's News Channel
"The Morganza Spillway is now spewing water at a million gallons per second and the leading edge of that gush is inching downstream, now just a few miles from I-10."
WAFB TV9, Louisiana's News Channel
Re: "I feel like Rodney! RODNEY, I tell ya!"
If I'm honest, I've had a copy of your "needless to say..." pamphlet and it was one of my most valuable tools when training new part-timers that were cracking the mic on weekends. I think sometimes it's just difficult to swallow hard truths from a consultant, and the old "don't trust the consultant" mentality lives on. I think you're spot on, at least from my point-of-view from the music-intensive side of the business.
Holland Cooke said:reelyreal said:
To consultants, this familiar grammatical construction is what-we-choose-to-regard-as "a compliment."
If I'm honest, I've had a copy of your "needless to say..." pamphlet and it was one of my most valuable tools when training new part-timers that were cracking the mic on weekends. I think sometimes it's just difficult to swallow hard truths from a consultant, and the old "don't trust the consultant" mentality lives on. I think you're spot on, at least from my point-of-view from the music-intensive side of the business.
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