Re: All due respect-
Don't know if I will call it a disaster, I will say that it is a work in progress. I would be surprised if this is the final bit of changes before the switch to 910, but I could be mistaken. But let's take the grievances one at a time.
Nascar may have good tv ratings in PGH, but I would question whether those numbers transalte to radio numbers as well, after all if they did and Nascar was a great radio property in this market, someone would pick it up, since Sundays are usually throw away days on most stations, the idea of making money with Sunday programming would seem to be a good thing. Mind you, the Pirates and Penguins have good local tv numbers as well, that doesn't always translate into into people going through the gate. Some things are just a tv phenomenon.
Probably the worst thing about losing Bowyer isn't losing him, so much as it is rearranging your lineup to have him in evening drive and have him leave less than a year later. Now what audience you have built up over the last nine months once again has to go searching for the programs they like.
The Boortz billboards were paid for by Boortz, as sort of an fu to the FM station for cutting him and bringing Rush on board when Boortz's numbers in that time slot were very good for 104.7. Anyone who can go as far back in the wayback machine as Boortz's last show on 104.7 will remember that he went on a rant on the air about how his Pittsburgh station was screwing him over.
I would agree on the complaints about Ingraham, the timeliness of that show is just brutal when doing talk. The show was a full day behind on the London bombings, which you just can't have in doing a talk format. Anything live would be better at this point, even if it is only temporary until the switch. I'll admit, I didn't think I would like Ingraham, but I like the overall sound and production that goes into the show, but you just can't run it a day late.