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WQRT RealTalk/Furman factor
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With Fingers' departure...now is the time for Furball fans to act! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bring-The-Furball-Andy-Furman-back-to-700-WLW/150096068364923
gr8oldies said:
sweet sour Jerry said:
funny you should mention the web site as the person that manages ours also did sites for Clorox, Burger King, Fox Sports, BP, Atlanta Hawks and many other well known entities. There will be a time when this next statement is not true but for right now, its still about the on air product. Web sites are still not profitable for radio. That will change.
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Guess you have not listened to Glenn over the years. Almost every host has put him on a short leash including libs like Daugherty when he was a host. You need to get past the racial PC brainwashing. Very sad to see the effect.the mole said:
To my friends on the board....here's a trio of q's from left field.
Not ever hearing Fingers..... Was he any good?
Now, on to the Tribune.... Randy leaves..... How safe is McConnell?
If you could find a place to broadcast from, in the downtown area (ala WGN with the big glass window) where would that be?
Not ever hearing Fingers..... Was he any good?
Now, on to the Tribune.... Randy leaves..... How safe is McConnell?
If you could find a place to broadcast from, in the downtown area (ala WGN with the big glass window) where would that be?
I think the new Tribune management will tread carefullly, re: the changes brought in by Randy Michaels and his ex-CC/Jacor pals.
Whether Randy persona-non-grata at Tribune Tower now or not, the simple fact is that WGN faced the same problem all other big, lumbering AM talk stations face...the demos were getting too old, and the station needs to build for the future.
McConnell was getting some flack from the Established Chicago Media, but I think he's a good fit for a younger-skewing WGN, Randy Michaels-run or not.
I don't give such safe odds for other Randy hires at Tribune. Lee Abrams would be gone had he already not resigned. There are a couple of other head scratchers (no offense, but John Phillps RUNNING Tribune Tower?).
But the new four-person board replacing Randy can't just be firing people solely because Randy hired them. Mike has a contract, and I think he stays - at very least in the near term.
Whether Randy persona-non-grata at Tribune Tower now or not, the simple fact is that WGN faced the same problem all other big, lumbering AM talk stations face...the demos were getting too old, and the station needs to build for the future.
McConnell was getting some flack from the Established Chicago Media, but I think he's a good fit for a younger-skewing WGN, Randy Michaels-run or not.
I don't give such safe odds for other Randy hires at Tribune. Lee Abrams would be gone had he already not resigned. There are a couple of other head scratchers (no offense, but John Phillps RUNNING Tribune Tower?).
But the new four-person board replacing Randy can't just be firing people solely because Randy hired them. Mike has a contract, and I think he stays - at very least in the near term.
A big question is whether or not Metheny stays, (many Chicago media folks want him gone too).I'm not sure how a four person board runs day to day programming. Those who want the immediate return of Kathy and Judy, and WGN the way it sounded five years ago are still going to be dissapointed. I read Lee Abrams email and he made some good points about how tied the newspaper side is to the past. They want to do newspaper in 1975 the way many want to do radio in 1975.
Chicago is a tough market for any outside talent, hopefully McConnell will catch on. It seems that they've toned him down quite a bit. Formatically, WGN sounds good. (No extraneous words there: "Your money, Orion Samuelson. )
I think they had to start deleting the daily anti-Mike Facebook comments.
Chicago is a tough market for any outside talent, hopefully McConnell will catch on. It seems that they've toned him down quite a bit. Formatically, WGN sounds good. (No extraneous words there: "Your money, Orion Samuelson. )
I think they had to start deleting the daily anti-Mike Facebook comments.
I don't give Metheny very strong odds of staying. I think WGN brings in a caretaker PD until they figure out what to do, probably someone who has already been in the market.
I honestly think the audience will get used to McConnell. He's not Willie, for crying out loud, and that's a better fit for even a younger skewing WGN than Willie would have been.
Yeah, Chicago is very tough for outsiders, and not just because Robert Feder is tough on them
Feder had a piece on McConnell "needing fake calls" from Tribune staffers, but has mostly been tough on morning host Gregg Jarrett and his lack of knowledge of Chicago.
Gregg is not some radio neophyte...he was afternoon news co-host at KGO in San Francisco.
But Chicago radio is still very insular. You can be an outsider and catch on eventually ("Mancow", Kevin Matthews), but there's a thought that you have to "pay your Chicago dues". Cleveland's own "Rover" got murdered in Chi-town, and being born there and living his infancy in the area didn't help.
That brings me to Howard Stern. Stern wasn't hugely successful in Chicago, ever. He did OK at some point, but he didn't come close to winning AM drive ever, as I recall. Here, he ended the morning drive radio careers of "Jeff and Flash", the once-dominant morning team at WMMS.
I honestly think the audience will get used to McConnell. He's not Willie, for crying out loud, and that's a better fit for even a younger skewing WGN than Willie would have been.
Yeah, Chicago is very tough for outsiders, and not just because Robert Feder is tough on them
Feder had a piece on McConnell "needing fake calls" from Tribune staffers, but has mostly been tough on morning host Gregg Jarrett and his lack of knowledge of Chicago.Gregg is not some radio neophyte...he was afternoon news co-host at KGO in San Francisco.
But Chicago radio is still very insular. You can be an outsider and catch on eventually ("Mancow", Kevin Matthews), but there's a thought that you have to "pay your Chicago dues". Cleveland's own "Rover" got murdered in Chi-town, and being born there and living his infancy in the area didn't help.
That brings me to Howard Stern. Stern wasn't hugely successful in Chicago, ever. He did OK at some point, but he didn't come close to winning AM drive ever, as I recall. Here, he ended the morning drive radio careers of "Jeff and Flash", the once-dominant morning team at WMMS.
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