WTF are "gone from home" entertainment and information services?Tig1150 said:
In Canada, "Gone from home" may best mean on the road. A station in Vancouver goes the extra mile to cover "Gone from home" and "Going home" traffic.Link: http://www.cknw.com/AM730/SirRoxalot said:
If they weren't performing up to expectations in revenue and ratings, what were they supposed to do? Just sit there and take it in the shorts? What's truly sad is seeing top-ranked, highly profitable radio stations bite the dust. Apparently WVOR was not one of those and being owned by a "corporate" entity has absolutely nothing to do with it (except to feed your already-bitter feelings toward the state of radio in 2006).Mark Giardina said:Another sad day for Rochester radio. WVOR joins a growing list of call letter that were synonymous with Rochester. WEZO, WNYR, WBBF, WMJQ, WAXC. For many years, under the leadership of Jack Palvino, WVOR was one of Rochester’s most profitable and powerful radio stations. To see its demise at the hands of a corporate bottom-feeder company is just pathetic.
As I mentioned on another board, I think Fickle took a bite out of WVOR, and that put them in a situation that required change...Oldies Cat said:If they weren't performing up to expectations in revenue and ratings, what were they supposed to do? Just sit there and take it in the shorts? What's truly sad is seeing top-ranked, highly profitable radio stations bite the dust. Apparently WVOR was not one of those and being owned by a "corporate" entity has absolutely nothing to do with it (except to feed your already-bitter feelings toward the state of radio in 2006).Mark Giardina said:Another sad day for Rochester radio. WVOR joins a growing list of call letter that were synonymous with Rochester. WEZO, WNYR, WBBF, WMJQ, WAXC. For many years, under the leadership of Jack Palvino, WVOR was one of Rochester’s most profitable and powerful radio stations. To see its demise at the hands of a corporate bottom-feeder company is just pathetic.
Personally I think WVOR's demise started way before the advent of 'Fickle.' The downturn began when Tony Infantino and Dee Alexander left the station to work at WARM 101.3. Those two have been around long enough to have the smarts to see when the ship is sailing towards the iceberg. Then came 'Mix 100' and the practice of stop using the WVOR call letters on a regular basis. As I mentioned in another board Rochester has lost WEZO, WNYR, WBBF, WOKR, WAXC and now the WVOR call letters. Sad, very very sad indeed. Some will argue that this is progress. But these same people fail to understand that Rochester, unlike many other communities, is not quick to jump on the bandwagon. Rochester listeners and TV viewers require time to adjust to one station. Look at WDKX as an example. I remember when that station hardly had any listeners, or advertisers. It took years for WDKX to build up an audience and today they rank as the third most listen to radio station in Rochester. The problem is that those individuals operating these cluster of radio stations in Rochester are not willing to have patience. Instead they want instant results, and that just does not work in the Rochester Market.Yeziknoradio said:As I mentioned on another board, I think Fickle took a bite out of WVOR, and that put them in a situation that required change...Oldies Cat said:If they weren't performing up to expectations in revenue and ratings, what were they supposed to do? Just sit there and take it in the shorts? What's truly sad is seeing top-ranked, highly profitable radio stations bite the dust. Apparently WVOR was not one of those and being owned by a "corporate" entity has absolutely nothing to do with it (except to feed your already-bitter feelings toward the state of radio in 2006).Mark Giardina said:Another sad day for Rochester radio. WVOR joins a growing list of call letter that were synonymous with Rochester. WEZO, WNYR, WBBF, WMJQ, WAXC. For many years, under the leadership of Jack Palvino, WVOR was one of Rochester’s most profitable and powerful radio stations. To see its demise at the hands of a corporate bottom-feeder company is just pathetic.
Well, it appears it wasn't working well enough. Ever hear the expression, "if it ain't broke, BREAK IT"? That's how visionaries get ahead- never settle for being just OK. I suppose it might seem really noble to just stay the way you are because you've been that way for a long time, but I know I sure want to be more successful than middle-of-the-pack. As far as creativity, I blame that more on complacent programmers and talent than "corporate". It's just too easy to blame "the suits", "the consultants". Jocks who just go on talking about their own interests and viewpoints or simply intro songs and do liners are why radio has gotten stale.Mark Giardina said:
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