WWVA PD Duncan Payton Resigns

[BuddySomeday]

DUNCAN PAYTON has announced his resignation and will be
returning to SAN DIEGO for personal reasons.

 

[gregg75]

Maybe he didn't like the direction 105.7 The Groove has taken.
Hey, anything would almost be better than BIG MESS he had created
.........which went nowhere.

 

[the golden boy]

When I saw the name, I wondered if it were the Duncan Payton that worked at KMYI San Diego. I didn't know he left SoCal for Atlanta.

 

[RoddyFreeman]

Maybe he didn't like the direction 105.7 The Groove has taken.
Hey, anything would almost be better than BIG MESS he had created
.........which went nowhere.

How much input does a PD really have at that station? I'm guessing not much.

 

[DToTheJ]

Come on, I'm sure Duncan had a little input as to whether or not the station would play two hours of Christmas music leading up to the Groove launch.

 

[carolinaradio]

Maybe he didn't like the direction 105.7 The Groove has taken.

Direction? ??? 105.7 has a direction?

 

[gregg75]

How much input does a PD really have at that station? I'm guessing not much.

I'm sure he does more than sip coffee and look out the window. Come on, it's an important job and
he's getting paid for it.

The direction 105.7 has recently taken is away from a soup of R&B Oldies/Dance Gold to a more
CHR/HIP-HOP sound. I'm not very fond of it..............but I think others will be. They are drawing
from The Beat, Q100 and Star94 (a blend of all 3) which should work, becasue all 3 lack direction
and change focus weekly.

 

[BRH]

Maybe he didn't like the direction 105.7 The Groove has taken.
Hey, anything would almost be better than BIG MESS he had created
.........which went nowhere.

I'm not sure why everyone slams this station so much. The sound they did have (which was a mix of rhythmic hits from the late 70s, 80s, 90s, and 2k, is exactly what the Rhythmic AC format is supposed to be). I see so much complaining because it's not "CHR" enough, not current enough, etc. The station is slammed for mixing disco, freestyle, 90s dance, and today's rhythmic hits. Well, that's what the rhythmic AC format is all about. That's exactly what Clear Channel is doing on their other successful rhythmic AC stations in other markets like WKTU New York, WISX Philadelphia, WMIA Miami, KSYU Albuquerque, Z100 Ft Myers, WDTW Detroit, etc. So why is it that people think this is not a valid format in Atlanta, and why do you feel the station has to move toward being yet another current based CHR instead of a broad based rhythmic AC? Anyway, it just strikes me as kind of odd that these comments keep coming up regarding 105.7 in Atlanta. I'm not really hearing these complaints about the rhythmic AC format being a "trainwreck" or "mess" from other markets. Is there something inherently different about the Atlanta demos that means this format can't work here?

Anyway, I love the Rhythmic AC format. I've liked it since the Movin' stations first signed on, and still do. I think Clear Channel's rhythmic AC's sound even better than the Movin' ones did though. And I don't see why a rhythmic AC format cannot work. Why is it that rock based Hot AC and gold formats are seen as valid, but no one seems to want to hear gold based rhythmic songs? Do most people consider rhythmic hits more "throw away" or "disposable" songs, that aren't meant to be heard again? Seems odd to me.

Also, as far as 105.7 being successful or not; that's going to be hard to judge. The signal is so limited, that nothing is going to produce stellar ratings on that frequency. So I wouldn't say the station is a failure just because the ratings didn't really soar overnight. I think any format on that signal will have to settle for marginal ratings. But Rhythmic AC pulls very desirable and sellable female demos (late 20's to 40s), and I think it is still a wise choice for 105.7. Hopefully, the Groove will stick around. I think Rhythmic AC certainly makes more sense for the limited signal instead of trying to be the 4th variant of CHR in town.

 

[gregg75]

I like Rhythmic AC also, just not the style they were presenting. Don't see how you can
compare them to WKTU or WMIA. What they were offering was nowhere near those two
stations. If they had tried to copy them, it probably would have worked.......but
they didn't.......not really sure what they were doing......they were so mixed up.

 

[BIGSTICK]

Absolutely despise this station now. Great when it came on with all of the different songs, now they are no different than any other of cc's bleeped up stations..