When did you all notice radio going down hill?  I noticed it around 2000
and in 2001 when returning to Detroit only to discover that half or more
then half the band was purchased up by Clear Channel and ot other large
corportations!





On Mon, 21 Jul 2008, Steve Dresser wrote:

> Ron,
>
> Who knows what they'll do.  One thing for sure, though: it won't have much
> to do with what listeners want to hear.  It's all about the money.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Canazzi" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 16:56
> Subject: Re: slightly off topic, but maybe of interest to some
>
>
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > As a Buffalo, NY resident, I too used to like WKBW radio whenit tried the
> > Oldies (1960's personality radio) format from March 2004 through February
> > 2006.  They changed to a liberal talk format because a small group of
> > people
> > tried a 24 hour liberal talk format on 1270 WHLD.  Entercomm
> > Communications
> > owns most radio stations in The Western New York area, and it was felt by
> > the corporate leaders that any threat--no matter how small--was
> > intolerable.
> > This change of WKBW to the liberal talk format took valuable revenue from
> > WHLD and caused them to fold a year or so ago.  One wonders whether WKBW
> > will continue their liberal talk format--since in a corporate dominated
> > environment, all such stations have difficulty raising advertising
> > revenue.
> > (big companies don't like supporting programs that claim they have too
> > much
> > power.)  So I wonder if WKBW may revert to another format soon.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 10:59 AM
> > Subject: Re: slightly off topic, but maybe of interest to some
> >
> >
> > Tom,
> >
> > In WKBW's case, the station tried that format for about a year and a half.
> > I don't know what the "ratings" were, but we enjoyed listening to it.
> > Unfortunately, I suspect that it appealed more to aging baby boomers than
> > it
> > did to the sponsors, which is why it abruptly changed formats.  My advice
> > is
> > to listen and enjoy it while it lasts.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 22:13
> > Subject: slightly off topic, but maybe of interest to some
> >
> >
> >> Hi, all.
> >>
> >> As many of you may know, one of my interests over the years has been
> >> monitoring patterns in formats for both AM and FM broadcast stations.
> >>
> >> Today, I was casually cruising through the AM broadcast band from here in
> >> Central Lower Michigan, and I came across W O K Y, 920 AM, out of
> >> Milwaukee,
> >> WI.
> >>
> >> What really struck me is that here was a station with an oldies format
> >> that
> >> clearly was trying to re-create the sound and aura of those 1960's top 40
> >> AM
> >> stations that many of us grew up with.
> >>
> >> During the short time I listened, I actually was rather impressed with
> >> what
> >> they were doing.
> >>
> >> I remember that WKBW in Buffalo, NY was doing this several years ago when
> >> I
> >> came across them while visiting relatives on the east coast, but they
> >> since
> >> have gone to some kind of awful talk format which I couldn't stand
> >> listening
> >> to for more than 5 minutes.
> >>
> >> In researching W O K Y further via the radio-locator web site, I notice
> >> that
> >> they are a Clear Channel station.
> >>
> >> I wonder if this is something that more clear channel stations are going
> >> to
> >> try, or whether W O K Y is just an isolated experiment by Clear Channel.
> >>
> >> I also wonder how W O K Y is doing with regard to ratings in the
> >> Milwaukee
> >> area.  I think that Howard (WA9TOP) from the list is from the Milwaukee
> >> area, so perhaps he can give us some insights from a local perspective if
> >> he
> >> is interested.
> >>
> >> I hope you all don't mind this post. I just found the situation with W O
> >> K
> >> Y
> >> A M to be quite interesting.
> >>
> >> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ, Big Rapids, MI
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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