ChannelFlipper said:
SimiRadioListener26 said:
wdb2003 said:
henry said:
It would be painfully hilarious if KIIS brought Dees back. I know KIIS would lose millions, but I'd sure love to hear the show.
Grandpa Dees on KIIS! ;D
Rick still has his syndicated shows on the weekends and he VT's on many Cumulus stations so hes not hurting. On the other hand KHHT ratings have improved since his arrival. Hell if Art Laboe can still be on the air why not Rick?
They still put dinosaurs like Charlie Tuna on KRTH. Maybe that's Rick's final destination.
It should have been his destination after he left KIIS. And the rumors are that he had a good, but not great, offer from CBS at the time to go there. But
Rick saw himself as being a DJ for hit music still aimed at the young demos. The only problem was the ratings at KIIS were showing that the younger demos didn't see Rick back the same way.
Had he gone to directly to KRTH, he could have gone as the star and radio legend worthy of his many years of success in this market, and I believe he would still be viewed that way today.
.. I just think he hurt his own stature tremendously by trying to be the DJ to the kids when the generation past him by, instead of growing old gracefully with his audience who have moved on from the KIIS/CHR scene.
Easier said than done, from an outsider (or another person) point of view. I know this is radio and not psychology, but I'll say it anyway; When you have a true passion for something that happens to be age restricted or age limited, it's difficult to just accept that you're older and it's time to move on. To most looking in from the outside, it seems as easy as "your time is up - get over it and move on" and it's easy to say what someone should have done based on what looks like the best decision. However, imagine you yourself being the one who's looking and sounding different on the outside but feeling the same as always on the inside hitting a point in your life where things have changed and your physical appearances and styles no longer fit in with the new present, regardless of how hard you try. It's not going to be easy for you to just give up what you know and love and "stick with your generation".
I'm not too close to Rick Dees's age yet, but I can understand what he may be going through. I'm trying to imagine how I would feel if I still loved and had a drive to push the music I play today and always loved once I become a senior citizen. How would it feel to know that I no longer physically look and sound the way I feel inside? Would I give it up and stick with some generational time period of music or demographics instead of staying true to what I passionately love - just for the generous offer of money? Would I be able to see what I
could do / should do next at a certain time in my life when the option was available, or would I be too blinded with trying to continue following my youthful passion that I would not choose to do the "graceful thing" and stick with my generation, despite the fact that my time is up?
On a bit of an unrelated note, I'm sure Madonna feels the same way. Look at the type of music she's putting out on her new 2012 album. She's still trying to be that young pop superstar and hold on to that feeling despite the fact that....it's over. I seriously doubt many, if an, of her songs will hit.
I'm not sure if I'd say that Rick Dees should've done would he could've done. I believe instead that as long as he's doing what's true to him and maintaining some sort of success and happiness from it, that will be much more fulfilling than whatever he could've done to get more money or age gracefully. I just looked up KRTH and I can only look at that and think; Basically, Rick Dees going to KRTH to be remembered as something and possibly make more steady money would've meant "giving up his
younger years and true passion for chr to gain/keep an image within something that wasn't ever necessarily his true passion". In my opinion, I'd rather fight to fit in with the times where my passion lies than to "give it up gracefully" and consider myself involuntarily stuck in another generation.
Anyway, enough with the psychology and my fears of getting older. You may now get back to Ryan Seacrest and who might replace him..... when his time is up.
