bringbackradio said:
ShawtyBlack_ATL said:
Don't forget Clear Channel markets like Savannah, New Orleans, Montgomery and Jacksonville, FL that have Steve Harvey on the Hip-Hop stations and Tom Joyner on the R&B stations.
Cumulus is in that same dilemna in Mobile and Tallahassee. Both are better off cutting Harvey loose and bringing in Rickey Smiley since neither market has a hip hop based morning program. Nashville could do the same thing, but the only difference is Joyner is on Cumulus' WQQK and Harvey is on CC's WUBT.
I can't understand how anyone would insist that this 'dilemma' even needs solving. Harvey and Joyner are the #1 and #2 national urban radio shows, and the urban women that matter
are tuning in regardless of the specific music mix Harvey likely insists upon (a sticking point for his Radio One rollout, IIRC). You hear 'Home of The Steve Harvey Morning Show' more than 'The Big Station' as WBLX's positioner, and not because its failing. The fact that the show has worked stations both mainstream urbans and urban ACs isn't some content crisis, its an advantage. (If one could look back with the Mediabase/playlist info, I'm sure Joyner's show likely straddled the same fence in a few limited examples before the 2000s and before Harvey's appearance on the radio scene.)
Better off with Rickey Smiley? Why not Russ Parr since his show is also 'more hip-hop'? It's not insulting to note that Smiley's show mostly exists for Radio One hip-hop outlets and other like stations that can't acquire Steve Harvey. This isn't the NFL or NBA draft where there may be an advantage to having the third pick. In Mobile and Tallahassee (96.1 'Jamz'? They should be called
Magic for format purity, amiright?!), whatever potential third/third party urban that appears will either go with a local show, or more likely-- resort to the best of what's left in syndication.