I don't know Tony, have never heard him, don't have an opinion of him or KFRC, a station I don't listen to, but I'll rant this one out on his behalf.
First, good for you for sticking your neck out on this board; that's more than most jocks would be willing to do, and predictably, there's always someone ready to cut your head off. Obviously, that didn't take long.
Second, on behalf of the posters, I wouldn't presume that these people are necessarily jealous. Some might be, I don't know, but they might also wish it was a station worth working at. Some just don't think so.
On the other hand --and I'll say this flat out-- the radio some of you:
--love
--remember
--grew up with
... is dead. Across almost every board on this site, whenever the subject of oldies radio comes up, there's this whiff of nostalgia for radio the way it was in the 70s or 80s or whatever. Get over it. It's done. The audience for that music isn't as financially viable as it once was and oldies stations are simply morphing to stay competitive. To put it simply, among those who complain, a good percentage are no longer a comodity to the radio business. You are the new beautiful music demo.
My guess is that some of that percentage will complain about that observation, perhaps take it personally and then take the perjorative route. My suggestion: get over it and move on: there's satellite, there are vintage tapes, and you can always pop in a CD.
This is no way a slam on KFRC. They may indeed sound like a very different radio station than in the days of Don Rose, but that's plain tough. The station is trying to move on to make a profit. Those of you who love, remember or grew up with these stations in the halcyon days of radio before it became corporatized need to do the same.
There are certainly exceptions to this rule, and an attempt is being made in Sacramento on what was once the traditional oldies station there, but if the market doesn't support it, the station will fail, change again and again, listeners will vent. Certain changes are going to fall terribly flat --many in New York, for instance are hoping exactly that for the old WCBS, which went with the format du jour --not exactly a novel decision, by the way.
The poster who snidely commented "We're the listeners, remember?" --sorry, my friend, but this is corporate radio, not community radio. The board room doesn't care about you. Except when enough of you go away (as said poster did by simply exercising his only power: changing stations).
As for you Tony, and your co-workers, it's great that you all like working there. Here's hoping you all get to enjoy your jobs for a nice long while.
