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1320 The Dove gets its wings clipped

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BHolmes

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According the Sarasota Herald-Tribune's "Radio Babe", the new 1320 The Dove blew PD Dave Harrell out last week. Wasn't he the only live jock on that thing?

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Hate to see anyone lose their job, but whoever is programming the music doesnt know anything about programming this kind of music. Even if it's canned from a consultant the playlist needs serious adjusting. They should take a lesson from the CC Punta Gorda cluster's 1070 because it's programmed much better.



> According the Sarasota Herald-Tribune's "Radio Babe", the
> new 1320 The Dove blew PD Dave Harrell out last week. Wasn't
> he the only live jock on that thing?
>
http://www.heraldtribune.c> om/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051003/COLUMNIST50/510030648
>
 
After 92.1 was changed to "Lite" (which by the way appears to be tanking in the ratings), it sure was nice of them to keep Dave around to set up the new WDDV-AM station huh? Then after the automation is all set... "see ya!" Like I hinted in another post below... it's Clear Channel, it's October, and here's your pink slip. Typical. Good luck to Dave... A class act and one that Cox should have never fired off from the original Dove at 105.5 in the first place.
 
> After 92.1 was changed to "Lite" (which by the way appears
> to be tanking in the ratings), it sure was nice of them to
> keep Dave around to set up the new WDDV-AM station huh?
> Then after the automation is all set... "see ya!" Like I
> hinted in another post below... it's Clear Channel, it's
> October, and here's your pink slip. Typical. Good luck to
> Dave... A class act and one that Cox should have never
> fired off from the original Dove at 105.5 in the first
> place.

Sorry to see this happen to Dave. The same thing happened to me at Clear Channel Sarasota and has happened to others since. But I can't bad mouth Clear Channel because they hired me up here in Nashville. But anyway, I can't say enough good things about Dave (who has been in the Bay area on the radio since the '60s.) I hope he finds something else he enjoys.
 
A class act and one that Cox should have never
> fired off from the original Dove at 105.5 in the first
> place.
>
Cox did not fire Dave Harrell. Cox did not want him to leave. He left for CC Sarasota on his own.
 
> the playlist needs serious adjusting. They should take a
> lesson from the CC Punta Gorda cluster's 1070 because it's
> programmed much better.

The 1070 in Punta Gorda takes its' "lessons" from the excellent Westwood One satellite service....So no one can 'teach' from Florida, unless you refer to the local shows, but I wouldn't doubt it if there are none left by now.

Westwood One's Standards format (originally known as "AM Only"), from Unistar (earlier Transtar and 'swallowed up' by Westwood One) has always been my favorite bird-based Nostalgia format. The jocks keep their breaks brief (unlike ABC's "startudst" where there tends to be incessant DJ rambling), and this allows WW1 affiliates to instert plenty of 'localizing' bits....

WKII once had C-QUAM, but alas, I'm crying over something that will probably never be replaced, right?
 
> After 92.1 was changed to "Lite" (which by the way appears
> to be tanking in the ratings), it sure was nice of them to
> keep Dave around to set up the new WDDV-AM station huh?
> Then after the automation is all set... "see ya!" Like I
> hinted in another post below... it's Clear Channel, it's
> October, and here's your pink slip. Typical. Good luck to
> Dave... A class act and one that Cox should have never
> fired off from the original Dove at 105.5 in the first
> place.
>

The DUV in Tampa would be well of to hire Dave back for the 3to 7 slot. Then put the two guys who used to be on WGUL who did not go to Salem in the Midday and Evening. I'd team Marti Ryan with Dick Ring in the AM. Call it Party Marti and Dick Ring Show. They would be a match for Nancy and Mike easily.
 
WHAT ??!!!

Pay money for salaries to make more money and increase ratings !!!!!

What a novel idea in this market...it USED to work here... but with the BIG radio station corporations with their corporate heads up their rears.. I just don't know if it would catch on...

What a novel idea anyway.....


lol.....

walt - bradenton
 
> > the playlist needs serious adjusting. They should take a
> > lesson from the CC Punta Gorda cluster's 1070 because it's
>
> > programmed much better.
>
> The 1070 in Punta Gorda takes its' "lessons" from the
> excellent Westwood One satellite service..
>
> Westwood One's Standards format has always been my favorite
> Nostalgia format. The jocks keep their breaks brief (unlike
> ABC's "Stardust" where there tends to be incessant DJ
> rambling), and this allows WW1 affiliates to instert plenty
> of 'localizing' bits....


Westwood One's Standards format is the best because it's also
the most contemporary of them all (and Music of Your Life is
the least contemporary). The former "AM Only" rarely goes
back before 1960 and it plays mostly the non-rock hits of
the last 40 years... Carpenters, Streisand, Beatles, Johnny
Mathis, Neil Diamond, Sinatra, Elvis, Bread... all artists
who've had hits on Top 40 radio since 1960. No Andrew Sisters
no Bing Crosby, no Duke Ellington... they don't even play
Ella Fitzgereld. I'm sure that was a tough decision but
unlike Sinatra, Dean Martin, Andy Williams, etc., she
never had any Top 40 hits in the rock era.

Stardust plays mostly contemporary standards but Ella and
some other earlier artists make it onto Stardust's playlist.
And Music of Your Life is hopeless. Its playlist is all
over the place, from Diane Krall and Norah Jones to Big
Bands. And its DJs are NEVER live. Imagine having a
satellite service and yet all the DJs are voice tracked.
The night Sinatra died, the service didn't start playing
any additional Sinatra records till around 10am the next
day. But because Music of Your Life is the cheapest for
a station to run, they've got the most affiliates and
every year WWI and ABC stations switch over to MOYL to
save a few bucks. (That's if they don't leave the format
entirely to become the third talk station or second
sports station in their market.)




Gregg
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