Does anyone know why there have been so many frequent changes at the Paul Castronovo show over the past few years? There have been some staffing changes, like the departures of Sharp Dressed John, one other staffer and then Ghia, who I believe was hired to work most directly with Paul on-air following Ron Brewer's departure. Now there's just Paul, Heather and Toast. The biggest change, however, seems to be in the show's format. Where it used to be nearly all talk and banter, with a studio full of people nearly all the time (the chef from the Italian market, the owner of an area pizza and restaurant chain, Will Shriner who was sponsored by a local casino, Kim Bokamper formerly of the Miami Dolphins, a fair amount of on-air celebrity and entertainer interviews, etc.) with a few songs here and there, in recent months there seems to be a complete change with a few occasional "bits" and contests, but the format is now a lot more music-heavy. Where I used to listen to the Castronovo show on the way to work and would hear maybe 1 commercial break and be entertained with their banter and discussions about sports, entertainment, news or just BSs'ing among themselves or telling stories, on several more recent commutes to work (weeks before Covid-19 forced their staff to work from their home studios), I heard a few commercial breaks, 4 or 5 songs and just a few relatively short bits here and there, with teasers for the next discussion topic or contest coming out of commercial break and into a song, then going back into music sets after they'd finished a particular contest. A complete change from what had always been this show's format. Gone as well are what used to be regular segments like "Crap We Missed" and "Heather's Missed Tweets".
I'm wondering if Castronovo is trying to tweak things, if he's getting tired and losing the drive to come up with creative discussion points, or if iHeart Media is trying to move him toward a different, more music-heavy show format? At any rate, I miss being able to tune in and be entertained. I can listen to music anywhere; it's Paul and the staff I tuned in to hear. The only thing I used to find a bit annoying were the seemingly constant live reads and plugs for companies that did work on his house, to his boat, sold him his vehicles, etc. He either seemingly got a lot of work done in trade, or hired these companies and then gave them a sales pitch and got them to advertise on his show after they did work for him. That did get old after a while IMO.
I'm wondering if Castronovo is trying to tweak things, if he's getting tired and losing the drive to come up with creative discussion points, or if iHeart Media is trying to move him toward a different, more music-heavy show format? At any rate, I miss being able to tune in and be entertained. I can listen to music anywhere; it's Paul and the staff I tuned in to hear. The only thing I used to find a bit annoying were the seemingly constant live reads and plugs for companies that did work on his house, to his boat, sold him his vehicles, etc. He either seemingly got a lot of work done in trade, or hired these companies and then gave them a sales pitch and got them to advertise on his show after they did work for him. That did get old after a while IMO.
