#The Ticket Too?

A long, long time ago, I wondered on this site if The Ticket were going to get in trouble with women.

At the time, my concern was with The Hardline.  With Greg Williams, Mike R, Corby, and Danny, the show would frequently take what I characterized at the time, and still recall, as a frankly misogynistic turn.

Even after HeeHoo got the boot, the show would frequently veer into that territory.

I'm not a politically correct guy at all.  But I really disliked the attitude toward women I heard from The Hardline from time to time, all three of the remaining personalities.  And I would also sometimes hear it from Dan McDowell.  Real disrespect and even hostility that was not just a bit.

At the time I thought:  Man, some of this Hardline stuff is really rough.  I wondered what would happen if some women's group decided they were going to make a name for themselves by urging listeners to boycott The Hardline and, more importantly, boycott advertisers who bought time there.  Get some picketers outside the building for photo opportunities for the local journal.

Never happened, of course, Dallas not being a hotbed of feminist activism.

And then, over time, The Hardline seemed to drop the hostility towards women, or greatly reduce it. In any event, I stopped noticing it.

I have noticed it some with Dan and Julie -- not too much, maybe just Dan trying to figure out if he's still the Sports Humorist with the realignment, nothing that made me punch out (I'm liking the show) -- but apparently something popped up the other day.  I didn't hear it and I'm not entirely sure what took place (something to do with Tyson Fury's training regimen and his wife) but the subject of The Ticket's relationship with women seems to have moved closer to the front burner.

We've all noticed The Ticket's recent celebration of The V1, a phrase I personally dislike -- talk about objectification of the female -- but looks like it's here to stay.  And Julie's participation in noon-3 seems to have been a success.  So seems to me that things are taking a turn for the better in terms of gender outreach.  Which I don't necessarily favor when it looks like pandering or bowing to PC pressure (which Julie's elevation doesn't feel like), but it beats what the station was throwing out in its earlier years.

But perhaps there's some way to go.  With #MeToo reaching even Dallas, there may be women out making picket signs as I sit here typing.

Are You Going to Ticketstock? No -- Ace Hardware Ticketstock; and Other Matters of Interest

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Craig was saying that The Musers were in first place in the ratings.  If anyone has more information on the latest ratings, please advise.  I'll see what I can dig up.

Sorry for the cruddy post, more later.

Wait -- I thought of a way to make it less cruddy.

I want to say something in response to the guys who were ragging me (very respectfully and well within MTC Rules of the Confessional) at the end of the last comments for underestimating BaD Radio.

I heard a lot of BaD over the past year, wasn't just an occasional drop-in.  I liked it.  Seldom, if ever, did I punch out.  I agree with all of the good things the commenters said about the show.  The hosts and producers clearly worked hard to prepare the show.  Very professional presentation.  But the show bogged more than any other show on The Ticket, and not because of Bob's gone-with-the-wind questions.  I could go into several reasons for the bogging, but what's the point?  Just not my favorite show on a consistent basis; we all have our favorites.

But here's what I want to say to the BaD lovers.

First, I'm sorry for your loss.

Second, that show is gone for a reason.

I am very reliably informed that Bob and Dan have a very good personal relationship and high professional regard for one another.

But:

Either Bob wanted to be in a different show more than he wanted to be in BaD, or Jeff Catlin wanted that for him, or both.  Boosting The Hardline was more important for the CTO than preserving BaD.

Now, moving to drive is a promotion, which is a desirable thing.  More money, for one thing.  (Oh, yes:  I'm pretty sure Bob got a new, much better, deal -- one of the reasons this change didn't happen instantly, the negotiations probably took a little time.)  But Jeff Catlin didn't think too hard before busting up BaD, a historically successful show, at least until recently, to get some sports content into The Hardline.

That's not evidence that BaD was not a good show.  But it is some evidence that BaD was not the jewel in The Ticket crown that some of its partisans make it out to be.

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Ticket Seismic Change Thread

React here.

Your Plainsman will try to be by his keyboard to comfort or celebrate.  (Considering the range of opinions on what's good and what's not, probably both.)

The Ticket at the Crossroads

Two items we're keeping an eye on:

(1) "The major station announcement" on Monday afternoon.  There was a flurry of comments to the last post, some of them promising seismic changes at The Ticket, although the Confessors claiming gigantic swings in the personnel lineup are short -- zero -- on details.  Please continue to comment.

At this writing, I have no special inside information.  If anything comes my way, I'll let you know.

(2) Ratings:  Bad news continues at The Ticket.  From Richie Whitt in SI (thanks to James for forwarding):  Ticket v FAN Ratings -- Richie Whitt report

I have no information on this, either.  I will say that I find the delta between the stations very difficult to believe.  There will come a point where it won't make any difference if The Ticket doesn't like the way Nielsen does its job -- if these numbers are right, and they don't change over several books, it won't matter what technique is used to measure listenership -- the numbers as reported will do more than the passage of time to end The Ticket's run in Dallas.

Today's Red reflects Your Plainsman's apprehension:

 

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