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Thursday, January 9, 2025
A Little More News
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Pretty darned good source, combined with some common-sense thoughts about how business works:
(1) The Musers have already re-upped with new contracts. I do not know the term, but my bet is that it is for not less than three years.
(2) There was no pay cut. This is from the source, and a pay cut would not be typical for stars of the Musers' magnitude and continued jaw-dropping success. I believe they got an increase.
Neither of these items is earth-shaking, but they do correct a misconception or two being floated out there. As far as "the long farewell" is concerned, I think that speculation is premature. Of course older performers are going to shuffle off the stage sooner or later, but if they can continue to command top money while reducing workload, I don't see any reason based on their ages or tenure to think this is the last contract Craig and George will sign. And reduced workload and more money is not the only inducement stars receive to continue doing what they're doing. In particular, while Craig might have dreamed of pedaling off to the Rockies someday, one's priorities change with fatherhood, and he seems to be settling into it beautifully.
So I'm just going to continue to enjoy them and the other shows, keep an eye on JV advancement (I thought the suggestion in the previous thread that Justin Montemayor, Gordon, and Dave Lane would be a good trio was genius), and keep my ear to the ground for items I can subject to Responsible Ticket Journalism.
Morbid? I’m thinking you’re a big fantasy sports player. They begin to view all of existence in terms of value. Which is another way of saying, transactional. Gross.
Joonz twice said Monday morning that the new hours would keep them around a little bit longer. Maybe he really meant himself. Maybe he wasn't being precise with his language. Maybe he was. Dunno. But he said it more than once. To me 'a little bit longer' doesn't mean at least 3 years, contract or no. I do agree with you on the genius suggestion of a Gordo, Davey, Monty pairing. Talk about minimal drop off. Cat, if you still stop by this place, note well this suggestion.
One thing is for certain, the Ticket will still be airing ads for high commission annuity "products" offering 30 percent bonuses long after the Musers retire. Can't believe how many people must fall for this to make all the high priced radio advertising on multiple radio stations worth the ad dollars.
To a guy that has spent 31 years in the same job, 29 of them in the same time slot, “a little bit longer” could mean less than 3, but could also mean 3 or even more than 3. My ticket sales sources tell me they were told “a new long term deal”, as I said on a previous thread, Corby’s was also called a long term deal and it was for 5. Unless someone is willing to put their real name to their post, I’m not buying anybody’s predictions because all of us are simply guessing. But I’ll remind everyone of this. Angelo Cataldi of WIP, the long time AM drive host in Philly went to a 3 day workweek as they transitioned into a new morning show as he retired. For everyone so sure the Musers are done in a year, why couldn’t the Musers do something similar? A la Hansens Monday and Friday noon hour show way back when. I just think that people are viewing this as a hard retirement date, and I’m not so sure. Musers are late 50s, at a minimum I think they work till they’re 62ish and can collect the Sosh security. Why give up a good paying job if they’ll keep you, to have to dig into your savings? C
I agree with C about the 1 year predictions. I dont know why so many people heard about the shortened snake and thought “ok well that’s it! One year countdown starts now!” We don’t really know. 1 year, 3, or 5. My guess is also it’s longer than a year.
I'm with C on this. All 3 Musers have become more attune to the quality of life over the years. Junior and Gordon especially seem to gravitate toward a more European work-lifestyle model. This move makes total sense and I'm not sure how it points towards a winding down. Yes, they have considerably fewer work years ahead of them than behind, but I can easily see them going at for 5 more years. Gordon, another 10. I will say that the idea of Gordon, Davey, and Monty as the successors is an absolute no-brainer banger.
The problem with the GDM line up is a lack of serious sports credibility. Monty is the most sports credible if the trio, and would be the 3rd wheel in what is basically a rant reunion. As an aside, in 1994 the only people with sports credibility on the line up were Bayless and Coop. The sports credibility at that time was held by Galloway, Hansen, Sham, Hitzges, Blackie Sherrod, Verne lundquist, etc. the old school newspaper folks, the cowboys broadcasters, the TV stars, etc. Rhyner had done sports on the Zoo and KZPS, but certainly wasn’t a household name. It took years of broadcasting (and ratings dominance) before all those guys became the sports experts they’re viewed as now. And I’m sorry (said in norm voice) but Gordo and Davey aren’t credible sports experts. They’re not thought leaders or opinion makers. It’s why Bob was put on the HL when Mike left. They split 2 guys who had sports credibility, left Dan to carry middays and moved Bob to bolster the HLs sports credibility. As funny as I think a GDM show would be, I don’t see them anchoring a sports talk line up. Because the key to the tickets success isn’t pure sports knowledge, the x and o guys. It’s the ones that are interesting personalities, who can balance being sports experts AND carry segments when the sports cabinet is pretty barren. C
Your memory is solid but missing a few beats. Skp wasn't the only Ticket OG sports cred host. Curt Menafee and Chuck Cooperstein too were a part of the D1/Year 1 crew. They with Skip comprised the sports cred triumvirate. Fairly soon thereafter, Rhyner and Greggo established themselves as baseball gurus and leaders of the anti-Cowboy (Jerry) but pro-Jimmy Johnson faction. As well, Dunham and Miller quickly showed their sports bona fides. I take your point, to a point, about a GDM pairing and sports cred. I take your point in that the days of Guy-Sports talk have jumped the proverbial shark and aren't coming back. It's now a Sports-Guy talk world. TT reflects this. Gone are the frequent politically charged segments that took hold across the board just a couple of years ago. Gone too are the days where there are more bits/non-sports related segments than sports-centric segments. So yeah, the sports chops have to be there. While a small but extremely vocal minority want all bits all the time, that group in no way represents the overwhelming majority of listeners. 8:40 bit, 100%. CQH, yes. ENews, gotcha down. Et alia. But bits over and above substantive sports talk on the reg, nope. Here's where we part ways. Per my comment, I think The Musers will be around another 5 years. Let's say it's 3. Fine. Between now and then, I'd lay a lot of money on Monty's already sharp sports brain making much further inroads in the cred department. As for Davey. First, his sports talk (when he meaningfully engages in it) is pretty damn good. He actually knows his stuff. Like Monty, in 3 years, it'll only get better (and he'll be 3 years older and probably a bit less inclined to go full on Rant mode). All of which results in one helluva follow up to one of the most successful runs in radio history.
I know I am in the vast minority on this but I would hate any grouping that put Gordo and Davey or Corby on the same show for an extended period of time. I think they all bring out the worst instincts of each other. The Rant as a one day a week, early morning show was fine for the most part. The Rant as an every morning weekday, 3 hour show would beat me to high holy. I'm out of the demo though, and I know I'm in the minority so they don't care what I think.
That makes no sense. Other than a couple of Gordo Microphone Johnson appearances every month or so and a Disgruntled Bikini Girl segment a handful of times per year, all they talked about was baseball and football. The latter mostly consisted of Cowboy bashing. Specially once Jimmy was gone. Also, you do realize the lineup hadn't changed from '94 to '04, yes? At what point, and why, do you think at least one of them could talk sports seriously? In fact, it was in '04 that Petty Theft was formed and Rhyner became caught up in looking at photos of himself gigging during HL shifts, and that (coincidentally or not) Greggo began his descent. Again, you make no sense. Poor attempt at trolling. I think you typed in the wrong URL.
Read a thread before commenting, idiot. Early years. Not post Greggo. But you know this. You just can’t stand looking like a fool. But there you go and double down. Now twice the fool. Wrong URL, chump. We don’t play that here.
I have heard about Jerry having a gig on the series Landman. Man, this got me in the feels. I don't think Jerry was acting; I think he was speaking from the heart.
As a human and a father, I loved Jerry's speech. As someone who wants a competent and competitive Dallas Cowboys Football Team, it frustrated me. To me, that speech was the most revealing thing he's ever said about how he views the team. It's a venture that allows him to spend time with his kids, and/but because it is virtually impossible to lose money as an NFL owner, regardless of the on the field results, it is basically a risk-free way to have fun with his kids. That's why Jerry the Owner is never going to yada yada yada...
I have to admire the optimism of discussing five year deals and succession plans when the station is playing their own promos on a loop to fill ad time.
1. New hours will soon dictate new segment timeslots. 2. TDZ - "Gentlemen, it has been a privilege playing with you tonight." 3. The bigger grift - collectable card breaks in 2025 ( let me double check that year.....yes, 20.25.) or Black Hills hoa AB&B. Answer: Both. those guys really know how to max things out. 4. The current 1-3 Ticket show will not be the same 1-3 Ticket show by Cowboys Training Camp. 5. Collect underpants.
1. Correctomundo 2. Spot on, again. Gonna be a run on tissues for a miniscule and weirdly invested subset. 3. Never have truer words been spoken. The thirst those two possess is unlike anything round these parts since Mike Rhyner (who is no longer deemed Granpa Bestie). 4. Rumblings are already being felt. 5. I know a guy.
The 2 Picks with Friends segments yesterday were such frustrating listens. Utter chaos and not in a good way. One would think they could figure out that sort of stuff before they take it on air. Corby is the worst commissioner ever!
The typical Reddit whine fest is amusing like normal. Saw a commenter say the Musers just need to go ahead and retire if this is the show they are gonna do. My gosh the hyperbole. Am I happy the musers show is shorter now? No. Would I take Musers a little longer if it means having a shorter show? Yes. I just saw someone complain about the 5:35 segment being gone. I have not once heard of another AM drive show starting at 5:30 AM besides the musers.
People hate change, especially to something that's been the same since the late 90s. My only issue is the 6:40 replay instead of a fresh Gordo segment or some other new content. Replay the bit during the 5:30-6 penalty kill.
Stream or terrestrial? That is the case on terrestrial. Listened to stream for a half hour and nothing like that occurred. This is your second time to leave this comment. Agenda much?
Has anyone discussed the explosion of ad/promos in the morning and how we're now hearing promos for a station in Chicago with some hyper political idiot? I might give KTCK one more morning and I'm out. Smaller than a pebble in the ocean, yes, I know, but it sucks. I feel like Cumulus is giving me the double bird now.
Man! All you good people are really making me rethink my listening habits. Really provoking and poking from the bear's perspective.
Oh the attention seeking subgenre-ist. Great job, fellas. Really showed everyone. Well, everyone except the ones you so desperately wish to show. They don't give a fuck now, do they.
As to boots and such. Well, let's just say Cumulus got rid of three disgruntled employees who were actively fomenting dissention among coworkers and customers. Two of whom carried with them the baggage of hefty salaries, insurance, and benefits. They also avoided being the poster child for a landmark labor law case. And on top of it, their ratings during the aforementioned disgruntled employees' time slot track right along with their own. Sorry, Chumley, unlike you, the historical data doesn't lie. Chef's kiss: Their endeavor is in no way an actual competitor.
Try harder. Be smarter. Back to the drawingboard, Skippy.
i'll try again. it is a technical issue tied to the digital ad insertion software that works with the feed used by the Sports Day Talk app. You may not know this, but (when working correctly, and based on your location) not everyone gets the same ads. The effort to correct these errors is fraught with different stake holders (none of which are in Dallas) across 2-3 different companies. I know conspriacy is fun, but really, this is basic left hand/right hand stuff.
Agreed, this isn’t new. And it isn’t just January - it’s the first 3 months of each quarter that are lighter on advertisers like this.
What’s interesting to me is that I used to enjoy those times because commercial breaks were shorter and segments were longer. It appears that’s changed now…
I said that wrong above. It’s the beginning of each 3 month quarter - so March will be lighter on advertising again. Apparently cumulus has found a way to fill the time now, without just increasing content.
Couple of things- the self confidence of the “see radio is dead, they can’t even sell commercials, all they’re playing is promos” is astounding. 2 minutes of listening to the on air signal shows all the usual obnoxious commercials were playing. See Peter’s comment above, it was some kind of glitch that only affected the stream. 2ndly - there’s going to be an obvious correlation between ratings and revenue. For all the “radio is a dying medium” folks, have you considered who’s going to die first? A station like KSKY and Mark Davis where the station lives on satellite programming and Mark struggles to get a 1 share, or the Musers, who had a 20 share in their daypart. The Ticket is consistently one of, if not THE, top billing stations in the market. I expect other stations to die long before the Ticket. C
People talk about the shrinking radio audience and that may be true industry-wide. However, DFW has hundreds of new people moving in every day. There will be advertisers for a long, long time.
Look at last months numbers you will see KRLD and WBAP not too far ahead of KSKY. Both of these are suffering from political burnout right now. KRLD got away from news and into talkers at the wrong time. WBAP also just cut Chris Krok loose over the weekend. If WBAP does go down, KTCK may get that big stick they have wanted for so long.
To replace Catlin? Why would they replace the guy that is arguably one of the best sports PDs in the country? His station just won the Marconi for best station in the country, and they’ve win 3 or 4 other Marconis as best sports station. They dominate in the ratings, regularly doubling their direct competitors ratings. And they’re regularly one of if not the highest billing station in the market. What reason would you have for getting rid of him? I know it’s the hip Reddit thing to trash him, but most of the decisions people trash him for are not his decisions . Or at least not his alone. Dan And Jake was a corporate decision. Hiring Matt , Mino and Sean Bass? Probably a big chunk of that is his decision, but their ratings are as good or better than Norm/THZ/BAD, so common to me how maintaining high ratings despite staff turnover is a knock on the dude. Letting Sirois, Danny etc walk? Those are the guys who got out of radio because they wanted to work with his brother(Mike) and focus on his bar(Danny). I don’t know what norms contract status was like, but running off a senior citizen with 50 years radio career for a dude (MS) who had never hosted a weekday show of his own in any market probably didn’t fly with Big Dan Benet or the suits in Atlanta. Like I said, I’d love to hear the reasoning to fire him. If I was BDB I’d probably be trying to lock him up in a long term deal C
But look how well Danny and Sirois did as hosts. Oh, hold on. Yeah. Cut that back a little. Better. Cut it out entirely. One of the biggest flops in DFW radio history. But, hey, they said what they wanted and got a sweet buyout.
Good stuff, C. Thing is, you’re bringing in critical thinking and facts into a dialogue with a weirdly, pathologically, invested group of interlocutors who are incapable of seeing past their hard pinched micropeens.
Meanwhile, Rhyner and Williams have reunited The Hardlne. The radio wetdream so many once had has come true and guess what? 1. It isn't very good. 2. It's made about as many waves as a plastic kiddie pool situated on an apartment balconey. And 3., did I mention it isn't good? Like to the point where you look at it like a movie you thought kicked ass as a kid but upon further review later in life you realized it was meh at best. I'm thinking that if the rat nest dwellers ever get their CdS cream dream realized, they too will find that not only does it not age well, it might not have been that great to begin with. One more thing. Have nothing against The Sports Humorist or Points For Sex Club Charter Member and I wish them nothing but the best. But dude. Come on. It's a hard listen. Zero structure, lotsa time kill, not a lot of substance, and a lot of bunk info by supposedly smart bros. Not worth the investment of time or money, so I had to duck out.
Pretty darned good source, combined with some common-sense thoughts about how business works:
ReplyDelete(1) The Musers have already re-upped with new contracts. I do not know the term, but my bet is that it is for not less than three years.
(2) There was no pay cut. This is from the source, and a pay cut would not be typical for stars of the Musers' magnitude and continued jaw-dropping success. I believe they got an increase.
Neither of these items is earth-shaking, but they do correct a misconception or two being floated out there. As far as "the long farewell" is concerned, I think that speculation is premature. Of course older performers are going to shuffle off the stage sooner or later, but if they can continue to command top money while reducing workload, I don't see any reason based on their ages or tenure to think this is the last contract Craig and George will sign. And reduced workload and more money is not the only inducement stars receive to continue doing what they're doing. In particular, while Craig might have dreamed of pedaling off to the Rockies someday, one's priorities change with fatherhood, and he seems to be settling into it beautifully.
So I'm just going to continue to enjoy them and the other shows, keep an eye on JV advancement (I thought the suggestion in the previous thread that Justin Montemayor, Gordon, and Dave Lane would be a good trio was genius), and keep my ear to the ground for items I can subject to Responsible Ticket Journalism.
At the risk of sounding morbid, they should get a much talent as they can as quick as they can out of Justin. I have concerns about his shelf life.
ReplyDeleteMorbid? I’m thinking you’re a big fantasy sports player. They begin to view all of existence in terms of value. Which is another way of saying, transactional. Gross.
DeleteUnderstood. I'm sure we're all hopeful and keeping the best thoughts for him. Got a feeling he'll prevail.
ReplyDeleteJoonz twice said Monday morning that the new hours would keep them around a little bit longer. Maybe he really meant himself. Maybe he wasn't being precise with his language. Maybe he was. Dunno. But he said it more than once. To me 'a little bit longer' doesn't mean at least 3 years, contract or no. I do agree with you on the genius suggestion of a Gordo, Davey, Monty pairing. Talk about minimal drop off. Cat, if you still stop by this place, note well this suggestion.
ReplyDeleteOne thing is for certain, the Ticket will still be airing ads for high commission annuity "products" offering 30 percent bonuses long after the Musers retire. Can't believe how many people must fall for this to make all the high priced radio advertising on multiple radio stations worth the ad dollars.
ReplyDeleteTrajan's always done right by my portfolio. Not sure why your bag is to disparage them.
DeleteTo a guy that has spent 31 years in the same job, 29 of them in the same time slot, “a little bit longer” could mean less than 3, but could also mean 3 or even more than 3. My ticket sales sources tell me they were told “a new long term deal”, as I said on a previous thread, Corby’s was also called a long term deal and it was for 5. Unless someone is willing to put their real name to their post, I’m not buying anybody’s predictions because all of us are simply guessing.
ReplyDeleteBut I’ll remind everyone of this. Angelo Cataldi of WIP, the long time AM drive host in Philly went to a 3 day workweek as they transitioned into a new morning show as he retired. For everyone so sure the Musers are done in a year, why couldn’t the Musers do something similar? A la Hansens Monday and Friday noon hour show way back when. I just think that people are viewing this as a hard retirement date, and I’m not so sure. Musers are late 50s, at a minimum I think they work till they’re 62ish and can collect the Sosh security. Why give up a good paying job if they’ll keep you, to have to dig into your savings?
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I agree with C about the 1 year predictions. I dont know why so many people heard about the shortened snake and thought “ok well that’s it! One year countdown starts now!” We don’t really know. 1 year, 3, or 5. My guess is also it’s longer than a year.
ReplyDeleteThe funniest part of Sean wanting to bust the balls of Detty is that they are actually One and the Same.
ReplyDeletePot. Kettle.
Damn, Karate Karl! You treated poor Sean like one of those bricks you CHOP through like buttah! Hate to get on this dude's S-List!
DeleteI'm with C on this. All 3 Musers have become more attune to the quality of life over the years. Junior and Gordon especially seem to gravitate toward a more European work-lifestyle model. This move makes total sense and I'm not sure how it points towards a winding down. Yes, they have considerably fewer work years ahead of them than behind, but I can easily see them going at for 5 more years. Gordon, another 10. I will say that the idea of Gordon, Davey, and Monty as the successors is an absolute no-brainer banger.
ReplyDeleteThe problem with the GDM line up is a lack of serious sports credibility. Monty is the most sports credible if the trio, and would be the 3rd wheel in what is basically a rant reunion.
ReplyDeleteAs an aside, in 1994 the only people with sports credibility on the line up were Bayless and Coop. The sports credibility at that time was held by Galloway, Hansen, Sham, Hitzges, Blackie Sherrod, Verne lundquist, etc. the old school newspaper folks, the cowboys broadcasters, the TV stars, etc. Rhyner had done sports on the Zoo and KZPS, but certainly wasn’t a household name. It took years of broadcasting (and ratings dominance) before all those guys became the sports experts they’re viewed as now. And I’m sorry (said in norm voice) but Gordo and Davey aren’t credible sports experts. They’re not thought leaders or opinion makers. It’s why Bob was put on the HL when Mike left. They split 2 guys who had sports credibility, left Dan to carry middays and moved Bob to bolster the HLs sports credibility. As funny as I think a GDM show would be, I don’t see them anchoring a sports talk line up.
Because the key to the tickets success isn’t pure sports knowledge, the x and o guys. It’s the ones that are interesting personalities, who can balance being sports experts AND carry segments when the sports cabinet is pretty barren.
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Your memory is solid but missing a few beats. Skp wasn't the only Ticket OG sports cred host. Curt Menafee and Chuck Cooperstein too were a part of the D1/Year 1 crew. They with Skip comprised the sports cred triumvirate. Fairly soon thereafter, Rhyner and Greggo established themselves as baseball gurus and leaders of the anti-Cowboy (Jerry) but pro-Jimmy Johnson faction. As well, Dunham and Miller quickly showed their sports bona fides. I take your point, to a point, about a GDM pairing and sports cred. I take your point in that the days of Guy-Sports talk have jumped the proverbial shark and aren't coming back. It's now a Sports-Guy talk world. TT reflects this. Gone are the frequent politically charged segments that took hold across the board just a couple of years ago. Gone too are the days where there are more bits/non-sports related segments than sports-centric segments. So yeah, the sports chops have to be there. While a small but extremely vocal minority want all bits all the time, that group in no way represents the overwhelming majority of listeners. 8:40 bit, 100%. CQH, yes. ENews, gotcha down. Et alia. But bits over and above substantive sports talk on the reg, nope. Here's where we part ways. Per my comment, I think The Musers will be around another 5 years. Let's say it's 3. Fine. Between now and then, I'd lay a lot of money on Monty's already sharp sports brain making much further inroads in the cred department. As for Davey. First, his sports talk (when he meaningfully engages in it) is pretty damn good. He actually knows his stuff. Like Monty, in 3 years, it'll only get better (and he'll be 3 years older and probably a bit less inclined to go full on Rant mode). All of which results in one helluva follow up to one of the most successful runs in radio history.
DeleteI know I am in the vast minority on this but I would hate any grouping that put Gordo and Davey or Corby on the same show for an extended period of time. I think they all bring out the worst instincts of each other. The Rant as a one day a week, early morning show was fine for the most part. The Rant as an every morning weekday, 3 hour show would beat me to high holy. I'm out of the demo though, and I know I'm in the minority so they don't care what I think.
ReplyDeleteZach Barnett as a radio host is a good writer.
ReplyDeleteThe Hardline had nobody that could talk sports seriously for 10 years
ReplyDeleteThat makes no sense. Other than a couple of Gordo Microphone Johnson appearances every month or so and a Disgruntled Bikini Girl segment a handful of times per year, all they talked about was baseball and football. The latter mostly consisted of Cowboy bashing. Specially once Jimmy was gone. Also, you do realize the lineup hadn't changed from '94 to '04, yes? At what point, and why, do you think at least one of them could talk sports seriously? In fact, it was in '04 that Petty Theft was formed and Rhyner became caught up in looking at photos of himself gigging during HL shifts, and that (coincidentally or not) Greggo began his descent. Again, you make no sense. Poor attempt at trolling. I think you typed in the wrong URL.
DeleteProbably the same douche that popped off about TT charging for admission to Ticket Stock. Out and out lie.
DeleteFrom 2009-2019, nobody on THL was capable of serious sports talk.
DeleteRead a thread before commenting, idiot. Early years. Not post Greggo. But you know this. You just can’t stand looking like a fool. But there you go and double down. Now twice the fool. Wrong URL, chump. We don’t play that here.
DeleteNothing funkier than a random dude who thinks it’s their job to police the comments.
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I have heard about Jerry having a gig on the series Landman. Man, this got me in the feels. I don't think Jerry was acting; I think he was speaking from the heart.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crja9fuQyXM
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As a human and a father, I loved Jerry's speech. As someone who wants a competent and competitive Dallas Cowboys Football Team, it frustrated me. To me, that speech was the most revealing thing he's ever said about how he views the team. It's a venture that allows him to spend time with his kids, and/but because it is virtually impossible to lose money as an NFL owner, regardless of the on the field results, it is basically a risk-free way to have fun with his kids. That's why Jerry the Owner is never going to yada yada yada...
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ReplyDeletehttps://www.dallasobserver.com/news/1310-the-ticket-in-dallas-changes-schedule-for-dunham-and-miller-show-21496082
ReplyDeleteI have to admire the optimism of discussing five year deals and succession plans when the station is playing their own promos on a loop to fill ad time.
ReplyDeleteWrong URL, sport.
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Delete1. New hours will soon dictate new segment timeslots.
ReplyDelete2. TDZ - "Gentlemen, it has been a privilege playing with you tonight."
3. The bigger grift - collectable card breaks in 2025 ( let me double check that year.....yes, 20.25.) or Black Hills hoa AB&B. Answer: Both. those guys really know how to max things out.
4. The current 1-3 Ticket show will not be the same 1-3 Ticket show by Cowboys Training Camp.
5. Collect underpants.
1. Correctomundo
Delete2. Spot on, again. Gonna be a run on tissues for a miniscule and weirdly invested subset.
3. Never have truer words been spoken. The thirst those two possess is unlike anything round these parts since Mike Rhyner (who is no longer deemed Granpa Bestie).
4. Rumblings are already being felt.
5. I know a guy.
The 2 Picks with Friends segments yesterday were such frustrating listens. Utter chaos and not in a good way. One would think they could figure out that sort of stuff before they take it on air. Corby is the worst commissioner ever!
ReplyDeleteI hope all of you are getting vaccinated against RSV
ReplyDeleteThe typical Reddit whine fest is amusing like normal. Saw a commenter say the Musers just need to go ahead and retire if this is the show they are gonna do. My gosh the hyperbole. Am I happy the musers show is shorter now? No. Would I take Musers a little longer if it means having a shorter show? Yes. I just saw someone complain about the 5:35 segment being gone. I have not once heard of another AM drive show starting at 5:30 AM besides the musers.
ReplyDeletePeople hate change, especially to something that's been the same since the late 90s. My only issue is the 6:40 replay instead of a fresh Gordo segment or some other new content. Replay the bit during the 5:30-6 penalty kill.
Delete10 minute ad breaks with no ads to fill them are fun
ReplyDeleteStream or terrestrial? That is the case on terrestrial. Listened to stream for a half hour and nothing like that occurred. This is your second time to leave this comment. Agenda much?
DeleteI have not commented about ad sales being down before now
DeleteThis is on stream. They keep playing different Conrad promos over and over during breaks
Deleteit's an error with the feed and the SDT app.
Deleteit's nothing more than that.
Well, it’s a little bit more than that. Many segments which are usually sponsored have no sponsor.
DeleteGuys, the Dumb Zone is totally breaking up. And also there’s a big steel-toed boot that’s about to drop in this Cumulus lawsuit.
ReplyDeleteHas anyone discussed the explosion of ad/promos in the morning and how we're now hearing promos for a station in Chicago with some hyper political idiot? I might give KTCK one more morning and I'm out. Smaller than a pebble in the ocean, yes, I know, but it sucks. I feel like Cumulus is giving me the double bird now.
ReplyDeleteUm, yeah. Directly above your comment. People think it’s totally normal and no big deal
DeleteMan! All you good people are really making me rethink my listening habits. Really provoking and poking from the bear's perspective.
DeleteOh the attention seeking subgenre-ist. Great job, fellas. Really showed everyone. Well, everyone except the ones you so desperately wish to show. They don't give a fuck now, do they.
As to boots and such. Well, let's just say Cumulus got rid of three disgruntled employees who were actively fomenting dissention among coworkers and customers. Two of whom carried with them the baggage of hefty salaries, insurance, and benefits. They also avoided being the poster child for a landmark labor law case. And on top of it, their ratings during the aforementioned disgruntled employees' time slot track right along with their own. Sorry, Chumley, unlike you, the historical data doesn't lie. Chef's kiss: Their endeavor is in no way an actual competitor.
Try harder. Be smarter. Back to the drawingboard, Skippy.
i'll try again. it is a technical issue tied to the digital ad insertion software that works with the feed used by the Sports Day Talk app. You may not know this, but (when working correctly, and based on your location) not everyone gets the same ads. The effort to correct these errors is fraught with different stake holders (none of which are in Dallas) across 2-3 different companies. I know conspriacy is fun, but really, this is basic left hand/right hand stuff.
DeleteNobody remembers Rhyner referring to the January blues? When there were lots of unsponsored segments & ad buys were light?
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Agreed, this isn’t new. And it isn’t just January - it’s the first 3 months of each quarter that are lighter on advertisers like this.
DeleteWhat’s interesting to me is that I used to enjoy those times because commercial breaks were shorter and segments were longer. It appears that’s changed now…
I said that wrong above. It’s the beginning of each 3 month quarter - so March will be lighter on advertising again. Apparently cumulus has found a way to fill the time now, without just increasing content.
ReplyDeleteFake Jerry Fake Mike had me rolling this morning. Especially Mike's comment about no outside podcast as part of his departure terms.
ReplyDeleteCouple of things- the self confidence of the “see radio is dead, they can’t even sell commercials, all they’re playing is promos” is astounding. 2 minutes of listening to the on air signal shows all the usual obnoxious commercials were playing. See Peter’s comment above, it was some kind of glitch that only affected the stream.
ReplyDelete2ndly - there’s going to be an obvious correlation between ratings and revenue. For all the “radio is a dying medium” folks, have you considered who’s going to die first? A station like KSKY and Mark Davis where the station lives on satellite programming and Mark struggles to get a 1 share, or the Musers, who had a 20 share in their daypart. The Ticket is consistently one of, if not THE, top billing stations in the market. I expect other stations to die long before the Ticket.
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People talk about the shrinking radio audience and that may be true industry-wide. However, DFW has hundreds of new people moving in every day. There will be advertisers for a long, long time.
DeleteLook at last months numbers you will see KRLD and WBAP not too far ahead of KSKY. Both of these are suffering from political burnout right now. KRLD got away from news and into talkers at the wrong time. WBAP also just cut Chris Krok loose over the weekend. If WBAP does go down, KTCK may get that big stick they have wanted for so long.
ReplyDeleteDo you think it’s time we get a new program director in here?
ReplyDeleteTo replace Catlin? Why would they replace the guy that is arguably one of the best sports PDs in the country? His station just won the Marconi for best station in the country, and they’ve win 3 or 4 other Marconis as best sports station. They dominate in the ratings, regularly doubling their direct competitors ratings. And they’re regularly one of if not the highest billing station in the market.
ReplyDeleteWhat reason would you have for getting rid of him?
I know it’s the hip Reddit thing to trash him, but most of the decisions people trash him for are not his decisions . Or at least not his alone.
Dan And Jake was a corporate decision.
Hiring Matt , Mino and Sean Bass? Probably a big chunk of that is his decision, but their ratings are as good or better than Norm/THZ/BAD, so common to me how maintaining high ratings despite staff turnover is a knock on the dude.
Letting Sirois, Danny etc walk? Those are the guys who got out of radio because they wanted to work with his brother(Mike) and focus on his bar(Danny).
I don’t know what norms contract status was like, but running off a senior citizen with 50 years radio career for a dude (MS) who had never hosted a weekday show of his own in any market probably didn’t fly with Big Dan Benet or the suits in Atlanta.
Like I said, I’d love to hear the reasoning to fire him. If I was BDB I’d probably be trying to lock him up in a long term deal
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But look how well Danny and Sirois did as hosts. Oh, hold on. Yeah. Cut that back a little. Better. Cut it out entirely. One of the biggest flops in DFW radio history. But, hey, they said what they wanted and got a sweet buyout.
DeleteGood stuff, C. Thing is, you’re bringing in critical thinking and facts into a dialogue with a weirdly, pathologically, invested group of interlocutors who are incapable of seeing past their hard pinched micropeens.
the "dan and jake decision" - was only Dan and Jake's decision.
DeleteCan't we all just get along? Is it ok to like both The Ticket and TDZ or do we have to take sides and denigrate the other?
ReplyDeleteOnehundo. 'Cept the 'Sode-sters, all 3 of 'em, can't deal with reality.
DeleteOn another, unrelated note: Hope someone did a welfare check on Shaggurly Bloody Orange. Tough one, pal, them Horns.
Where does “ let’s cut that back a little bit” come from again?
ReplyDeleteI can’t remember who was producing but they kept the song playing to intro a segment on too long and too loud and Junior said it.
DeleteMeanwhile, Rhyner and Williams have reunited The Hardlne. The radio wetdream so many once had has come true and guess what? 1. It isn't very good. 2. It's made about as many waves as a plastic kiddie pool situated on an apartment balconey. And 3., did I mention it isn't good? Like to the point where you look at it like a movie you thought kicked ass as a kid but upon further review later in life you realized it was meh at best. I'm thinking that if the rat nest dwellers ever get their CdS cream dream realized, they too will find that not only does it not age well, it might not have been that great to begin with. One more thing. Have nothing against The Sports Humorist or Points For Sex Club Charter Member and I wish them nothing but the best. But dude. Come on. It's a hard listen. Zero structure, lotsa time kill, not a lot of substance, and a lot of bunk info by supposedly smart bros. Not worth the investment of time or money, so I had to duck out.
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