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WJFK is starting to skew towards sports - picking up Maryland basketball and football starting this fall - so Jim Rome actually fits pretty well. The Junkies and D&M have always had a sports edge to them (both crews even used to do the Redskins pre-game show, right?).
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I just don't see that... Light sports, but I don't see full-blown sport-stalker.. there's already an ESPN station (with as crappy a signal as it is, it's still ESPN) and Sportstalk 980.. I don't think they're crazy enough to think the market can support a 3rd sports talker... That being said, you do make a point.. Rome certainly fits in better than O'rly did... The Junkies have shifted away from sports (hell, taking "Sports Junkies" out of their name), but certainly do lean sports... I think it would be a bit of a stretch to say that D&M lean sports... Mike knows baseball and that's IT.. Buzz knows nothing of sports.. Rob not much better... and Don is a pretty big sports fan.. they talk about it maybe once a week, maybe a little more often during football... and O&A aren't sports at all really.. Anyway, certainly a better fit than O'Rly...
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Ok looks to be official here in LA, FreeFM is now dead! KLSX changing formats on Friday at 5:00 PM!!!!
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And in connection with this flip, the syndicated Adam Carolla morning show ceases syndication effective 2/20, with Best-of shows available to affiliates through the end of the month, meaning stations in about a dozen markets will suddenly be looking for new morning shows.
Being 27th in the 12+ numbers as an FM Talker -- and I can't imagine the number were all that much better in the adult demos -- this can't be a surprise to hardly anyone anywhere. They were the 5th rated news/talk station in the market for crying out loud, even the country station in the market was doubling them up in the ratings.
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Where have you been, Williamsburg? 980 is ESPN now. And Don was big into sports and did the Redskins pre-game. Mike never did. It is now the Mike O'Meara show with a supporting cast that largely doesn't know how many points you get for a field goal. The Junkies, obviously, have a sports lean -- they started as "The Sports Junkies", but they've gotten away from that to fit in with the rest of the lineup.
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Well sure, but it wasn't in July of 2007. Quote:
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doh.
yes, that's why I wrote it.
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So, two different rumors floating around (both on dcrtv, so some may disregard it) ...
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This combined with some VERY heavy allusions by Big O and Dukes this week that they won't be on the air much longer have me very worried about the future of WJFK. I'd be upset to see WJFK go away for many reasons. But in the end the biggest thing is - I won't have shit to listen to. My car ride listening is ct & jivin and WJFK podcasts. ugh.
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Not to mention that we have grown up with WJFK talk for.. 15 or 20 years.
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Got this in my Email today from LARP (LA Radio Personalities).
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And if the rumors are right, who had about two years from this post in the office pool? from today's Tom Taylor newsletter (available at radio-info.com) The D.C. board at Radio-Info.com has been asking "what's taking them so long?" – and now the Washington Post's Paul Farhi says the conversion will happen in July. He has sources "involved in the change" and he supplies the names of two people CBS has chatted with about hosting shows – well-regarded former Redskins linebacker and 3-time Pro Bowler LaVar Arrington, and Washington Post columnist Mike Wise. But a "Fan" or a "Ticket" wouldn't have to worry about mornings. WJFK's current "Junkies" show would fit right in. The guys actually began as "The Sports Junkies" and later broadened their topics. WJFK also has the NHL Capitals and Maryland ACC basketball to build on. A new Fan or Ticket would bump shoulder pads with the only English-language sports radio game in town – all-sports "ESPN 980" WTEM, part of the Red Zebra group controlled by Redskins team owner Daniel Snyder. (Red Zebra also operates Spanish-language "ESPN Deportes 730" WXTR.) Folks have worried about the stranglehold Snyder has on access to his football team, and about his owning the local sports radio franchise. Next month – that changes. In the latest PPMs (April), WTEM had a 1.8 AQH share, ages 6+. WJFK was below that with a 1.6. So unless there's lots of hidden billing there now, blowing up talker WJFK – created as a provocatively-named outlet for Howard Stern – isn't a risky roll of the dice.
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Yeah, been reading about this this morning.
The mid-day show, Big O and Dukes, has quickly become my favorite radio show by a mile. They're in BIG trouble if the show makes a format flip to sports. The interesting thing is that WJFK has been seeing a pretty good uptick in the PPMs in the may numbers.
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They're no CT & Jivin.
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Yeah, you're right, they actually do shows..
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In all seriousness - they have a lot similar to ct&j in their content, etc... part of why I like them..
And also in all seriousness, it's hard for me to list a show as my favorite when it has had like 2 podcasts in the last 2 months. You will not find a bigger ct&j fan than me, but them's the breaks.
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Yeah, I'm hoping they get re-employed soon and that reinvigorates them to get back into the podcast.
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It's generally not a good sign when the host of a show on the radio station is making a twitter post that points you to a twitter account called "SaveWJFK".
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Bad, Bad, Bad day for my radio/podcasting enjoyment. The last standing "Guy Talker" is dead.
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I had recently become a very big fan of the mid-day show (Big O and Dukes). Chad Dukes will stay on with Lavar, but that feels like a train wreck of a show waiting to happen.
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I thought about cleaning it up, but decided I didn't care enough .
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Very happy about this switch - having more than one sportstalker is a great thing.
And I think this is still going to be guy talk - particularly the Junkies.
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I imagine the Junkies will change very little. However, I had started to stray from them more and more. So, I imagine I'll listen to them more again. I can't see the WaPo guy being very guy-talk heavy. Lavar and Dukes I suppose COULD be. I'm actually not sure how that works. Having heard Lavar in the past as a guest on the Thompson show, he seems like a very poor fit for the easily excitable, vulgar, over the top Dukes imo. But, it may work.
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No one listens to the current sportstalker, though. What good will two do? Perhaps they'll do better because they're on FM, and perhaps some carryover fans of the guy talker. But outside of the Junkies it will not be the same shows.
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From the WaPo media blogger, they're also rumored to be trying to hire John Riggins to add some more fuel to the anti-Snyder or at least alterna-Synder flames. From a Q&A on that same blog, Oscar Santana (aka Big O) "has been offered a job at one of the other local CBS stations (which include WPGC, WLZL and "Fresh94.7"). Not sure which station or what job, however." Also seems pretty sure thing that Mike O'Meara (of Don & Mike fame) is pretty much done at least with any CBS station and perhaps in the market altogether at least for the foreseeable future.
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According to dcrtv.com, Westwood One has put out a note to affiliates that there will be 30 days of "best of" and then the show discontinued. No big loss there imo, the MOM show was awful in my opinion and I loved D&M.
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O'Meara has a non-compete so he won't be heard from for a while, I am guessing.
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I think it depends. If it is of similar language to Don Geronimo's, he may go that route - go to a market without CBS in it. I wouldn't be COMPLETELY shocked to see Mike join Don, but I doubt it.
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That strikes me as more about adding another piece to the station image (assuming Riggo would be unkind to Snyder having recently been fired) instead of generating ratings directly. As a poster at the end of that blog Q&A mentioned, this really isn't a move about setting the woods on fire, it's a move about improving station profitability (and/or potential for profit). And what they were doing clearly didn't work in that regard, at least this incarnation hasn't officially failed yet. I thought that poster there put it pretty well, basically that this isn't about a great option, it's about the least bad option.
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You'd know about that better than me, but WTEM was consistently running in line with WJFK in the PPM's. On top of that, it seemed (and I'm biased) like the listening audience for WJFK was pretty darned active rather than passive. Just seems like not much of a potential net gain to me, especially since now they'll actually have direct competition for their format.
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They've had problems more than once over the years with fully capitalizing on their ratings as I recall. I know for certain that the perception of a sports talk audience is better than the perception of the audience for guy talk (perceived as more affluent, more mature, more substantial, etc) and that can make the difference in being included in a spot buy or not as well as the what portion of that buy you end up getting. This change will definitely open more doors for their sales reps, doors that were closed to them previously.
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That makes sense. I definitely realize that not all "ratings" are created equal here. So potential any amount gained from having "active" listeners is lost by what their core audience is.
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Pretty much, and the difference in dollars in a major market can be substantial. With media spending tighter than it's been in more than 60 years, you really don't want to be eliminating yourself from opportunities before you even get to have a conversation. Here's last week's national radio top tens (and a number of these national campaigns have local market supplemental budgets as well, especially in the larger markets) The majority of those are male centric or at least 50-50 in gender targeting & while young actives would indeed be of interest for most, they're nearly all sports talk format regulars too. That's almost a guaranteed slot for at least one station in a local market, so if they can position themselves better on a CPM basis they can not only get the money but deny it to Snyder as well.
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Always appreciate your insight on these things Jon. I'm a bit of a radiophile, but I certainly don't have your insight.
Time to hunt for other podcasts. I'm sure I'll do the Junkies some, but...
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Swap in Boston:
The Rock station in the area, WBCN, is gone.. Mix 98.5 will move up the dial to 104.1, and 98.5 will now become Boston's first FM all-Sports Talk channel (they have patriots and bruins rights going forward)
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Full circle for Tom Leykis.
In 2010 he launched his own online music destination along with his former engineer from his talk radio show here in LA. 10 days from today Leykis will be back on the air in online format (April 2nd at 3:00 PM Pacific). Each show will be played live and available for 24 hours (with limited commercials). Access to previous shows will be available for subscription. THE TOM LEYKIS SHOW 
DEBUTS ONLINE 4/2/2012 at 3PM PACIFIC / 6PM EASTERN He's been off-air for 3 years due to the contract with his previous broadcaster.
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For DC Area folks...
I've been listening to the Mike O'meara Podcast for the past two years, not sure if anyone else has. But they announced yesterday that Buzz Burbank is leaving the show to pursue some news ventures on his own. I'm surprisingly non-plussed about it.
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Reading this thread has brought me back. I listened to Don & Mike religiously when I got out of school every day all through high school.
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Then, as I said, TMOS has been podcasting for over 2 years now. It has Mike, Rob, Buzz (for two more weeks), and Oscar Santana from Big O and Dukes.
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This is from an interview that Tom Leykis did recently (I don't know where it is, it's just the transcript he provided on his Facebook stream.
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Question is, how long until Leykis goes bust.
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Not all that many making a living from it. No clue about his personal finances, for all I know he's invested well or hit a lottery or something. Worth noting here I suppose, it's pretty tough to criticize the format switch in LA. When they killed off Free FM they were ranked 27th in the market in total audience. Today they're #7.
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Hard to really know who's making money off of podcasting. I do suspect it's a very small amount. Even The Mike O'meara show that I listen to, where it's his fulltime gig... but I suspect that doesn't happen if he hadn't made millions when he was on the air. Anyway. I suspect Adam Carolla, The Nerdist, and............. Are making enough money that they could "live on".
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