Monthly Archives: December 2015

#10 Consolidation Is A Bust. (blog from may 04/15)

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Well all the reviews are in and it appears that consolidation is a total bust. Most GM’s now admit that they wish they could go back to the days of having just an AM & FM and make them best they could be. One GM recently told me that he used to enjoy a 10 share with his big FM but now but since they purchased 3 more it takes all 4 to have a 10 but the only increases were the expenses.
Case in point is the legendary WRMF in West Palm Beach which used to do well over 10 million all by itself but now I understand it takes all six of their stations to even even get close to that mark.
Speaking of West Palm Beach the once mighty Clear Channel has fallen dramatically financially since becoming I Heart Media but I would tend to think though that most of their demise may have had a lot more to do with the firing of Tim Reever than a name change.

SOME OTHER ABSTRACT THOUGHTS THAT MAY BE WORTH PONDERING…

A friend of mine claims that every time his wife has sex with him he puts a couple of bucks in a special container which he will empty at Christmas eve to buy her a gift. So far he has enough to buy her a cup of coffee as long as they don’t go to Starbucks.

Most men only need a woman’s love but I believe women need a whole lot more. 

Helping others get what they want usually gets you what you want.

Unlike most things people are pretty predictable.

You know you’re getting a little long of tooth when you no longer know who the guys are in Ringo’s All Star band.

Even though I’m a white male and not rich I actually kicked major ass in court today.

When Daughters are pissed at their Moms its a crises but when they are mad at their Dads it’s just a natural progression.

If you had any balls you would just stroll down to the end of the tunnel and turn the damn light on yourself.

Don’t ever let the future see the fear in your eyes.

If you’re planning on going through life with only one woman you better be totally smitten by her otherwise it’s gonna be “tuff sledding”.

Speaking of women, the reason they don’t come with instructions is because we wouldn’t read them.

As Brent Farris says … The big print giveth and the small print taketh away or like I always say, there’s nothing fine waiting for you in the fine print.

One tends to not see what one is not looking for.

Great people surround themselves with great people so if the people you’re hangin’ with don’t appear to be very sharp, you may wanna do a thorough check of yourself.

It’s not like any of us are gettin’ outta here alive.

If all you sell is ratings then you sure don’t need sales people.

The smartest thing Johnny Carson ever did was let the Tonight Show carry him. He had a great band, a great sidekick, and great guests, so all he did was just sat back with us and watch them do all the work.

Good ideas are not automatically adopted, first they must be sold to the people who have to pay for them.

Coming up with ideas doesn’t take any special talent it’s the ability to recognize a good one is where the talent comes in.

The client isn’t always right but if we’re smart we don’t tell them. 

Every time I used to find a secret new “Magic Box” that would make the station sound louder and crisper but within a couple weeks my competitor would be right up there with me again. It took me a while but I finally figured out that most engineers are only loyal to each other.

When you take a look at your past you may discover that lot of the advice you received turned out to be very self serving .

Are you willing to die for politically correct reasons.

I wonder if the 60’s British invasion was as big in England as it was in North America.

Even though women are difficult there is no sense in them coming with instructions cuz we’d never read them.

So ponder me this grasshopper a Muslim couple in Indiana refuses to bake a wedding cake for a black gay couple now where does everybody stand.

One learns very little from winning but from losing comes great wisdom such as how much more enjoyable it is to win.

How do you slow this train down. It seems like only a few weeks ago that I took my daughter Cami to USF for orientation but now suddenly she’s a sophomore.

American Pharoah looked magnificent in the Derby.

So Mayweather who I understands trains for his fights on his wife defeated Pacquiao in the so called “fight of the century”.

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Sexual Tension. (new for December 07/15)

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While visiting WLAC in Nashville with Mark Hubbard years ago he introduced me to a new talk guy by the name of Rush Limbaugh whom he claimed was going to be very big.
Mark at the time was the group head of Fairmont Communications and was not only a good judge of talent but as it turned out was also an aspiring song writer which I learned after he also introduced me to Carolyn McClain of Billboard Magazine. Mark had brought along a cassette of his tunes which he wanted Carolyn to hear in hopes of course that she would pass them on to the Music Row folks. Carolyn though seemed more interested in getting me to tell my old friend Bob Christy to give her a call sometime than she was in listening to a tape. Nonetheless she hit the play button but about halfway through the first tune she suddengly reached over and stopped the tape and said to Mark … Either the woman you have singing your tunes on this tape has never had sex or she’s some kind of beauty queen. Mark reluctantly admitted that she had once been Miss Cincinnati.
 
SOME MORE STUFF TO PONDER… 
  
The first step in doing something special is wanting to do it.
 
Would you rather receive a dollar from everyone who listens to radio or those that don’t.
 
The only way radio gets back in vogue is by creating product like HBO did.
 
The good news about radio is that the amount of people who tune in radio has pretty well stayed the same. The bad news is nobody’s doing it as often or for as long.
 
I’m not a big fan of married couples doing morning shows because of the lack of sexual tension.
 
The methodology used to gather the ratings determines what radio station is #1 more so than their product ever has.
 
I doubt that anybody running radio today has any idea how to get somebody to listen to it nor do they know how to make a stock go up so what is it they do.
 
It’s the PD’s responsibility to protect the talent from the sales department, management, themselves, and of course the listeners.
 
The easy part about doing an upgrade for a phone must be for the phone must be for the phone company because they have our attention as they begin the up sell but at my hourly rate for my time they owe me a ton of money.
 
It doesn’t really matter why a terrorist wants to kill you, just know that he does.
 
In this era every great foot ball has less than three years before the players stop playing as hard because they’re more worried about their endorsements and book deals than football. That’s why I think Bill Belichick blows the Patriots up every two years.
 
Overachievers is a word created by under estimators.
 
Is there such a thing as a good guy with a gun?
 
During my lifetime there have been 3 musical phenomenons, Frank, Elvis, and The Beatles but only Elvis and The Beatles changed the world even though Sinatra acted like he ruled it.
 
When my son was growing up unlike me he got to do it his way, I had to leave home before I got to do it my way but to this day I’m still not sure which way is the right way.
 
The worse thing about Florida in the summertime is the humidity but it’s the only thing you don’t hear or see on the weather casts.
 
There’s no shortcuts to anyplace worth going.
 
The most beautiful thing a man will ever see is the first time he sees a woman naked. The most beautiful thing a woman will ever see is her child for the first time.
 
Most men have little interest in romantic dinners, fancy engagement parties, big weddings, or children. We only want what you want so all we ask is that you know what you want.
 
How is it that most German people are not held accountable for the holocaust but all white people seem to be held responsible for slavery but even though less than 5 % of them owned slaves.
 
I’m not sure if I dislike unions or big business more, both have no interest in the customer.
 
The truth is a hell of a lot easier to remember than lies.
 
Is it just a coincidence that liar and survivor rhyme.
 
To have something you’ve never had likely means you’re going to have to do something you’ve never done.
 
We’re all gifted at something but figuring out just what that is may take a lifetime.
 
Never letting them see you sweat is sound advice but not sweating is even better.
 
Why have I never heard of most places and things which claim to be world famous.
 
If you’re not at the luncheon meeting … You’re probably lunch.
 
The more successful you become the more you tend to stop doing the things that make you successful.
 
If a night of torrid sex in a book is described in one page it was written by a woman whereas if written by a man it could go on for a chapter or two.
 
Most people I see smoking today don’t appear to be able to afford to do so.

As I ponder the horrific activities that went on in San Bernardino, Paris, the Boston Marathon, and 911 I believe all Muslims have a long road ahead of them. A lot of Americans still haven’t forgiven the the Japanese people for Pearl Harbor which occurred over 70 years ago on December 7th 1941 even though we nuked them for it in August of 1945.

How you say what you mean is 60% of all communication.

If it’s true that women control 81% of the spendable income in America shouldn’t our debt be theirs.

I sure wouldn’t want to be in charge of PR for Muslims at the moment.

Freedom of speech ends at the door to your office building and all your human rights end at the tip of my nose.

How come saying Happy Hanukkah isn’t politically incorrect?

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