The thing about those so-called crazy people was that they knew how to blow markets up. Not only were they famous, but they were also feared coast to coast, and the trades who wrote stories about them referred to them as geniuses. The owners, on the other hand, had a love-hate thing going with them. They loved the ratings they got but hated the power these guys had over them. Most owners were afraid to do any radio without these geniuses but also didn’t like doing it with them, so they were always on the lookout for another way. The other way finally showed up in the form of research, and before they knew it, their fear was gone but so were the huge ratings and the crazy people who knew how to get them.
JUST A FEW MORE THINGS TO PONDER BEFORE I GO.
The fear of failing has left the radio room.
It amazes me that Congress feels like they need hundreds of people armed to the teeth protecting them but don’t think that our children do. How about putting a few ex-Marines at the schools, a Marine would have taken that punk Cruz out the second he walked onto the school grounds.
How can you trust any group or company that needs a lobbyist?
“If you see something say something” unless of course, it’s the FBI, then you’re just wasting your time.
Chris Rock recently asked why you never hear of a white kid being gunned down by the police. That’s easy Chris, white kids are too busy shooting up schools, and as we know, schools are a cop-free zone.
Nothing has changed. When you tell the guys that you’ve met a new girl, they just wanna know what she looks like? On the other hand, when your new girl tells her girlfriends about you, they only want to know what you do for a living?
The only thing more powerful than God is a beautiful woman, just ask King David.
Isn’t it weird that no matter what country you live in or what kind of government you have, or what religion is dominant, the one thing that’s the same, the one percenters have all the money?
A patent, just another word for Monopoly.
I’m one of the lucky ones; I figured out early on what I loved doing, then I really got lucky when I found someone willing to pay me to do it.
America isn’t Black or White; it’s all Grey.
I’m beginning to think that the FBI’s only job must be to protect the interests of the rich. They sure don’t do much for the rest of us, so maybe the rich should be the ones who pay them?
Out of the box, the reboot of Rosanne was #1 everywhere except New York and LA where it didn’t even crack the top twenty proving once again that New York and LA don’t represent America.
If the TV networks were located in Dallas, their perception of America would be quite different. How many times do you see a news story that occurred in New York on the national news and think, if that happened here it would never make the national news. They report what they see and it is often tainted by perspective. (American Airlines learned this concept a LONG time ago when they moved to Dallas and look how they’ve done!)
Good point Steve, LA, and New York just assume that the rest of the nation cares about what’s going on in their towns. NOT!
very true, back in the 60s I lived near Kingston Ontario, to the two main stations CKWS & CKLC (both dark now) were busy trying to be first with latest Beatles record & were totally focused on the youth market…meanwhile the ratings OTHERS was number one
The best thing about ratings Bruce is that if we didn’t have them, we’d be playing what the GM’s wife liked.