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I hope any changes work in your favor. I know that here in Tampa Bay, a lot of the stations that I've grown to like have flipped to Spanish talk or music. We must be in Florida or something

Good Luck Invader.It can be scary when you dont know if you are going to have a job or if your income is going to change because a company shake-up.Keep us posted.

Here's hoping for the best! Working in radio must be both exciting and scary at the same time.

THANK YOU ~ THANK YOU ~ THANK YOU ALL...

It has been a scary thing... but, I'm still hoping for the best...

 

By the way.. the one FM DID GO NEWS TALK AT 5am today!!

Up here in Toronto one of the new stations (92.5 CJAQ aka Jack) has gone to a no-DJ, mega playlist (I think 70s-90s, heavy on the 80s, with the occasional older/newer) format. No requests either (except for a special charity promotion once).

 

Oh, and since you're in the biz, has anyone ever tried going with (very) short commerical breaks rather than the typical lots of songs / lots of commercials format? I'm thinking that listeners would be more likely to stick if they knew the music would be back after the one ad, rather than skip around the dial.

Up here in Toronto one of the new stations (92.5 CJAQ aka Jack) has gone to a no-DJ, mega playlist (I think 70s-90s, heavy on the 80s, with the occasional older/newer) format. No requests either (except for a special charity promotion once).

 

Oh, and since you're in the biz, has anyone ever tried going with (very) short commerical breaks rather than the typical lots of songs / lots of commercials format? I'm thinking that listeners would be more likely to stick if they knew the music would be back after the one ad, rather than skip around the dial.

 

 

Jack is a format that works in some markets.. and totally flops in others.. .no DJs and Voice tracking are the wave of the future... sadly, great DJs used to be the backbone of a station, now it's just another expense to be cut..

 

Clear Channel has gone to 30 seconds (instead of 60) for their standard commercials.. There sales people are paid higher commisions on shorter commercials.. they sell 15's & 10's.... Next year they are rumoured to be going to 2 second commercials... WHAT???? I think it's max head room all over again... LOL...

 

Anyway.. NO NEWS on our format yet...

Our team was brought into a meeting and told .... Stop talking about what might or might not happen... if anyone asks.. we are still the same and working to make it better.. PERIOD...

So, thats what I'm doing... I've actually had some good sales and things are starting to pick up... I've been at my job 6 months and I'm starting to build customer relationships, it's a process...

 

I'll keep updating as I know whats going on..

SI