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i'm of the belief (and always have been) that the abitron ratings system is and always has been flawed.
Rock....I dont even know where to start.
1. Before you even thought about being in radio, the North never mentioned the system being flawed, but was always first to take bows when the score won the ratings.
2. So if you think the system is flawed, then you must be against the drops when the score is winning and they say "chicagos highest rated sports radio station".
3. The system isnt flawed, the show is and once North is gone or in a different time slot and you get to work your magic for a real show, I suspect you will have a different tune.
4. You cannot have it both ways, for months you battled those against the show, now that the show has been beated to a pulp, you cry flawed system, it just doesnt make sense.
Rock, I like your work, just dont fall into the excuse making that make has mastered since he created this train wreck.
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Did we win?? yes. Whether it be by .1 or .000000000000001 we still won.
nough said I don't think that there will be a definate winner time and time again though....I personally think that we may win one or two, then it'll switch back and forth....we'll see what happens.
Plus, it's not our 55+ audience which is growing, believe it or not, it's the 18-34 that is. Kinda shocking to me, but hey, everyone's welcome to listen
It doesnt matter how much you win by? Thought it was flawed?
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Why is it that whenever something good happens for the station, there is always an excuse. Can someone tell me the last time we beat the competition in every other demo than the 25-54 men? Just because we lost the main one which we used to dominate doesn't mean you can't overlook the other demos as well. MJH have a very successful show, and I've said this before, but it's a good listen....so I'm not really surprised that they were #1 in the "men demo".....plus Dahl's family radio is boring, puts me to sleep. Don't get me wrong though, Dahl is a radio legend, but then again it's tiring radio. McNeil will stay at MVP cause he's got no where else to go....whether he'll get what he wants ($$$ wise) or not is not my place to say. But quite frankly the Score is not interested in McNeil coming back. Why would he leave too when he's #1 in the demo? It's just insane to think he would leave where he is king.
Listen kids, we still won....end of story.....period....everything ya'll have brought up about how the ratings suck cause of this and that....well...someone's listening or else we would have lost, right?
Granted, it's just one book but we'll take it. I just hope we (the station) is not satisfied with just winning, I hope we want to get back to basics and stay #1.
Got to go to work now
Rock
FIghting hard for that win, even with a flawed system.
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RATINGS - Yeah, we lost. Plain and simple, we lost. We had one hell of a June though, between the Skiles pub and announcing that we got the Sox next year, that's a big deal for any station. I'm sure MVP would say the same thing if they were in our position. I'm not here to make excuses, the show could be a little better in some aspects and we're going to work on those as much as possible in the next week or two. Keep in mind though, the reason why the top stations are always at the top is cause people been listening to those shows a long time and it's like old hat to listen to em. WGN will always have the cubs and Spike, WLS will always have Don and Roma, it's programmed listening and one day we hope to get where they are.
Let the excuses begin.
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First off....what's up fellas!!
The ratings came out again this week, and yet again just like every other past winter book, sports radio did absolutely nothing in the ratings. It's still a neck and neck race with us and MVP, it probably always will be, but I'm sure just like many of you have predicted, the Sox will help us out in the coming books the rest of the year, and you just might see us pull ahead of MVP. Honestly, I don't understand why do sports radio in the months of Dec/Jan/Feb/March....it's just so dreadful, and anyone who knows sports knows that as well.
As for our show, yeah we took a dive, but then again everyone else did too. No spin, no lies, nothing....we had a poor book, but in my mind....I think the last couple of weeks shows with the Bulls making a run into the playoffs, with the Sox on a roll, with the Cubs doing excellent with all the injuries they've incurred, and the whole AJ/Crede haircuts thing in which we got plenty of publicity and airtime on every station in the market and some national....I think we've done some good radio in the last couple of weeks. It's not radio hall of fame by no stretch, but it's been good radio from my listening vantage point.
The morale of the show has never been higher, it's getting easier to come to work now that there is at least something sports-wise to talk about. Baseball is back in swing, and with that the sports climate in Chicago only gets hotter. We've added AJ/Cooper and welcoming back Dempster for his weekly hit on the show. We've added Barry Rozner who never runs out of things to say. Steve Stone is back again, another big hit for the station. The Bookie Priest is a big bit (whether you guys like it or not). We're constantly bringing new ideas to the table, and expect the next 6-8 months to be really good for not only our show, but the station as a whole.
So steve stone, the white sox and the bulls playoff push of a year back should have helped, did it? No.
See Rock, just admit that your leader is a complete dope and he has totally destroyed any repsect he had by letting this death spiral of a show continue. I would have more respect you or north if you would just admit it, its a bad product.
Wait I didnt see this, lets go over it.
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Couple of things I wanna clear up:
1. We do take calls.....and the phones are always open if you wanna chat.
A- Bullshit, you take at the most, two calls. Your guy North said he didnt have to do it any longer the first week of the show and it has hurt the show.
2. We don't have billboards/signage...but then again, I don't think we ever have had signage anywhere at anytime.
A-The show got them, still bad.
3. MNMS is all topics, and whatever we feel like bringing up...we're not confined by any script/rules/etc. that we have to follow.
A-Whatever Mike wants to talk about and for 4 years it hasnt worked, when does he realize that?
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