More KTRS Replacements Fired
KTRS 550 has fired another team of their new radio personalities, after cleaning house in December 05' per Deb Peterson of the Post:
the station says it will "return to a classic morning news and information format," and has hired George Woods, formerly of Kansas City's KCMO (AM-710), to host a new show. Woods is a more traditional news and information broadcaster than Scott and Casey.......................
KTRS fired everyone back in December except Frank O. Pinion & John Hadley, and things have not worked so well with the replacements. There was the Condi Rice issue with David Lenihan back in March that became a huge debacle and national story, mostly for the way the station handled it. Now there are only two replacements left, Kramer & Monty.......................
I suppose when you gain the Cardinals on your line-up, you have a bit of room to work with, but KTRS programming changes have gone beyond a joke. When you have had the problems that KTRS has experienced since the changes, seems to me the problem probably is not the replacements or even those that they replaced..........................
I'm a KTRS listener and gave Scott & Casey a chance until just a few days ago actually. I started listening to other channels and music after a show recently where they were discussing a topic that reasonably would produce lots of different reactions and opinions. They were shutting people down left and right that did not agree with them, and a guy called in and said "although you guys are never wrong, here is what I think"....................They dogged him bad. That was enough of the Scott & Casey show for me personally..........................
I'll give George Woods a fair shot, but if he does not work out, how about bringing Wendy & Bill back KTRS?............................................
Update:
In a related KTRS story the Bellevilledemocrat reports "internet rumors" that the Cards are considering leaving KTRS and returning to KMOX (here):
Based on the track record of the "non-baseball" programming the past few months at KTRS, I can certainly see how that could be a concern........................
Cards President Mark Lamping is denying the move:
Mike Anderson's STLMedia is the source of the rumor. He got the Cards move from KMOX to KTRS right a year ago and was the first to call it. STLMedia is sort of a STL Drudge when it comes to media matters in STL and worth a favorite save if your into media in the local STL market. I really like one of his banner statement: What they say: "Everybody reads it, everybody submits to it, but nobody admits it."
the station says it will "return to a classic morning news and information format," and has hired George Woods, formerly of Kansas City's KCMO (AM-710), to host a new show. Woods is a more traditional news and information broadcaster than Scott and Casey.......................
KTRS fired everyone back in December except Frank O. Pinion & John Hadley, and things have not worked so well with the replacements. There was the Condi Rice issue with David Lenihan back in March that became a huge debacle and national story, mostly for the way the station handled it. Now there are only two replacements left, Kramer & Monty.......................
I suppose when you gain the Cardinals on your line-up, you have a bit of room to work with, but KTRS programming changes have gone beyond a joke. When you have had the problems that KTRS has experienced since the changes, seems to me the problem probably is not the replacements or even those that they replaced..........................
I'm a KTRS listener and gave Scott & Casey a chance until just a few days ago actually. I started listening to other channels and music after a show recently where they were discussing a topic that reasonably would produce lots of different reactions and opinions. They were shutting people down left and right that did not agree with them, and a guy called in and said "although you guys are never wrong, here is what I think"....................They dogged him bad. That was enough of the Scott & Casey show for me personally..........................
I'll give George Woods a fair shot, but if he does not work out, how about bringing Wendy & Bill back KTRS?............................................
Update:
In a related KTRS story the Bellevilledemocrat reports "internet rumors" that the Cards are considering leaving KTRS and returning to KMOX (here):
Despite the fact that the St. Louis Cardinals purchased 50 percent of radio station KTRS as part of a deal to transfer its broadcasts there, rumors are flying that the team plans to go back to KMOX in 2008. The scuttlebutt has appeared on Mike Anderson's Web site. The reason for the purported change isn't the complaints of fans -- including many in the metro-east -- who get poor reception of KTRS radio's weaker signal, especially at night. According to the site, KTRS has produced soft advertising revenue and the Cardinals operators' are not satisfied with the stations nonbaseball programming...............
Based on the track record of the "non-baseball" programming the past few months at KTRS, I can certainly see how that could be a concern........................
Cards President Mark Lamping is denying the move:
"Like most Internet-based rumors, this has no basis in fact," Lamping told the News-Democrat. "There's no thread of truth to it whatsoever."
Mike Anderson's STLMedia is the source of the rumor. He got the Cards move from KMOX to KTRS right a year ago and was the first to call it. STLMedia is sort of a STL Drudge when it comes to media matters in STL and worth a favorite save if your into media in the local STL market. I really like one of his banner statement: What they say: "Everybody reads it, everybody submits to it, but nobody admits it."
posted by Steve at 7:29 PM
