WOMC's Jim "JJ" Johnson Announces Retirement

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Better hurry, those drywall estimates all need to be written up before Thanksgiving.

There's more money in Drywall than broadcast engineering.

He thinks he’s cool insulting people who have a trade. Really the height of ignorance.

And it's always the double standard: complain that no one wants to work, then take a cheap shot at those who do.

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Better hurry, those drywall estimates all need to be written up before Thanksgiving.

There's more money in Drywall than broadcast engineering.

He thinks he’s cool insulting people who have a trade. Really the height of ignorance.

And it's always the double standard: complain that no one wants to work, then take a cheap shot at those who do.

Precisely.

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I made angry Mac and cheese noises with S.Farley once

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Given how cheap David Field and Exitcom management are, isn't it likely that JoAnne and Jason will be the new morning show and JJ's spot doesn't get replaced at all? David Field seems to have a fetish for syndication too, so is there a syndicated classic hits morning show from one of their Exitcom markets they could air in Detroit?

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Given how cheap David Field and Exitcom management are, isn't it likely that JoAnne and Jason will be the new morning show and JJ's spot doesn't get replaced at all? David Field seems to have a fetish for syndication too, so is there a syndicated classic hits morning show from one of their Exitcom markets they could air in Detroit?

I totally agree. Audacy is in deep financial trouble. The station could just be non-stop music mornings with traffic and weather on the 10’s.

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I totally agree. Audacy is in deep financial trouble. The station could just be non-stop music mornings with traffic and weather on the 10’s.

There's an old story about a couple that went camping because they both thought the other one enjoyed it. As the years went by they figured out neither one really cared for it.

I've said this before and I'll say it again. Every station has a morning show. Do program directors really know for sure listeners prefer talk over tunes? Is everyone doing it because everyone's doing it? Not realizing most people really don't care for it.

Ask your non media friends and family that question. Which do they prefer in the morning, melodies or mouth?

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I totally agree. Audacy is in deep financial trouble. The station could just be non-stop music mornings with traffic and weather on the 10’s.

There's an old story about a couple that went camping because they both thought the other one enjoyed it. As the years went by they figured out neither one really cared for it.

I've said this before and I'll say it again. Every station has a morning show. Do program directors really know for sure listeners prefer talk over tunes? Is everyone doing it because everyone's doing it? Not realizing most people really don't care for it.

Ask your non media friends and family that question. Which do they prefer in the morning, melodies or mouth?

I've always preferred a music intensive morning show. What Big Jim does at CSX is a good balance.
They could slide Beau into mornings on WOMC and not change a thing and it would work just fine.

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I say that when if any of the contracts come up for renewal that Audacy just won’t renew them and 104.3 just becomes straight music with zero personalities. I don’t think it would change the daytime ratings at all. The ratings will definitely drop after J.J.’s departure of course but the station overall will not perform any better with or without personalities. Another possibility is that Audacy just might eventually flip the station to something entirely different. That happened a few years ago with WJMK 104.3 in Chicago, Audacy flipped it to WBMX 104.3 an Urban AC.

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I say that when if any of the contracts come up for renewal that Audacy just won’t renew them and 104.3 just becomes straight music with zero personalities. I don’t think it would change the daytime ratings at all. The ratings will definitely drop after J.J.’s departure of course but the station overall will not perform any better with or without personalities. Another possibility is that Audacy just might eventually flip the station to something entirely different. That happened a few years ago with WJMK 104.3 in Chicago, Audacy flipped it to WBMX 104.3 an Urban AC.

If people just wanted straight music, they would plug their phone into their car and play Spotify

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I say that when if any of the contracts come up for renewal that Audacy just won’t renew them and 104.3 just becomes straight music with zero personalities. I don’t think it would change the daytime ratings at all. The ratings will definitely drop after J.J.’s departure of course but the station overall will not perform any better with or without personalities. Another possibility is that Audacy just might eventually flip the station to something entirely different. That happened a few years ago with WJMK 104.3 in Chicago, Audacy flipped it to WBMX 104.3 an Urban AC.

If people just wanted straight music, they would plug their phone into their car and play Spotify

Not everyone has that luxury. 25-40% of the people in Detroit do not have access to the internet.

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I say that when if any of the contracts come up for renewal that Audacy just won’t renew them and 104.3 just becomes straight music with zero personalities. I don’t think it would change the daytime ratings at all. The ratings will definitely drop after J.J.’s departure of course but the station overall will not perform any better with or without personalities. Another possibility is that Audacy just might eventually flip the station to something entirely different. That happened a few years ago with WJMK 104.3 in Chicago, Audacy flipped it to WBMX 104.3 an Urban AC.

If people just wanted straight music, they would plug their phone into their car and play Spotify

Not everyone has that luxury. 25-40% of the people in Detroit do not have access to the internet. One third of Detroit’s population doesn’t own a vehicle.

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I don't think mornings are a good shift for the talented guy formerly known as "Beau the Jammer"

I stopped listening to WOMC when they dumped Steve Kostan. The out-of-town suits clearly don't understand our loyalty to local talent here in the Motor City.

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I say that when if any of the contracts come up for renewal that Audacy just won’t renew them and 104.3 just becomes straight music with zero personalities. I don’t think it would change the daytime ratings at all. The ratings will definitely drop after J.J.’s departure of course but the station overall will not perform any better with or without personalities. Another possibility is that Audacy just might eventually flip the station to something entirely different. That happened a few years ago with WJMK 104.3 in Chicago, Audacy flipped it to WBMX 104.3 an Urban AC.

If people just wanted straight music, they would plug their phone into their car and play Spotify

Not everyone has that luxury. 25-40% of the people in Detroit do not have access to the internet.

Fine, CD player, etc.
But you're missing the point of my post

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If people just wanted straight music, they would plug their phone into their car and play Spotify

Or like Caliber says, play CD's. Or load up a USB stick. Or have satellite radio. The list of options for folks that don't want to hear gums flapping in the breeze is endless.

Like I said earlier, start asking friends and family that are not into broadcasting as much as you are. What do they listen to in the car? I'm fairly confident morning shows will be low on the list.

I recognize many here on Buzzboard share the attitude there HAS to be a morning show. Anytime a station changes formats, y'all immediately go into "Who will they get to host?" mode. Meanwhile the station changes formats, plays just tunes and the ratings are pretty good.

Then what happens to the ratings when they roll out the obligatory morning show?

Yup every time. Yes or no?