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[hankddog]

I'm listening now. They are talking about how they found out about the switch. Which was right after their show ended.



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[curtoid]

I only had a chance to listen to them for about 5 minutes, right after they went on. Very odd to hear them back at JFK - it does seem longer than 2 years. Also very odd to hear them without any music behind them.

They did mention that being on the WJFK lineup is a lot like being on "The Yankees," which was what The Hideout & D&M also said last week.

I also heard them make a "for now" reference from one of them when a caller said it was good to hear them not in the mornings again - maybe hinting that they will get the Stern spot when he leaves?

Hmmmmm...

OH! They still have their clips of Fez saying "Donkey" and "Crazy Donkey" which made me laugh.

Anyway, they are lucky as hell that they had WJFK to fall back on. Sure, they could have collected a paycheck through October, but really - where else are they going to go?

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[JuvyJuice]

I only had a chance to listen to them for about 5 minutes, right after they went on. Very odd to hear them back at JFK - it does seem longer than 2 years. Also very odd to hear them without any music behind them.

They did mention that being on the WJFK lineup is a lot like being on "The Yankees," which was what The Hideout & D&M also said last week.

I also heard them make a "for now" reference from one of them when a caller said it was good to hear them not in the mornings again - maybe hinting that they will get the Stern spot when he leaves?

Hmmmmm...

OH! They still have their clips of Fez saying "Donkey" and "Crazy Donkey" which made me laugh.

Anyway, they are lucky as hell that they had WJFK to fall back on. Sure, they could have collected a paycheck through October, but really - where else are they going to go?

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WTEM (DC AM sports station), for one, and they would probably let them have their choice of timeslots. (maybe except the Kornheiser slot)

did they say anything else about Ron and Fez?

The Junks and Ron & Fez in the same room would be like the Twilight zone for me. If not only for the soundclips of Ron and Fez both saying "JP" or "crazy donkey" that the Junkies play on their show.

[curtoid]

WTEM (DC AM sports station), for one, and they would probably let them have their choice of timeslots. (maybe except the Kornheiser slot)

Yeah, that would be the only other place I could think of, but I don't know if WTEM's pockets are deep enough for them and Kornheiser.

did they say anything else about Ron and Fez?

Not during the 5 minutes I was listening - I doubt it.

The Junks and Ron & Fez in the same room would be like the Twilight zone for me. If not only for the soundclips of Ron and Fez both saying "JP" or "crazy donkey" that the Junkies play on their show.

Ron saying "JP" also used to make me laugh. I think the Junkies got the idea from Don, who used to play tape of EB all the time during Buzz's newscast. It was pretty funny at first.

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[Freakshow]

did they say anything else about Ron and Fez?

Not during the 5 minutes I was listening - I doubt it.

They kept up the whole Yankees reference, and every time they said Stern and D&M, they would always say Ron and Fez.

The show that got more of a mention was the Hideout, in particular the Football game that was supposed to happen between the two shows. They said they felt bad, and Dubs made and appearence (does he sleep at the station? He is always there when someone talks about him or the Hideout.).

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does he sleep at the station? He is always there when someone talks about him or the Hideout.).


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[curtoid]

The show that got more of a mention was the Hideout, in particular the Football game that was supposed to happen between the two shows. They said they felt bad, and Dubs made and appearence (does he sleep at the station? He is always there when someone talks about him or the Hideout.).

Man, that is pretty cool. Classy move on their part, and great for Dubs to be ready to make an appearance at the drop of the hat.

It does make you wonder - if someone called up O'Reilly and mentioned The Hideout, you would half expect J-Dubs to suddenly pop up on there too.

(Funny post, btw, Mikeyboy!)


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Dubs made an appearence (does he sleep at the station? He is always there when someone talks about him or the Hideout.).

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The Junks and Ron & Fez in the same room would be like the Twilight zone for me. If not only for the soundclips of Ron and Fez both saying "JP" or "crazy donkey" that the Junkies play on their show.

Ron saying "JP" also used to make me laugh. I think the Junkies got the idea from Don, who used to play tape of EB all the time during Buzz's newscast. It was pretty funny at first.

"If you've stolen it from me - you've stolen it from three."


never heard that clip, but you can't really say using sound clips on the radio is a Don Geronimo idea. Can you? hoo hoo hoo.

What kind of football game is the Junkies vs. the Hideout? 4 vs. 2? or 4 on 4? I know, the Junkies had a full squad for their DC Divas game, using all their friends and people at HFS. I wonder if the Hideout could come up with 11 players, let alone 22. With callers, then yes.

I was there at the Junkies vs. Divas game, attended by 8200 fans in November. Great time, a Junkies/Hideout game would've been great promotion for the Hideout.

I'll be listening to the Junkies show once I get home so I will report any Ron & Fez references. Your Code Goes Here

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[hankddog]

Why is it everyone on that station dogs O'Reilly. You would think management would get the hint. His show sucks.

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[TheMojoPin]

I caught the first hour of the show, and it was pretty damn good. Their time at WHFS really seems to have tightened up the show, and I'll definitely be listening when I can.

If WJFK DO move D&M to the mornings and R&F to the 3-7 spot, they'd have a pretty good talk syndication package to shop around once Howard jumps to Sirius.

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[curtoid]

Not as great as "Fastest Hour," and I'm back at square one not being able to tell 3 of them apart (Lurch is the only one I can pick out easily), but, yeah, I'll tune in when I can.

It must be good for them not having the entire weight of the station on their shoulders again.



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[mikeyboy]

I'm back at square one not being able to tell 3 of them apart (Lurch is the only one I can pick out easily


Okay, I'm not alone. I listened on and off for most of the time they had the evening slot at JFK and never got to the point where I could easily tell who was who except for Lurch. Considering that others didn't seem to have the same problem, I thought I had a retarded ear.

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[TheMojoPin]

I thought for years that two of the seperate Junkies were the same person because they sounded so alike.

I only now know they're two seperate people...but no idea WHICH Junkies they are.

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[Se7en]

Mojo, you might be thinking of Cakes & JP, who sound very similar.

Frankly, and this may be a bit mean-spirited, but I've felt for a while that they could probably do away with a couple of the Junkies and wind up with a tighter show.

Or at least get rid of JP, who doesn't offer much.

But you need to keep Bickel. Because he is the heart and soul of them.

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at least get rid of JP, who doesn't offer much.

But you need to keep Bickel. Because he is the heart and soul of them.
JP may be the least entertaining, but I get the impression that he's the one that holds the whole thing together.






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[curtoid]

I always confused JP & EB, and for awhile there, before their move, I listened all the time. I eventually figured Cakes out, although (like I said) I'm back to square one.

And se7en has a point there - back when they were on at nights, they would rotate who took vacations, often leaving them one man down. And with the exception of when Lurch wasn't there, it was actually a tighter show.



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[TheMojoPin]

It's definitely helped, at least on the first show, that it was JUST the Junkies, and none of the horde of guests/interns/staff/hangers-on that seemingly camped in the studio during their old show on WJFK.

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[Doctor Manhattan]

...I'm back at square one not being able to tell 3 of them apart (Lurch is the only one I can pick out easily)...

How many of them are there? I think any more than 3 people is too much for a radio talk show (for the type of format where they are all on at once) It works for O&A (Opie, Anthony and Jim Norton who is offically part of the show, in a very good move by XM)

If there are tons of dudes talking it sounds like a "Morning Zoo"

I also heard them make a "for now" reference from one of them when a caller said it was good to hear them not in the mornings again - maybe hinting that they will get the Stern spot when he leaves?

Hmmmmm...

Over Don and Mike?

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WTEM (DC AM sports station), for one, and they would probably let them have their choice of timeslots. (maybe except the Kornheiser slot)



Well, they play Mr. Tony from 9-11, then replay the show again from 11-1, i guess just to kill time for Dan Patrick, but that still doesn't really make a whole lot of sense..

Mr. Tony has also been talking about going to satellite too so they might end up there after all...

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Over Don and Mike?


I get the feeling, they are lined up to replace Stern, too. I don't know. Perhaps Don and Mike are happy in evening drive time? I would think the option would be theirs, perhaps they wouldn't want to change. I almost get the feeling that moving the Junkies to HFS was to test them to replace Stern. I know that seems crazy thinking 2 years ago, but I just get that feeling. Move them to HFS knowing HFS was going to go away, see if they manage to gain any sort of audience against Elliott and KML. See if they can pull off getting up early and all those particulars.

(I should mark this with a <b>!!!!complete and utter speculation!!!!!!</b>).


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WTEM (DC AM sports station), for one, and they would probably let them have their choice of timeslots. (maybe except the Kornheiser slot)



Well, they play Mr. Tony from 9-11, then replay the show again from 11-1, i guess just to kill time for Dan Patrick, but that still doesn't really make a whole lot of sense..

Mr. Tony has also been talking about going to satellite too so they might end up there after all...

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makes sense to me, they think that the replay 2 hours of Tony's show would outrate anything else they could put there for cheap, since its free.

Freakshow, I like your speculation. They probably didn't let them go over there on purpose, I don't think they know that HFS was dead 2.5 years ago, but I see that they benefit from their "test run".

D & M in the mornings is not a given. Maybe they don't want to wake up at 4 or 5am. For me, listening on the drive in would put back to sleep in no time.

A caller did ask yesterday "when Howard leaves in 2006, who's going to be setting the alarm? you guys or Don and Mike?"

Their answer was something like "We don't know, its certainly an option, we'll see what happens"

[curtoid]

I would really be surprised if D&M would want to go back and do mornings again after over 15 years of not having to get up at the butt-crack of dawn. I would imagine that they would be asked first, but ultimately they would turn it down...

The Junks did say they had "unfinished business," which sounded like a dig at Elliott in the Morning - I think they would take the spot if offered. I have always believed that them going to WHFS was not to test them in case Stern left, but rather a tool to try and cut into Elliott's numbers, which were higher than Howards - Divide and Conquer. Any audience they had they took away from Elliott, not Stern, and it actually worked for awhile.

They have 4 people, and the only reason it works is that they are actually friends who grew up together, and it still has that vibe of four friend sitting around busting balls. It didn't have that "Lee-Press-On" feeling of people who got together only because they worked well, and have nothing to do with each other outside of the studio. There were times I found them unlistenable, but more often than not I don't worry about who was talking...

Neither them or D&M would I listen to in the morning, though. Don and Mike are fine where they are, and I thought the Junks were excellent in the evenings, but they should work well at middays.

ON A SIDE NOTE - Don and Mike just mentioned that they will try to work in both Fez and Cakes from the Junkies in sometime for a gameshow; they also teased another drinking show.



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[TheMojoPin]

But...can't the Junkies on in the mornings at WHFS be considered a failure?

So they tripled the ratings...from jack to shit?

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[curtoid]

But...can't the Junkies on in the mornings at WHFS be considered a failure?

Agreed. I think early on they did cut into Elliott's numbers, but it doesn't show in the latest ratings, where they were pulling next to nothing, and Stern was 5th or 6th.

I don't know what the fix should be, really - DC has always had a devoted Stern following, but those numbers have always been smaller than the "urban" stations of the AM, or the news stations. It took him longer than his other major markets to hit number one, and then he never really stayed there - so, I don't know how many Washingtonians would follow him to Sirius, and those that are left: would they be more inclined to go w/ D&M, or the Junkies if they had a choice? Do they wait out the long commercial breaks, or do they flip over to Elliott, or Kirk, Mark & Lopez?

I guess the first thing to wait for is to see if there is anyone of a national pressence that Infinity taps to take over the K-Rock spot, and if they will force their owned stations to take him/them/her/it. Someone like a Jon Stewart, or a popular comedian. Not a D&M or Mancow or O&A.

If WJFK doesn't have to run that in mornings, I would be shocked if they didn't offer it to Don and Mike first, and if D&M don't take it then the Junks would get a run at it again.

Just speculatin'

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[TheMojoPin]

Well, I definitely think WJFK would offer the morning spot to the Junkies before R&F, just because the law of the radio universe seems to be that R&F get the scheduling shaft.

But before D&M? No way. At their peak, were they ever pulling in higher numbers than Stern in DC, comparatively speaking between the two show's time slots? It was probably close.

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[curtoid]

Mojo - you finally did it - my head has exploded.

D&M used to like to brag that they were once on top of mornings ("Top O the Mornin' To Ya!") in DC (like 15 years ago), when both Stern and the Greaseman were competition. A few years ago, when they were on at middays, they were getting better ratings than Stern in the AM. I believe most of those, however, were apples to oranges.

The Junks, at JFK, got huge ratings at nights, and then nothing ("Zippy Skippy") in the morning. Like you said - they improved it from less than nothing to nothing. Still, who knows...

As far as Ron and Fez: I think they would kick ass in the mornings, if given the time. Not sure that is what they would want, though. And you are right - they won't be asked before the other shows there on the station. Infinity has already proven where they think they are in the pecking order (stupid pecking order).

Time to scoop back in my head.



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Smoke and mirrors, SMOKE AND MIRRORS!!!

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[JuvyJuice]

But...can't the Junkies on in the mornings at WHFS be considered a failure?

So they tripled the ratings...from jack to shit?

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why? because their station flipped formats?

no one here who has declared that the Junkies were a failure in the mornings have given any proof of their ratings in the certain demos that were targeting.

last I heard from them on the show, they were hitting most of their bonuses in DC, and what company gives bonuses to failures?

also, you guys are discounting Baltimore, where they were almost first in a certain demo, finishing 2nd and beaten barely by one of the "urban stations". That means they kicked KML's, Elliot's and Hoo Hoo's asses in Baltimore, where their signal was as strong as their competitors, unlike in DC.

This week, they've been getting many many calls saying that the caller was so glad to be able to hear them again, since they couldn't get HFS where they listened.

[TheMojoPin]

Yeah, but WJFK can't be heard in Baltimore....so aren't Baltimore's ratings moot when it comes to whether or not they get WJFK's morning slot?

And they may have "almost" led in a certain demo (which one?), but WHFS's ratings as a whole, morning hours included, were waaaaaaay down in the lower parts of the top 20's. I believe they were specifically 17th when they folded.

last I heard from them on the show, they were hitting most of their bonuses in DC, and what company gives bonuses to failures?

Name one time the radio industry made a single shred of sense.

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[mikeyboy]

Yeah, but WJFK can't be heard in Baltimore....so aren't Baltimore's ratings moot when it comes to whether or not they get WJFK's morning slot?


As a side note, the scuttlebutt is that Live 105.7 will air "Out to Lunch" best of shows this week in the midday slot (The OTL crew left for greener pastures last week), and the Junks will take over the midday shift in Baltimore next week.

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[JuvyJuice]

Yeah, but WJFK can't be heard in Baltimore....so aren't Baltimore's ratings moot when it comes to whether or not they get WJFK's morning slot?

And they may have "almost" led in a certain demo (which one?), but WHFS's ratings as a whole, morning hours included, were waaaaaaay down in the lower parts of the top 20's. I believe they were specifically 17th when they folded.

last I heard from them on the show, they were hitting most of their bonuses in DC, and what company gives bonuses to failures?

Name one time the radio industry made a single shred of sense.

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don't know which demo specifically. (or I could just make one up and no one would know the difference) ;) uh...... men's 18-34!!! yea! that's the ticket!

HFS was down in the high teens, but that was 12+, which doesn't mean jack. radio advertising is heavily targeted, so no one cares about 12+.

I still don't see any evidence that the Junkies were failures in their target demos though.

I'm not saying the Junkies were Gods in the morning, but they were definitely not failures.

[TheMojoPin]

Oh, they definitely failed at having a morning show. Just as badly as Elliot did and does, and pretty much anyone under Stern who isn't in the top 10.

WHFS is not the type of station that ever should have had a morning show in the first place, and the Junkies' ratings reflected that the entire time they were there. Again, they may have raised them, but they when from getting an F to an F+.

WHFS even having the IDEA of having a morning show is a failure.

And hey, I like the Junkies...but going to WHFS only proved they could still do a really good show in a morning slot...but necessarily that anyone will listen. WJFK putting them in mornings would still be a very risky move based on the numbers they got, here or in Baltimore.

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[JuvyJuice]

Oh, they definitely failed at having a morning show. Just as badly as Elliot did and does, and pretty much anyone under Stern who isn't in the top 10.

WHFS is not the type of station that ever should have had a morning show in the first place, and the Junkies' ratings reflected that the entire time they were there. Again, they may have raised them, but they when from getting an F to an F+.

WHFS even having the IDEA of having a morning show is a failure.


Junkies in the mornings were definitely not failures, not for the Junkies, HFS, Infinity, or anyone involved.

Sure, playing Yellowcard or Good Charlotte in the mornings is what got them to the top in Baltimore and to respectable levels in DC right?

I'd say they raised them from a F to a B-.

That's the thing, they ARE top 10. I already told you, number 2!

Anyone who calls Elliot in the mornings a failure doesn't really have a grasp of whats going on.

Anyone can call a dog a cat as much as they want, but if there's no evidence, they're just delusional.

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[TheMojoPin]

No evidence?

THE STATION WAS #17.

I don't know what the Junkies' specific numbers were off the top of my head, but I know that for the size of the market they were in, they weren't anything special.

They basically raised a station's mornings that were IN the toilet to the toilet's rim. I never said they DIDN'T raise the ratings...but WHFS would basically have to put white noise on during their morning slot to get them any lower before the Junkies took over.

What caused the bump in ratings? Mostly a built-in audience that was able to follow the Junkies from WJFK. They gathered new listeners, but nothing that really proves they "deserve" WJFK's morning slot after Howard leaves....especially given how they performed against who would theoretically be their chief rival, Elliot In The Morning.

What it comes down to is who is going to bring the largest audience with them at this point if they take over mornings, and right now, that's easily D&M. By them time the flip does occur, I'd lay money the Junkies would be the second best option in terms of those kind of numbers...though R&F's latest ratings aren't too shabby, and even comparatively speaking are miles better than anything the Junkies managed at WHFS.

But it'll more be how they perform back at WJFK than their time at WHFS that dictates whether or not they'd get the morning slot once Stern leaves.

In my opinion. And that's all it is. In my opinion, based on what I heard from the Junkies themselves and sources like DCRTV, the Junkies, in the big picture, didn't do much at WHFS. In terms of WHFS' numbers exclusively, it was a nice job. In the grand scheme of the #7 in the country market's radio? Not very impressive.

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[JuvyJuice]

I agree, D & M will be given the first choice to replace Hoo Hoo. I wrote that a bunch of posts ago on this thread. But whether they will accept it is a different matter.

I take exception to the declaration that R & F are miles better than the Junkies when it comes to ratings. Anyone who compares evening ratings to morning ratings number to number doesn't really know what's going on. There is much more competition and listeners in the mornings than evenings.

When you put the Junkies and R &F evening numbers side by side, you'll see that the Junkies have had better numbers in that timeslot than R&F have generated so far. R&F definitely can still go up, but they arent really near the Junkies numbers in the evenings. Also remember that R&F have had D&M leadins the whole time in DC, and the Junkies had O&A's not so stellar DC ratings as their leadins the last part of the time they were at JFK.

[mikeyboy]

I take exception to the declaration that R & F are miles better than the Junkies when it comes to ratings.


Who said that? As far as I know, it was only stated that the Junks performed poorly in the mornings on WHFS.

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[Billy Staples]

How did D & M and Junkies do in the last Arbitron that came out a few dayas ago. it's only a trend mind you, but which way were they heading?

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[JuvyJuice]

I take exception to the declaration that R & F are miles better than the Junkies when it comes to ratings.


Who said that? As far as I know, it was only stated that the Junks performed poorly in the mornings on WHFS.


MojoPin:

What it comes down to is who is going to bring the largest audience with them at this point if they take over mornings, and right now, that's easily D&M. By them time the flip does occur, I'd lay money the Junkies would be the second best option in terms of those kind of numbers...though R&F's latest ratings aren't too shabby, and even comparatively speaking are miles better than anything the Junkies managed at WHFS.

[curtoid]

I think R&F's only chance of getting out of evenings is if Don and Mike take the AM slot and the Junkies stay at middays.

6-10 - D&M
10-2 - The Junkies
3-7 - Ron and Fez

If the Junkies get the nod to go back to 6am (either if chosen ahead of Don and Mike, or if D&M pass on it), or if the Junkies take over D&M's spot, WJFK can just as easily put th evil, lurking O'Reilly back at middays leaving Ron and Fez the kings of the night time world.

Of course - it might all be moot if Infinity forces WJFK into someone like "Mancow" or Chris Rock in the mornings.




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[TheMojoPin]

I take exception to the declaration that R & F are miles better than the Junkies when it comes to ratings.


Who said that? As far as I know, it was only stated that the Junks performed poorly in the mornings on WHFS.


MojoPin:

What it comes down to is who is going to bring the largest audience with them at this point if they take over mornings, and right now, that's easily D&M. By them time the flip does occur, I'd lay money the Junkies would be the second best option in terms of those kind of numbers...though R&F's latest ratings aren't too shabby, and even comparatively speaking are miles better than anything the Junkies managed at WHFS.

All I said was that R&F's current ratings are comparatively miles better than anything the Junkies pulled in at WHFS, no matter how you want to look at it.

And you CAN compare the two. R&F have proven that they can be bounced all over the schedule and still increase their ratings. The Junkies have NOT, once they moved to WHFS. So as of right now, R&F comparatively overall have a better "trend" of ratings when it comes to moving to various time slots, IMO.

The Junkies could, and most likely will, push past R&F in their current time slot in terms of total ratings. But they still have their period on their "record" where they were scraping by with next to nothing, whereas R&F have continually just grown and grown in their numbers, despite all the scheduling turmoil thrown their way.

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[Billy Staples]

you guys seem to be forgetting some important show history in your arguments


Just cause you can, doesnt mean you should...always get bounced around to every day part

Just recall what daypart they had in fla...and that should answer all questions


Staples

[curtoid]

I have always said, in thread after thread, that I would defer to Ron & Fez about what time slot they wanted - based on what they have accomplished, and what they have done for the company, I would let them pick what time slot they want.

Based on comments they have said on the air, it's not too tough to assume that they would accept another slot other than nights on WJFK if offered.



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[TheMojoPin]

Yeah, I'm not even sure what's being tossed around here, since I don't think that R&F have a shot at the morning slot over the Junkies...and honestly, I don't want them there.

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[curtoid]

Very weird night to go in and see the boys.

((sigh))

Anyway, I don't think I'm telling anything out of school to share that they feel that mornings is the plum spot that all radio shows would love to have - the only drawback, for Ron when they did it for 14 years, was the hours.

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