91X Morning Show

[capone91x]

Based upon your last reply VOR, it is crystal clear to me that you have exactly zero idea what goes on daily at 91X - or for that matter Finest City Broadcasting as a whole. I'm sure every single hard-working, creative and passionate member of my staff would take great exception to your comments. I certainly do.

And while I'd love to sit here all day and go back & forth, I have a radio station to run. One that, despite your own myopic perception, a lot of people actually enjoy. Were you to have access to all of the SD Arbitron numbers, you'd understand what I'm talking about.

As I said before, you can reach me anytime at 858-499-1708 or capone@91x.com. How easy it must be to hide behind a website chat board handle and throw stones? Kudos to you.

P.S. Your writing style seems eerily familiar, I could swear I've read(er) your bile and vitriole in a local publication more than once.

[voice of reason]

Mr. Capone -
I work in the record industry. Now you see while I will not call you (regarding this matter).  But who I am does not matter. I am only offering constructive criticism. I just hope I don't care about your station and your format more than you do. If you want me to stop blogging about XTRA-FM just say so here and I will not mention you or your station again. I know tons of people around the country who would love to come to San Diego.

[capone91x]

A) Being in the record industry has no bearing on whether or not you can personally engage with me regarding 91X. That's as flimsy an excuse as they come.

B) I'm skeptical that we do actually communicate with any regularity. If we did, there's no way you would suggest that ANYONE cares more about this radio station or this music more than I do. Hyperactive and annoying? Sure. Lacking sincere passion and/or concern for 91X? Not a chance.

C) You have quite an interesting take on what "constructive criticism" is.

D) Of course I want you to stop posting about 91X. Uninformed and jaded is no way to affect change in life, son.

[voice of reason]

Fine. I'll go away. I don't think I said anything that wasn't true. I think others agree with my observations, but since you asked, I will keep my 91x opinions to myself.

[Media Hack Chris | SDR]

I know Bob Hudson would have something intelligent to say about this .... hello Bob??

[J_School_Washout]

Wow, talk about taking a shotgun to a hornet's nest.

Capone, for the record, never once did I question your work ethic. Do I particularly care for your DJ style? No. Hell no, in fact, but anyone who has the stones to run a station staffed by interns and still run an on-air shift every day has at least my respect.

91X doesn't pay its people. Diablo rants about it on occasion, and there are several on-air personalities that I've heard at least mention their second job on the radio. The old adage is true. You get what you pay for. The moves 91X has made over the past couple of years indicate that, clearly, Finest City isn't giving you much of a budget to work with. I don't doubt that Christy Taylor could be a good DJ, I just doubt that she was ready for San Diego when she landed here, and I still don't think she's up to par with some of the other nighttime talent around SD. Frankly, she annoys the hell out of me, which is why I'm typically listening to another station during that time frame.

I'm not an industry insider at all, just (as my name indicates) a J-School washout who's the "friend of a friend" of one of your staffers, and it's through conversing with them on occasion and just watching the moves that have been made over there that I've put my thoughts on the station together. It's got a very solid anchor in the morning with Mat Diablo & Co., but beyond that, the talent just isn't there. Don't take that as a crack at anyone's work ethic--if anything, it's more a crack at Finest City's apparent unwillingness to put any money into a station that has the right format to own SD's airwaves. You can't look at the departures of Steve West, Chris Cantore and Jennifer White and tell me with a straight face that those were strictly performance-based. I didn't even include Mahoney's departure in there because, hell, no bones were made about his leaving. Diablo just got on-air without him one day and told the world that he'd been laid off!

Frankly, Capone, I admire your work ethic. Running an under-funded, painfully under-supported operation is much harder than running a station that's been handed a more-or-less blank check by the owners. I'm well-aware that you could never admit to it (and I'd have serious problems with your leadership if you did), but the crew over there between 10:00 AM and 5:30 AM reeks of "the best we can afford" instead of "the best we can find."