Is Pappas Looking To Sell Stations!

[CarterB]

HI BossradioDJ:  Doubt I would need a GPS rig to find the place.   Carter B.

[KJCB]

The "contracts" Mike is referring to are likely Mancow, which was mentioned as going away.  TRN gave Mancow away for little money or in some cases free to stations they thought he could do well on, with contracts writtent to require the usual rights fee starting the second year.  I forget when exactly KTRB started in SF, but hasn't it been about a year?  The rights for for market #4 has to be pretty steep for a ratings-less AM with few huge spot deals and next to no brokered programming.  As for the other shows, they could pull them tomorrow and run the spots for 30, 60, 90 days, whatever.  Perhaps Mike can let clarify what he means on this.

[DavidKaye]

The "contracts" Mike is referring to are likely Mancow, which was mentioned as going away.  TRN gave Mancow away for little money or in some cases free to stations they thought he could do well on, with contracts writtent to require the usual rights fee starting the second year.  I forget when exactly KTRB started in SF, but hasn't it been about a year? 

I believe it will be one year of Mancow come May.  I think they turned the thing on at the beginning of April. 

Mancow was the only thing KTRB has going for it in its entire schedule.  If they're out to get ratings I think they'd be foolish to let him go, though it's likely the rest of the schedule is sabotaging Mancow's ratings potential anyway.  When you figure that a lot of people set their radios to come on and wake them up, it is imperative that a station have something decent on at night when people set their radios and go to bed.  KTRB doesn't.  This is one reason so many stations with no ratings at night keep the programming going overnight.  It's all for the mornings. 

[KJCB]

I understand the morning argument and all the potential and money to be had there, but if you're KTRB and there are dozen other talk/sports stations in the market each which loyal morning drive audiences, maybe your better bet is to get a good show on in middays that offers something different.  From noon-3, the two big boys are basically running advice shows.  If someone wants politics, where will he go?  KNEW?  Maybe Miller and O'Reilly bore him.  Offer him a place to go.  Yes, that theory applies to mornings, too, but what morning show are you going to come up with that isn't already being done?