Skip Cheatham

[Nate Wesley]

BUT...what's the real reason going on here?  The Beat is barely a contender anymore.  Is the audience outgrowing the format, or into their own iPod, or are people finally tiring of the hate that laces so much of that musical genre? 

Painting-info is --------->>>>>> that-a-way, and they don't mind your stupidly broad brush strokes.

[nuffsaid]

Fact is there is no passionate leader at K104 that can lead the station out of the slump!  Slump is exactly what it is and it did not get there over night.  Ken Dowe's high rotation stead beat formatics made K104 and feel if Ken were still there he would have evolved with the flow and K104 would still be a contender.  PPM is not the enemy here and Ken Dowe is out of the picture.  It's time for Hymen to step up and get a leader to handle the programming and operations and he step back into the sales areana where he belongs.  Think there are to many people surrounding him now telling him what he wants to hear.  Film at 11!

[bucwhyl]

Super Dowe to the rescue!!!!.... Anyway....

I guess K104 will be doing "more music mornings" until the new morning host is revealed next week.

[radiogooroo]

THERE IS NO ROOM IN A WHITE PPM MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR 4 URBAN STATIONS.

Maybe there's just no room for 4 urban stations.  That same "white" PPM system seems to be working pretty well for KBXX and KMJQ in Houston.

[johndavis]

Top 40 is now what hip hop used to be.

Hip-hop used to drive the pop chart... but when Usher puts out a song that sounds like David Guetta, it's safe to say that hip-hop is in the doldrums right now.

[adub]

They Just Got Fat & Stale.

[mr.ric]

THERE IS NO ROOM IN A WHITE PPM MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR 4 URBAN STATIONS.

Maybe there's just no room for 4 urban stations.  That same "white" PPM system seems to be working pretty well for KBXX and KMJQ in Houston.

You should already know why their ratings are so high... by default!!! (They are the only Urbans in town)

[LibertyNT]

Someone sure likes the Beat a lot.
PPM is non biased in ratings. They send to all races equally I'm sure.

[grantchester]

My theory is that some sub-groups are more loyal to their radio stations than others; that in the days of the diary they may have exaggerated time spent listening. The 'Purple People Meter' takes that out of the ratings by giving a more accurate reading of how much a 'listener' is exposed to a station. I think that is why hispanic stations, for instance, saw big drops in the early PPM testing. It may apply to urban formats as well. 

[jeffdfw]

PPM certainly wasn't smooth jazz friendly...