Old School WYCR...

[TODDMAYOR]

i was in hanover last week and saw their building with the call letters on the outside for the am and fm.  if it is anything from the outside... inside....it must be a palace.  very nice for a locally owned broadcasters.

[radiodood]

The UGLY DJ, where every day was his  birthday..(where is he now anyway??) and another great YCR alumni is former  Baltimore talent Wllie B, when they were called "98-YCR".

[SteelRocker]

The UGLY DJ, where every day was his  birthday..(where is he now anyway??) and another great YCR alumni is former  Baltimore talent Wllie B, when they were called "98-YCR".

Remember all the calls he'd get from prisoners to his show? I always found that humorous too.

[karlyle]

last I heard, the Ugly DJ was working as a 911 dispatcher for a local county emergency services operation. Willie B, last I heard, was somewhere in Texas doing talk radio...

[ejjeff]

Willie B is doing 3 - 7 at the Track in Indianapolis. He is also APD.  Here is his webpage http://www.wtpi.com/pages/2559090.php
There is a link to listen on-line.

Jeff Roteman

[DJDaryl]

The new building is nice, the studios are also nice.  The computer that runs the station is so nice that the program director Ross Murdock voice tracks his entire show, and then sits in the studio and waits for the voice tracked weather to end so he can say the temp.  The only people that are important to that station are the sales people and the consultant.  It is sad, I loved the old YCR, the DJ's were able to be themselves.  Listen to any break on "The Peak"  Every break they back sell 2 songs this is the most important part of their programing.  Rick McCauslin is still with the station, I love Rick, great guy stuck needing a job and working for the sisters who I am sure love Sarah Palin.

[grandoleopry]

 SAY WHAT YOU WILL; AND CRITICIZE WHO EVER YOU WANT BUT
 THE $$$ AND RATINGS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
 PEAK BILLING LOTS MORE THAN OLD YCR; PEAK RATINGS HIGHER THAN
 OLD YCR.  RADIO STATIONS NOT TOYS THEY ARE BUSINESSES.
 EVERYBODY GETS NOSTALGIC FOR THE GOOD OLE DAYS ...FACE
 IT THEY ARE GONE...THIS IS RADIO IN 2008! JUST THINK OF WHAT
 IT WILL BE LIKE IN 2058....HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE AT LEAST
 ONE LOCALLY OWNED STATION AROUND.
 

[DJDaryl]

SAY WHAT YOU WILL; AND CRITICIZE WHO EVER YOU WANT BUT
 THE $$$ AND RATINGS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
 PEAK BILLING LOTS MORE THAN OLD YCR; PEAK RATINGS HIGHER THAN
 OLD YCR.  RADIO STATIONS NOT TOYS THEY ARE BUSINESSES.
 EVERYBODY GETS NOSTALGIC FOR THE GOOD OLE DAYS ...FACE
 IT THEY ARE GONE...THIS IS RADIO IN 2008! JUST THINK OF WHAT
 IT WILL BE LIKE IN 2058....HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE AT LEAST
 ONE LOCALLY OWNED STATION AROUND!


You are right on all your points.  but

I am not entertained by a voice tracked show. (nights) I am nostalgic for a night show like the the old ycr where the phones were heavy and it was fun to listen to.  The DJ's had fun and it showed on the air.  I don't care about the business end of radio, let the nerds worry about that.  DJ's should have fun and be themselves and not be consulted to death, they then become personalities.  They have two, Crockett and Waters in the morning.  Consultants do find out what the sheep want to hear and it is important, but set the DJ's Free!  Voice tracking clearly sucks, so does Ross.  I say bring in Gil Sheffer!