Help for Dave

[cranium]

> Leave it to a guy with dark socks, and shiny shoes to F up a
> good idea. Can't we all look back and think about a guy who
> has power that ruined good things? If the bosses would let
> Margot do her thing, and let her program what she thinks
> would work, then Dave would do fine. All research and
> testing should be thrown out the window in this format.
> Hello!!! "Rock Without Rules!" The playlist is too narrow.
> Plain and simple! And the jocks are being told to shut up.
> Have some personality, play tons of different music, and
> maybe things will turn.
>


Barnes' act was old at 99x.

Dave is not AAA enough for real fans of AAA radio and it's too disjointed musically for the typical Atlantan button pusher.

Perhaps it will bounce back.

I'm sure the suits are arguing over how to lean the station. Hard to take a chance with a 100kw stick like this, but the market DID react...it's just not enough to keep 'em...throw the audience a bone, Dave!

[RTibbs02]

> > Mara does sound like someone is on the other side of the
> > glass ready to hit her knuckles anytime she tries to be
> > funny or engaging. Eric rattles off some non sequitirs and
>
> > plays the next song. I do like Margot though. Barnes he is
>
> > the robot he is, boring, droll and self-absorbed. In
> general
> > they all seem so impersonal.
> >
> > The playlist is hurting in my opinion. I llike Mark
> > Knopfler's(Dire Straits) new album but must I hear it
> every
> > hour. It seems to be skewing more older classic rock again
>
> > but maybe it is because I just do not listen that much
> > anymore.
> >
>
> I totally agree with this observation about the music
> skewing older. When Dave first flipped on, it seemed to
> stick to 99x's bread and butter playlists from the 90's and
> not venture any further than 80's.  These days, seems like
> they're spinning far more classic stuff than they used to-
> almost seems like an older mix than they were playing in Z's
> last days (This is just my opinion, and I'm not in the biz,
> so I don't have statistics on this... I'm just stating what
> I have perceived).  
>
> I don't really like the jocks much either.. I was hoping
> that they'd put TRG on in the mornings (that idea fizzled
> when All Access arrived). So that's my vote.. Go back to the
> original Dave playlist, expand it a bit, get better jocks,
> and hopefully TRG!
>
I agree that the playlists seems older than the final days of Z. Playing new Knopfler songs may make it seems they play newer hits but it is an old sound. It doesn't matter what the stats show if us listeners think it is older. Perception is reality.

[Twitch]

> If the bosses would let
> Margot do her thing, and let her program what she thinks
> would work, then Dave would do fine.

Unless the DJ is the also the music director, it's not (nor has it ever been) their job to ""play what they think will work"...you can't fault anyone at dave for that. It's just the natural cycle of radio.

Like it or not, research, ratings, and money ultimately decide what gets played on ANY stations air waves.

I, for one, enjoy Dave's playlist. It really fits in to my day very well. It almost seems like they read the mood of the city when they draw up the play list every day. If it's raining or whatever, they'll play rainy day songs...etc...

______________
Don't sweat the petty stuff, and don't pet the sweaty stuff.

[RTibbs02]

> > If the bosses would let
> > Margot do her thing, and let her program what she thinks
> > would work, then Dave would do fine.
>
> Unless the DJ is the also the music director, it's not (nor
> has it ever been) their job to ""play what they think will
> work"...you can't fault anyone at dave for that. It's just
> the natural cycle of radio.
>
> Like it or not, research, ratings, and money ultimately
> decide what gets played on ANY stations air waves.
>
> I, for one, enjoy Dave's playlist. It really fits in to my
> day very well. It almost seems like they read the mood of
> the city when they draw up the play list every day. If it's
> raining or whatever, they'll play rainy day songs...etc...
>
Thanks, Ms. Engel

[trhodes96]

Sorry... Last I checked, Margot was ALSO the Music Director for Dave!

[Twitch]

> > I, for one, enjoy Dave's playlist. It really fits in to my
>
> > day very well. It almost seems like they read the mood of
> > the city when they draw up the play list every day. If
> it's
> > raining or whatever, they'll play rainy day songs...etc...
>
> >
> Thanks, Ms. Engel
>

That's MRS. Engel to YOU, buddy! =)

______________
Don't sweat the petty stuff, and don't pet the sweaty stuff.

[Twitch]

> Sorry... Last I checked, Margot was ALSO the Music Director
> for Dave!
>

This I did not know. Regardless, it is not the MD's responsibility to play "what THEY want". Sure, Margot knows her music (and is a very good jock), but that doesn't automatically give license to play what SHE wants. Although I'm sure that if she did, there would probably be a lot less complaining about dave's format and play list.

______________
Don't sweat the petty stuff, and don't pet the sweaty stuff.