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Ron Cameron

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Re: Ron Cameron

Post by Momo » Sun Nov 28, 2021 7:57 pm

So Ron will have Ray back "before the NBA playoffs"? As in January?



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Re: Ron Cameron

Post by Momo » Sun Nov 28, 2021 8:18 pm

No Kurt tonight? I hope he's okay.



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Re: Ron Cameron

Post by Momo » Sun Nov 28, 2021 8:23 pm

Kurt's okay!



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Re: Ron Cameron

Post by Momo » Sun Nov 28, 2021 8:41 pm

As Ron begs in vain for callers, it dawns on me that women - who, as Ron has said, comprise the vast majority of his audience - are notorious for being less likely to call into radio talk shows. Maybe Ron should ease up on his talk of vacationing & otherwise palling around with young athletes & try more to gin up male listenership.



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Re: Ron Cameron

Post by Momo » Sun Nov 28, 2021 8:42 pm

An email from during the week? Ralph from Novi? I think he worked for the insurance company. Welcome back, Ralph!



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Re: Ron Cameron

Post by Momo » Sun Nov 28, 2021 8:44 pm

Another email from the week has been discovered! What are the chances?!



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Re: Ron Cameron

Post by Mr.Transistor » Sun Nov 28, 2021 8:51 pm

I can't see how Ron or the advertisers are making any kind of money off this 3 hr Sunday night show. What was the over/under on the call count, 10? Ron just talking to himself since 8pm.



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Re: Ron Cameron

Post by Momo » Sun Nov 28, 2021 9:08 pm

And four of those calls were Cowboy & Warren Greg calling twice. I think Greg's second call - coming after the newly-discovered "emails" - might've been a pity call. Ron would've ben smarter to say that those "questions" were from callers who didn't want to go on the air. Without a producer to give him access to emails (from whenever), I'd like Ron to explain the process by which these "emails" were unearthed.



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Re: Ron Cameron

Post by Kidcat » Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:47 am

Could the day be near when Ron does a 3 hr. show and there are no callers?



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Re: Ron Cameron

Post by Momo » Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:42 am

Kidcat wrote:
Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:47 am
Could the day be near when Ron does a 3 hr. show and there are no callers?
Not as long as Kurt (“the Hurt”) & Cowboy have breath (&, in Cowboy’s case, Ron continues to have a toll-free number). But it’s something that Ron seems to have lost JJ from Trenton (‘I hope he’s okay’). LBJ (the president, not the basketball player) was reported to have said that if he “lost” Cronkite, he “lost” America. In Ron’s case, losing JJ may have been a bellwether.



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Re: Ron Cameron

Post by radiofan1974 » Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:43 am

I may have asked this before, but I don’t think I asked it this way

What do you think makes him continue to do the show that he he pays to do

Does he make enough money from ads, to keep some money for himself? Is it a decent amount?

He does the show on a Sunday night, has to drive into the studio on a station that is not super well known and does brokered radio

I am not knowledgeable in this area at all Other then him loving what he does but also at the same time with out knowing anything about him personally I can’t see the ad money being great income for him, but what do I know.
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Re: Ron Cameron

Post by radiofan1974 » Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:47 am

Kidcat wrote:
Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:47 am
Could the day be near when Ron does a 3 hr. show and there are no callers?
With some of the more regular callers not calling at once the first hour seemed like it dragged a bit.



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Re: Ron Cameron

Post by Momo » Mon Nov 29, 2021 12:15 pm

radiofan1974 wrote:
Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:43 am
I may have asked this before, but I don’t think I asked it this way

What do you think makes him continue to do the show that he he pays to do

Does he make enough money from ads, to keep some money for himself? Is it a decent amount?

He does the show on a Sunday night, has to drive into the studio on a station that is not super well known and does brokered radio

I am not knowledgeable in this area at all Other then him loving what he does but also at the same time with out knowing anything about him personally I can’t see the ad money being great income for him, but what do I know.
Apart from some Social Security income, I gather that Ron sustains himself mostly through bartering. I suspect he works the front desk at his fleabag motel in exchange for his room. And in consideration of getting plugs, his advertising restaurants probably just cover his meals. As for his non-restaurant sponsors, the minimal rate they pay would supplement his Social Security.



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Re: Ron Cameron

Post by radiofan1974 » Mon Nov 29, 2021 12:25 pm

Momo wrote:
Mon Nov 29, 2021 12:15 pm
radiofan1974 wrote:
Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:43 am
I may have asked this before, but I don’t think I asked it this way

What do you think makes him continue to do the show that he he pays to do

Does he make enough money from ads, to keep some money for himself? Is it a decent amount?

He does the show on a Sunday night, has to drive into the studio on a station that is not super well known and does brokered radio

I am not knowledgeable in this area at all Other then him loving what he does but also at the same time with out knowing anything about him personally I can’t see the ad money being great income for him, but what do I know.
Apart from some Social Security income, I gather that Ron sustains himself mostly through bartering. I suspect he works the front desk at his fleabag motel in exchange for his room. And in consideration of getting plugs, his advertising restaurants probably just cover his meals. As for his non-restaurant sponsors, the minimal rate they pay would supplement his Social Security.

Thanks for the info, I am guessing he just has the drive to keep doing the show, especially in its brokered form



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Re: Ron Cameron

Post by Bobbert » Wed Dec 01, 2021 12:08 pm

Ron keeps talking about this Indian restaurant at the corner of Six Mile and Haggerty. I live in that area and that restaurant is near that corner but not at it. More like halfway between Six and Seven.

https://goo.gl/maps/UcYjiqYLbnVcxxW98



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