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MWmetalhead wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 1:22 pm When including live streaming audio, 97.1 is tied for #1 with WOMC.

Marcus wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 12:55 pm Detroit is market #13. Also check out some of the other markets. Older music is a winner everywhere I checked. Formats like Classic Rock, Classic Hits, and Adult Hits will usually show up near the top everywhere. So how is it doing in Detroit? WOMC is in first place, WCSX is in fifth, and on top of that WLLZ/106.7 FM is up to a 3.0 rating.

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Majik wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 3:30 pm

Marcus wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 12:55 pm Detroit is market #13. Also check out some of the other markets. Older music is a winner everywhere I checked. Formats like Classic Rock, Classic Hits, and Adult Hits will usually show up near the top everywhere. So how is it doing in Detroit? WOMC is in first place, WCSX is in fifth, and on top of that WLLZ/106.7 FM is up to a 3.0 rating.

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It won’t be too long until Phoenix passes Detroit for 13th largest. Motown should hold on to 14 for a good while as Minny/St Paul is 800,000 less than our market. Does anyone know what our peak position was? I would guess maybe 7th.

RadioRat wrote: ↑Sat May 21, 2022 4:15 pm WDVD is looking at some layoffs if those numbers don't improve soon. Something tells me Blaine Fowler is making more than what Broadway was getting for being on 93.1.

MWmetalhead wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 7:26 am The last time WDVD was this low is pre-PPM when sister station 93.1 was doing milquetoast CHR. I'm talking 2003 or thereabouts.

96.3 needs to step up its game in afternoons and evenings and needs to stop being a knock off of Mojo's show in mornings. Dave Fuller should be moved to middays.

93.1 doesn't sound bad at all right now. 96.3 sounds stale.

Colonel Flagg wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 11:05 am

MWmetalhead wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 7:26 am The last time WDVD was this low is pre-PPM when sister station 93.1 was doing milquetoast CHR. I'm talking 2003 or thereabouts.

96.3 needs to step up its game in afternoons and evenings and needs to stop being a knock off of Mojo's show in mornings. Dave Fuller should be moved to middays.

93.1 doesn't sound bad at all right now. 96.3 sounds stale.

I was there in 2003, and a lot of the problem was too much interference from upper management. I never liked the whole "DVD" branding at all. What does it mean anyway? Disney would have been better off retooling "The Planet" into whatever the hell they wanted it to be. Planet was a great name... I never understood why you would name an FM station after a video disc, but what do I know? Supposedly, the original thought was to call 96.3 "Detroit's Variety" but that idea was shelved by one of the many decision makers.

One day, WDVD's PD disappeared. Vanished, not a word, no explanation, didn't leave a note, nothing. No idea what happened to him, or where he went, but he never returned to the Fisher Building. A high profile PD friend of mine eventually applied for the job. When he got out of the meeting, he met me in the bar downstairs. He said he wouldn't take the gig even if they offered it to him. I asked why not? "Too many chef's" is what he said. Another well known rock radio PD, Greg Ausham, got the job. He didn't stay long. While I liked the late Mike Fezzey, I always thought 96.3 could've been something better. They're still using the same bland, uninspiring logo they used when the station launched. Two owners later, and nobody's fixed that. At least "Planet" and "Johnny in the Morning" perfect or not, were known, memorable brands.

Colonel Flagg wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 11:05 am

MWmetalhead wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 7:26 am The last time WDVD was this low is pre-PPM when sister station 93.1 was doing milquetoast CHR. I'm talking 2003 or thereabouts.

96.3 needs to step up its game in afternoons and evenings and needs to stop being a knock off of Mojo's show in mornings. Dave Fuller should be moved to middays.

93.1 doesn't sound bad at all right now. 96.3 sounds stale.

I was there in 2003, and a lot of the problem was too much interference from upper management. I never liked the whole "DVD" branding at all. What does it mean anyway? Disney would have been better off retooling "The Planet" into whatever the hell they wanted it to be. Planet was a great name... I never understood why you would name an FM station after a video disc, but what do I know? Supposedly, the original thought was to call 96.3 "Detroit's Variety" but that idea was shelved by one of the many decision makers.

One day, WDVD's PD disappeared. Vanished, not a word, no explanation, didn't leave a note, nothing. No idea what happened to him, or where he went, but he never returned to the Fisher Building. A high profile PD friend of mine eventually applied for the job. When he got out of the meeting, he met me in the bar downstairs. He said he wouldn't take the gig even if they offered it to him. I asked why not? "Too many chef's" is what he said. Another well known rock radio PD, Greg Ausham, got the job. He didn't stay long. While I liked the late Mike Fezzey, I always thought 96.3 could've been something better. They're still using the same bland, uninspiring logo they used when the station launched. Two owners later, and nobody's fixed that. At least "Planet" and "Johnny in the Morning" perfect or not, were known, memorable brands.