Anyone know how their Patreon is going?
8:09a, 4/17/24
I think the morning thing is more about how sirois talks.
And yes…Ben and skin aren't good. It's not forced chemistry as much as it is trying to hard to be funny, creative, etc.
And yes…Ben and skin aren't good. It's not forced chemistry as much as it is trying to hard to be funny, creative, etc.
8:59p, 4/17/24
In reply to Hincemm
Sometimes they'll be joking about a news story when I make it to the parking lot of a grocery store. Turn the car off, go inside, get a week's worth of groceries, go outside, start the car up, and they're still telling pretty much the same joke over and over again about the same news story.Hincemm said:
Ben and skin aren't good. It's not forced chemistry as much as it is trying to hard to be funny, creative, etc.
11:39a, 4/26/24
FREAKED OUT
— Richie Whitt (@richiewhitt) April 26, 2024
Just a year-and-a-half since flipping formats for the shocking unretirement of DFW legend Mike Rhyner, the Mavs' flagship radio station - 97.1 FM - is apparently scrapping @971TheFreak and again changing direction. #MFFL https://t.co/vqRoKZj8x2
8:40a, 4/27/24
In reply to Corps_Ag12
YES!!!!!!
I got my wish!!!!
Corps_Ag12 said:
I hope this fails miserably so I can selfishly have 97.1 The Eagle back. I was just starting to enjoy Ben & Skin too.
YES!!!!!!
I got my wish!!!!
9:26a, 4/27/24
I only liked Rhynes, Cavanaugh and Julie. The rest of the format sucked big time. And Ben and Skin are the worst. They try to be funny and they're not.
4:42p, 4/28/24
Much of this seems like a stretch but interesting.
I guess I'm allowed to talk about this now. I have been trying to engage @iHeartRadio since October to sell The Freak or at least lease us the signal. I was working for a group of investors. I know the GC, but he, a lawyer, refused to return my calls https://t.co/pVyyAVkWoH
— Sinecure wanted. DM me (@PhilipTKingston) April 28, 2024
3:11p, 4/29/24
There's always roller town brewery. They can all work for ben and skin now as bar tenders.
9:13p, 4/29/24
In reply to Chewy
Iheart would never sell one solitary station to someone. It's more beneficial for them to keep it and its share of ad $ rather than let another entrant to the market who could take away any ad $ from other iheart stations plus on a network/corporate level that's a station they can use to run their networked commercials in a huge market. They lose that if they sell a station in a huge market and they have the largest leverage in American radio and they're not going to cede anything.
KESN was a different situation entirely. Disney was getting out of owning radio stations entirely and the easiest thing in the world is to dump off a single station to a religious operator. I don't think the timeline matches up but if the Freaks had sorted it out before they got the chance to replace the eagle, Disney may have been willing to talk. They may have had some sort of non-compete going on when the actual KESN stuff happened, though. Not super sure on the timeline. I just like to think about a separate universe where KESN winds up outside Cumulus/Ticket building yet somehow gets Rhyner etc. That's a fun thought experiment.
KESN was a different situation entirely. Disney was getting out of owning radio stations entirely and the easiest thing in the world is to dump off a single station to a religious operator. I don't think the timeline matches up but if the Freaks had sorted it out before they got the chance to replace the eagle, Disney may have been willing to talk. They may have had some sort of non-compete going on when the actual KESN stuff happened, though. Not super sure on the timeline. I just like to think about a separate universe where KESN winds up outside Cumulus/Ticket building yet somehow gets Rhyner etc. That's a fun thought experiment.
12:41p, 5/3/24
They have tried to kill The Eagle with a format change 2-3 times since I moved here and it just won't die.
They should rebrand it The Rooster (Alice in Chains reference for the kiddies).
They should rebrand it The Rooster (Alice in Chains reference for the kiddies).
2:07p, 5/9/24
🚨please welcome @thedumbzone to the washed media network🚨 pic.twitter.com/RpSfTRt33G
— Circling Back (@circlingbackpod) May 9, 2024
5:50p, 5/9/24
In reply to chick79
They were Eagle before the freak and brought in higher ratings than Russ Martin/Alt Rock did. Their contracts were longer with iHeart than everyone else's. I don't think this will be permanent, but making a salary the next 6ish months is more preferable than jumping and having to sit six months. Now have time to plan on what to do next
chick79 said:
Ben and Skin must have pictures of radio executives in compromising positions.
They were Eagle before the freak and brought in higher ratings than Russ Martin/Alt Rock did. Their contracts were longer with iHeart than everyone else's. I don't think this will be permanent, but making a salary the next 6ish months is more preferable than jumping and having to sit six months. Now have time to plan on what to do next
6:21p, 5/9/24
In reply to The Shank Ag
To be fair, The Russ Martin Show was already toast when B&S moved to The Eagle. Russ had whatever happened to him and basically stopped doing the show and the show was failing.
10:24p, 5/9/24
They must have good lawyers help write their contracts. Probably infinitely more expensive to fire them than let their contact play out.
6:44a, 5/10/24
In reply to dave94
i have no idea what washed is...is that a big deal?dave94 said:🚨please welcome @thedumbzone to the washed media network🚨 pic.twitter.com/RpSfTRt33G
— Circling Back (@circlingbackpod) May 9, 2024
8:33a, 5/10/24
Noticed on Twitter that Grubes is still with the Eagle as well "working from home", wonder if he will eventually be put back on the air in some capacity.
9:31a, 5/10/24
In reply to Hincemm
A big deal only in that they'll get more exposure being part of this "network" and hopefully more subscribers.Hincemm said:i have no idea what washed is...is that a big deal?dave94 said:🚨please welcome @thedumbzone to the washed media network🚨 pic.twitter.com/RpSfTRt33G
— Circling Back (@circlingbackpod) May 9, 2024
8:28p, 5/23/24
Turn over the other afternoon and Sirios was on with B&S and it was quite listenable not sure if it is permanent or what
I wanna see our defense pissed off, not confused, maybe a little murder in their hearts
Reload12, 11/4/11