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'Tis the season to be nasty
jnojr- The fact that you and other listeners like you approve A&G and listen to them proves they have a place on the local airwaves. Good for you and good for them. I just think these slurs are cheap and easy and not very clever. I think it allows their competitors to say "look at these out of town hacks and how weak their material is." I actually asked the program director of direct competitor KOGO Brian Long what he thought. He declined to comment saying (paraphrasing here) he did not want to engage in a pissing contest with them. The reality is that KOGO is owned by the iHeartradio/Clear Channel monolith, a huge group of 850 stations know for firing live-and-local hosts and relying instead with syndicated shows. But in this case, the tables are turned and it is KOGO that has a live-and-local morning crew, while KFMB-AM pipes in these guys from Sacramento. The latest ratings show that KOGO is the top rated AM station in San Diego county. Among all listeners it is in 12th place with a 3.8 rating. Meanwhile KFMB is way down in 22nd place with a sad 1.3, just a notch above all-sports KLSD-AM (1.2) which has a very weak, uncompetitive, scratchy signal you can't even get in North County. It is interesting to note that both KFMB radio stations, Jack FM (100.7) and KFMB (AM 760) were just taken over by a newly created local radio group called SDLocal which also runs 91-X, Z-90 and 92/5. At this very moment a brand new program director is creating a new music format for JACK-FM which will be unveiled right after Christmas. The new format shows Jack-FM is trying to turn around its moribund ratings that appear when Dave Shelly and Chainsaw sign off at 10 in the morning. WHILE THERE IS NO OFFICIAL WORD, I would not be surprised if SDLocal doesn't also retool KFMB-AM sometime 2016. Is the "Will defecate for food" slur compelling radio content or just two creatively challenged hacks trying, but ultimately failing, to matter in a completely different market far, far away? That is up for interpretation I guess. It's just what JNOJR likes so they must be doing something right. Right? But KFMB-760 AM's sad ratings are not up for discussion. They are what they are. And according to Neilsen/Arbitron, JNOJR is in the minority. (These views of course are only my own, but I did not make up the ratings and I did not make up what A&G said on the air.)
— December 19, 2015 7:18 p.m.
You don't know Jack
Joe Lindsay, Director of Programming for the five SDLocal stations (Jack-FM, KFMB 760, 91X, 92/5 and Z90) said that the original plans to run promotional on-air "teases" on Channel 8 and Jack-FM this week, were cancelled. Unless the identity of the new format leaks before then, the new format will not be known until Christmas Day or the day after. Last week Lindsay said only "three or four" people knew what the new format was.
— December 18, 2015 9:57 a.m.
MiraCosta's Oceanside campus hit with racist graffiti
jnojr: Please see statement from Deon Edwards above. This was not just about chalk drawings.
— December 3, 2015 8:44 p.m.
This just in: Episcopal churches to be sold
I think most people could determined that a "progressive tilt" would point to the Episcopal church at that time accepting a gay bishop and female priests. What part of that concept does not compute with the anonymous blogger known as Missionaccomplished?
— November 3, 2015 5:12 p.m.
This just in: Episcopal churches to be sold
This apparently just went up a few hours ago
http://www.anglicanink.com/article/diocese-san-di…
— November 2, 2015 9:12 p.m.
This just in: Episcopal churches to be sold
Mr. Strait - With regards to All Saints and St. Anne's, Bishop Mathes wrote in his October 25th letter: "The costs of maintaining separate properties, compensated clergy and staff, and institutional structures required to sustain distinct and independent congregations is beyond the capacity of the congregation themselves and of the diocese." While I was not able to speak with him directly, it seems what he said in his letter and what I was told by the spokeswoman does not line up with what you say. It is my understanding that an Episcopal church is either a truly self-sustaining "parish," or a "mission" which is dependent in part on the diocese. The bishop said he was declaring All Saints to be a "mission action parish." I guess it would be good to know what that means exactly. At any rate it seems like it would be a good idea to have a clearer understanding of how your comments correspond with the bishop's.
— November 2, 2015 9:06 p.m.
Dead Man's Party can't call themselves an Oingo Boingo tribute?
Dead Man's Party IS a great show. Do you have any idea how good a musician you have to be to play those complex arrangements? I am told they have sold more advance tickets for Saturday's show at this time than they had for previous DMP/Belly Up shows that sold out, which seems to indicate this weekend's show will also sell out. Full disclosure: the band I managed, Incognito, opened for Oingo Boingo in 1981 at the Little Bavaria in Del Mar. Also, I met Danny Elfman when Oingo played the Del Mar Fair in 1984. I interviewed him for an advance article in the Times-Advocate (a daily North County paper). Like Oingo Boingo, the Little Bavaria and the Times-Advocate no longer exist.
— October 22, 2015 11:38 a.m.
Dead Man's Party can't call themselves an Oingo Boingo tribute?
Danny Elfman's "endorsement" has nothing to do with Johnny Vatos' representative Wendy Pineda demanding that Dead Man's Party stop billing itself as an "Oingo Boingo Tribute." According to the attorney and everyone I spoke with, it is completely legal and honorable for this decade-old tribute band to continue calling itself "Dead Man's Party: A Tribute to Oingo Boingo." The fact that Vatos was in fact a founding member of the original band and is now basically playing in a separate tribute band, somewhat confuses the issue. I guess you could say he is a tribute to the band he used to be in. But because Elfman likes Vatos' tribute band does not take away from Dead Man's Party right to continue billing itself for what it is: an Oingo Boingo tribute band. The reality is -- according to its fans and true believers -- there is not now nor will there ever be another Oingo Boingo, since its major creative force, Danny Elfman, doesn't want an "Oingo Boingo" to ever resurface. As the attorney suggested, it seems on its face a little sketchy that the sponsoring radio station for the November Johnny Vatos show and its venue (Music Box) is billing its show as the "Oingo Boingo Dance Party." But as the attorney also pointed out, ANYBODY can theoretically use "Oingo Boingo" since that name is not legally protected. It seems to me there is plenty of Oingo Boingo appreciation opportunities out there for everybody. Dead Man's Party has done a fine job for years, and according to James Wilson, so does Johnny Vatos' tribute band. The fun started when Pineda made legal-sounding demands to Dead Man's Party and the Belly Up.
— October 22, 2015 9:57 a.m.
Dead Man's Party can't call themselves an Oingo Boingo tribute?
Danny's older brother Richard Elfman and Danny co-founded The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo which eventually became just Oingo Boingo. It was Richard who "...has seen Dead Man’s Party and has been supportive of his ersatz Oingo." I stand corrected.
— October 21, 2015 9 p.m.
Chris Cantore's real man tears
Chris Cantore announced today he is, in fact, going to do mornings at FM-94/9 starting Monday. Many may not remember that Cantore started off as a Jeff and Jer sidekick and then segued to co-host to the nightly "Love Doctor" call in relationship-and-sex show on Star 100.7 before he joined 91X as a morning show host. 91X put together a new morning show in 1996 after Howard Stern moved over to Rock 105 after Stern had been on 91X for two years. It is interesting to note that FM-94/9 will now probably play a lot less music since, as the podcast indicates, Cantore says if you want "music intensive" in the morning you can (and probably will) switch to Pandora. This would not be the first time that the station that once boasted "It's about the music" had a lot of talk in the morning. Remember the ill-fated Mikey [Esparza] Show? Cantore's new partner, Steve Woods, was brought to FM-94/9 to be Mikey's sidekick. Now its Cantore and Woods.
— October 14, 2015 7:43 p.m.
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'Tis the season to be nasty
jnojr- The fact that you and other listeners like you approve A&G and listen to them proves they have a place on the local airwaves. Good for you and good for them. I just think these slurs are cheap and easy and not very clever. I think it allows their competitors to say "look at these out of town hacks and how weak their material is." I actually asked the program director of direct competitor KOGO Brian Long what he thought. He declined to comment saying (paraphrasing here) he did not want to engage in a pissing contest with them. The reality is that KOGO is owned by the iHeartradio/Clear Channel monolith, a huge group of 850 stations know for firing live-and-local hosts and relying instead with syndicated shows. But in this case, the tables are turned and it is KOGO that has a live-and-local morning crew, while KFMB-AM pipes in these guys from Sacramento. The latest ratings show that KOGO is the top rated AM station in San Diego county. Among all listeners it is in 12th place with a 3.8 rating. Meanwhile KFMB is way down in 22nd place with a sad 1.3, just a notch above all-sports KLSD-AM (1.2) which has a very weak, uncompetitive, scratchy signal you can't even get in North County. It is interesting to note that both KFMB radio stations, Jack FM (100.7) and KFMB (AM 760) were just taken over by a newly created local radio group called SDLocal which also runs 91-X, Z-90 and 92/5. At this very moment a brand new program director is creating a new music format for JACK-FM which will be unveiled right after Christmas. The new format shows Jack-FM is trying to turn around its moribund ratings that appear when Dave Shelly and Chainsaw sign off at 10 in the morning. WHILE THERE IS NO OFFICIAL WORD, I would not be surprised if SDLocal doesn't also retool KFMB-AM sometime 2016. Is the "Will defecate for food" slur compelling radio content or just two creatively challenged hacks trying, but ultimately failing, to matter in a completely different market far, far away? That is up for interpretation I guess. It's just what JNOJR likes so they must be doing something right. Right? But KFMB-760 AM's sad ratings are not up for discussion. They are what they are. And according to Neilsen/Arbitron, JNOJR is in the minority. (These views of course are only my own, but I did not make up the ratings and I did not make up what A&G said on the air.)— December 19, 2015 7:18 p.m.
You don't know Jack
Joe Lindsay, Director of Programming for the five SDLocal stations (Jack-FM, KFMB 760, 91X, 92/5 and Z90) said that the original plans to run promotional on-air "teases" on Channel 8 and Jack-FM this week, were cancelled. Unless the identity of the new format leaks before then, the new format will not be known until Christmas Day or the day after. Last week Lindsay said only "three or four" people knew what the new format was.— December 18, 2015 9:57 a.m.
MiraCosta's Oceanside campus hit with racist graffiti
jnojr: Please see statement from Deon Edwards above. This was not just about chalk drawings.— December 3, 2015 8:44 p.m.
This just in: Episcopal churches to be sold
I think most people could determined that a "progressive tilt" would point to the Episcopal church at that time accepting a gay bishop and female priests. What part of that concept does not compute with the anonymous blogger known as Missionaccomplished?— November 3, 2015 5:12 p.m.
This just in: Episcopal churches to be sold
This apparently just went up a few hours ago http://www.anglicanink.com/article/diocese-san-di…— November 2, 2015 9:12 p.m.
This just in: Episcopal churches to be sold
Mr. Strait - With regards to All Saints and St. Anne's, Bishop Mathes wrote in his October 25th letter: "The costs of maintaining separate properties, compensated clergy and staff, and institutional structures required to sustain distinct and independent congregations is beyond the capacity of the congregation themselves and of the diocese." While I was not able to speak with him directly, it seems what he said in his letter and what I was told by the spokeswoman does not line up with what you say. It is my understanding that an Episcopal church is either a truly self-sustaining "parish," or a "mission" which is dependent in part on the diocese. The bishop said he was declaring All Saints to be a "mission action parish." I guess it would be good to know what that means exactly. At any rate it seems like it would be a good idea to have a clearer understanding of how your comments correspond with the bishop's.— November 2, 2015 9:06 p.m.
Dead Man's Party can't call themselves an Oingo Boingo tribute?
Dead Man's Party IS a great show. Do you have any idea how good a musician you have to be to play those complex arrangements? I am told they have sold more advance tickets for Saturday's show at this time than they had for previous DMP/Belly Up shows that sold out, which seems to indicate this weekend's show will also sell out. Full disclosure: the band I managed, Incognito, opened for Oingo Boingo in 1981 at the Little Bavaria in Del Mar. Also, I met Danny Elfman when Oingo played the Del Mar Fair in 1984. I interviewed him for an advance article in the Times-Advocate (a daily North County paper). Like Oingo Boingo, the Little Bavaria and the Times-Advocate no longer exist.— October 22, 2015 11:38 a.m.
Dead Man's Party can't call themselves an Oingo Boingo tribute?
Danny Elfman's "endorsement" has nothing to do with Johnny Vatos' representative Wendy Pineda demanding that Dead Man's Party stop billing itself as an "Oingo Boingo Tribute." According to the attorney and everyone I spoke with, it is completely legal and honorable for this decade-old tribute band to continue calling itself "Dead Man's Party: A Tribute to Oingo Boingo." The fact that Vatos was in fact a founding member of the original band and is now basically playing in a separate tribute band, somewhat confuses the issue. I guess you could say he is a tribute to the band he used to be in. But because Elfman likes Vatos' tribute band does not take away from Dead Man's Party right to continue billing itself for what it is: an Oingo Boingo tribute band. The reality is -- according to its fans and true believers -- there is not now nor will there ever be another Oingo Boingo, since its major creative force, Danny Elfman, doesn't want an "Oingo Boingo" to ever resurface. As the attorney suggested, it seems on its face a little sketchy that the sponsoring radio station for the November Johnny Vatos show and its venue (Music Box) is billing its show as the "Oingo Boingo Dance Party." But as the attorney also pointed out, ANYBODY can theoretically use "Oingo Boingo" since that name is not legally protected. It seems to me there is plenty of Oingo Boingo appreciation opportunities out there for everybody. Dead Man's Party has done a fine job for years, and according to James Wilson, so does Johnny Vatos' tribute band. The fun started when Pineda made legal-sounding demands to Dead Man's Party and the Belly Up.— October 22, 2015 9:57 a.m.
Dead Man's Party can't call themselves an Oingo Boingo tribute?
Danny's older brother Richard Elfman and Danny co-founded The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo which eventually became just Oingo Boingo. It was Richard who "...has seen Dead Man’s Party and has been supportive of his ersatz Oingo." I stand corrected.— October 21, 2015 9 p.m.
Chris Cantore's real man tears
Chris Cantore announced today he is, in fact, going to do mornings at FM-94/9 starting Monday. Many may not remember that Cantore started off as a Jeff and Jer sidekick and then segued to co-host to the nightly "Love Doctor" call in relationship-and-sex show on Star 100.7 before he joined 91X as a morning show host. 91X put together a new morning show in 1996 after Howard Stern moved over to Rock 105 after Stern had been on 91X for two years. It is interesting to note that FM-94/9 will now probably play a lot less music since, as the podcast indicates, Cantore says if you want "music intensive" in the morning you can (and probably will) switch to Pandora. This would not be the first time that the station that once boasted "It's about the music" had a lot of talk in the morning. Remember the ill-fated Mikey [Esparza] Show? Cantore's new partner, Steve Woods, was brought to FM-94/9 to be Mikey's sidekick. Now its Cantore and Woods.— October 14, 2015 7:43 p.m.