Brucie sez the Bird is the word.
Cousin Brucie didn't wait long to make his announcement. He'll be spinning the oldies on Sirius. According to Joel Denver's All Access, the Cuz says, "This is one of the most exciting events of my career. I feel like I'm riding a rocket ship -- or should I say 'satellite'? I now have the opportunity with SIRIUS to reach the national audience I've always wanted to communicate with. Here comes the music!" As Infinity hi-Jack's their oldies stations the question remains: What will happen to Detroit's WOMC? Both Sirius and XM have bought newspaper ads in New York and Chicago, telling former WCBS and WJMK listeners that the bird is the word and as we've documented here, oldies fans in both the Apple and the Windy City are up in arms.
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At 10:12 PM, Brighton Bob said…
Scott,
I doubt that the powers-that-be at Infinity are dumb enough to mess with the #2 ranked station in the Detroit Metro market(pulling a 5.6 share during the most recent ratings period). I would hope that WOMC is "safe" for now, regardless of what they're paying Dick Purtan. IMHO he's worth every cent they're paying him.
It should be noted that WCBS-FM was drawing a 3.3 share in New York, and WJMK was drawing a 2.9 in Chicago during the latest ratings period, which apparently wasn't good enough to justify keeping around their "expensive" airstaffs (in Infinity's opinion, not mine).
It would be a shame if the day comes when the ONLY way to listen to an "oldies" format with "classic Top-40 rock jocks" is by subscribing to a satellite service. Unfortunately, by that time, XM and SIRIUS might also be owned by Infinity and/or Clear Channel. I sure as hell hope not, as I refuse to pay even one dollar to these conglommerates who have destroyed personality-driven programming and turned today's rock-jocks into a bunch of robots...just to save a few bucks.
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