Sunday Morning Odds & Sods

76° - sunny at 9:30am

Good Morning from Okemos.

Feelin' Groovy. Spent some time Saturday listening to Milwaukee's WKLH via the web (I'll be visiting Milwaukee in a few weeks) - heard a cool promo for a cool website spread on "40 Years of The Summer of Love". See it here. WKLH is simply a great sounding radio station; can't wait to hear it over the air.

More Groove: WDRV/Chicago also celebrating the "Summer of Love" on Friday. More specials to keep the format fresh. Listening to Bob Stroud this morning as usual this morning.

Nice Numbers. Classic Rock KZOK - with the legendary Bob Rivers in Morning Drive - remains #1 12+ (yeah) in the latest trends. Awesome job by a staff headed up by Carey Curelop; who I remember on-air as "Carey Cure" in Albuquerque (KFMG) circa 1979.

Programmers on the sideline. Programmer/Blogger Gary Allyn writes: "Today, more than ever, programmers are sitting at home listening to poorly programmed stations, and wishing they could just get their hands on them.". Read Gary's blog. No pity party here - but Gary is so right.

Getting started in radio. This week Rick Kaempfer profiles here Chicago's Greg Brown on his Chicago Radio Spotlight. Greg details his story of getting started in the biz.

I've been a fan of Greg's work since the 70s when he was on-air and programming WVFV/Dundee, IL. Top 40 in glorious FM mono. Still a great sounding suburban radio station in its time.

Greg mentions the primitive facilities of then-WSTK/Woodstock, IL. I visited that operation back then and his comments brought back some personal memories. I also recall a WVFV visit too and briefly meeting Greg.

Added: A quote from Bill Figenshu via David Martin: "It's time to take our audience back. We have great brands, let's invest in them again. The age of cutting is over. Consolidation 2.0 is on. And it's all about the operators. I love that!"

Have a great Sunday.