Oh, as a broadcaster, I totally disagree, and respectfully so. Dees and Kasem were institutions. AT40 airs typically in a daypart that isn't highly rated and isn't something sales relies heavily on at the local level. When I was offered Seacrest, I dumped that show real fast. No one missed it. As far as that goes, it is easier to find a station airing CLASSIC AT40 with Kasey than Seacrest. In the case of Dees, he was billing just fine and one of the highest grossing revenue morning shows in the country, and Clear Channel's logic defied anything I've ever seen in the business.
For what it is worth, the two stations here that run AC formats are airing classic Dees and Kasem against one another on Sunday mornings! (Both airing against Seacrest!) Now that argument about getting younger ears doesn't fly when you've got 2 stations airing old shows and getting better results. (the station airing Seacrest just happens to be owned by Clear Channel.their competitors have the old ones!) The point you are missing is that idiots like Seacrest have effectively shut the door on ANYONE getting into the business. There IS someone out there other than him, and I resent the fact that his crap doesn't stink, but everyone else's does. He's nothing special, and overexposure kills the value of the product. Radio still serves a useful purpose, but with crap like Seacrest, a case is made for a non-compelling product. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joe Coughlin Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 10:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Seacrest Gets 'Today' Gig, Matt Still Host Seacrest didn't fire those people. He's a guy who is getting young ears where Dees and Kasem weren't. Clark hired him to do the job he could no longer do. You don't have to like him, but he is a rare success in a dying industry. And radio doesn't have a farm system. It doesn't need one. It needs a death certificate and a funeral. Beyond local stuff like sports, radio is out. Because why listen to anything with a commercial if you can just play your music without interruption via an aux cable from your iPod to your car? So don't blame Seacrest. Blame the industry for being obsolete. On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 10:40 PM, Terry Knab <[email protected]> wrote: Why I detest Seacrest? He's put so many legends out of work, and honestly, ruined radio as we knew it. As a broadcaster, I resent that one person can come in and displace Rick Dees (Clear Channel fired him for Seacrest), Casey Kasem (Clear Channel shoved Kasey off AT40 years ago for Seacrest), and Dick Clark (RIP). Clear Channel overuses him which keeps new talent off the radio, and it really cheeses me to hear him as the ONLY talent there is in broadcasting. I refused to run his garbage on any station I've ever programmed, simply because I feel he's not worth the money. And why would I want a product everyone else has? I resent that he's everywhere. Seriously, I get annoyed with seeing him on virtually every major network (I think CBS is the only one who doesn't have him under a contract yet). Radio no longer has a farm system. Anyone going into radio today has nowhere to advance their careers due to him and people like him. Used to, you could go from small market Nebraska to Omaha, KC, or anywhere bigger. Not anymore. Today, more and more people are being cut in radio and their replacement? Seacrest. What happens if Seacrest were to have something happen to him like Dick Clark? There's no one out there to replace him. It's hard to ignore someone who is on so many different venues at one time. There ARE other people in media other than him. He just wants the facetime, and he doesn't get it from me! From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of PGage Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 9:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Seacrest Gets 'Today' Gig, Matt Still Host On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Terry Knab <[email protected]> wrote: Another reason I won't watch the Today show. I REFUSE to watch anything with that no-talent hack on it. Terry, I think you have posted this sentiment a few times to the list, and I have seen other people with very strong anti-Seacrest passions. I wonder if you can articulate a little more specifically what it is about him that generates such a strong response? Even if we grant your claim that he is talent-less, I am not sure what about him what generate such strong feelings. Why not just ignore him? I am no stranger to having strong negative feelings towards TV personalities (I have a white hot hatred for Nancy Grace, for instance); but I think I could give more of a basis for my anti-Grace passion than simply my view that she has no talent. Until I started watching AI regularly a few years ago I had no real sense of who RS was, aside from a few media jokes about his "Seacrest: Out!" sign-off (which I don't think I have ever actually heard him say - is this one of those "Play it Again, Sam" myths?). But in the last three years I have watched AI, and a couple of other singing competition shows (The Voice and X-Factor, US). RS seems to me to be consistent and significantly better than anyone who has a similar role on those other shows has ever been. Likewise, I think he does a better job on the Red Carpet than anyone who has ever done that on E!, or the broadcast networks. And in a line-up of Guy Lombardo, Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest for least obnoxious New Year's Eve Host, I think Seacrest would win hands down. I have not seen his other E! programs, or heard him do his radio show, or any of the other dozen or show jobs he apparently has. As far as I can tell none of the jobs RS has are particularly important, but, for what he does, as far as I can tell he does them about as well or much better as anyone else currently doing the same thing. I am not in love with him, and don't know that he is a major talent, but I can think of several bigger reasons for not watching the Today Show than the addition of RS as what I assume will be some kind of features reporter. -- TV or Not TV .... 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