The Former Kevin & Bean Show (Now Kevin in the morning with Allie and Jensen) Cancelled by new owners Entercom.
Posted Mar 19, 2020, 3:57 AM UTC
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Holy shit, end of an era.
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"Hey party people! Not sure how to say this, so here it is: Yesterday, @kroq called every one of us on the morning show and told us we were fired. Me. @alliemackay @JensenKarp @kroqkom @kroqbeermug, @Old_Man_Ruben and @destinymlopez (cont..) "
publisher: @thekevinryder
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I was annoyed Jensen quit his podcast to go be on radio, more confused when he said radio was secretly successful.
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Holy fuck shit! History repeats itself!
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If he only had Alison Rosen...
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Entercom aka corporate clowns.
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Damn, a true end of an era. I used to think that Loveline was the genesis of the podcast universe I listen to now (Ex-ACS, Film Vault, AD) but it really was the morning show, Kevin and Bean. Used to listen on the drive to school pretty much from elementary to college. RIP.
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I remember Allie Mackay from the people who “auditioned” after they canned Alison. She was my favorite, but I guess she had a good gig with Kevin and Bean. Maybe time to revisit? (if only)
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Something, something, “Pirate Ship”.
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Is this ginas gig ?
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She’s on KFI, not KROQ
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Why does KFI get to have three call letters instead of the usual four?
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I think AM radio stations usually have 3 letters vs 4
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Nope. Most have four.
There seems to be exceptions, like WGN TV in Chicago, but most broadcast stations have four letters.
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Big yawn
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Who gives a fuck?
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I work in radio. We push hundreds of millions of dollars of advertising revenue a year. Sports talk, pop culture and political talk shows will never go away. Middle America is a different world than the coasts.
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Oh yeah, I'm talking about "normal" times. People think radio is a disappearing media. It's not. In fact I'm staying in for the foreseeable future. It has been recession proof and and it's a relatively easy and well paying job.
It's going to be interesting going forward. Right now we're on full blown dumpster fire mode. FCC rules ban any type of false advertising so companies like Rite Aid or even Target who are advertising toilet paper, for instance, need to have their commercials removed. Normally we'd have in-house production re-cut/re-voice a corrected spot for them, but we're shut down. No studio. So we're literally giving free commercials away to the advertisers we have the best relationships with.
I can't get into specifics but we've lost MILLIONS of dollars in the last 3 days.
But, in obvious ways, people are turning to news talk/political talk radio more than ever right now for information and/or to be scared. Our advertisers like emergency supply vendors or things like that are signing on for big sales.
It's a weird cyclical thing. When one group with a demographic drops out another previously counter-programming type advertisers becomes the norm.
Interestingly enough we've also created a podcast division in the last few years but it's not as easy to monetize, even with decent shows. It's always the same few advertisers in that regard.
I should have been working instead of writing this lol
I listen to radio via tunein... Still handy and valuable. Same format different medium.
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WTF
So, let me get this straight:
If Wal Mart advertises toilet paper for sale, and they're sold out, that's false advertising.
But when all those hucksters on "Coast to Coast AM" are selling dick pills and vitamins that make you live forever, thats NOT false advertising?
There are terrestrial radio apps
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Radio is basically how you sell stuff to people who actually work.
44% of America pays no taxes.
100% of America pays sales tax unless they someone manage to get though life without buying anything
my bad, 44% of Americans pay no Federal income tax.
How much of middle america radio is selling commercials for Gold and Survival Seeds and Rush Limbaugh wannabees yelling about liberals and socialism? I listen to zero of middle america radio.
I bet 100 bucks they will if they haven’t already