Re: Ken Shelton let go by WROR

[Aaron Read <aread@speakeasy.net>]

At 08:40 AM 4/11/2003 -0400, SteveOrdinetz wrote:
>>I wish ROR had given its "greatest rock 'n' roll ever recorded" approach
>>more than one book to catch on before flipping to an ultra-safe classic
>>hits format. I realize that conventional wisdom dictates that "playing
>>the variety card" is the road to ratings ruin, but I really enjoyed
>>those "bootleg blocks" and other interesting stuff ROR was doing last
>>fall and early winter.
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>In Boston, that's a fast road to ruin for a commercial station...it 
>appeals to a limited audience and the college stations already own the 
>block-format approach in this city.   Not that they always do it well, but 
>it's definitely a college radio thing...
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