Ed gone and it so sucks

This is the official release from Citadel.

Subject: Citadel Knoxville GM position eliminated

"It is will great sadness that we were informed today that Ed Brantley is no longer with Citadel Knoxville, effective immediately.
These are trying economic times and Citadel Corporate made the difficult decision to eliminate the General Manager's position in the Knoxville market. This has been done in several other Citadel markets for cost cutting reasons. The position will not be refilled.
Ed Brantley has been a major influence in East Tennessee radio and in community in so many capacities and he will be greatly missed by staff, clients and friends of the station. We thank him for his many years of service to this company.
Ben McWhorter will be over all sales
Mike Hammond will be over all programming
Robin Lane will be over all business
Paul O’Malley, President of the South East Division of Citadel, will be available for any assistance required."


WIVK, 107.7 FM
#1 Radio Station in the Knoxville market since 1972!
7 Time CMA Country Station of the Year
5 Time ACM Country Station of the Year

IF this can happen at the number one station in the market it can happen anywhere.
Since we (CP and Walker) left radio I have had dipped back into the fringe of the industry two POINT 1 times and I can tell you each experience caused me to miss the
"old" days. My personal (and this is only substantiated on personal experiences) opinion is only crooks, fools and those who just don't have a clue are either running the industry or trying to get into it. Granted today radio sales are kinda like a battlefield where both sides lost and only the wreckage and dead remain. Still anyway you cut it Corporate American is running most big stations now and when sales start to take that final swirl down the bowl people are always the next to go. We all know it, if you are in the industry you live with it daily but Brothers and Sisters that still does not make it easier when a guy who just captained the biggest and most successful radio ship in the nation gets tossed overboard.

So next time a radio rep. calls or drops in to see you, give them a listen and see if tossing a log on their fire can rekindle yours.

Ed you will be missed!

GORDO BLOWS IT

Hey kids! I don't update this sucker as much as I should
because of two new adventures. One is a band, OK three old dudes
playing acoustic who start and stop at the same time.
THAT blog is updated more than this one so please
dash over and check it out.

http://themfrband.blogspot.com/





FLASH the local paper in Knoxville FINALLY found
out about the GORDOBLOWUP! They are so under
staffed so they do get a pass in missing this
thing. New count of those viewing is over half a mill
and climbing! Yep more than watch MSNBC in a month.


After a few months in Walland the
MEDIA REPORT was urged to come out of
hibernation and comment on the latest
WVLT Channel 8 All VOL Television on air faux pas.

First if you have yet to see
it a big congrats goes out to
both WVLT Channel 8 All VOL television for
sending the feed into u tube and a bigger thank you
goes to all of those 420,750 people
who have seen it.

LAND O GOSHEN 420,750 VIEWS? Heavens to Hanna that is
like...well..a doo doo load of interested folks taking
time to watch GORDO!! Considering the GORDOBLOWUP
covered one minute and 12 seconds...according to our
accounting department that comes to ... can this be right??
7012 HOURS (we dropped the 12 seconds cause we flunked fractions
back at Sam Houston Elementary) dang!

Taking the side of said reporter/anchor/All VOL WVLT Channel 8 Television
guy we have to ask everyone out their in cyber land..have you not also
dropped the cell phone in the porta-pottie, let fly a few air burners in church or
at the very least made a raving fool out of yourself at least ONE time in your life?

Bless your hearts we know we all have!
So lets cut the GORDMAN a little slack here.
Although certain other TV stations
did send The Media Report blatant bribes
that included a half a ham and
four front row tickets to the Mountain Folk Reunion Concert
(get your tickets now by calling the Lyric Theater in Loudon..@ 865 458 9020)
we turned them all away and took the HIGH ROAD in this report.

That said...here is the GORDOBLOWOP followed by more than a few
pervayors of truth who have come before him on the path that is often
called....WE WERE STILL ON? OMG!

Remember judge not least ye be sitting between Randy Jackson and
Ellen.

As always your thoughts and comments are welcome
and as always they will never be edited unless you
are a big poster to knoxviews.com then they will
be laughed at and ignored!




You think GORDO was pissed...check out
THIS LADY!!!!!!!!



Here is virtual COVEY of those who have stepped in and on it
on the air.




One of our all time favorites, Dan the Man
has a beautiful moment filled with controlled
rage and calculated verbiage that
today will cost a broadcast outlet
close to half a million!






SO are you for forgiving and
giggling over GORDO or
are you the guy with the rail and
the tar bucket in the back yard who is
cutting open the feather pillows in the basement?

CLICK the COMMENT DOOBER AND LET US KNOW!!!