tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post4306070946451411027..comments2023-11-02T04:44:59.171-04:00Comments on John Gorman's Media Blog: Radio: You got screwed!John Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246404080972884401noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-52154868531459735392010-12-27T07:16:02.055-05:002010-12-27T07:16:02.055-05:00Hello. And Bye.Hello. And Bye.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-74633281879545554892008-05-13T02:26:00.000-04:002008-05-13T02:26:00.000-04:00Two names I thought I'd never see in the same sent...Two names I thought I'd never see in the same sentence: The Chicago Tribune and Randy Michaels. When did he learn how to read? Did he get his GED?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-44471981054205478942008-05-11T11:13:00.000-04:002008-05-11T11:13:00.000-04:00The pronlem with bottom feeders like Zell and Mich...The pronlem with bottom feeders like Zell and Michaels is that when they finish dining on whatever is left on the floor they will turn on one another. Zell and Michaels are counting on the same hype that made him look like a hero while he was at CC and the stock price was inflated. This time Wall street is wise to their scams and he may not get out of this one as easily. Sure they will take the money and run but the Tribune is in terrible shape and all the smoke and mirrors and Randy's little team will not provide them the cover this time around to rape and pillage the stockholders. If Randy feels he is blood brothers with Zell he has rude awakening. Zell will dine on Randy's remains.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-87296542078637334812008-05-11T11:01:00.000-04:002008-05-11T11:01:00.000-04:00"most here are not slamming radio as a medium, the..."most here are not slamming radio as a medium, they are slamming the way it has been mismanaged."<BR/><BR/>The result is the same. You have issues with radio management, and so does Randy. You're all on the same side now. Congratulations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-57521181767152506762008-05-10T15:01:00.000-04:002008-05-10T15:01:00.000-04:00I second those kudos to Mary Beth Garber. Don't l...I second those kudos to Mary Beth Garber. Don't let that husky hooligan bother you. He is a meaningless bully in a company that is desparately trying to pawn it off to foreign investors. The fact that he is already playing his Randy tricks so soon shows what problems the Tribune has.<BR/><BR/>Mary Beth. We are on your side. Randy didn't forget where he came from. He was never radio. He was and is strictly into being a professional pilferer.<BR/><BR/>Randy, what is growing faster? Your waist size or your head?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-89804385810947313952008-05-10T11:01:00.000-04:002008-05-10T11:01:00.000-04:00You wrote the real bio on Randy. The crap they pri...You wrote the real bio on Randy. The crap they print in Radio Ink portrays him as the savior he is not. He ruined an entire radio industry with his half baked ideas. I do give credit where credit is due. He had all the other big chains waddling behind him like penguins on the way to slaughter. I beleive he even set himself up to get caught abusing his T&E. He got himself ousted at the right time, so others took the fall for Clear Channel's stock nosedive. He and Sam Zell will sell Tribune off to foreign interests once they raid the vault. Whoever buys it will get an empty shell. Michaels found his true lover in Zell. They think a like, they screw over other people alike.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-45719717001987637132008-05-10T07:55:00.000-04:002008-05-10T07:55:00.000-04:00Except for his clubhouse few, Randy Michaels has l...Except for his clubhouse few, Randy Michaels has left most of his former colleagues seduced and abandoned and some of them don't even know it. It is truly pathetic to read comments from former or current Clear Channel employees who profess their undying love for Randy and say they would work for him again in a moment. I am sure John Hogan spends his days asking himself when Randy is going to call him. Mr. Hogan, Randy is through with you. The same with you other love sick puppies. I wonder how Tom Owens feels knowing that he lost his love to Lee Abrams.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-5598205558819091432008-05-09T16:08:00.000-04:002008-05-09T16:08:00.000-04:00Kudos to Mary Beth.Yes, Randy Michaels did try to ...Kudos to Mary Beth.<BR/><BR/>Yes, Randy Michaels did try to draw her into battle and did put her on the defensive.<BR/><BR/>No, Mary Beth has nothing to worry about from the L.A. Times. What Sam Zell and Randy Michael's emotional egos blocked them from understanding is the reality that maybe radio is having its problems right now but nothing comes close to the decline in ad revenue with the newspapers. <BR/><BR/>Sammy and Randy will cut the newspapers to bone just like radio and sell the company off to some clueless Eurotrash. That is something to be proud of, Randy. Just like all of your other accomplishments that you jump ship from.<BR/><BR/>Mary Beth, you will have the last laugh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-57550912500118253482008-05-09T15:08:00.000-04:002008-05-09T15:08:00.000-04:00The only thing the LA Times ad bashing Radio reall...The only thing the LA Times ad bashing Radio really proves is that the LA Times is desperate. The Apr 28 Ad Age headline,"Newspaper Death Watch", probably scared them even more than the number of advertisers moving from newspaper to radio.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-44060291898490966552008-05-09T14:30:00.000-04:002008-05-09T14:30:00.000-04:00Radio people are the worst judge of character whic...Radio people are the worst judge of character which is why the business has a history of being lead down the wrong path time and time again. Ten years ago Randy Michaels and Mel Karmazin were the industry saviors. Now Randy is doing his thing and Mel is fighting radio interests for the XM Sirius merger. Deregulation did more harm than good except to those who sold at the right time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-1283304732765055122008-05-09T12:57:00.000-04:002008-05-09T12:57:00.000-04:00before this turns into name calling and innuendo l...before this turns into name calling and innuendo let me tell you some facts. i worked for both clear channels: pre-randy michaels and randy. clear channel was cheap channel long before the jacor merger. the mays family ran the company on a tight leash with budgets. it was no different than any other radio group in that regard. it changed when clear channel bought jacor and their people took over. they pretended to be rich hillbillies. everything was put in control of covington, ky. marc chase came in for a programming meeting which consisted of two hours of him talking about the benefits of viagra & his sexual exploits. yes there were women in the meeting that were made to feel uncomfortable. formats were change via hard drives. call letters were changed. i was told that every market would have a mix and a kiss. there was no local input. then there was randy. i only met him once. he asked who i was and told me a gross grade school dirty joke. after that it became ugly. i was not of the gross out strip club hooker mentality that cc had become in a matter of weeks. today i am with a small chain and making more money than i would had i stayed with cc. i can tell you first hand that i witnessed randy's people dismantle great stations and unemploy some hard working people that did not laugh hard enough at marc chase's jokes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-10585778348493785772008-05-09T12:32:00.000-04:002008-05-09T12:32:00.000-04:00Thank you for writing this. I get so damned sick o...Thank you for writing this. I get so damned sick of reading about how great Randy Michaels was for radio. What did he do other than ruin something that was in need of repair. He took the telecom bill deregulation and turned his 'power' into his own personal ego driven empire buying anything he could get his hands on with little rhyme or reason. Look at the results. Some will say Randy was brilliant at 'move ins'. I beg to differ. Any engineer could come up with those scenarios and probably did. He just took the credit. Randy must have hired one of the best p.r. people to make himself look good. Look at Randy's history. Not so rosy. Jacor?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-37498885237721959852008-05-09T10:46:00.000-04:002008-05-09T10:46:00.000-04:00John, You are on it. The ink is not even dry on R...John, You are on it. The ink is not even dry on Randy Michael's contract and he is already pulling his Jacor/Clear Channel style stunts with the L.A. Times. Are you aware of this one from Fishbowl L.A.? http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlLA/newspapers/la_times_lets_lie_stand_84382.aspAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-18555286868461167282008-05-09T10:14:00.000-04:002008-05-09T10:14:00.000-04:00Good radio stations were ruined by bad owners and ...Good radio stations were ruined by bad owners and operators.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-50886909127753255912008-05-09T10:11:00.000-04:002008-05-09T10:11:00.000-04:00This just proves that no one knows what they are d...This just proves that no one knows what they are doing in the radio industry anymore. That is why Radio One stock is below a dollar. That is why Citadel buying ABC was a dumb ego driven idea. That is why Cumulus is a disaster waiting to happen. Leadership? Get real.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-62856927468463391942008-05-09T08:32:00.000-04:002008-05-09T08:32:00.000-04:00I believe you are misreading this blog and the opi...I believe you are misreading this blog and the opinions of many of those commenting on it. Gorman and most here are not slamming radio as a medium, they are slamming the way it has been mismanaged. There is a difference. Calling Randy Michaels a mercenary is the perfect definition of what he is. He never cared about radio. He cared about Benny Hommel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-13454009236709385342008-05-08T23:17:00.000-04:002008-05-08T23:17:00.000-04:00"If that means Zell wants him to slam his old medi..."If that means Zell wants him to slam his old medium, so be it."<BR/><BR/>That's funny. Randy is doing exactly what the host of this blog and all the regulars do here every day: Slam radio. <BR/><BR/>The only difference is Randy gets paid (very very well) to do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com